School & Education

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849673495Author Roald DahlFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Rily Publications LtdPublisher Rily Publications Ltd

Life isn't easy, especially if you're from another planet... With his space-pod destroyed, the Star Boy is adapting to life on Earth with help from his friends Kiki and Wes, but Kiki's long list of don'ts is a constant reminder of how hard it is to...

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is now a major motion picture from Netflix - starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Earl Cave, Kit...

The fourth book in a SUPER (like, actually, with powers and stuff) new series for readers aged 7+ from the amazingly talented illustrator and author Sophy Henn! Brimming with Sophy's hilarious illustrations, this is the perfect read for fans of Dork...

Alex Sparrow is a super-agent in training. He is also a human lie-detector. Working with Jess - who can communicate with animals - they must find out why their friends, and enemies, are all changing into polite and well behaved pupils. And exactly who is...

Teamwork can help the dream work but what will happen when Scott has to play for the other side ... the girls' team! Paul Stewart wraps up the action for the Dale Juniors in the climactic final instalment of the Football Mad series. Dale...

Meet Mabel - she's MAGNIFICENT.Sometimes life isn't fair for Mabel Chase. Like for instance it is NEVER her turn to look after the class caterpillar. And she's not allowed a pair of glasses, even though she is SURE that she needs them. And her big sister...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506473789Author Britney Winn LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Beaming BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781426338106Author National Geographic KidsFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Under the StarsPublisher National Geographic KidsWeight(grams)...

The fourth spellbinding book in Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven Cycle quartet. All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. She doesn't believe in true love and never thought this...

The seventh book in the brilliant Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning BARRY LOSER Loser series. Perfect for readers aged 7 years + and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates and Dennis the Menace. It's only a few days...

Celebrate all things Gryffindor with this glorious paperback collection of the iconic House Editions. The beautifully crafted slipcase emblazoned with the house emblem the Gryffindor lion contains all seven novels from J.K. Rowling's classic series in a...

Living in the luxurious Arcanum building - with its interior balconies perfect for playing tag, an elevator like an iron birdcage, and quirky neighbours behind every apartment door - has always been fun and games for twelve-year-old Minerva Keen . . ...

Hilarious school-based comedy for 7+ with black and white illustrations throughout. A modern day Just William!Lenny Lemmon is looking forward to Olden Days Day at school. It's a chance to break the routine and try school as it was years ago. It explains...

Lily and Blue Kangaroo - a friendship forever! The eighth title in this hugely popular series featuring Lily and her loveable soft toy sees the inseparable duo starting at a new school with surprising results. When Lily starts at a new school...

Seth learns some important life lessons when he's transported back to Ancient Egypt in this absorbing time-slip adventure from bestselling author Karen McCombie. While awaiting punishment in his headmaster's office for his latest piece of...

A charming story collection from Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees - full of friendship and adventure, and perfect to read together Full of friendship and adventure, these three uplifting stories...

Double the trouble! An original novel by Michael Rosen, told alongside the Dickens classic that inspired it: Oliver Twist. Shona and her dad are moving house, and at Shona's new school, the rules are pretty...

When Frank's hiccups just won't STOP, they get him into all kinds of trouble in this madcap caper from comedy genius and bestselling author Jo Simmons. A case of incurable hiccups leads to hilarity in this hilarious caper from comedy genius...

HEROES AND UNICORNS AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE. The first book in the award-winning, international hit fantasy adventure series for children age 9+, and fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Eragon and Fireborn.WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE...

The second book in William Nicholson's award-winning epic fantasy series, Wind on Fire. 'Gloriously cinematic and completely enthralling' - Independent "I hate school! I hate ratings! I won't reach higher! I won't strive harder! I...

Stitched Up is the heartwarming and fashion-forward novel from author and journalist Joanne O'Connell, perfect for readers of Elle McNicoll and younger fans of Geek Girl.Cassie has a passion for fashion so when the opportunity to redesign her school...

By award-winning Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, a poetic picture book about family separation and mental health. Once a month, Dad takes his son to the barbers, come rain or shine. But when Dad disappears, this little boy's hair grows...

The brand-new fourth book in the gorgeous Lost and Found series from Cathy Cassidy, bestselling author of The Chocolate Box Girls.Phoenix is a firebrand and a fire starter. After burning down a dormitory at her prestigious boarding school, Phoenix is...

Try as he might, Arun simply cannot wriggle his way out of taking the maths test at school. Instead, he must learn to face his fears in this encouraging and relatable school story from Serena Patel. A funny and...

Mark Lowery is far too funny - Jonathan Meres, author of THE WORLD OF NORMRoman endures a royal visit and a school fashion show - in a jumper knitted by his Grandma . . .Grandma has come to stay for the royal visit by Princess Lucy to launch her new...

It really doesn't look like being Hooker's season. Not only does he spend the first match of the league suffering a dropped-catch jinx but now there' civil war in the team over the selections. Sometimes captaining the GLORY GARDENS Cricket Team isn't the...

Being BAD has never felt so GOOD! The first in a villainously funny, highly illustrated young middle-grade series from author-illustrator Ryan Hammond. For fans of Amelia Fang, Dog Man and Grimwood. Don't miss the second installment, How to Steal a...

For new girl Darrell Rivers, there are friends to be made, pranks to be played and fun to be had at Malory Towers in Enid Blyton's best-loved boarding school series.Book eleven is filled with mystery. What's with all the secrets? How did Daffy pull off...

Dick King-Smith, creator of 'Babe the Sheep-Pig', presents the cleverest guinea pig in the world!Judy's classmates snigger when she claims guinea pigs are brainy. But, when her guinea pigs have a baby son, she decides to call him Jenius and train him to...

Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books that will make readers laugh and pump their fists as they start a secret banned books...

Another day. Another mood. Meet Judy Moody at her moodiest-best, in this laugh-a-minute sixteenth adventure in the international bestselling series.Judy Moody is Monday-morning mopey. Another week in her same-old seat at her same-old desk in her same-old...

A Vicarage Family is the first part in a fictionalized autobiography in which Noel Streatfeild tells the story of her own childhood, painting a poignant and vivid picture of daily life in an impoverished, genteel family in the years leading up to the...

Class 3 of Hampstead Primary School are off on a school trip to Paris! Morgan is the first to spot the bearded man in the black Citroen car, cruising behind their school bus, and feels sure he is following them. The plot thickens when a second mysterious...

"Will leave a mark on your heart." Stephanie Garber, author of the Caraval series"A smart romance with heart and guts and all the intoxicating feelings in between." Maureen Johnson, author of 13 Little Blue EnvelopesFalling in love wasn't part of the...

Alex's best friend is Kevin the cockapoo, although what he wants most of all is a friend at school. A charming and gentle story about how life isn't one size fits all.Everything is changing for 11-year-old Alex and, as an autistic person, change can be...

Take flight on this beautifully-written, epic and soaring new adventure, perfect for fans of Abi Elphinstone, Aisling Fowler, A. F. Steadman and Pari Thompson. Astrid has lived in the rhubarb shed her whole life. The...

Rafe Khatchadorian is getting the Hollywood treatment in a film version of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life starring Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle and Thomas Barbusca.It's a dog-eat-dog world, and Rafe Khatchadorian is just trying to...

A sensitive and reassuring picture book on understanding and handling big feelings from award-winning author Manjeet Mann Some days are good days. Some days are bad days. And some days are whirly twirly days, where the strops have you in a flop and...

Book Two in the bestselling Uncle Albert science/adventure series.Uncle Albert and his intrepid niece Gedanken make some astonishing discoveries when they set out on their next mission: to investigate the universe . . .Discover black holes that swallow...