Children's Fiction

Brilliant Black British History
The Wrong Shoes: The vital new novel from the bestselling creator of Big Bright Feelings
Young Hag
You and Me and the Land of Lost Things
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?: The ideal answer to how Santa’s magic works for all curious children aged 3-7
Fia and the Last Snow Deer
The Wild Robot: Now a major DreamWorks animation!
Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial
Relic Hamilton, Genie Hunter: From the former Children's Laureate comes a fast-paced new adventure series
A Hero Like Me
Ajay and the Treasure of Thar
Movies Showing Nowhere
Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn: A superhero adventure perfect for Marvel and DC fans!
Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian: A Graphic Novel
Lightfall: Shadow of the Bird: A Graphic Novel
Lightfall: The Dark Times: A Graphic Novel
Barb the Brave
Things in the Basement
New Kid: A Graphic Novel
Frankie's World
Finding My Voice
When Stars are Scattered
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir: WINNER OF THE WEEK JUNIOR GRAPHIC NOVEL AWARD 2024
El Deafo
Brave
Garlic and the Vampire: A Graphic Novel
Garlic and the Witch
Hilda: The Wilderness Stories
Gordon the Meanest Goose on Earth
Murray the Viking
Call the Puffins: Muffin and the Shipwreck: Book 3
Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories: Book 1 in the internationally successful series for children aged 5-7 from Jarvis
Kate on the Case: The Headline Hoax (Kate on the Case 3)
Astrid and the Space Cadets: Race from Planet Peril!
Bertha and Blink: Rumble in the Jungle
Skandar and the Chaos Trials: The INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER in the biggest fantasy adventure series since Harry Potter
New Kid On Deck: Pirate Academy #1
Movies Showing Nowhere
A Drop of Golden Sun: 'Radiant storytelling. Sublime.' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial
Geomancer: In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen: An epic fantasy adventure from a bestselling author
I Am Rebel: The award-winning must-read animal adventure everyone’s talking about – a heartfelt tale of one dog’s mission to sav
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Mayhem Mission
Leif the Unlucky Viking: Saga of the Shooting Star
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World: A funny diary story of a trickster god stuck in a kid's body who finds a cursed rin
Trixie Pickle Art Avenger: Toxic Takedown
My Family and Other Romans
Grimwood: Laugh your head off with the funniest new series of the year
Looshkin: The Maddest Cat in the World (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Book 1)
Batpig: When Pigs Fly
Who Let the Gods Out?
Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties
Fungus the Bogeyman
Worst Week Ever! Monday
Small!: Sunday Times Best Books 2022
Skulduggery Pleasant
Billy and the Mini Monsters: Monsters at the Zoo
Squishy McFluff: The Invisible Cat!
Monsters in the Dark
Little Rabbit's Big Surprise
Claude in the City
Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit's Bad Habits: Book 1
Max and Chaffy: Welcome to Animal Island! (from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
Adventuremice: Otter Chaos
Unipiggle: Unicorn Muddle
Meet the Twitches
Isadora Moon Goes to School
Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue
Marv and the Mega Robot: from the multi-award nominated Marv series
Kate on the Case (Kate on the Case 1)
The Naughtiest Unicorn
Impossible Creatures: 'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell' – Michael Morpurgo
Skandar and the Phantom Rider: the spectacular sequel to Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, the biggest fantasy adventure since Harr
The Rescue of Ravenwood: Children's Book of the Year, Sunday Times
Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans
The Ice Children
Fireborn: Phoenix and the Frost Palace
Stepfather Christmas: A heartfelt funny festive story that sparkles with Christmas wonder and magic!
The Final Year
Crookhaven: The Forgotten Maze: Book 2
Friends and Traitors
Wonka
Operation Nativity
Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen
Finding Wonder: An unforgettable adventure from The One Dollar Horse author
Oscar’s Lion
The Highland Falcon Thief
Grandpa Frank's Great Big Bucket List
Earth is Big: A Book of Comparisons
A Dinosaur Ate My Sister
When the Mountains Roared
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
Earth Heroes: Twenty Inspiring Stories of People Saving Our World
Sky
The Land of Roar
Starfell: Willow Moss and the Lost Day
The Queen's Nose
Welcome to My Crazy Life: Poems by the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Award
Real Pigeons Fight Crime
The Boy At the Back of the Class
The Story of Tutankhamun
The Secret of Haven Point
Amari and the Night Brothers
The Storm Keeper’s Island: Storm Keeper Trilogy 1
The Lost Tide Warriors: Storm Keeper Trilogy 2
The Storm Keepers' Battle: Storm Keeper Trilogy 3
The Only Black Girls in Town
Dragon Mountain
Dragon Legend
Dragon City
Kemosha of the Caribbean
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good: A funny diary story of a trickster god stuck in a kid's body, perfect for kids age 7, 8,
A Kind of Spark
Show Us Who You Are
Murder Most Unladylike
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The Perfect Books for Emerging and Newly Independent Young Readers

The Big Day
I'm Going to Make a Friend
The Search for Carmella
Beanie the Bansheenie: An unforgettable new twist on Irish folklore from the author of Artemis Fowl
Lulu Gets a Cat
When You Find the Right Rock
The Tree Next Door
The Snow Thief (PB)
Jonty Gentoo - The Adventures of a Penguin
Don't Think of Tigers
Within My Branches
Ava and the Acorn
Doctor Fairytale
Oak, the Littlest Leaf Girl
Where to Hide a Star
Sam Wu Is NOT Afraid of Ghosts!
The Nothing to See Here Hotel
Pizazz
Harley Hitch and the Iron Forest
Space Detectives
Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball
Me and Mister P
Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure: Book 1
Leon and the Place Between
Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes
Charlie Changes Into a Chicken
The Boy Who Grew Dragons (The Boy Who Grew Dragons 1)
The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
The Dragon In The Library
Cafe Chaos: My Family Is Not a Piece of Cake
Shadow Creatures
Vanya and the Wild Hunt
Wildlands
Ride North
The Deadly Fates (The Marvellers 3)
After: Dystopian sci-fi adventure for kids aged 9, 10, 11, 12 – a thought-provoking story of AI and humanity
The Appletree Animal Agency
Momo Arashima Duels the Queen of Death
The Green Kingdom: New York Times Bestseller
My Dog
The Forbidden Atlas
The Mizzy Mysteries: A Skeleton in the Closet
Secrets on the Shore
The Wonder Team and the Space Race
Little Goose's Autumn
Seasons
50 Things to Try in Autumn
A Poem for Every Autumn Day
Autumn Story
National Trust: Look What I Found in the Woods
What to Look For in Autumn
Tree: Seasons Come, Seasons Go
Storm
The Weather Girls
The Leaf Thief
Moomin and the Golden Leaf
Little Country Cottage: An Autumn Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun: A superhero adventure perfect for Marvel and DC fans!
Magicborn
Hedgewitch: Book 1: The enchanting series brimming with mystery and magic
The Map of Leaves
Rainbow Grey
Otherland
The Secret Detectives
Twitch
Mystery of the Night Watchers
The Hatmakers
How to Be Brave
The Amazing Edie Eckhart: The Amazing Edie Eckhart: Book 1 - World Book Day 2024 author and star of Taskmaster Series 18!
Julia and the Shark: An enthralling, uplifting adventure story from the creators of LEILA AND THE BLUE FOX
Harklights
Something I Said
Becoming Grace
The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks
Dragonborn
Man-Man and the Tree of Memories
Supa Nova
Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Age of Enchantment
The Dawn of Adonis: The much-anticipated follow-up to the award-winning When the Sky Falls
Bobby Bains Plays a Blinder
Mayowa and the Sea of Words: ‘Joyful and truly original’ – Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures
Witchspark
Eli and the Uncles: A playful bedtime book for aged 3-7 and gift for fun uncles on Father's Day
Bunny vs Monkey: The Whopping World of Puzzles (a Phoenix Comic Book, from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Y
Big Jim Begins: A Graphic Novel
Sunrise on the Reaping
Superhero Plants
I'll Be the Water: A Story of a Grandparent's Love
Becoming a Good Creature
War Horse picture book: A Beloved Modern Classic Adapted for a New Generation of Readers
Starbird
I Am Perfectly Designed
The Viewer
Arthur and the Golden Rope
Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx
Kai and the Monkey King
Leo and the Gorgon's Curse
The Song for Everyone
Wolf Girl
LOVE
The Boy Who Grew Flowers
The Double Trouble Society
The Light Thieves: Search for the Black Mirror
Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic
Space Band: The out-of-this-world new adventure from the number-one-bestselling author Tom Fletcher
Giant
The Magic Hour
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World: A funny diary story of a trickster god stuck in a kid's body who finds a cursed rin
Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Taking the Blame: A funny diary story of a trickster god stuck in a kid's body who needs to solve the
Wolf Road: The bestselling animal adventure from TV's Alice Roberts
The Dragon on the Train
The Dark and Dangerous Gifts of Delores Mackenzie
Bite Risk: The perfect horror for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant
Friendship Never Ends
Spellstone
The Girl who Fell to Earth
The Wild Robot: Now a major DreamWorks animation!
The Last Life of Lori Mills
Scarlet: Defender of the Universe
The Day We Saved the Future
Amari and the Night Brothers
Mortal Engines
Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian: A Graphic Novel
The Light Thieves
Escape Room
The Consequence Girl
5 Worlds Book 1: The Sand Warrior: (A Graphic Novel)
Flember 1: The Secret Book (from the million-selling Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year)
Orion Lost
Only You Can Save Mankind
Adam-2
Shiver Point: Under A Howling Moon
Shadowhall Academy: Ghost Story Society
Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls
Wink, Murder: a Bletchley Park Mystery
The Detention Detectives: Talent for Trouble
My Life on Fire
Mysteries at Sea: The Royal Jewel Plot
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz
Friends and Traitors
The Winterton Deception 1: Final Word
Murder at Wintertide
Murder At Snowfall
Murder In Midwinter
Murder At Twilight
Waiting For Murder
Terrible True Tales: The Stone Age: From the author of Horrible Histories, perfect for 7+

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Terry Deary and Tambe

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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

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The Jamie Drake Equation

The Jamie Drake Equation

Christopher Edge

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Sunrise on the Reaping

Sunrise on the Reaping

Suzanne Collins

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A Court of Thorns and Roses: Enter the EPIC fantasy worlds of Sarah J Maas with the breath-taking first book in the GLOBALLY BES

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Sarah J. Maas

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Pog

Pog

Padraig Kenny

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Glasgow Boys: WINNER of the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2025

Glasgow Boys: WINNER of the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2025

Margaret McDonald

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

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Viking Boy

Viking Boy

Tony Bradman

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Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd

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Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

Michael Morpurgo

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The Poisoned King (Signed Edition): Return to the magic of the Archipelago…

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Katherine Rundell

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The Wood Where Magic Grows: an enchanting new series from the bestselling author of The Boy Who Grew Dragons

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Andy Shepherd and Ellie Snowdon

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Escape from a Video Game: Mystery on the Starship Crusader

Escape from a Video Game: Mystery on the Starship Crusader

Dustin Brady and Jesse Brady

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Flowers for Algernon

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

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The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

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I, Cosmo

I, Cosmo

Carlie Sorosiak

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Yelp! Yeti! Chaos in Kathmandu

Yelp! Yeti! Chaos in Kathmandu

Sneha Pradhan and Promina Shrestha

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Howl’s Moving Castle

Howl’s Moving Castle

Diana Wynne Jones

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King of Nothing: The hilarious and heartwarming Waterstones and Carnegie prize-winning teen comedy!

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Nathanael Lessore

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)

Rick Riordan

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Mrs Dalloway

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

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