Peters Books for Schools

Introduces different sorts of marine life and includes some basic facts about their biology.

Lara Jean confesses in letters her conflicted feelings for two different boys

A celebration of some of the world's greatest black artists, athletes, musicians, and activists.

A girl discovers she has the ability to hear the thoughts of animals.

A guide for children about to, or just starting to, attend secondary school by Matthew Burton, Headmaster of Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury as featured in the C4 TV series 'Educating Yorkshire'.

A young girl immerses herself in the Bohemian world of the 1920s when the country house where her aunt works as a seamstress is inherited by young members of the ancestral family who own it.

An interactive story in which you can get to know a little alien which has crash landed in the book.

A photographic guide to 3000 key words and phrases in British English.

When a seventeen-year-old accuses her boyfriend of physical abuse, the whole school finds it difficult to decide what to think or how to react.

A teenage girl runs away from her abusive father and stumbles upon a living arrangement with an elderly lady whose dementia means she mistakes her for an old friend.

When her mum falls into a coma, a young teenager uses key objects from her mother's childhood in Kuwait to magically experience key moments from her past that help strengthen their fragile relationship.

A boy comes to terms with his identity as a mixed-race gay teen - then at university he finds his wings as a drag artist, The Black Flamingo.

Two young people find themselves thrown together as they struggle to survive in the middle of the ocean after separately surviving shipwrecks.

A Filipino-American teenager heads to the Philippines to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder.

A conscientious objector suffering from delusions due to a head injury searches Blitz era London for his estranged brother, who is missing after a bombing.

A girl goes on a road trip with her grumpy neighbour after an argument with her mother who lives on a commune.

A teenage boy takes up boxing after being the victim of an unprovoked racist attack.

The daughter of a lighthouse keeper discovers a magical world when she is sent to work as a maid at the big house.

A girl is separated from her best friends when her grandmother suddenly decides that they need to leave town in the middle of the night.

Follows on from the the Cinderella fairy tale, but taken from the point of view of the younger stepsister and her story.

Follows the lives of Lenny and her younger brother, Davey who suffers from gigantism.

Nicky and Kenny find themselves in danger when they get lost on the Yorkshire Moors in a snowstorm.

Based on the true story of teenage Mary Godwin who runs away with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley with her stepsister in tow and who goes on to write Frankenstein

A teenage girl battles the Alaskan wilderness to save a crashlanded alien from authorities who are trying to capture him.

An ink blot comes to life and helps a boy who can't draw create a comic book for his class project.

A brother and sister try to keep the bond with their cousin alive, despite the horrors of the Great War.

A boy has to hide from his friends and teachers the fact that he and his mum are living in a van.

Teenager Bri wants to pursue her dream of being a rap star but her family troubles keep getting in the way

A 14 year old girl worries about making friends because she doesn't want anyone to discover that her mother is a compulsive hoarder.

A tone-deaf walrus follows her dream of performing in the Great Big Animal Talent Show even though her singing drives everyone away.

An introduction to the environmental plastic problem in a question and answer format.

Frog has to work out a seating solution for a bundle of unruly puppies that Dog is looking after.

A collection of poems ideal for reading out loud.

A simple reader in which a slug dreams of going into space.

A little boy loses his temper when he has a bad day at the park with his family, but apologises to them when he eventually calms down.

A slug longs to be a superhero, and must prove his worth to the League of Heroes in the guise of his alter-ego, Super Snail.

A giraffe dislikes his very long neck until he meets a turtle who makes him appreciate the physical attributes that he has.

A young sheepdog helps a lifeboat steer it's way through fog when he is rescued by them after falling in the sea.

A trainee wizard conjures up a monster instead of a mouse when he is taking his Wizard Test

Three friends have to stop a professor from stealing the Saxon treaure they have discovered in a field

A retelling of a traditional Indian folktale

A collection of lyrical poems about a menagerie of creatures great and small.

Mole's friend comes up with a good idea to help him be their football team's goal keeper even though he can't see very well.

A young Amazonian Indian girl helps save a strange family of animals when their waterfall home drys up.

Malala Yousafzai recounts her life growing up in Pakistan and being aware of how lucky she was to be able to go to school, which led to her campaigning for the right for every child to be allowed an education.

Isadora has a fun time at her friend's sleepover, but they fall out over a cake baking competition at school.

A levelled reading book in which a penguin is made fun of for his extra long wings, but is accepted by the other penguins when he saves them from a seal attack.

A young Viking makes friends with a dragon and together they get rid of a gang of trolls who are creating trouble for their village.

Short rhyming stories about various monsters and mythical creatures.

Children join in a fun water fight with their teachers at school.

More fun adventures with Norman in which he inadvertently saves William the Conqueror's life, and makes an appearance in the Bayeux Tapestry.

Three more stories with Bertie as he accidentally unleashes a huge spider in school, tries his hardest to lose the awful jumper Gran has knitted for him, and goes treasure seeking with a metal detector!

Frog and Dog try to find something other than gnats for the cat to sit on, but every possible rhyme seems to have already been claimed by different animals.

A family of ghosts try to find out why the littlest ghost is afraid to go outside.

A girl discovers that a rock out at sea is actually a living creature and home to many animals, and must save it from being destroyed by the fishing community who think that it is dangerous.

A boy imagines what it would be like if he was made out of things like sweets, flowers or bubbles.

A lonely shark collects other sea creatures in a bag so that he can share the cake he has made with them.

Two sheep longing for adventure find it when they meet a wolf who they end up befriending and teaching him to read.

Follows the adventures of Stanley, when he becomes only half an inch thick.

Huffalot saves Princess Plum from the Big Bad Wolf when he comes along to challenge Sir Lance-a-Little to a duel.

Chaos ensues on a shopping trip when Ethan discovers a genie living in a jar of jam at the supermarket.

Explains refugee and migration issues for young readers by following the journey of a young boy with his mother.

An illustrated poem about a family visiting the city of London

A young boy investigates noises in his bedroom at night and finds monsters who become his friends

An illustrated picture book edition of de la Mare's poem about two children who have a nighttime adventure with fairies by the light of the full moon.

An illustrated retelling of the true life story of a young girl orphaned by war in Sierra Leone who became an international ballet star after being adopted by an American family.

Tells the story of Ug and his parents who live in the Stone Age and Ug's constant quest for improving their family life.

A workforce of chocolate egg-laying chickens go on strike to demand better working conditions and rights from their tyrannical boss who overworks them.

Princess Smartypants saves the day when fairy tales begin going wrong after characters start buying wishes from an online wish shop.

Four short stories recounting the everyday adventures of Dilly the Dinosaur.

A meerkat goes on travels and tries out different animals' homes but realises that his original home is best.

Winnie the witch practises colour change spells on her house and cat

Picture book, full colour edition of the story about a married couple who are horrible to everyone but are taught a lesson by some clever animals

Squishy McFluff accompanies Ava on holiday at the seaside.

A boy learns the hard life lesson of death after caring for a stray dog

The Mummy family take part in a reality TV show to try to win the cash prize

A boy encounters the ghosts of a famous football team

A girl with an aversion to snakes is taught by her family why snakes are actually really great.

A mean rabbit is befriended by a bear, who he has stolen food from whilst she was hibernating.

Six humorous poems for young children

Follows a young girl's correspondence with Greenpeace about the whale living in her pond.

An astronaut dog and astronaut cat meet on space missions and eventually become friends

Considers the behaviour and habitat of the Emperor penguin.

A little toy rabbit dreams of becoming a real rabbit if he is loved enough by his owner.

Emily helps cheer up a little teddy bear who is feeling blue.

A creation myth from West African, which explains why humans have different skin colours.

Anniversary edition of the story about a boy's parents ignoring his warnings about a monster and fail to notice when he is eaten.

It's Titchy-witch's birthday and she gets her first broomstick at last. However, Titchy-witch quickly realises that flying one isn't as easy as she thought.

When the Queen steals Emily Brown's favourite toy and erstwhile companion, a toy rabbit called Stanley, Emily sets out to get him back and teach that naughty queen a valuable lesson.

A small fish tries to evade getting into trouble when he steals a bigger fish's hat.

A dad reads his children a bedtime story about a town which is invaded by mean aliens and has to be saved by a superhero.

A mouse with a talent for solving mysteries helps the people on his street find their missing possessions.

A reluctant viking ends up saving everyone when a storm hits their ship

A dog interviews the family who want to take him home as their pet.

A 30th anniversary edition of the classic story of a lonely girl, a friendly gorilla and their amazing night out.

A boy discovers that his best friend has the power to turn himself into any creature he wishes to be.

A tidy and polite troll, and a noisy, messy little girl swap places with each other.

Daisy, with the help of Gabby and Dylan, start a detective agency to solve some local burglaries

A lonely alien beams up children's toys to keep him company because he has lost his own favourite toy.

A beetle feels like he is not important because he is so tiny but discovers that being small is quite useful for survival.

Ulf, the finger-eating troll, bites off more than he can chew when he meets the plucky Gudrun.

A young boy makes a decision on who to stay with while his mother is having a baby

A bear gets lost in the city and makes himself at home in the apartment of Goldilocks who is now grown up and has a family of her own.

Mira discovers that her new teacher turns into a dragon every time she eats crisps, but this unusual trait comes in useful when she has to be rescued on a school trip.

Retells the traditional Hindu folktale of Rama and Sita.

A sister uses various inventions to chase after the creatures that have eaten her younger brother.

A girl's boring day at school is enlivened by a tiny monster who takes her on an adventure.

Dinah enjoys a special packed lunch with a museum Iguanodon.

One night the wolves out of his fairy tale come alive and Herb has to call on the help of his other fairy tale favourites to rescue him.

When Claude visits the city, he foils a robbery at the museum and becomes a hero

A fish wishes to walk and makes legs so that he can walk on the land, eventually leading to the evolution of reptiles

Illustrates the similarities and differences in a day-in-the-life of a Moroccan family and an Australian family

A joyful evocation of the Muslim festival of Ramadan and Eid for young children

Uncle Ted does a bad job of babysitting Clarice Bean and her siblings.

Clarice Bean introduces herself, and her friends and family to the reader.

Clever Alvina learns how to keep the peace between her two grannies, who come from very different backgrounds.

A boy has to save a friendly dragon from St George the dragonslayer

A young boy and alien make friends when both find themselves stranded on the moon.

A humorous take on the traditional Perrault fairy tale, Cinderella.

Retelling of the fairy tale in which a talking cat brings fortune to his poor owner

A verse story about aliens invading the Earth.

Rose and Ben come up with a plan to scare the class bully, with the help of the class rat

A tomboyish princess thinks of various ways to deter princes from marrying her

When Linda learns about East Africa and a tall, proud people called the Masai, she feels a strong sympathy with them. As she contiues her life in the city, playing on the streets, eating with her family and getting ready for school, she begins to compare each activity with the way it would be if she were a Masai. As Linda compares her life to theirs, she learns to celebrate both things that are different and things that are the same.

Who's that creeping down the street?

A little boy sets off on a round-the-world night train to dreamland with only his toy dog for company. But soon all sorts of endangered animals are asking if they can jump up and join on their journey.

Follows the adventures of a young boy's action figure as he plays with him

An alien is lost on earth and finds children friendly but adults less so.

A boy thinks that a penguin is lost, but realises that it just needs a friend