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Welcome to the wise and wonderful world of everyone's favourite bear. Paddington Bear is a beacon of happiness - well meaning, funny and always kind. Explore Paddington's unique and universal take on life...

The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to do whatever it...

In this thrilling sticker book, the lines between science fiction and reality blur as you build awe-inspiring futuristic metropolises - from giant space stations and colonies on Mars to underwater worlds and cyberpunk cities full of androids. Add the...

Introducing The Famous Five to younger readers with this NEWLY-CREATED story for children aged 5 and up!The Five are on a special mission to help create a little public garden to honour late Mr Tidyworth. But when Timmy digs up a shining silver necklace,...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are expecting a young orphan boy to help them with farmwork at Green Gables. But when a skinny, red-haired girl turns up...

A delightful paperback version of a much loved picture book classic!Floss lives in the city and loves to go to the park and play ball with the children. But her owner's son is a farmer and needs a new sheepdog, so the border collie moves to a...

Witness the power of family history and family love in this funny, poignant addition to a series that the New York Times Book Review hails as "delightful and heartwarming."It's summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781503763838Author PI KidsFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint PI KidsPublisher Phoenix International Publications, IncorporatedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955265341Author Elaine HeneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 119Imprint Grey Pony FilmsPublisher Grey Pony Films

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063288768Author Bernard WaberFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 844gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Caldecott Medal Winner and New York Times Best Illustrated Book.Book InformationISBN 9780140504415Author Donald HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint...

Influential artist Carson Ellis makes her solo picture-book debut with a beautifully imaginative tribute to the many possibilities of home.The picture book debut of Carson Ellis, acclaimed illustrator of the Wildwood series and Lemony Snicket's The...

Welcome to Wimmelworld-a land of few words, yet endless entertainment! In these one-of-a-kind picture books, every spread is a new panorama teeming with life. Children as young as two will delight in seeking out familiar things-a blue tricycle, a hungry...

Crazy creatures in this bonkers book of mixed-up farm animals from bestselling, award-winning illustrator, Axel Scheffler What do you get if you cross a pig with a turkey? Why, that would be a purkey! And a sheep with a rabbit? That would be a shabbit,...

A Traveller girl creates her own musical instrument from a willow branch and lots of recycled objects. She plays it enthusiastically, but it sounds terrible! Ignoring warnings not to awaken the ogre in the hills, Ossiri goes there to practise playing her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771386630Author Akiko MiyakoshiFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Kids Can PressPublisher Kids Can PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 262mm * 211mm *...

"Children and adults alike will be delighted by this brilliantly silly and surreal story" - Booktrust The second book in the Diaries of Pig series of chapter books now in full colour - with Pig's hilarious...

Go exploring with Maisy in this brand new portrait format!Explore London with this delightful children's picture book from the multi-award-winning Lucy Cousins. Maisy and her friends are visiting the big city - and there is so much to see! Big Ben,...

Complete with a carry handle, My First London Sticker Book is the ideal companion on a trip to London, or for any child to enjoy the excitement of the big city.Packed with activities from colouring to imagining your own exhibit at the Natural History...

When Nyla has to leave her home in the countryside to start life again in the city, all she can think about is everything she misses from before. So when a comet comes crashing through the city streets and starts to glow and grow, Nyla can't resist a...

A powerful account of the reclamation of an urban landscape told wordlessly through fascinating, detailed collage artwork.Observed through the window of a house, a city street gradually becomes a place to call home as the inhabitants begin to rescue...

Welcome to the Island of Struay, home of one of the best-loved characters in children's books and as seen on TV - Katie Morag McColl!Whether she's posting parcels to the wrong addresses, helping Grannie Island with a winning sheep, having problems with a...

A picture book of great beauty and hope about the power we have to transform our world.On a mean street in a mean city, a thief tries to snatch an old woman's bag. But she finds she can't have it without promising something in return - to "plant them...

Helen Peters' sequel to The Secret Hen House Theatre has all the same hallmarks: great writing and an emotionally engaging, entertaining story.Hannah's family farm is once again under threat. This time, a water company wants to flood the land to make a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915542007Author Elaine HeneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 129Imprint Grey Pony FilmsPublisher Grey Pony Films

Bee pulls her shoes and socks off, Billy builds a heap of clothes. They wriggle into SWIMSUITS... Ready? Steady? GO!Join Billy and Bee in the fourth instalment of this "First Experiences" series set in the urban city centre. Today let's go ...SWIMMING!...

'Funny, anarchic, original and gloriously silly.' Richard Osman'Ted and Nancy are my favourite funny foxes EVER.' Liz Pichon, author of Tom Gates'I CACKLED ALOUD on practically every page. Comic gold, tinged with such tenderness.' Kiran Millwood...

The sixth in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon.Jasmine's dad is a farmer, and her mum is a...

Welcome to the Island of Struay, home of one of the best-loved characters in children's books and as seen on TV - Katie Morag McColl!Katie Morag is mightily put out when her new baby sister is born and grabs all the limelight. She is so cross that she...

Ride along to school with the #1 New York Times bestselling Little Blue Truck and meet Blue's new friend: a bright yellow school bus. Beep-beep!Little Blue Truck and his good friend Toad are excited to meet a bright yellow school bus on the road. They...

Learn to the letters of the alphabet with Percy the park keeper and his animal friends in this fun first concept book from highly regarded, award-winning author/illustrator Nick Butterworth. Learning the letters of the alphabet is much easier...

Now in a smaller, "on the go" format: a top-selling My Big Wimmelbook chock-full of vibrant illustrations that tell stories without words, depicting characters on a variety of construction sites. In these board books, every page is bursting with life...

Join the fun on the farm! A brand new Mudpuddle Farm book from award-winning author Michael Morpurgo, hilariously illustrated throughout by Shoo Rayner, and perfect for readers of 5 and up. Two charming stories for younger readers,...

Pop to the shops with Busy Shopping! Young children will have fun pulling and turning the tabs as they read the rhyming story. Fill the trolley to the top, whizz down the aisles, then pay at the checkout - and keep a lookout for the missing teddy bear! ...

Have you found the spaces in between? The secret places no one else has been? This beautiful picture book celebrates themes of anxiety and kindness by exploring the hidden places to be found in a busy city.Traffic! Road works! Ambulances! Where do you go...

Sarah Myhill and Craig Robinson's new book brings together all the guidance offered across their many other publications to show why a paleo-ketogenic diet is evolutionarily correct, and therefore the healthiest option, and how it can be practised...

Join the fun on the farm! A charming story from award-winning author Michael Morpurgo, hilariously illustrated throughout by Shoo Rayner, and perfect for readers of 5 and up. Two funny farmyard stories for younger readers. ...

The first in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon.Jasmine's dad is a farmer, and her mum is a...

The fourth in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon.Jasmine's dad is a farmer, and her mum is a...

When The Storks Came Home is a charming, fictionalised retelling of the successful white stork reintroduction at the Knepp Estate. The white stork is a UK native bird which was last year brought back from extinction. In this second picture book from...