Children's Fiction

What is The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket about? Be warned – to commiserate 25 years of misfortune and gloom unleashed upon generations of children, Lemony Snicket’s publishers have taken the untold risk of creating brand new collectors’ editions of...

Working with Apples & Snakes, the "Spoken Word Trailblazers", Britain's Children's Laureate has chosen poems from ten debut poets, all from diverse/under-represented backgrounds. Selected for their qualities of originality, expression and style, they represent the best of a new generation of gifted young poets...

Beautifully illustrated by of Val Biro, this magical collection of seven enduring classics from Andersen, Perrault and Grimm will delight readers of all ages. Includes Cinderella, The Emperor's New Clothes and Puss in Boots.

From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection of South Asian folklore, legends, and epics reimagines stories of old for a modern audience. This fantasy and science fiction teen anthology edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra contains a wide range of...

Batman confronts an old foe ― Ra’s Al Ghul ― in a very old place: Easter Island! Plus: The World’s Greatest Detective squeezes info out of a bad guy in a scary but scientific way!

Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sara Raasch, this epic finale complete with high-stakes action and page-turning romance delivers a thrilling conclusion to Jessica Rubinkowski’s Russian folklore–based YA fantasy duology. Surviving the ill-fated expedition to Knnot, Valeria, Alik, and the others have found...

Prepare for Minion Madness. From the creators of Despicable Me comes a brand new movie adventure in yellow... Minions. This fresh new comic featuring the stars of the upcoming movie brings together a collection of hilarious comic stories featuring everyone s favourite yellow, banana-loving...

Return to the magic of THE RAILWAY CHILDREN in this heartwarming sequel by Lou Kuenzler. In the depths of WWII, 12-year-old Edie is nervous at the prospect of being sent to live with an unknown aunt whilst her mother Phyllis flies planes for the ATA. However, Aunt...

The First Order has the Resistance on the run. Things grow ever more desperate for General Leia Organa, pilot Poe Dameron, and former stormtrooper Finn as they desperately try to evade the First Order fleet. Rey has journeyed to the remote planet Ahch-To to...

Blow up your inflatable, apply the factor 50 and polish those sunnies… Mira and Dave the naughtiest unicorn are going to the BEACH! Mira can't wait to build a GIANT sandcastle (although Dave is more interested in eating a GIANT GLITTERY ICE-CREAM). But when...

A wildly entertaining adventure involving snakes, grizzlies, a menacing drone, a missing father, and the kid determined to find him. In classic Hiaasen fashion, the animals here are wild, and the people are wilder!Some facts about Billy Dickens:  *  He once saw a biker swerve across...

The eagerly-anticipated sequel to Tom Fletcher's bestselling magical adventure, The Christmasaurus. Join William and the Christmasaurus for another festive adventure.'She is the best-kept Christmas secret of all,' whispered Santa Claus. 'Which is surprising, because she is so powerful that Christmas itself would not exist without...

A tender tale to remind the youngest of children that Mommy always comes back. “I want my mommy “ Three baby owls awake one night to find their mother gone, and they can’t help but wonder where she is. What is she doing? When...

Welcome back to Planet Omar! The fourth book in Zanib Mian's laugh-out-loud series, with amazing cartoon-style illustrations. Perfect for fans of Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid. When Omar's best friend Daniel messes up at school, Omar decides to take the blame to save him...

This hilarious new adventure in the Uncle Pete fantasy adventure series takes Uncle Pete and his fearless female sidekick, TM, on an incredible Arctic expedition to get Berg, the little polar bear, back to his family. Gathering their snow gear, Uncle Peter and TM fit skis...

Danny is a fun-loving 16-year-old looking for a father figure and falling in love with a different girl every day. He certainly doesn't want to follow in his mum's witchy footsteps. Just as his community is being threatened by gangs intent on finding a...

Centuries before the Clone Wars or the Empire, it is a dangerous time for the galaxy, and the Jedi of the High Republic must face their greatest trials yet. . . . The villainous Nihil control an area of space known as the Occlusion...

Bored with trick-or-treating, three friends venture into the woods on Halloween night to hunt for the haunted McBride House in this spine-tingling horror story from Phil Hickes. If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a nasty surprise … Seeking creepy...

Evenfall: The Golden Linnet was the number one bestselling children’s debut fiction book and the number one bestselling children’s hardback fiction book! 13-year-old Sam is now the Tempest – head of the secret, ancient Order of the Evening that protects the world from evil. But his work has...

Julia Donaldson’s beloved rhyming picture book story about two monkeys who are as different as night and day – now with shiny cover foil! Night Monkey and Day Monkey don’t think they have much in common. But when they each spend time in the...