100 books for every primary year group

A crocodile desperate for friends is shunned by the other animals until another crocodile arrives at the river

A dog is troubled when he smells too fragrant after his bath

Two simple stories levelled for children reading at book band pink.

Two short stories featuring animals who have to jump

Oh no, there's a shark in the park! Or is there?

A boy who is the town lookout for pirates keeps mistaking other ships for a pirate boat.

Mummy Owl reads Little Owl one last bedtime story when he keeps finding reasons why he can't fall asleep.

Two simple stories about a two mice, levelled at book band pink.

A bear refuses to share his winter cave, but realises that his cave will be warmer and cosier if he lets the other animals in.

A dog has problems settling in to his new school where all the teachers and pupils are cats.

A story designed to help children talk about their anxieties in which a boy is beset by a big worry monster until he talks about his worries which makes the monster seem not so big and scary.

An ill-mannered little penguin accidentally spreads her bad manners to her usually polite family, and realises how hard it is to live around people who don't take others into consideration.

A hungry anteater with memory problems tries to recall what it is that he likes to eat.

A cantankerous dog concedes to liking a little puppy that makes friends with him.

A request to the zoo for a pet results in a number of different animals being dispatched.

Counts from ten to one and back with a group of aliens.

A rhythmical rhyming story about different kinds of cats and their characteristics.

A young wheelchair user tells all the fun things that he and his pet dragon get up to and like to do together.

A big sister teaches her baby brother to count to a hundred and beyond.

Illustrates different things that begin with the letter B as a boy inadvertantly brings along his baby sister when he delivers a basket of bananas to his Baba in the next village.

A rhyming look at the infinite variety of pants.

A first concept book about opposites using dinosaur examples

Two neighbours live their lives without speaking to each other, until they both witness the sight of a shooting star which sparks a friendship between them.

Two simple stories about a farmer who doesn't want to get out of bed, and some animals who decide playing together is much more fun than playing alone.

A counting story which counts down from ten to one, featuring colourful bugs.

A rhythmical rhyming story about different kinds of dogs and their characteristics.

A crowd of animals show off their favourite clothes, with elements to spot and count in each picture.

With the help of a ladybird a group of farm animals stop two thieves from stealing the farmer's prize cow

Follows a pre-school child as he anticipates going to school.

A simplified text story about a boy using a magic wand to conjure up different animals

Stanley has a busy day as a postman delivering mail to his friends.

Invites the reader to choose, for example, their ideal house, pet, method of travel or food from a selection of illustrations

A simplified text story about a mother finding her daughter's pet rat in different places in the house

A bear imagines a trip to the moon, using household objects.

A girl and her toy monkey go to see other animals.

A little monkey goes off on an adventure by herself in the jungle, unaware that a tiger is stalking her.

The bunnies count from one to ten as they play hide and seek with fox.

A collection of poems by Michael Rosen for young children.

In the Little Princess's third adventure, it is time for her to learn some manners.

A fun spot-the-difference book set outdoors for young children.

A dragon fed up with being defeated in his own fairy tale tries to join the characters in other fairy tales

A boy and a bear get their respective teddies mixed up

Simple and fun experiments introduce children to scientific principles and processes.

A family of rabbits get a bear as a babysitter who outwits the children by using imagination

A frog has a bad mood until he meets a crocodile

A polar bear cub keeps scaring the other animals.

A lift-the-flap introduction to what people do on the sites of various buildings and structures

Search-and-find picture puzzles featuring dinosaurs.

A fun spot-the-difference book of vehicles for young children.

Maisy and friends have an exciting day out when they visit London.

A little ladybird worries that she doesn't fit in with the other ladybirds because she doesn't have any spots so decides to go off and find some for herself.

A boy start up a letter correspondence with a dinosaur he meets at the museum.

A humorous counting story in which Charlie and Lola get ready to go to the shops with their mum.

Three animal friends are afraid of the Monster of the Woods, but discover that he isn't really scary at all when they meet him.

Max makes friends with a little bird and helps him learn to fly.

A young elephant and his dad are over-run by thieving mice in the kitchen until mum comes home to sort things out

A introduction to colour, from primary colours and the colour wheel, through to the moods and meanings of different colours.

An array of animals cause mayhem as they ride in all sorts of unsuitable transportation.

A retelling of the classic fairy tale about a gingerbread man on the run from everyone until he meets a fox

A collection of poems including number rhymes, story poems and reflective poems.

Portrays a three-year-old Ghanaian girl's experiences when her grandmother comes to stay at her house

A simple retelling of the favourite fairy tale.

A retelling of the traditional fairy tale about three goats who get the better of a grumpy troll.

A retelling of the traditional fairy tale about a boy encountering a giant at the top of a beanstalk

Big Bear patiently soothes restless Little Bear in their cosy nighttime cave.

A little girl who doesn't want to eat her lunch lets a group of hungry animals help themselves to it.

A little girl has one of those days where everything puts her in a bad mood.

A monster searches for a friend who will love him.

A wolf tries various tricks to catch out the sheep.

Simple rhymes for young children about a variety of familiar insects.

A spider spins her web whilst various animals come to visit her.

A woman possesses an amazing coat with numerous pockets containing many marvellous things

The boy tries to help his friend, the penguin to learn to fly

A retelling of the favourite fairy tale of three pigs who try to build adequate shelter from a marauding wolf

A bear goes in search of the perfect hug

A group of farm animals pretend to drive the tractor while the farmer is asleep

Reveals fairy tale characters as each page is flipped over

40th anniversary edition of the story about a chicken pursued by a fox during a walk

Marjorie the cow lays an egg and when it hatches it says Moo.

Simple counting guide using the feet of different animals as examples

Presents a range of dinosaurs in a fast paced rhyme.

Following the success of RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE this is another collection of charming and funny poems, this time with an ocean theme.

Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare try to outdo each other in their declarations of love.

Retelling of the fairy tale The Little Red Hen.

A young chimpanzee desperate for a hug watches other animals hugging each other then finds his mother and gets a hug

Three baby owls anxiously wait for their mother to return

A young boy takes his telescope to the park and imagines that various shapes he sees through it are the fins of a shark.

Sail away for a year and a day... to the land where the Bong-tree grows.

The reader is encouraged to puts his or her finger into the holes on the pages which feature different foodstuffs, and they turn out to have animals hidden in them.

A cat is caught out in its practice of having multiple homes

Oliver is back from the most perfect holiday at his grandparents' house. Suddenly nothing at home seems quite good enough.

An illustrated alphabet book

A monkey wants a banana but first must remember how to ask politely for it

When Harry helps Nan to clear out the attic he makes a wonderful discovery - Dinosaurs! He carefully fixes, washes and unbends them all and from then on they go everywhere with him in a bucket. Then one day his beloved dinosaurs get lost! How will Harry prove to the lost property man that they are really his?

A lively and fresh interactive introduction to the basic body parts and body movements.

Encourages the reader to find the fairy tale characters hidden in the illustrations.

An eccentric woman has misadventures with her new car

Mr Gumpy's quiet trip on the river is invaded by an assortment of animals, all of whom are welcome if they behave, but they don't and everyone ends up in the river.

While a group of children prepare for a party, Jim has just one job. He must pass the jam. As the pages fill with piles and piles of food, the jam is still missing. Gradually, it becomes apparent that Jim will not be able to pass the jam - some has been eaten, some has been spilled and quite a lot is covering the walls, floor and Jim!

Naughty Lily blames things on her toy Blue Kangaroo, but when he is taken away from her she feels sorry and things are put to rights.

A wolf in sheep's clothing tries to outwit a flock of sheep so he can eat them for his dinner, but they have the final laugh.

Two types of aliens, the red Smeds and blue Smoos, have a long standing grudge, but learn to make friends after two of their children fall in love.

A bee goes in search of flowers with honey.

A humorous rhyming story about animals and the foods that they like to eat.

Colourful acetate pages introduce ways of being more environmentally friendly to help our planet.

A boy imagines what kind of creature might live in the little hole he finds in his garden.

A simple story about an artist who tries to find a good spot to paint a picture.

A simple story about a shy crab who starts a new school.

A simple reader in which a goose saves the sheep on the farm from being stolen by thieves.

Looks at different festivals and celebrations that take place around the world.

A young boy makes friends with a horse and has a ride on her, even though he is initially intimidated by her size.

A little dinosaur tries to get out of eating her peas at dinner time.

Captain Gunn and the rest of his pirate crew are sailing in search of treasure. On an island in the middle of the ocean, they begin to dig where X marks the spot, but all they find is a rusty chain. What will happen when Bad Harry decides to give it a tug?

A little girl blames the Big Bad Wolf when she eats the cakes she is meant to take for her Gran.

Elephants and rhinos play football against each other.

Two aliens have a race in their space rockets.

A collection of poems for young children, designed to be shared and read out loud.

Three short, funny stories about three dog best friends.

An inquisitive dog has an adventure on the moon when he explores the garden of his next-door neighbour who happens to be an astronaut.

A classroom bear goes on an eventful journey when he is accidently lost while being taken home for the weekend.

Hands-on fun activities introduce young children to the human body and it's functions.

A book of facts about animals with two large fold-out flaps on each spread revealing more facts.

Lyrical words celebrates the children of the world in all their colours and clothes.

Two naughty magican's rabbits take over his magic act with the intention of stealing the audience's jewellery.

A flock of sheep help a moon cow return to her home when she falls to Earth one night.

A badger over-zealously tidies the forest where he lives until there is no forest left and learns that it is best to leave the environment in a natural state, even if it is not quite as neat as he would like it.

A grandma with incredibly long flexible arms tells her grandchildren the tale of how she turned her back on a life of crime

Encourges imaginative artistic inspiration for creating pictures from weird and wonderful paint-splot shapes.

Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet make a trap to catch a Heffalump

A little boy tries to make his penguin talk. 10th anniversary edition.

Provides young children with an introduction to genealogy.

A bat tries to make himself stand out from the other bats by finding his own special superpower.

Takes a journey along the Nile looking at life and places in Egypt.

The lighthouse keeper's wife has to come up with an ingenious solution to prevent gulls stealing her husband's lunch

A humorous guide to what to do should you meet a wild bear while out in the woods.

Fed up that he is destined to have to sit on a log for all time, Frog decides to change the rules and tells all the other animals what they can sit on.

Tiddler invents tales as to why he is late for school until one day a tale actually comes true.

A duck searches for a spare letter A so that his phonically quirky quack sounds better.

A stick man is taken far from his home and family but is rescued at the end by Father Christmas

Daisy cannot find anyone to play spies with her until her mum joins in

An illustrated edition of Walter de la Mare's classic summer poem.

Looks at the life cycle of a plant for KS1 readers

A young monkey who is in a wheelchair has fun as she starts a new school.

A caveman decides to find a better cave to make his home, but realizes that his old cave was the best one in the first place.

A snail and a whale explore the ocean together

Two hippopotamuses build space rockets competing to become the first hippo to walk on the moon.

Explores the different feelings we may experience, why we might feel these emotions, and how we can deal with the negative ones when they happen.

Shy and timid cats attend a home where they are helped to overcome their fears.

A little slug wonders why his mother won't hug him and endeavours to make himself more appealling to her.

A little mouse decides that he wants to be more like brave Lion but discovers that even Lions are afraid of some things.

A zany rhyming counting story in which a boy ponders upon the number of legs there would be if various animals joined him for tea.

A little girl has a fairytale adventure with her pet dog.

A little girl comes up with a solution when her coat pockets become full of holes due to all the things that she carries around with her.

A small cat has to find the moon to say goodnight before he can go to bed

A simplified text version of the classic story about a boy earning money in London with the help of a cat

A boy gets a big surprise when the elephant he adopted at the zoo turns up at his house.

A retelling of the classic story about three pigs building their homes and a wolf who keeps blowing them down

Explores and celebrates different aspects of modern family life .

A retelling of the rags to riches fairy tale.

A rabbit book thief is introduced to his local library where he can borrow all the books he wants.

A young penguin is left behind when the other penguins swim to the South Pole because he is afraid of water so he learns another way to travel.

30th anniversary edition of the classic story about a gentle chimp, who fed up of being bullied tries to bulk-up with training exercises

A young girl takes a bowl of milk to her father who is tending the sheep, trying not spill any as she makes her way to him.

A rhyming story celebrating the love of playing football

A retelling of the traditional story about a girl encountering a wolf on her way to visit her grandmother

A retelling of the classic story about a girl exploring the home of three bears

A troll is determined to finally catch and eat a human boy

A little boy brings a stranded baby whale home and looks after him in the bath until his dad finds out and helps him return it to the sea.

George the dog has promised to be good while his owner is away, but has trouble fighting the temptation to be naughty.

A wolf has a bad mood all day until surprised by a party from his friends

A man sets off to market to sell his troublesome goats at the insistence of his wives, but the whole family decides that life is too dull without them

A small rabbit gets the better of a mean lion who bullies all the other animals.

A cat gets stuck in his cat flap until the garden animals feed him baked beans which have a certain side-effect on him

A pirate family move into a house in a small town

A boy causes mayhem when he tries to get his kite down from a tree.

A knight has to chase after the prince's kiss when the king, in a rush, blows a goodnight kiss to his son but misses.

Cumulative tale featuring a mouse in a spooky house.

A rhyming story of strange food and zany characters.

Biff the dog dreams of being a ballet dancer

A cat accidently swaps all the farm animal's sounds around when he puts a spell on the noisy cockerel

Alfie has won the race to be first home, but, oh dear, he has slammed the front door and Mum and Annie Rose are on the other side.

Bob is Leon's best friend. He shares Leon's room. Everywhere that Leon goes, Bob goes too.

Follows a class of schoolchildren as they spend the day at the zoo and tells of their encounter with an anaconda.

A tiger sets off in search of his smile

A series of pop-ups, flaps and wheels reveal the horrors inside a haunted house

A child visits his sick grandmother and on the way goes through an imaginary and nightmarish fairy tale setting.

A giraffe discovers that everyone can dance in their own way

Follows Bob's day as he works as a guide on the moon.

Aliens have fun playing with human underwear.

A spider does its best to be adopted by a family as a pet

Recounts the events of the fire of London as experienced by a small boy

As Handa and her friend look for Grandma's hen, they count other animals up to nine before they find Mondi and her ten chicks.

A hardworking duck is rescued from life with a lazy old farmer.

The story of how clever little Chameleon got the better of Leopard and Crocodile is the theme of this picture book.

Includes a collection of simple rhymes on the topic of dinosaurs.

A boy finds himself captaining a pirate boat and fighting dinosaur pirates

A fun, rhyming story about a cat with a proclivity for hiding in boxes.

Steven is sent down to the shops by his mother.

A young boy sets out to do the shopping, determined to remember his simple list. But as the sights and sounds of town distract him he finds himself in a terrible muddle.

A boy tries to catch a star from the sky and thinks that a starfish on the beach may be one.

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

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

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

40th anniversary edition of the story about a boy's parents ignoring his warnings about a monster and fail to notice when he is eaten.

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.

Horrid Henry loves scary stories. Until his brother Perfect Peter tells him one that turns into a nightmare!

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.

Retells the traditional Hindu folktale of Rama and Sita.

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.

Sir Lance-A-Little and Huffalot join forces to defeat a giant who is attacking the castle.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Daisy runs into problems when she decides to take the class hamsters she is looking after with her to Chocolate Land.

Three stories about Tola, a young girl Nigerian who, though small, is very determined.

Follows the day-to-day adventures of a boy starting a new school.

A retelling of an apocryphal World War I story about a young French girl who is rescued by a British soldier when she finds herself lost in the trenches on the Front Line.

An illustrated journey through the countries of Africa.

A traditional animal tale from Mexico.

Over 150 riddles and puzzles for children.

Explores the different kinds of clothing we wear and the reasons why we wear certain items of clothes.

A boy and shark detective team help out a polar bear who needs assistance with her ice cream business.

Jon is not happy when Mrs Hall, his teacher, is chosen to run Pluto while the President is on his honeymoon.

Stick and Fetch find more mysteries to investigate including a real-life criminal who is stealing handbags.

Mr Penguin and Colin investigate the link between an old, ruined fortress and a rash of missing pets.

A retelling of the favourite African tale which tells how Anansi obtained his stories from the sky god, Nyame.

Sam worries about potential threats like bears, aliens and werewolves when he goes camping in the woods with his best friend Bernard.

84 children talk about what it is like to live in their respective countries and share their experiences of growing up there.

Recounts the night of the Great Fire of London from the view of a young girl who worked at the bakery where the fire started.

A Jordanian grandmother finds the perfect present for her grandson who is mad about birds.

A boy has to prove his innocence after a day of catastrophies which include accidently robbing the local corner shop.

It's the twins' birthday and Al and his friends are experimenting to find out how to blast off his time machine into outer space.

Four more short stories with Ella and her magical fairy mum.

A king and his cat move into a house in an ordinary street and settle into life with the help of their neighbours.

A humorous cartoon strip which journeys through the time of the Stone Age.

A band of Ancient Egyptian thieves plot to rob the tomb of a dead king.

Young runner Mo and his friends encounter all kinds of dangerous wildlife including Big Foot while visiting the Rocky Mountains in America.

Three brave chickens manage to thwart an attack by foxes on their farm

Looks at the foods and cuisines that are eaten in different countries of the world with 20 accompanying recipes that can be created by children.

A family of football-loving foxes help free the ghost of King Richard III from his grave underneath a car park in return for their most heartfelt wish.

A collection of poetry for children on the theme of festivals

A girl who is afraid of insects finds a magical compass which transports her into a magical adventure with Bear Grylls in the desert.

A hapless young pirate sets out to win the Pirate of the Year award.

Rosie meets a new friend who helps her find a secret room in the castle.

A collection of stories from South America

Four stories set in India, about the Prince Veera and his friend Suku.

The trials of a little girl when a polar bear comes into her bedroom

A retelling of the classic fairy tale about a princess under a sleeping spell who needs a kiss to wake her

Two children venture down into a dark valley where a monster called the Bugaboo lives to retrieve their lost ball.

A collection of ten humorous cautionary stories about a variety of children with bad habits or behaviour.

A story about a group of polar bears trying to find a new home as a simple parallel to migrants for younger readers

Biographies of 13 women who had an impact on society throughout history

A collection of recipes with adaptations of fairytales by Nadiya Hussain, 2015's winner of the TV programme The Great British Bake Off

Four more stories in which Winnie has underwear problems, plays football, has a car boot sale, and goes fishing

Two children worry that a new neighbour will ruin the overgrown garden they love to play in at the back of their grandmother's house.

Retells three different versions of the Red Riding Hood story from Germany, Italy and Taiwan.

A collection of verse by Milne featuring Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh, with original colour illustrations

Jack, undercover world defender, helps train his friends for unexpected attacks and they have to save his maths class from being invaded by giant slugs.

A greedy crocodile is taught a lesson by the other jungle animals

Mr Hoppy tries to win the heart of his neighbour Mrs Silver by helping her with her tortoise

A little girl gets revenge on people with her magic finger

A boy goes on an intergalactic adventure when he discovers a button in his new house that turns the kitchen into a space ship.

A modern retelling of the story about a wooden puppet who wanted to become a boy, as told by the puppet himself

A boy decides that he is going to climb to the moon which he believes is a big hole in the sky

A 9-year-old boy disappointed with his parents has the chance to try out a variety of eccentric replacements after making a wish

Three stories about the pupils and teachers of Wigglesbottom School and the funny goings on that happen there.

A boy who worries about everything saves the world from an evil meglomaniac called Alan who moves in next door to him.

Three stories featuring Angela Nicely in which she tries to persuade her family to get a dog, enters her teacher in a competition and goes to Brownie camp

Looks at the life of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton in commemoration of his 1914 expedition on the Endurance 100 years ago.

A special 20th anniversary edition of the first ever Horrid Henry book in which Henry tries to be perfect for one day, learns to dance, argues with his arch enemy Moody Margaret and goes on holiday.

A boy gets to use his parents' machine for removing and adding stripes to animals when he turns ten years old.

Short stories where children have magical adventures while on holiday at Sandy Cove.

A boy tries to find a way to grow freckles so that he can be like his classmate who has lots of them.

A group of mischievous creatures called Gigglers play a practical joke on an unsuspecting adult.

Children discover that their teachers have been taken over by aliens.

An anthology of poems from various poets celebrating festivals from all over the world.

A collection of modern and classic poems ideal for reciting aloud, with tips on how to memorise them and perform them to an audience.

A dog finds it difficult to communicate with his human family but has to find a way to make them understand when their new cat gets stuck in the freezer.

Nina discovers the shed where her aunt keeps her spices is a magical travel machine when it whisks her off to India.

When a city boy goes to stay with his grandparents in Tobago, although he takes time to adjust to the new environment which is strange to him, he soon learns to love it.

A boy communicates with his uncle via Email over the issue of the dragon he is having to look after while his uncle is on holiday.

When his father is killed at war, a boy takes on his dream of learning to fly

Poet Michael Rosen writes about his sadness following the death of his son.

Kasia's grandparents plan a surprise trip to visit her in her new English home from their native Poland

Short stories about five-year-old Iggy through the eyes of her older sister, Flo

Presents ten tales from around the world with enduring themes of good versus evil

Retelling of the traditional cautionary tale of Goldilocks and her visit to the house of the three bears

A modern day boy visits the stone age and learns about prehistoric life.

Simplified version of the classic tale about the outlaw Robin Hood.

Three short stories featuring Bertie and his family

Poor Anancy and rich Mr Dry-Bone both want to marry Miss Louise, but she wants to marry the man who can make her laugh.

A young girl's life seems unexciting in comparison to her storybook heroine until she helps her solve the mystery of a missing school cup

A re-working of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Four stories involving a little girl living in Africa with all her family.

Encourages the reader to find characters in various picture settings

At the time the world is being born, only Crocodile Man has fire, and he jealously guards it, keeping everyone else away and keeping the rest of the world cold and dark.

The Greek God Zeus materialises into Alex's class project and demands that Alex becomes his High Priest.

Nicky longs for a dog so her Grandad makes her one in a snow-dome, but he makes it with special clay found at the end of the rainbow so that the dog is extra-special.

Two adventures of an alien and his human friend

NOTE : Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal 1986.

Follows the adventures of Nicholas and his madcap family.

Follows the antics of a teacher with magical powers and his class when they visit the circus and encounter an old enemy there

A large mouse, a fearless mouse, a real powermouse.

Tuffy the cat suffers a catsitter and a rival cat while his family are on holiday

Two young boys are despatched by their mother to spend each day of the summer holidays in the library with surprising results.

Laura is alarmed when her new baby brother is able to speak in full sentences

Once upon a time there were 3 bears, seven dwarves, 5 gorillas, a frog prince, some sleeping beauties, a wolf, a dinosaur, a Mad Hatter, a steamboat, 4 firemen on a fire engine, a crocodile with a clock in it. A considerable number of giant beanstalks - and a little boy named Jeremiah Ocadiah Jackenory Jones....

With catchy rap-rhythms and witty retelling, Vivian French breathes new life into the famous Greek tales.

The Frog Prince is unhappy. When the princess kissed him and turned him into a prince he thought they would live happily ever after, but it's not long before he wishes he were a frog again.

Two short stories about Mark Spark and his blind Great Gran.

A witty collection of poems about school. Full of classroom events that will be recognized and enjoyed by everyone: the candid revelations in a pupil's newsbook, the problem of copycats, bickering, making up, swaps, picking teams and forming gangs.

A retelling of the nursery rhyme with further adventures of the dish and spoon after running away

The Browns first met Paddington on a railway station - Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat.

A collection of 25 practical art projects for children using a variety of techniques, with step-by-step instructions.

Recipes inspired by Enid Blyton's children's stories, created by CBBC's Junior Bake Off judge, Allegra McEvedy.

Two young children transport a family of Yetis to England when their guardian can no longer care for them.

A group of scientists accidentally launch a power mad lab monkey into the woods, which he comes up with a plan to take over.

A lonely girl whose best friend is in hospital meets a beautiful pony, and this helps her make a new friend.

Have you ever performed at the circus? Pippi has!

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Rights of the Child and the amazing children who have stood up for them all over the world.

A boy discovers that his recently deceased gran's knitting was actually magical.

When a boy loses his temper at a party, the children's entertainer gives him a balloon which is actually a black hole and can make things disappear if he wishes it.

Knitbone and Winnie help the ghost of a rabbit reunite with his long-lost owner who was a magician.

Nine-year-old Cookie takes a dislike to the new boy in her class who also turns out to be her new next-door neighbour.

Two friends are catapulted to stardom when they accidently make a hit pop song.

Collection of ten cautionary tales of badly behaved children

A strict head teacher and naughty school boy have a 'freaky Friday' experience when a strange music box causes them to swap bodies.

A little flying pony gets blown onto a high rise balcony during a storm, and helps the flat's resident to save the day when the town is flooded.

A humorous and irreverent look at the life of teachers.

Follows letter correspondence between two best friends who have been split up by evacuation from London during World War II.

Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.

A boy has a magical Christmas when he comes into possession of his own dinosaur.

An aspiring actress is annoyed when her granny decides to send her to witch school, but soon finds that she settles down to life at Toadspit Towers.

An A to Z guide to the world of dinosaurs.

A collection of light-hearted poems on the theme of science and technology

There are eighty of Roger McGough's favourite poems in this hugely enjoyable collection, gathered together into a new volume to celebrate Roger's 80th birthday!

Ten more humorous cautionary tales about badly behaved children.

Five children have magical adventures on the stroke of midnight in the hospital ward where they are all having to spend Christmas.

An encyclopedia answering questions about space and space exploration.

A new version of the classic fairy tale, by Michael Morpurgo.

Facts and information about over 600 animals from around the world.

A girl has to train a wilful racehorse to be a champion in order to win the Derby so that her family's farm will not be repossessed.

Explores the world of insects, bugs and arachnids.

An authorised sequel to the original A.A. Milne books with four stories featuring Pooh and friends, written by Paul Bright, Brian Sibley, Jeanne Willis, and Kate Saunders.

A boy with a love of science accidentally invents a machine that can make cats talk.

A dragon decides to learn how to be a knight and sets out for adventure with his trusty steed, a German-speaking goat.

A boy with a dislike of all animals finds himself changing into a variety of four legged creatures and gets to see life from a different point of view.

Evie receives a bracelet from her Jamaican grandmother which she discovers is magical and gives her the power to be able to talk to animals.

Through text and humorous pictures of birds, imparts information about anxiety, how it affects people and what can be done to manage it.

A girl given an elephant on her birthday must save him from a zoo keeper with the help of her neighbour

Jasmine rears an orphaned hatchling duck after his mother is killed by a dog.

Fun science experiments inspired by Roald Dahl's classic story, George's Marvellous Medicine.

A girl and her family who run a tiny bookshop find themselves mixed up in a conspiracy when they manage to win a bigger bookshop as a raffle prize

A collection of poems by George Szirtes.

A collection of new poems for children by James Carter.

A series of stories about a mischievous young boy based on the author's grandson

A collection of humorous retellings of classic fairy tales written in rhyme

A dinosaur secret agent must stop the criminal scientist Dr Ego destroying the planet in a bid to join a crime organisation

When she agrees to looks after her friend's pet snake for the holidays, Polly gets into bother when it goes missing.

A collection of humorous poems about weird and wonderful animals.

The kindly king of a small kingdom has to try and outwit an evil Emperor, when his subjects are tricked into thinking they are being attacked by a dragon.

Three malfunctioning hi-tech toys are recruited into a secret government agency and assigned to protect the Prime Minister's son from a kidnapping attempt.

Jams dad wants to get rid of the family's resident monkey, but changes his mind when the family is saved from mortal danger by the simian pet.

Follows the adventures of Christopher Robin and his toy animal friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.

A young orphan girl is taken to a land of giants by a gentle giant and plans to stop other giants eating children

Full colour edition of the story about a boy left to look after his grandmother but gets into trouble when he brews a potion to make her more likeable.

Set in Wales a boy must fight against evil magic with the help of a spider made out of ice

A family of hyenas live like humans despite a suspicious neighbour and they rescue an elderly hyena from a wildlife park

Full colour illustrated retelling of the classic story about a girl's adventures in a fantasy world for younger readers

A boy who thinks up plans for every emergency has to resort to his own courage in confronting a bully at school

A collection of 14 short stories written by Terry Pratchett while he was a junior reporter for a newspaper in the 1960s.

Discover how you become an astronaut, the training you must undertake, how you travel into space and what you do when you're up there.

A girl and her father enter a human bird competition.

A boy goes on an adventure when he is rejected by his family because he defies the laws of gravity.

An 10-year-old boy has to save the world after time is stopped by evil creatures

An alien comes to Earth in the hope of finding herself a pet human to take back with her.

A boy who worries about everything saves the world from an evil meglomaniac called Alan who moves in next door to him.

A young girl investigates dog-nappings.

Follows the antics of the author and illustrator as they put-off writing their next book by expanding their tree house

A boy has an adventure at sea with a cast of fantastical people and creatures when he goes in search of his missing parents.

Starting in 1716, Pirate diary describes the adventures of nine-year-old Jake Carpenter, as he discovers the thrills and perils of life on the high seas.

The classic story of a spider saving a pig from its usual fate

Follows the adventures of a boy and a bear as they travel across the sea in a boat

The star football player of Charlie's favourite football team loses his self-confidence when his lucky ritual of eating alphabet spaghetti before the match is sabotaged.

A boy leaves home to pursue his destiny after his uncle becomes obsessed with canning fish.

Follows the adventures of an eccentric couple who live in a caravan with their 'adopted' son Sunny

Retelling of the fairy tale in which a girl falls in love with an enchanted prince who takes the form of a beast

Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy who grants them wishes.

A selection of stories and activities from different countries

Tells the story of how the gang was formed and recounts their first adventure, which leads them to a deserted old house

Little Wolf returns with this diary (a gift from his best friend, cousin Yeller) to record all his shenanigans and adventures.

Harry and George enjoy an adventure in the world of humans

Short stories about a family's pet Guinea-pig

Luke and his friends try to save his village from being destroyed, by breaking 50 world records in one week

Seen through the eyes of a gorilla, recounts the story of Ivan who lived in a shopping mall circus for nearly 30 years until he was rehomed with other gorillas in a zoo in Atlanta.

A boy created by a mad professor ventures out of his castle home for the first time in his life

Casper starts his new class, where his new teacher announces that all the pupils are superheroes

4 stories featuring a young boy in Africa who loves cars.

A series of thirty short stories introducing the teachers and pupils on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School.

A boy suspects that he may be a lost prince.

A deerhound puppy get separated from his young owner but is looked after by two foxes who help him find his way back home

When Verity's cat dies she decides to turn it into a mummy.

Follows the mishaps of Tim on an adventure holiday.

Nicholas and his family cause havoc when they try to hatch chicks for Easter

This fascinating and innovative picture book chronicles the reflections of a young boy, exploring a prehistoric rain forest in North Queensland, Australia.

A boy believes he has found an ally in his attempts to run away from home.

Fergus Crane sets off to rescue his school friends from the evil plots of pirates posing as school teachers, with the help of his Uncle Theo and his collection of unusual colleagues and inventions

A girl and her friends rescue her father, who has been kidnapped for his inventions

Marty enjoys scaring his brother Will by telling him a ghost stories but it is Will who has the last laugh.

The epic story of a slightly squashed cane toad's quest for the truth.

A collection of poems and songs portraying primary school life. Here you can meet Billy McBone and the Mad Professor's daughter, be amazed by the Longest Kiss Contest, shed a tear for the Boy without a Name and sing The Mrs Butler Blues.

He felt a curious tingling in his hands and feet. He felt his nose becoming cold and wet, his ears becoming flappy.

Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African bush. Inseparable until Bertie has to go away to boarding school and the lion is sold to a circus, the boy swears that one day they will see one another again.

A girl has to keep the fact that she is actually a pop-star a secret from her friends at her new school.

Greg's best friend, Rowley, keeps a diary of his and Greg's misadventures.

A collection of poems by Caribbean poets.

A twelve-year-old girl embarks upon an adventure when she stows away on her father's naval ship instead of going to her new boarding school.

Humorous, illustrated look at some of histories inventions

Two children make up an imaginary friend when they are asked to write an essay in class, and are amazed when he actually comes to life.

An unexpected inheritance gives the Heffley family a chance to make major improvements to their home.

Two children brave the wilds of Russia after they flee a prison camp, pursued by a vengeful sorceress and her shadow wolves.

A boy discovers he has magical powers when he goes off to search for his missing parents, accompanied by his yeti guardian.

Three ordinary children, with extraordinary gifts, come together to defeat enemies who threaten the mysterious cloud horses and the magic of the Forever Tree.

A dog sets his heart to saving his human family who are going through difficulties.

Milly yearns to dance like her ballerina mum - but during the biggest performance of her life, she messes up and her mum disappears.

A collection of puns and jokes from the Horrible Histories series

Wish and Xar are united once again against the threat of the Witchking.

When she is picked up by the Impossible Postal Service train one night in her hallway, a young girl helps save the Impossible Places from the wicked plans of Lord Meridian.

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.

Imagines an It's A Wonderful Life-type scenario when 11-year-old Maxwell suddenly finds that he doesn't exist and was never born.

Prez finds his foster family visited by an alien who has disguised himself as a dog, and tells him that the Earth is going to be destroyed unless he can save it.

Bird and Squirrel crash-land in a penguin village in the South Pole, and have to escape before Bird is sacrificed to a killer whale.

A young science prodigy finds herself recruited by a mysterious organisation keen to make use of her skills

Featuring Hilary McKay's imaginative retellings of key favourites, this ten-story collection includes the much-loved tales of Rapunzel, Cinderella, the Princess and the Pea, Rumpelstiltskin, the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the Swan Brothers, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Red Riding Hood, the Twelve Dancing Princesses and Hansel and Gretel.

Potted biographies of the lives of over 70 notable women through history, including writers, artists, royalty, political activists, scientists, and athletes.

A young boy is mistakenly given a mysterious box, and must return it to its rightful owners in a race against life and death.

Set in the late nineteenth century, two children work together to try to save the magic that connects their two towns in the human and the fairy worlds

Four children endeavour to survive after the light aircraft they were aboard crashes in the heart of the Amazon jungle.

When Ella joins a new school she is befriended by a girl who turns out to be cruel and manipulative

A funny and touching story about nine-year-old Cymbeline Igloo who turns detective to discover the family secret that has led to his mother's breakdown.

A little angel is taken in by a couple when the husband finds him in his shirt pocket, but they must deal with bullies, devious criminals and order-obsessed school teachers.

When the Harrison family moves into an old cottage, they are plagued by the ghost of a sorcerer who once lived there

The antics of a pet pig help a family get through a difficult period in their lives.

When a young girl is evacuated to a hospital in the Shropshire countryside during World War II, she discovers that winged horses live within the mirrors of the hospital.

A pilot stranded in the desert meets a young prince fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid.

Gives facts about 50 stately homes in Britain throughout history.

TV doctors, Chris and Xand take a tour of the human body and how it works.

Floella Benjamin recalls her early life in Trinidad, and later when her family moved to England

A young girl who wants to be an inventor travels with her grandmother to Sweden to stop a rival who stole her work from claiming the Nobel Prize

A girl sent to live with her grandfather in a town surrounded by dense forest helps a boy investigate sightings of Bigfoot.

A list of 50 kings and queens of the British Isles with short biographies of their main attributes and accomplishments.

A girl who dreams of being a bridesmaid at her parents' wedding decides to begin her own service as a bridesmaid-for-hire.

Two children investigate when their cousin goes missing

A collection of witty poems by Michael Rosen

A light-hearted exploration of the history of castles across the British Isles.

A collection of 52 traditional stories from countries around the world.

13-year-old Darra hopes to break the curse of her island which means that she must be sacrificed to the god Dond

A brother moves from the Philippines to join his family in London and discovers a shared love of basketball with his sister.

A retelling of the classic fable in which the Pied Piper teaches the greedy townsfolk of Hamelin a lesson when they don't reward him for ridding them of their rat problem.

A collection of stories about various children set in Jamaica

A budding football star strives to prove his potential.

A wealthy young girl learns to adjust to boarding school and life changes after her father's death.

An ordinary schoolboy is mistaken for a secret agent by the secret service and must save the world from an evil supervillain.

An evacuee discovers the magic of the secret garden when she is sent to spend the Second World War at Misselthwaite Manor.

A girl reluctantly becomes involved in bullying a fellow pupil

A madcap tale of crime and detection featuring the brothers from the Diamond Brothers Detective Agency

A group of animals travel across the country to find a new home after their wood is bulldozed by men

A retelling of Gulliver's first adventure to the fantastical land of Lilliput where he is a giant compared to the tiny inhabitants.

A girl has to save her imaginary friend when a sinister man turns up who consumes their energy to keep himself alive.

11-year-old Roman Garstang has a week of trouble set in motion by a single doughnut.

Tells the story of one family's flight to seek refuge and a new life in a strange country.

A boy decides to help his demolition-worker dad become a wrestling superstar.

A boy finds a secret world while staying at a relative's house

Looks at various mythological characters from different cultures around the world.

Twin brothers find a strange creature on the beach and they have to decide if it is there to help with Ned's terminal illness or if its arrival has another purpose

A 12-year-old girl missing her mother's boyfriend looks after his donkey while he is away

Follows the adventures of two young children at school, who always seem to end up getting into trouble at school

A collection of short stories which centre around different school environments.

Classic Greek legends with a modern twist

Follows the adventures of a family of tiny people who live beneath the floor of a house

Noah Barleywater runs away from home and visits a toyshop in a forest where he meets an old man.

An 11-year-old Ethiopian boy hopes to realise his dream of becoming an athlete when he joins his grandfather on a trip to the capital city of Addis Ababa.

Retells the true story of Henry Friston who served in the Navy during World War I and of his friendship with a tortoise he found and saved on the beach whilst fighting at Gallipoli.

Three children live in a world which lazy gods haven't finished yet, so go about creating their own creatures to fill the empty spaces.

After her father's death, Binny's family move into a small flat and she is forced to give up her beloved sheepdog puppy, Max, which her Aunt takes away from her.

New edition of the classic poetry collection which inspired the musical "Cats!", with brand new illustrations.

A girl finds unexpected friendship when she is sent to live with her Grandad after her Mum is diagnosed with cancer.

Three friends use an old WWII pill-box as a hide-out but get trapped in there when bullies block up the entrance

A family worry when their beloved family cat goes missing.

A selection of folk tales about heroines from all around the world.

Set during WW2 two puppies born in the London subway learn to survive and help people during a bombing raid

Taking refuge in a ruined farm to escape his unhappy homelife, a boy finds himself transported back to World War II where he makes friends with a girl who unbeknown to him, he has a link to in the present time.

The classic fantasy of the boy who never grew up and his adventures in Neverland

The classic tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad along the river.

A collection of ten humorous tales

Two children bond as they discover the tragic family history of Wickworth Manor while staying there on a school trip.

A boy who lives in the circus discovers the wonders of a local library and from there becomes involved with manipulative pensioners

An inventor and his children have an adventure with their flying car

After the death of her mother, Cally, a year 6 girl stops talking as her father won't share memories about her mother because his own grief is too raw.

Three children who live on a rubbish dump make a dangerous journey to find a safe place they can call home.

The lonely son of a billionaire toilet roll magnate starts at a comprehensive school incognito in the hope of making a new friend

Collection of folklore stories to explain how each kind of animal became different from each other

Frankie tries to help her friend find her biological mother after she writes an English essay about being adopted.

Odd helps the Norse gods Odin, Thor and Loki reclaim Asgard back from the Frost Giant who has captured it.

Recounts the adventures of Odysseus from Greek mythology

A selection of some of the best-loved Arthurian legends retold with humour and accessibility and in lively and colourful strip-cartoons.

A humorous account of a Viking warrior's training and early experiences.

A boy discovers a fantasy world of native American Indians.

This is the dangerous inner city at night and we travel with Shane as he takes home a stray kitten, running terrified from a gang, leaping through screaming traffic, escaping a fierce dog and finally arriving 'home'

Presents the adventures of Robin Hood, in pictorial form.

The dramatic and moving Cornish tale of Mowzer, the cat, and Tom, the old fisherman, who brave the fury of the Great Storm Cat to try and save their village.

A specially trained spy dog catches criminals and finds a family home.

Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, who works there as a maid.

The experiences of Roman soldiers in Britain. New cover to mark the centenary of the author's birth.

A young Jamaican boy arriving in Britain with his parents in the late 1940's tries to make the best of things despite of the racism he encounters.

Jess and Tracy Beaker finally find happiness in The Dumping Ground.

Set 100 years in the future, 12-year-old Prince Alfred sets about saving a ravaged, dystopian Britain from the evil that has taken over.

A young girl and her father battle against the villainous characters from a book when they come alive in the real world

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

Tom and his friends investigate some odd events going on around school, while avoiding their strict supply teacher.

An introduction to orchestras, and the instruments played in an orchestra.

Two very different teenagers, one with ADHD, the other with the need to be perfect, learn to appreciate each other when their families blend

Luke must heed the warnings of his time-travelling cousin and stop the machines taking over.

An illustrated guide to all aspects of money and finance for young readers.

A girl finds comfort in ballet lessons as she adjusts to life in Britain after fleeing Syria with her family.

A teen boy moved to Florida encounters a bare-footed boy and joins in a daring environmental rescue.

Nikki and her friends have to come up with a plan to save the day when her mum tells her that her birthday party plans are too expensive.

An 11 year old pretends to be a father in order to join a space mission.

A nine-year-old girl comes to terms with the fact that her failing eyesight means that she will eventually go blind.

Slim and her family travel West across the American plains to find a place that they can call home after leaving Ireland in the hope of a better life in America.

A young girl gains confidence when she performs her poem at the school contest

Twelve-year-old Kat becomes involved with a Russian sleeper spy when the owner of the parrot she is pet-sitting mysteriously disappears

The granddaughter of Baba Yaga yearns to change her destiny which ties her to her grandmother's enchanted house which moves from place to place at will.

An orphan has a magical adventure when she joins a group of explorers who are embarking on an expedition to explore a frozen wilderness.

An illustrated collection of traditional Irish folktales

A collection of first-person accounts of World War II by people who lived through this period.

A girl befriends a Syrian Kurdish refugee who has started at her school when her family came to England after fleeing the war in their home country.

Explores the many aspects of working in theatre including stage design, make-up, props, and lighting.

Mak and Diya venture back into the jungle to rescue a baby elephant which has been captured by a corrupt merchant.

A girl who moves to London with her family from Africa struggles to settle in but is helped to find herself by a magical neighbour

Strange happenings are afoot as Ghastly-Gorm prepares for the Full-Moon Fete.

A teenage boy finds himself alone in the heart of the Indian jungle when he is separated from his family during a flash monsoon flood.

Follows the attempts of the curator of the Holocaust museum in Tokyo to trace the history of a Jewish girl, whose suitcase is in the museum.

Jack embarks on the adventure of a lifetime with his grandfather who was a spitfire pilot in World War II.

A young boy helps fulfil a prophecy in an underground world beneath New York

Elliot teams up with Olympian gods when he and the zodiac Virgo accidentally released the sleep daemon from his prison.

Follows two runaways, from very different backgrounds, as they struggle to survive on the streets of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

A 13-year-old girl enters the dangerous underworld of Victorian London when her father goes missing

A boy is sent to a magic school by his horrible aunts and searches for a girl abandoned by her family

Looks at many unique schools around the world from slums and refugee camps to mobile schools, green schools, and one that was ran from a cave in China.

A twelve-year-old boy discovers his dead dad's time machine and goes back in time to try to prevent the accident that killed him

Looks at the life and achievements of Pakistani school girl, Malala Yousafzai who now speaks up for girl's rights after she was shot by the Taliban for attending school.

Reissue of Benjamin Zephaniah's collection of poetry.

A homeless orphan bent on killing Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts who show him what the consequences of his actions would be if he went down the path of murder.

Tells the story of children surviving and overcoming the dangers of World War II and the Nazi occupation of Poland, and the subsequent search for their parents.

When Bonnie and Sylvia Green are left in the care of an evil governess, they must use all their wits to survive her plans as well as the wolves that roam the surrounding woods.

Set in 1650s London a young girl is transported to the fairy world and learns the truth about her dead mother

Follows the life and changing fortunes of the stallion, Black Beauty

Three children try to run the family's secluded Cornwall beach hotel on their own.

When strange plant spores begin destroying buildings and killing people, a young boy and others strive to survive in their tower block in south London.

Tells the story of a cat who becomes a good luck omen during the Second World War in Coventry.

A group of nomes have a daring adventure in the world outside their department store home

The classic story of a girl who is transported to a magical land after a tornado rips through her home in Kansas.

A Romany girl is in danger from witch-doctors due to her family heritage.

The original text and illustrations of the classic tale of a small girl's fantastic adventures in a dream world.

Collection of Walter de la Mare's best known poems for children complete with Ardizzone's original illustrations.

The classic story of a hidden garden and how it helps a family overcome bereavement

A boy enrols at a Wizard school and has amazing adventures.

Collection of European folk tales and legends, each taken from the storytelling traditions of a different country

Facts and trivia about some of the most famous artists, writers and performers throughout history.

A comic book adventure with puzzles throughout about a hero sent out to find clues around the world

Follows the adventures of Jim Hawkins and a pirate crew as they search for lost treasure

A family of water voles search for a new home when their riverside burrow becomes too dangerous to stay in.

Orphaned twins, Dallas and Florida's lives change when an elderly couple adopt them to go on an adventurous journey with them.

When Tom goes to stay on his aunt and uncle's farm, he discovers a rare black fox and her cubs and sets about trying to stop them from being killed.

Abandoned at birth in the perilous deepwoods, Twig is bought up by a family of Woodtrolls. One cold night, Twig does what no woodtroll has ever done before - he strays from the path.

Recalls Lemony Snicket as a 13-year-old apprentice for a private eye who is investigating a case of a stolen statue.

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

A girl investigates mysterious deaths on an adventure holiday in Scotland.

An old man watching boys playing football in the park recalls his own games at Chelsea, and the part football played during World War Two

A 10-year-old boy born with a facial abnormality attempts mainstream school for the first time

Recounts a girl's memories of two Mongolian brothers who were briefly at her school in Liverpool.

The swashbuckling adventures of David Balfour, set in Scotland after the Jacobite rebellion.

Four children sail down the lake in order to camp on a deserted island.

Osbert Brinkhoff, is selected to attend The Institute, a school which selects only the most intelligent children but which is also notorious for its very cruel teachers.

13-year-old Ruby is asked to be a code-cracker for a secret agency.

An old man recounts his experience as a young soldier at the front during World War I

When she awakens four chess pieces from an enchantment, a young girl finds herself undertaking a quest in the land of Viking Gods.

A practically wordless story book about frogs who wreak havoc in a town as they fly around on lilypads.

A collection of poetry for girls, chosen by Jacqueline Wilson.

The 13-year-old proprietor of a Penny Dreadful magazine encounters a dark mystery when she investigates the deranged writings of inmates of Bedlam insane asylum predicting events of the 20th century.

Two children discover nesting osprey's in the forest near where they live.

Eleven-year-old Marcus is sold into slavery when his father is murdered and begins training as a gladiator

A girl finds release from her anger when sent to live with her step-family in Ireland.

Jenni finds a disused lift at her holiday apartments which allows her to travel a year forward into the future

When she is orphaned, a young girl is forced to move from her African home to an English boarding school, where she has trouble adapting to her new way of life.

Set in World War Two, four children are trapped down a mine when they try to hide their town's treasure from would-be thieves

Hetty, abandoned as a baby outside a Foundling Hospital, sets out to find her real mother

Collected classic fairy tales from Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm.

A selection of Shakespeare's most popular plays written in prose

A young girl seeks the help of the wizard Howl to remove a curse.

A soccer fan investigates a football hero's kidnapping.

A young warrior teams up with a wolf cub and Renn of the Raven clan to defeat a demon that has taken the form of a monstrous bear.

New lodger David discovers there is more to the Pennykettle family's pottery dragons than meets the eye.

Tintin buys a model ship for Captain Haddock which begins a quest for some long-lost treasure.

Asterix and friends continue to thwart the Romans.

Gracie escapes the clutches of her evil step-family and ends up with the prince, whilst her family are rewarded with their just desserts.

Samuel and his younger sister have a series of adventures involving mythical creatures in a sinister forest when they have to move to Norway

A boy is disappointed to become a ranger's, rather than a knight's, apprentice but soon finds the role involving

An account of childhood in the 1950s

Peter and his family live among the Quinces in the cookery section of a mystical library, and at night, when the library comes to life, Peter ventures out of his home to find a missing volume...

A young girl learns of the hardship and suffering of children in a local concentration camp and begins to help them secretly

Alison, her step-brother Roger and Welsh boy Gwyn are drawn into the replay of a tragic Welsh legend - a modern drama played out against a background of ancient jealousies