Action & Adventure

William Brown returns and is up to his usual tricks in this centenary anniversary edition of William the Outlaw, with ten classic adventure stories by Richmal Crompton - updated for a new generation of readers. Featuring original inside illustrations by...

Book Band: Lime (Ideal for ages 6+) An out-of-this-world adventure story, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in school. On a school trip to the space museum, Reva and Bobby climb into a real rocket named Jupiter Two. The poor...

Friendship, animals and secret royal adventures! With over one million Rescue Princesses titles sold, this action-packed series is the perfect combination of good friends, beautiful dresses, ninja moves and baby animals!Rosalind and the other princesses...

Pokemon trainer Red goes off on a training challenge and...never comes back! But a tired and tattered Pikachu manages to return home by himself. A mysterious young trainer in yellow befriends Pikachu, and together they set out to find our missing hero!...

'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times'Delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, philosophical, everything that a novel for children should be' - Eleanor Catton, winner of...

Battle fearsome beasts and fight evil with Tom and Elenna in the bestselling adventure series for boys and girls aged 7 and up.Tom's quest to free the Mistress of the Beasts brings him to a sweltering jungle. There he must defeat cunning Amictus. But...

Battle Beasts and fight Evil with Tom and Elenna in the bestselling adventure series for boys and girls aged 7 and up!Evil Wizard Malvel has kidnapped Tom's aunt and uncle - the only family he has since his father, Taladon, went missing. The only way Tom...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level This adventure story recounts the first round-world voyage of Tudor explorer Sir Francis Drake through the eyes of Dickon, a lame stowaway, who goes on to become...

'Action-packed, hilarious and EPIC!' Annabel Steadman, author of SKANDAR AND THE UNICORN THIEFFans of THOR and THE INCREDIBLES will not want to miss this epic superhero adventure with a twist from Radio 1 broadcasters and bestselling authors of KID...

*Over 140 million copies sold worldwide *Good for reluctant readers due to illustrative typeset *Educational edge as books contain facts about various places *Activity packs available to accompany certain titles*More fun and games online at www...

Matt and his family are taking a break from dinosaurs! This holiday they're in Dorset to sort through a distant uncle's belongings. But Matt and Jo can't resist the urge to investigate when they find an ancient map belonging to Mary Anning in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316075749Author Emily BearnFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & Company

The wonderful long-awaited second novel from Pam Smy, the celebrated author and illustrator of Thornhill. Covering themes of families, childhood, domestic violence, being separated and reunited, this is an important...

Age range 5 to 9 Nimesh is walking home from school. Except...there happens to be a shark in the corridor. And a dragon in the library! And why would crossing the road lead to the North Pole? A fun-filled story about a little boy with a BIG...

A bunch of scruffy urchin kids in the backstreets of Paris outwit thieves to uncover the whereabouts of millions of francs stolen from the Paris-Ventimiglia express. Gaby is the leader, but it is super-cool Marion with her collection of stray dogs who is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915584212Author Angela KecojevicFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Neem Tree Press LimitedPublisher Neem Tree Press Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award 1941.Book InformationISBN 9780679813439Author Walter FarleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House USA...

On a summer holiday in Wales, Portia and Ben find a mysterious door set in a bramble hedge in the middle of a forest. It is a portal to the Otherworld and should never be opened, but how are they supposed to know that? After all, the old stories about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorNick Eliopulos is a writer who lives in Brooklyn (as many writers do). He likes to spend half his free time reading and the other half gaming. He cowrote the...

Tim and Natascha realise to their horror that Max has gone to Paris to confront their first adversary, Colonel Zinfandel, the dictator of Stanislavia. They rush after him, with their intrepid dog Grk. Will Max overstep the mark and do something...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338214444Author Tui T. SutherlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955414558Author Linda StrachanFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint GW PublishingPublisher Lomond Books

A reissue of a much-loved adventure which has stood the test of time and is as exciting today as when it was first published nearly 70 years ago. It all begins when Nick breaks the classroom window with his football, and the Headmaster says Nick has to...

Magic can save youMagic can kill youIt should be a time of celebration. The Enemy of Death is dead; a severed head proof of his downfall. The magical world has no reason to believe otherwise, and Callum, Tamara and Aaron are celebrated as heroes.But at a...

A celebration of a child's growing self awareness, and a prime example of how books can contribute to this. Whether brave or shy, strong or weak, in the end the young boy celebrates all different, apparently contradictory parts of himself.Book...

Waterstones Scottish Children's Book of the Month Years ago, the Emperor used dark magic to steal all the colour from the world. Now he keeps it for himself, enjoying its life-giving power while everyone else must exist in cold shades of grey. That...

Lila and Jay Cooper have joined their dad on a mission to the jungles of Central America, where a group of American treasure hunters have already become the victims of the deadly curse of Toco-Rey. Before Dr. Cooper can solve the mystery, his children...

What would you do if Santa put you on his Naughty List? A magical Christmas adventure like no other, with an Elf called Jiggles, a race to save Christmas, and lots of cat food! When Aisling and Joe antagonise...

From the author of the bestselling and award-winning WITCH CHILD, comes another outstanding historical novel. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution and its impact on British politics, this action-driven novel shows once again that Celia...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448409474Author Lucille Recht PennerFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint G P Putnam's SonsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 85gDimensions(mm)...

A brilliant mystery series from bestselling author Enid Blyton, perfect for fans of The Secret Seven. Mr Goon is on holiday and there's a new policeman in town. While the Find-Outers are up to their usual games, he stumbles upon a puzzling mystery: the...

Nancy attends the Midwest Grand Prix Dressage Championships, and quickly learns that fine horses generate big money, turning friendly competition into a very nasty business.Book InformationISBN 9780671007546Author Carolyn KeeneFormat PaperbackPage Count...

The hilarious adventures of everyone's favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star! 'I'm not a foreigner,' exclaimed Paddington hotly. 'I'm from Darkest Peru.' Paddington has always felt at home with the Brown family. Then...

Join Hades on an exciting villainous adventure in this dazzling and vibrant graphic novelBook InformationISBN 9781837713417Author Manlio CastagnaFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Autumn PublishingPublisher Bonnier Books LtdWeight(grams)...

It's competition time! The Hercules Hopefuls are at the International Championships at last - but how will Fergus cope with the competition pressures now that his best friend Daisy has moved away? Mum and Jambo are distracted by their upcoming wedding,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593159156Author Max BrooksFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House WorldsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 217mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307931092Author Billy WrecksFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 205mm *...

A magical medieval tale from two masters, Newbery Medal-winning Kate DiCamillo and Caldecott Medal-winning Sophie Blackall - a fantastical meditation on fate, love and the power of words to spell the world.We shall all, in the end, be led to where we...

When would-be author, Amelie Trott, meets a ten foot tall stranger on the stairs she is faced with an impossible challenge: to rescue her family home from the clutches of the devious Bottomley-Slighs. However, she is soon to discover that this is simply...

Soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring ANNE HATHAWAY, OCTAVIA SPENCER, STANLEY TUCCI and CHRIS ROCK, coming in 2020.A splendiferous new hardback of THE WITCHES, part of a collection of truly delumptious classic Roald Dahl titles with stylish jackets...