Peters calendar 2026

The magical and brilliantly funny adventures of everyone's favourite flat boy - Flat Stanley. With wonderful new illustrations by the award-winning author/illustrator and star of Lockdown viral sensation #DrawwithRob, Rob Biddulph .

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

Three further stories about the Year 2 children from Wigglesbottom Primary School.

A young crocodile is nervous to tell his family of champion swimmers that he doesn't want to race.

Explains what bacteria are and how they affect us

A collection of poems ideal for reading out loud.

Hands-on activities which engage children with mathematical concepts.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 humorous take on the traditional Perrault fairy tale, Cinderella.

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

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

A girl is given a fifty pence coin that grants wishes and uses it to get a pet.

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.

More of Big Nate's escapades in comic strip form.

Fun and creative activities based around Roald Dahl's novel, Matilda

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

Izzy and her Year 4 friends fear there is a yeti in their playground when they are snowed in at school by the Beast from the East.

A look at the life and work of groundbreaking herpetologist Joan Procter.

Silly facts and humorous asides about pets and their habits.

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

The 35th anniversary of The Hodgeheg - a timeless classic tale for young children from the master of animal stories, Dick King-Smith. Includes an author profile and interview, and fun facts.

A collection of poems and songs portraying primary school life.

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

Barry and his friends battle a property developer at an island camp for young children

A young girl woken from hibernation has to save everyone when mutated cakes and scavenger aliens threaten the spaceship

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

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

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

Follows the mishaps of Tim on an adventure holiday.

You all know the story of the 3 little pigs - well you're in for a shock.

A lively rhyme showing the chaos a zany cat brings to a household.

A boy forms an unusual friendship with a polar bear who helps him deal with his feelings about his younger brother who is autistic.

Looks at the habitat and characteristics of the blue whale.

An absent minded family are kept in order by their savvy pet cat.

Three funny stories with Billy, centred around the World Cup

Anna and her family take a trip to the village where her grandparents were born

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.

Barry attempts to get Bunky his best friend back, organises a girly-screamvoice test and tries to avoid seeing his teacher kissing his gran.

A strange black dog grows bigger and bigger as each member of a family becomes terrified by it until the youngest family member makes them see the dog for what it is by not being scared of it.

The paperbag Prince is an old man living in a railway carriage on a rubbish dump. But he knows that even rubbish can sometimes contain treasure, and that if he stays long enough, gentle nature will heal the countryside and make the green come again.

Leon takes his younger siblings to a magic show and ends up becoming part of the act.

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

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 classic tale about a boy and a robot defending Earth from a creature in outer space.

Four people enter a park, and through their eyes we see four different visions.

Follows the adventures of Super Diaper Baby, the first baby ever to fight crime.

NOTE : Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal 1986.

Trevor has to train his dog by the end of the school holidays or his parents will get rid of her.

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.

Presents facts about sea animals with supporting activities

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

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

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

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

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

A boy and a bear get their respective teddies mixed up

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

Each Peach Pear Plum - the classic picture book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A tiny chimp invokes the universal language, uniting his friends in a group hug to end all group hugs. Just try to resist Jez Alborough's latest charmer!

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

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

Grace discovers that, with the support of her mother and grandmother, she can do anything she wants to do.

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

Two children take a trip in an imaginary yellow digger picking up a host of animals as they dig their way through the Earth to Australia.

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

Looks at the life cycle of plants, as well as introducing young children to the concept of counting backwards from 10 to 1 .

Biff the dog dreams of being a ballet dancer

An African girl talks to the sky in the hope of saving her village from drought.

A race of dragons learn how to be environmentally responsible and to take care of the planet

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.

A boy is anxious to grow as he sees the plants and animals around him getting bigger

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

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

A male sea horse meets other fathers looking after their eggs and babies in the sea.

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

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

This is the first Funnybones in the series and introduces the skeletons - a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton.

Would you rather drink snail squash or eat mashed worms? Help a witch make a stew? Tickle a monkey? Or maybe - if you could really be anyone or do anything in the world - would you rather just be ...you?

When a storm blows down a tree in the park, Percy has to find the animals new homes.

A lively rhyme showing the chaos a zany cat brings to a household.

A boy forms an unusual friendship with a polar bear who helps him deal with his feelings about his younger brother who is autistic.

Looks at the habitat and characteristics of the blue whale.

An absent minded family are kept in order by their savvy pet cat.

Three funny stories with Billy, centred around the World Cup

Anna and her family take a trip to the village where her grandparents were born

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.

Barry attempts to get Bunky his best friend back, organises a girly-screamvoice test and tries to avoid seeing his teacher kissing his gran.

A strange black dog grows bigger and bigger as each member of a family becomes terrified by it until the youngest family member makes them see the dog for what it is by not being scared of it.

The paperbag Prince is an old man living in a railway carriage on a rubbish dump. But he knows that even rubbish can sometimes contain treasure, and that if he stays long enough, gentle nature will heal the countryside and make the green come again.

Leon takes his younger siblings to a magic show and ends up becoming part of the act.

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

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 classic tale about a boy and a robot defending Earth from a creature in outer space.

Four people enter a park, and through their eyes we see four different visions.

Follows the adventures of Super Diaper Baby, the first baby ever to fight crime.

NOTE : Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal 1986.

Trevor has to train his dog by the end of the school holidays or his parents will get rid of her.

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

A girl is given a fifty pence coin that grants wishes and uses it to get a pet.

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.

More of Big Nate's escapades in comic strip form.

Fun and creative activities based around Roald Dahl's novel, Matilda

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

Izzy and her Year 4 friends fear there is a yeti in their playground when they are snowed in at school by the Beast from the East.

A look at the life and work of groundbreaking herpetologist Joan Procter.

Silly facts and humorous asides about pets and their habits.

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

The 35th anniversary of The Hodgeheg - a timeless classic tale for young children from the master of animal stories, Dick King-Smith. Includes an author profile and interview, and fun facts.

A collection of poems and songs portraying primary school life.

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

Barry and his friends battle a property developer at an island camp for young children

A young girl woken from hibernation has to save everyone when mutated cakes and scavenger aliens threaten the spaceship

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

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

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

Follows the mishaps of Tim on an adventure holiday.

You all know the story of the 3 little pigs - well you're in for a shock.

A little fly doesn't let her diminutive size deter her from achieving her goals in life.

A pirate and an highborn lady must work together to escape a mutiny and decide that they're both tired of living life by other people's rules.

A seventeen-year-old trainee K-pop singer puts her career in jeopardy when she falls for the record label's biggest boy star.

When a young girl and her sister follow a silver moth through a door in a tree, the find themselves on an adventure in a magical kingdom.

A teenager decides to compete to become prom queen in order to win a scholarship which will get her into a college and escape her small town.

A seventeen-year-old descendant of the Greek gods finds herself at odds with tradition when she falls for a young man she's not intended for.

An avocado becomes troubled by the question if he is a fruit or a vegetable but is reassured by a tomato that it doesn't matter because he is super in many different situations

A young girl escapes her small Spanish village when she joins a ship sailed by a crew of pirate women in search of a lost treasure.

A re-imagining of Les Miserables, where a young thief tries to rescue her sister from prostitution

A nine-year-old girl learns to adjust to small changes in her life while making new friends and new discoveries

Seventeen-year-old Jess sets out to catch the serial killer who murdered her mother ten years ago.

A swoony summer romance blossoms between two boys who start secretly dating.

Five children deemed 'unadoptable' escape their cruel orphanage to try and find a family.

A bullied teen vows to kill his tormentors with a homemade pipe bomb.

Follows a group of friends in their last year of high school as they make the choices that will dictate their futures - one of which will be President of the United States

A young girl with Turner Syndrome uses her interest in the astronomer Cecelia Payne as the basis for her entry to a competition the prize money of which would help her older sister with her new baby

An illustrated re-telling of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel in a picture book format.

A young girl on holiday in Cornwall with her family, discovers she is a witch and with the help of her family and a friend must break an ancient curse

Thirteen-year-old Layla sets out to prove that she deserves her scholarship at her new school by entering a big robotics competition.

A girl tries to escape the opressively strict and abusive family life she experiences dominated by her alcoholic father.

A lively rhyme showing the chaos a zany cat brings to a household.

A boy forms an unusual friendship with a polar bear who helps him deal with his feelings about his younger brother who is autistic.

Looks at the habitat and characteristics of the blue whale.

An absent minded family are kept in order by their savvy pet cat.

Three funny stories with Billy, centred around the World Cup

Anna and her family take a trip to the village where her grandparents were born

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.

Barry attempts to get Bunky his best friend back, organises a girly-screamvoice test and tries to avoid seeing his teacher kissing his gran.

A strange black dog grows bigger and bigger as each member of a family becomes terrified by it until the youngest family member makes them see the dog for what it is by not being scared of it.

The paperbag Prince is an old man living in a railway carriage on a rubbish dump. But he knows that even rubbish can sometimes contain treasure, and that if he stays long enough, gentle nature will heal the countryside and make the green come again.

Leon takes his younger siblings to a magic show and ends up becoming part of the act.

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

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 classic tale about a boy and a robot defending Earth from a creature in outer space.

Four people enter a park, and through their eyes we see four different visions.

Follows the adventures of Super Diaper Baby, the first baby ever to fight crime.

NOTE : Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal 1986.

Trevor has to train his dog by the end of the school holidays or his parents will get rid of her.

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 little girl and her daddy work together to get her naturally afro-textured hair under control and into a style that she likes.

A look at how you can find superheroes in your family and the people you meet every day, and how you can learn from them to become a superhero yourself.

A young girl leads a growing number of children as she sings about the changes she and her friends can bring to the world.

Biography of human rights activist, politician and the first black president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.

Two girls must try to put aside their differences in order to save the refugee centre where they live from being closed.

The story of game-changing tennis champion Serena Williams.

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

Biography of the life and legacy of Mary Seacole and her work in nursing during the Crimean War

Biography of the life and legacy of Rosa Parks and her fight for civil rights in America.

An illustrated journey through the countries of Africa.

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

Biography of the life and legacy of mathematician Katherine Johnson whose work was of vital importance in the pursuit to send humans to the moon.

Biography of Afghan-born equal rights campaigner who was targeted by the Taliban for advocating education for girls.

Biography of the life of former US First Lady, Michelle Obama.

22 traditional stories from the Caribbean

A young boy is encouraged to see the beauty of the city as he and his grandmother travel by bus to the shelter where she volunteers as a server in a soup kitchen for homeless people.

Betsey puts on a magic show but everyone is less than impressed with her tricks.

More short stories featuring the exploits of Maxine and her younger twin brothers.

More stories featuring Maxine and her twin brothers.

Nine short stories featuring Maxine and her twin brothers Anthony and Edward, and their adventures.

Bridie sells matches on the streets of Victorian London, but realises that she has the power to change her own fortune and the fortunes of others by standing up to those in charge.

A wickedly funny and prank-filled adventure starring one of Roald Dahl's most hilarious and popular creations, The Twits.

Join Spot for a fun with his friends at the playground.

Explore the much-loved Magic Faraway Tree at the most special time of the year.

When Jack Frost steals Zelda the Gamer Fairy's magical headset, controller and console, video games everywhere begin to glitch and gaming is ruined!

A first introduction to opposites featuring 'The very hungry caterpillar'

Twins Elizabeth and Jessica start a new school where Elizabeth is eager to start a school newspaper, while Jessica is drawn to the allure of the exclusive Unicorn Club.

A compelling, atmospheric and gothic Frankenstein-inspired adventure.

Disaster strikes when Grimble and Grumble, the mean Nixies, steal Lacey the Sewing Pixie's magical tools.

Winnie-the-Pooh and all his friends prepare a special birthday party for Rabbit.

Four brand new Malory Towers stories, set in the same time period as the original books.

Travel through time to the world of the dinosaurs in this exciting prehistoric fiction series for children.

Rafe and his companion, Rugara, fight back against a deadly ice wolf terrorising the southern city of Nakotan.

As the vivacious Vanessa ventures on land, she discovers an incredibly powerful curse has hexed an entire village.

Twelve-year-old Jacky spends the last weeks of summer at theatre camp with new friends and lots of jokes

The Five investigate a mysterious noise on Kirrin Island.

Rocky struggles with her personal issues, racism in the sport and the challenges of joining her first professional team

An illustrated re-telling in rhyme of Lewis Carroll's classic 'Alice in Wonderland'.

Two children living on a space station must destroy the robot dragon that threatens them all.

Kristy's mom is getting married, and Kristy is going to be a bridesmaid! The only problem? Fourteen kids are coming to town for the wedding. Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, and Mallory think they can handle it, but that's before they spend a week changing diapers, stopping arguments, solving mix-ups, and planning activities. It's the biggest job the BSC has ever had, but they'll work together to make sure Kristy's big day is a success!

Trotty Veck, an elderly porter, has read so many newspaper reports about crime and immorality that he believes the working classes are irredeemable.

'Waking, I cry "Oh, is this your - buried treasure? The light in the heart."'

Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me . . .

No thinking person can or does genuinely keep out of politics, in an age like the present one.

'Maigret moved slowly, edging his bulky frame through the throng in Rue Saint-Antoine, which burst into life every morning, the sunshine streaming down from a clear sky on to the little barrows piled high with fruit and vegetables'

What can you say, when a man asks you to dance with him? I most certainly will not dance with you. I'll see you in hell first. Why, thank you, I'd like to awfully, but I'm having labor pains.

The whole town got involved with the hunger-artist; from day to day of his starving, people's participation grew; everyone wanted to see the hunger-artist at least once a day; on the later days there were season-ticket holders who sat for days on end in front of his little cage

'Why should I bother to invent things? My life has been far more exciting and wonderful than any fairy-tale'

Fabien tonight was wandering over the vast splendour of a sea of clouds, but below him lay eternity.

This small group of stories by D. H. Lawrence show him in a number of moods.

The Time Machine is the great, gleeful anarchist novel of the 1890s. It is both a thrilling adventure story and a satire on religion, evolution and human hopes. With this book, Wells invented an entirely new genre and did it better than any of his imitators.

Lay down all hope, you that go in by me . . .

Edgar Allen Poe's short stories have lost none of their power to horrify. He remains a destabilizingly terse sketcher out of ideas, a writer who allows the reader to fill in the many ghastly blanks in his narratives of violence, retribution and animalism.

During his reign, Lord Cobham was burnt alive, but I forget what for. In Jane Austen's breezy and entirely biased telling of English history, Mary, Queen of Scots is a scandalously wronged victim, Elizabeth I is a wicked villain and most historical facts and dates are cheerfully disregarded.

"All art," Oscar Wilde once announced, "is quite useless." Selected here are some of his finest prose works on the subject of art - useless, illuminating, artificial, uplifting, radical, gorgeous, boring, sublime - and his most brilliant aphorisms on the creative life.

Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'Tis all that I implore;

She drew a long, soft breath, as though the paper daffodils between them were almost too sweet to bear

I am a ridiculous man. They call me mad now. That would be a promotion in rank

There are many great English ghost stories, but they appear flimsy and emotionally spectral compared to the works of M.R. James. This selection gives the reader a flavour of his strange gifts.

On the fields of Troy, war is raging. At its centre is Achilles: godlike, swift-footed, the greatest champion of the Greeks. But when his pride is wounded and he refuses to fight, the thread of fate begins to spin . . .