Children's Fiction

When Callum and his friends find Iona on Callum's farm they try to chase her back into the village. But Iona runs from them up into the hills. It is late and dark and snow lies in the mountain gullies. Worried for Iona's safety,...

'Investigate!' is theme of the first lavish full-colour picture book published to celebrate the brand-new CGI TV series that brings Noddy to a new generation of children. Noddy is Toyland's new detective. If there's something lost, missing or unusual happening in Toyland, Noddy and...

Things are afoot in Starkley... again! Out in the ocean something's on the move ... something BIG ... something that might change everything ...While most of Starkley's inhabitants have fled or gone into lockdown, Hamish and his pals in the PDF are coming up...

Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they...

Jason never turns down a dare, which has landed him in trouble more than once. After he gives some classmates a hard time, they challenge him to a BMX competition. Jason can't say no. But BMX-riding is much harder than he thought. If he...

Which animal shoots blood from its eyeballs? What disgusting things do some creatures do with their own poo and wee? Which creature lives inside a sea cucumber's bottom?! Sink your teeth into this foul fact-ridden book, bursting with gruesome information about animals. With pull-tabs,...

Tia must show visitors to Gull Haven Island how to respect the environment and protect the animals who live there in this charming tale from award-winning author Gill Lewis. At the start of the summer, Tia is excited to see all the visitors arriving...

The third beastly book in the deliciously gruesome and hilarious series by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, perfect for little beasts aged 8-12. 'Reads like a modern classic. Sharp, funny, original – I thought this was brilliant', Sam Copeland, bestselling author of Charlie Changes into a Chicken...

The perfect Halloween treat for all Mr Men fans. Mr Happy is having a fancy dress Halloween party with spooky decorations, ghoulishly good treats and creepy costumes! Mr Happy is a vampire, Little Miss Magic is a witch, but who is the mysterious ghost?...

One minute I'm lying on the floor reading a book, the next minute I've got my granny's teeth clamped to my bum. Yoweeeee! But that's only the start of the weird stuff! You just wait and see. Soon, Billy is feeling grumpy, and his...

The all-time disgusting book of jokes is here. We've gathered hundreds of them. Some of the jokes will raise a smile, some will make you giggle, ...

The course of true love never did run smooth ... Demetrius loves Hermia, but Helena loves Demetrius. Hermia loves Lysander but has been promised to Demetrius. When the young people run away to the forest and the fairies also get involved, mix ups and...

An action-packed swashbuckling tale for readers aged 8 and up! While helping in Grandpa's shop, Bramble discovers a strange scarlet mask. A tingling in her fingers tells her to try it on, but when she does she can't take it off . . ....

The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller that everyone is talking about! TIKTOK AUTHOR OF THE YEAR, 2023 ‘A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller' – Guardian The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know...

An amazing and captivating, curl-up-on-the-sofa debut about a magical frost fair and the lasting power of friendship, perfect for fans of Tamzin Merchant, Abi Elphinstone and Anna James. The Great Frost of 1683 has London in its icy grip. Thomasina and her best friend...

Under Platform 13 at King's Cross Station there is a secret door that leads to a magical island . . . It appears only once every nine years. And when it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of London. A wizard, an...

What is The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket about? Dear reader, There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to...

A magical adventure to delight the imagination. A curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a debut from a uniquely talented author. Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents’ bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the rest of her family, Tilly...