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Contents Early Years – Ages 3–5 Fiction................................................................................................ 2 Non-fiction ......................................................................................6

KS1, Reception to Year 2 – Ages 4+ Fiction.................................................................................................8 Non-fiction..................................................................................... 17

KS2, Year 3 to Year 6 – Ages 7+ Some books have recommended reading ages that are above age 7. Look out for this at the side of the page or above individual books in this section!

Ficton – Humour........................................................................... 19 Fiction – Adventure.................................................................... 36 Fiction – Mystery....................................................................... 45 Contemporary Fiction............................................................... 50 Historical Fiction......................................................................... 55 Fiction – Fantasy..........................................................................57 Fairytales, Traditional Tales & Classics............................... 63 Non-fiction.................................................................................... 64

Dictionaries & Atlases.........................................75 You can exchange your Recycle to Read points for any of the fantastic books in this catalogue!

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The Cow That Laid an Egg

Happy Hatchday

Andy Cutbill, Russel Ayto

Rob Biddulph

978-0-00-717968-8 HCCB PB 32pp

978-0-00-820743-4 HCCB PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 The first book in the cracking series about the loveable Dinosaur Juniors. Meet Otto, Winnie, Greg(osaurus) and all the other dinosaur juniors, as they traverse life’s first ups and downs.

DINOSAUR JUNIORS

Give Peas a Chance Rob Biddulph

£6.99 £5.59 A madcap, yet moving, story about having the courage of one’s convictions, even when others doubt you, from the creator of ‘Albie’, Andy Cutbill, and the award-winning illustrator, Russell Ayto.

Marjorie the cow doesn’t feel very special. She can’t ride bicycles or do cartwheels like the other cows. But one morning, Marjorie is astonished to discover something extraordinary…

978-0-00-828063-5 HCCB PB 32pp

The Best Cow in Show

£7.99 £6.39

Andy Cutbill, Russel Ayto

DINOSAUR JUNIORS

978-0-00-717970-1 HCCB PB 32pp

Wide Awake Rob Biddulph 978-0-00-831801-7 HCCB PB 32pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59 Marjorie the cow is terribly excited. She’s going to enter her daughter, Daisy, in the Baby Cow Contest. Daisy has been a very special cow ever since the day that she surprised everyone by hatching out of an egg! Marjorie feels sure that Daisy will win, hooves down.

The Odd Fish Naomi Jones, James Jones 978-0-75-550442-8 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 When Little Fish and her family encounter an odd new fish bobbing along on its own, they embark on an exciting journey to reunite it with its family.

But Odd Fish isn’t the only creature who needs Little Fish’s help. Turtle has a tummy ache and Octopus’s tentacles are tangled. Clever readers will spot the one thing that links them all … plastic. A warm and funny ecoadventure with a clever message about looking after our blue planet.

Captain Looroll Matt Carr 978-1-4052-9933-6 Farshore PB 32pp

The First Week at Cow School Andy Cutbill, Russell Ayto 978-0-00-727468-0 HCCB PB 32pp

£6.99 £5.59

I Did See a Mammoth Alex Willmore 978-0-00-850357-4 Farshore PB 32pp

Originating from the trunk of the magical everlasting oak tree, Captain Looroll is super strong, endlessly long, and brimming with courage.

£7.99 £6.39 Welcome to the Antarctic, where an intrepid bunch of explorers is making an in-depth study of penguins. Penguins. Penguins. Penguins. So many penguins . . .

However, stuck in the deadly dull surrounds of the downstairs toilet, heroic adventures could not be further away. All that changes, though, when along comes a very stinky villain named ToileTROLL.

But one young explorer has discovered something different. Something totally wild, spectacularly cool and quite a lot . . . EXTINCT.

£7.99 £6.39 WINNER! Children’s Literature Festival Book Awards 2024

Together with her band of trusty sidekicks, Captain Looroll must use her 3-ply powers to save the world from imminent – and extremely messy – destruction …

Spyceratops

Captain Looroll: Night at the Poo-Seum

978-0-00-850547-9

Matt Carr 978-0-7555-0236-3 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 When toxic baddie ToiletTROLL unleashes foul-smelling havoc at the museum, there’s only ONE superhero with the skills and courage to clean up the mess. Enter …

CAPTAIN LOOROLL! Accompanied by her crew of brave, hygiene-loving friends, can our fearless pooperhero save the world from imminent and VERY MESSY destruction?

KS1 Age 4+Ages Fiction Early Years 3–5 Fiction

DINOSAUR JUNIORS

Alex Willmore Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 Spyceratops has all the skills: sneaking, peeking, blending in, daredevil manoeuvres.

She has all the kit: groovy gadgets, loyal sidekick, awesome spymobile.

And luckily the perfect opportunity has arisen for Spyceratops to share her spy skills with YOU, the reader.

(Pooping dinosaurs included!)

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Early Years 3–5 Fiction KS1 Age 4+Ages Fiction

Fairy tales for the fearless Love fairy tales? Love animals? Love laugh-out-loud storytelling? Look no further!

Rabunzel

Cindergorilla

Snowy White

Gareth P Jones, Loretta Schauer

Gareth P Jones, Loretta Schauer

Gareth P Jones, Loretta Schauer

978-1-4052-9858-2 Farshore PB 32pp

978-1-4052-9884-1 Farshore PB 32pp

978-0-7555-0340-7 Farshore PB 32pp

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A uniquely silly and rebellious twist on a favourite fairy tale – Rabunzel is a beautiful bunny with extraordinarily long ears. Locked away for her own safety, Rabunzel learns that she doesn’t need rescuing – and in fact, she can become the hero to help herself and her friends.

Cindergorilla loves to dance. She longs to go to the Saturday Night Disco Ball, where the other gorillas strut their stuff, but her horrid aunt and cousins, Gertrude and Grace always say no. Instead Cindergorilla must stay home and do the housework!

But all that changes when Cinder gets a visit from her Hairy Godmother…

Kingsley is the finest cat in the kingdom.

How does he know? His crystal ball tells him so! But one day, the crystal ball has a different story to tell. A new cat by the name of Snowy White has arrived in the kingdom. She’s beautiful … she’s kind … and Kingsley is determined to get rid of her. Luckily, though, Snowy gets a helping hand – or seven – from some very special new friends!

The Forgettery

Elephant in my Kitchen

Rachel Ip, Laura Hughes

Smriti Halls, Ella Okstad

978-1-4052-9476-8 Farshore PB 32pp

978-1-4052-9566-6 Farshore PB 32pp

£6.99 £5.59

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Amelia’s granny forgets lots of things. Little things, like where she put her glasses, and big things like people and places. But everything anyone has ever forgotten is stored in The Forgettery, and there Amelia and her granny learn the power of making memories.

What if …

There was an elephant in your kitchen, A tiger on your loo, A gorilla in your bedroom, Whatever would you do?

The Girl With Two Dads Mel Elliott

A positive, empowering and fun-filled picture book about taking care of our amazing planet.

978-1-4052-9243-6 Farshore PB 32pp

Colin’s Castle

£7.99 £6.39 Matilda is a new girl at Pearl’s school, but there’s something really different and cool about her family… she has TWO dads! Pearl is sure that Matilda’s family must be very different to her own but, as they become friends, she starts to discover that maybe Matilda’s family aren’t so different after all…

This charming tale of friendship is all about celebrating what makes us different and similar to one another.

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When wild animals move into Rafi’s house, he needs to figure out a BIG PLAN to get them back to their own homes.

Holly Swain 978-0-00-869812-6 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 Colin’s new castle is perfect in every way – apart from the DUCK. The duck pops up when Colin’s in the bath.

When he’s watching telly. When he’s ON THE LOO. QUACK! But where there’s a will, there’s a way. Colin has a PLAN. Will he succeed in banishing Duck from his castle and leading the birdfree life that he dreams of?

Do you love pirates? How about aliens? And dinosaurs?

Find them ALL in the pages of these laugh-outloud interactive adventures!

Discover not one but FIVE fun-filled worlds in each PICK A STORY adventure!

A Pirate Alien Jungle Adventure Sarah Coyle, Adam Walker-Parker 978-1-4052-9904-6 Farshore PB 32pp

Sarah Coyle, Adam WalkerParker 978-1-4052-9907-7 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39

A Superhero Mermaid Dragon Adventure Sarah Coyle, Adam Walker-Parker 978-1-4052-9906-0 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39

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A Wizard Astronaut Pyramid Adventure

A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure

Sarah Coyle, Adam Walker-Parker

Sarah Coyle, Adam Walker-Parker 978-1-4052-9905-3 Farshore PB 32pp

978-0-00-868025-1 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39

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The Lorax Dr. Seuss 978-0-00-745593-5 HCCB PB 64pp

£6.99 £5.59 Celebrate the original eco warrior!

After fifty years his message is more important than ever, so enjoy Dr. Seuss’s trademark rhyme in this anniversary edition of the classic environmental fable.

“Mister! He said with a sawdusty sneeze, I am the Lorax.

I speak for the trees.” The Lorax is a timeless classic that has been using humour and rhyme to raise awareness of the destruction of the environment for more than fifty years. Join the long-suffering crusader and help save the planet with this very special anniversary edition of Dr. Seuss’s beloved, and still achingly relevant, ode to conservation.

Splash Claire Cashmore, Illustrated by Sharon Davey 978-0-7555-0285-1 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 Claire Cashmore, MBE and Paralympic gold medallist, was born without a left forearm – but she never let being different stand in the way of her big dreams. Splash is based on Claire’s reallife experience: this gold-medal-winning swimmer really was scared of water … until one day, everything changed!

Splash features a brilliantly bold heroine, who happens to be differently abled, and brims with fun, positivity and Claire Cashmore’s inspirational growth mindset message.

You Need to Chill Juno Dawson, Laura Hughes 978-0-00-848828-4 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 Sometimes people say to me: ‘What happened to your brother, Bill?’ That’s when I look them in the eye and say: ‘Hun, you need to chill.’

When Bill can’t be found at school one day, the imaginations of the other children run wild. Is he on holiday? Is he lost in the park? Has he been eaten by a shark?! It’s up to Bill’s sister to explain…

The King’s Ship

KS1 Age 4+Ages Fiction Early Years 3–5 Fiction

Pick a Story

A Monster Princess Shark Adventure

Says Who? Rachel Emily, Paul Delaney 978-0-00-860174-4 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 Goats can’t be actors Frogs can’t wear shoes Moles cannot paint Plants can’t read news …

The rules is the rules When it comes to who’s who And what who can do – And that includes YOU! … SAYS WHO?!

The rules are the rules … except when they’re NOT! Join a host of creatures daring to challenge expectations – with HILARIOUS results!

Valerio Vidali 978-0-7555-0311-7 Farshore PB 32pp

£6.99 £5.59 A sparklingly funny cautionary tale about the perils of greed…once, long ago, there was a king.

His kingdom was rich, his palace beautiful and his army big and powerful. There was just one thing the king did not have.

A ship. But the king didn’t want just any old ship. He wanted a ship bigger, more powerful and full of beautiful treasures than any ship that had ever been been…

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Early Years 3–5 Fiction KS1 Age 4+Ages Fiction

Amazing Dad

Amazing Mum

Alison Brown

Alison Brown

978-0-00-853432-5

978-0-00-852946-8

Farshore PB 32pp

Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Amazing dads are all around!

Dads can be busy, whizzy, caring, sharing … and so much more. But there’s just ONE dad who gives the best hugs of all.

Can you guess who it is?

An inclusive, joyful celebration of dads and care-givers – and the love they give us every day. Explore the adorable rhyming text, illustrated with a whole host of irresistible, relatable and hilarious animal characters.

Amazing mums are all around!

They are chatty, practical, funny, sporty … and everything between.

Mums find your lost treasures. they celebrate your achievements. they love us no matter what.

Discover the ULTIMATE inclusive celebration of the mums and care-givers, packed full of irresistible, aw-factor artwork and a heart-warming rhyming text.

Amazing Brother

Amazing Sister

Alison Brown

Alison Brown

978-0-00-852947-5

978-0-00-852948-2

Farshore PB 32pp

Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Amazing brothers are EVERYWHERE! Brothers can be big, small, old or new – they might even have just joined your crew. Some are practical fixers and menders, some just want to sing as loud as they can!

Though you might get into scraps, when you need some love and care, brothers can be the very best at making things better.

Amazing sisters are EVERYWHERE! Sisters can be sporty, creative, big, small, old or brand new – sometimes, they can be annoying, too! But though you might get into scraps, when you need some love and care, sisters can be the very best at making things better.

Wild Violet!

Small’s Big Dream

Once Upon A Big Bad Wolf

Alex Latimer, Patrick Latimer

Manjeet Mann, Amanda Quartey

Leigh Hodgkinson, Adam Ming

978-1-84365-382-0 Farshore PB 32pp

978-0-00-850109-9 HCCB PB 32pp

978-0-00-852623-8

£6.99 £5.59

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Violet’s Gran takes her to the zoo for a relaxing trip but, after a mix-up, Violet spends the night with the monkeys and a monkey goes back with Gran. Worse still, Gran and Violet’s parents don’t even notice!

Small lived in a small house. She had a small room with a small window and at night she slept in a small bed with a too small blanket.

Despite being small, Small had BIG dreams.

In Small’s world, everything is small – her shoes, her bed, everything. But her dreams are big. And Small discovers that when you dream big, anything – and everything – can happen.

Have you ever wondered why the Mean Old Witch is mean? Or why the Big Bad Wolf is bad?

Violet is wild.

She growls at the dog, draws on the walls, and slurps her cereal straight from the bowl.

When she and her Gran go on a trip to zoo, some monkey-business is afoot – will there be chaos or will a lesson be learnt?

Farshore PB 32pp

They weren’t always that way… the Big Bad Wolf used to be small and sweet. But when a witch was mean to him, everything changed …

The Mean Old Witch used to be young and kind, singing to the birds and picking up litter, until an unfortunate encounter with a Horrible Stinky Troll …

Discover how unkind words and actions can have consequences – and how a simple apology has the magical power to transform everything!

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I am Every Good Thing

Smriti Halls, Ali Pye

Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James

978-1-4052-9851-3 Red Shed PB 32pp

978-0-7555-0270-7 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

A joyful celebration of all the pieces, places and people that make us who we are. It is a wonderful way to get children thinking about and learning about their own families, and also opening up discussions about all of the other pieces that come together to make us all unique: from our friends and food we eat, to activities we get up to and the places we go.

The Pronoun Book Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James

I am a non-stop ball of energy.

Powerful and full of light.

I am a go-getter. A difference-maker.

A leader.

Step inside the mind of the confident narrator of this book! He is proud of everything that makes him who he is. He’s got big plans, and will see them through. He’s creative, adventurous, smart, funny. A good friend. A superhero. Sometimes he falls, but he always gets back up. And other times he’s afraid because he’s often misunderstood. So, slow down, look and listen as he shows you who he really is …

In My Mosque

978-0-00-856824-5 Red Shed PB 32pp

M.O. Yuksel, Hatem Aly

£7.99 £6.39 A joyous celebration of people and their pronouns! How do you know what someone wants to be called? Just ask! He/Him. She/ Her. They/Them. Xe/Xem. These are all pronouns. Join us in embracing diversity and celebrating difference. Because what might seem complicated is really just a case of asking one simple question: What are your pronouns?

Moon’s Ramadan

978-0-7555-0260-8 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 My mosque feels safe like home.

In my mosque, we pray for peace, love and joy.

You are welcome in my mosque.

Do you go regularly to a mosque? Or perhaps you’ve never been inside one? This joyful book invites everyone – worshippers and newcomers alike – to step inside and meet warm, welcoming mosque communities all across the world. Join young Muslim children, their families and friends, as they learn, pray, eat, help others … and play!

Natasha Khan Kazi 978-0-00-858788-8 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 This joyful and welcoming picture book captures the meaning of Ramadan, one of the world’s most important celebrations​, and explains the cultural differences across different countries by sharing the various practices – from the call to prayer, to sharing homecooked food, and the art of henna.

Ramadan Kareem M.O Yuksel, Hatem Aly 978-0-00-865460-3 Farshore PB 32pp

With lyrical prose, beautiful illustrations, and a helpful fact page and glossary, this is the perfect introduction to Ramadan and Eid for all children.

Black Girls: A Celebration of You! Dominique Furukawa, Illustrated by Erika Lynne Jones 978-0-00-864662-2 Farshore PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 This gloriously upbeat and lyrical book celebrates Black and mixed-race girls in all their beauty, diversity and joy.

Every page in this book will uplift girls of every shade, size, and walk of life, reminding them that they are seen and heard.

KS1 Age 4+Ages Fiction Early Years 3–5 Non-fiction

Who Are You?

£7.99 £6.39 A joyful picture book that celebrates the joys and traditions of the holy month of Ramadan around the world. Join the characters and their families as they engage in a time of increased spirituality, fasting, prayer, charity, self-reflection, gratitude and empathy in the Muslim faith.

MR. MEN LITTLE MISS

MR. MEN LITTLE MISS

Happy Diwali

Happy Eid

Adam Hargreaves

Adam Hargreaves

978-1-4052-9937-4

978-0-7555-0407-7

Farshore PB 32pp

Farshore PB 32pp

£4.99 £3.99

£7.99 £6.39

The five-day festival of lights is celebrated by millions of people across the world and the Mr Men and Little Miss can’t wait to join in. they’re busy cleaning their homes, creating Rangolis, lighting lamps and enjoying all the festivities, including large feasts that Mr Greedy is particularly looking forward to. It’s going to be a busy five days of light and laughter!

The Eid al-Fitr festival is celebrated by millions of people across the world and the Mr Men and Little Miss can’t wait to join in. At the end of Ramadan, there will be a wonderful celebration with a huge feast and lots of presents. the perfect opportunity for Little Miss Splendid to wear her most splendid hat and for Mr Greedy to wear his biggest napkin!

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Early Age Years 3–5 Non-fiction KS1 4+Ages Fiction

Lifesize Dinosaurs Sophy Henn 978-1-4052-9395-2 Red Shed PB 32pp

£8.99 £7.19 Step into this book to see how YOU measure up against some of the world’s most incredible, ginormous, deadly dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures. This interactive non-fiction adventure features LIFESIZE illustrations so you can try on a Utahraptor’s claw, compare your nostrils with a Diplodocus, see how a Stegosaurus plate would look on your back, wear a Pteranodon’s beak, and much, much more. And don’t forget to open up the fold-out pages to reveal a LIFESIZE Tyrannosaurus rex mouth that’s over a metre long!

ROAR!

Let’s go on more LIFESIZE adventures! Step into these books and see how you measure up against some of the world’s most amazing animals.

Lifesize Sophy Henn

Lifesize Baby Animals

Lifesize Deadly Animals

Lifesize Ocean Animals

978-1-4052-8957-3 Red Shed PB 32pp

Sophy Henn

Sophy Henn

Sophy Henn

978-1-4052-9949-7 Red Shed PB 32pp

978-0-00-853430-1 Red Shed PB 32pp

978-0-00-854641-0

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Green Machines and Other Amazing Eco-Inventions

Hug a Bug: How You Can Help Protect Insects

Michelle Meadows, Aristides Ruiz

Bonnie Worth, Aristides Ruiz

978-0-00-866557-9 HCCB PB 48pp

978-0-00-866558-6 HCCB PB 48pp

£6.99 £5.59 Celebrate all things green with Dr. Seuss’s Lorax in this exciting book about nature and the inventions that can help protect it! With unique rhymes, spectacular information and heaps of brilliant eco-inventions, children will love learning about our planet and the environment.

£6.99 £5.59 Bees! Butterflies! Ladybirds! Join Dr. Seuss’s Lorax in this exciting book about incredible insects and how best to protect them! With unique rhymes, spectacular information and heaps of brilliant images, children will love learning about the environment and the awesome bugs on our planet!

All Kinds of Families Sophy Henn 978-1-4052-9823-0 Red Shed PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 Just like us, animal families are all different. For orangutans, mummy looks after the babies, for emus it is all down to daddy. Clownfish live with a mummy and daddy, some albatross families live with two mummies and some cheetahs are adopted by two daddies. For some families it is the grandparents, or even a huge family group, who help bring up the youngsters. But what’s the one thing that they have in common? Love, of course!

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Red Shed PB 32pp

The Naughtiest Unicorn Pip Bird, Illustrated by David O’Connell 978-1-4052-9478-2 Farshore PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59 Mira CAN’T WAIT to start Unicorn School. (Her big sister goes and won’t stop going on about it). But when Mira arrives on her first day all the unicorns are gone … except Dave!

The Naughtiest Unicorn on a Treasure Hunt Pip Bird, David O’Connell 978-0-00-850292-8 Farshore PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59 It’s spring time at Unicorn School and time for a super fun scavenger hunt! But when Dave the naughtiest unicorn uncovers a mysterious, hidden RIDDLE the day gets even MORE exciting!

The Naughtiest Unicorn in a Winter Wonderland Pip Bird, David O’Connell 978-0-7555-0190-8 Farshore PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59 It’s time for wintry fun with Mira and Dave the Naughtiest Unicorn!

And this time they are going on a very special quest to see the magical winter lights!

The Naughtiest Unicorn on Holiday Pip Bird 978-0-7555-0191-5 Farshore PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59 Their rucksacks are packed, the sleeping bags are rolled-up and Class Red are heading into the Wild Woods. Will Dave the naughtiest unicorn eat all the marshmallows? And who (or what) is making the weird noises at night-time…?

The Naughtiest Unicorn and the Spooky Surprise Pip Bird, David O’Connell 978-1-4052-9720-2 Farshore PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59 It’s the SPOOKIEST time of the year at Unicorn School! Mira and Dave are looking forward to dressing up for trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving and apple bobbing!

The Naughtiest Unicorn on the Beach Pip Bird, David O’Connell 978-1-4052-9718-9 Farshore PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59 Blow up your inflatable, apply the factor 50 and polish those sunnies… Mira can’t wait to build a GIANT sandcastle (although Dave is more interested in eating a GIANT GLITTERY ICE-CREAM).

The Naughtiest Unicorn on a School Trip Pip Bird, David O’Connell 978-1-4052-9716-5 Farshore PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59 Mira and Dave are so excited to visit the Baby Animal Rainbow Care Centre and can’t wait to meet all the adorable baby animals.

The Naughtiest Unicorn at Christmas Pip Bird, Illustrated by David O’Connell 978-1-4052-9594-9 Farshore PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59 Pull on your Christmas jumper and untangle the tinsel! It’s the week before Christmas and Mira and her friends are getting ready to celebrate the holidays with their unicorn best friends forever (UBFF)!

The Naughtiest Unicorn and the Firework Festival

The Naughtiest Unicorn at Sports Day

Pip Bird, David O’Connell

Pip Bird

978-0-00-850290-4 Farshore PB 160pp

978-1-4052-9479-9 Farshore PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59

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It’s time for some firework festival fun at Unicorn School! But there’s only one problem… the fireworks are missing!

Mira and Dave can’t wait to join in all of the sports day games and go on a magical rainbow quest.

The Naughtiest Unicorn and the Birthday Party

The Naughtiest Unicorn and the Ice Dragon

Pip Bird, David O’Connell

Pip Bird, David O’Connell

978-0-00-850213-3

978-0-00-850215-7

Farshore PB 160pp

Farshore PB 208pp

£6.99 £5.59 Get ready to CELEBRATE! Mira’s been invited to Unicorn School’s 1000th Birthday Party, and can hardly wait for all the games, glitter and gorgeous outfits!

KS1 Age 4+ Fiction

The Naughtiest Unicorn

£6.99 £5.59 Mira, her UBFF Dave and Class Red are super excited because they’ve been given a dragon egg to look after! the only problem is theirs’ is refusing to hatch!

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KS1 Age 4+ Fiction

Narwhal & Jelly Narwhal is a happy-go-lucky narwhal. Jelly is a no-nonsense jellyfish.

With themes of working togther and imagination, and highly illustrated in comic book style, each book features three stories and a super fun ocean fact page – and joke page too. Perfect for emerging readers to build their confidence.

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea!

Narwhal’s Otter Friend Ben Clanton

Narwhal’s School of Awesomeness

Ben Clanton

978-1-4052-9533-8 Farshore PB 80pp

Ben Clanton

£6.99 £5.59

978-0-7555-0007-9 Farshore PB 80pp

£6.99 £5.59

Happy Narwhalidays

£6.99 £5.59

Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt

Ben Clanton 978-1-4052-9747-9 Farshore PB 64pp

Narwhalicorn and Jelly

Ben Clanton

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Ben Clanton

978-1-4052-9530-7 Farshore PB 64pp

978-1-4052-9531-4 Farshore PB 64pp

£6.99 £5.59

Narwhal: Peanut Butter and Jelly Ben Clanton

978-0-7555-0018-5 Farshore PB 64pp

A Super Scary Narwhaloween Ben Clanton 978-0-7555-0020-8 Farshore PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

Narwhal’s Sweet Tooth Ben Clanton

£6.99 £5.59

978-0-00-871424-6 Farshore PB 64pp

978-1-4052-9532-1 Farshore PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

£6.99 £5.59

Tater Tales: the Greatest In the World

Tater Tales: the King Of the World!

Ben Clanton 978-0-00-864654-7

Ben Clanton

Farshore PB 80pp

978-0-00-864657-8

£6.99 £5.59

Farshore PB 96pp

Rot is a mutant potato who wakes up feeling great, maybe even…the greatest in the world! But that only makes Rot’s brother Snot the grumpiest in the world. the only solution? An epic contest to prove who is the greatest once and for all, judged by the only impartial party they can find – their small fry little sister, Tot.

Super Cute Prepare to enter a whole world of cute!

Funny bunnies who perform acrobatics, mini pigs wearing multi-coloured wellies, sushi-mice that sleep curledup in the middle of sweet-smelling flowers. The world of cute is the most adorable place EVER … but the friends you’re about to meet like to cause chaos in this world of cuteness!

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£6.99 £5.59 Rot is ready for another adventure and this time he’s going “Spudlunking!” But while Rot is excited to dig through the muck for treasure, all his friends seem to be more interested in their own plans.

Fun in the Sun Pip Bird 978-0-7555-0128-1 Farshore PB 160pp

£5.99 £4.79

The Adventure School Pip Bird 978-0-7555-0130-4 Farshore PB 160pp

£5.99 £4.79

The Kindness Carousel Pip Bird 978-0-00-851245-3 Farshore PB 160pp

£5.99 £4.79

The Sleepover Surprise Pip Bird 978-0-7555-0126-7 Farshore PB 160pp

£5.99 £4.79

Common childhood fears are dealt with in a gentle, funny and accessible way in the Sam Wu books, one of the very few young fiction series featuring an East Asian protagonist.

Sam Wu is not afraid of many things. Definitely not ghosts, sharks, the dark, spiders or EVEN zombies…

Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Ghosts!

Sam Wu is Not Afraid of the Dark!

Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Zombies

Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang, Nathan Reed

Katie Tsang, Kevin Tsang

Katie Tsang, Kevin Tsang

978-1-4052-8753-1 Farshore PB 224pp

978-1-4052-8751-7 Farshore PB 224pp

978-1-4052-9572-7 Farshore PB 224pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59 Sam Wu is NOT a scaredy-cat (except he is). When a trip to the Space Museum goes terrifyingly wrong, Sam begins a mission to prove to the school bully, and all of his friends, that he is a fearless space adventurer.

A truly laugh-out-loud, voice-led and madcap story of ghost hunting, snakes and mischievous pet cats called Butterbutt.

Sam Wu is NOT afraid of anything. Except for quite a lot of things. Like ghosts. Sharks too.

And also THE DARK! And so when Sam goes camping in the woods with his friends and cousin Stanley, who knows what scary kind of things they’ll face …?

Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Spiders!

Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang, Nathan Reed

Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Sharks!

Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Space!

Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang, Nathan Reed

978-1-4052-9428-7 Farshore PB 208pp

Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang, Nathan Reed

£6.99 £5.59

978-1-4052-8752-4 Farshore PB 240pp

£6.99 £5.59 Sam Wu is NOT a scaredy-cat (except when he is). And when a shark TOTALLY tries to eat him at the local aquarium, he decides he’s not going to take any more chances. So at his friend’s birthday party at the beach, Sam refuses to dip even a toe in the water. Nothing could go wrong now, could it?

£6.99 £5.59 When Sam’s arch nemesis, Ralph Zinkerman the Third announces that he has zombie werewolves living in his basement, for the first time ever, Sam really isn’t sure if he wants to be the one to save the day. Ralph has always been pretty mean to him and, well, just one little nibble from the zombie werewolves wouldn’t hurt that much, would it?

KS1 Age 4+ Fiction

Sam Wu is not Afraid

Sam Wu is NOT afraid of anything. Well, maybe some things. Like ghosts, sharks … the dark’s pretty worrying too. And not to mention SPIDERS! But Sam’s not going to let anyone know. And so when Tulip, the school tarantula, disappears from her cage, Sam decides it’s up to him and his friends to save the school from the eight-legged escapee …

978-1-4052-9761-5 Farshore PB 224pp

£6.99 £5.59 When Sam gets the chance to go to Space Camp with his friends this summer, he has never been more excited. He is desperate for everyone to love it as much as he does – and together win the Space Camp Challenge trophy!

But not everybody at Space Camp is ready to be a team player and for Sam it’s starting to look like winning the trophy might be as difficult as landing on the moon!

GENIE AND TEENY

GENIE AND TEENY

GENIE AND TEENY

GENIE AND TEENY

Make a Wish Steven Lenton

Wishful Thinking

The Wishing Well

Wish Upon a Star

978-0-00-840820-6 HCCB PB 160pp

Steven Lenton

Steven Lenton

Steven Lenton

978-0-00-840823-7 HCCB PB 160pp

978-0-00-840855-8 HCCB PB 160pp

978-0-00-840858-9 HCCB PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

Grant the Genie is happy living in the real world in a teapot with his best friend, the dog ,Teeny. But keeping a genie a secret on Earth is harder than they’d both thought – especially when Grant wants to go to school with Teeny’s owner, Tilly.

When Grant starts to miss his old life in Genie World, Teeny has a plan on how he can get the genie home for a flying visit. But as usual, where wishes are involved, nothing is quite that simple and they soon find out they’re in for a rollercoaster of a ride!

£7.99 £6.39 Back home, in the land of Wishaluzia, Grant is enjoying his old life. But when trouble strikes he realises he’ll need a helping hand.

Can Teeny lend a paw and save the day? Or will it be the end of Genie Land forever?…

£6.99 £5.59 Meet Grant the genie, and his best friend – the puppy Teeny…

The first in a series of magical adventures from the renowned illustrator, Steven Lenton, winner of Waterstones Picture Book of the Month and the Times Children’s Book of the Week.

When Grant the Genie is cast out of Genie World, he lands on Earth with a big, fat bump! Without a lamp to call home, he has to settle for an old cracked teapot instead.

Then Grant accidentally gives three wishes to the school’s bully and a whole heap of trouble ensues. Will they be able to make everyting right again? Or is that just wishful thinking?

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KS1 Age 4+ Fiction

Spellbound Ponies Enchanting stories, taking the reader on magical pony adventures…

Can they rescue ALL the ponies…

The ponies of Pemberley Stables have been bound by magic and each of them are trapped in time.

Can two brave girls help get them back?

Sugar and Spice Stacy Gregg 978-0-00-840290-7 HCCB PB 176pp

£7.99 £6.39 Prince the racehorse isn’t as speedy as he used to be and his love of fine dining isn’t helping matters. Can Olivia and Eliza help break the spell and get Prince working out again in time for the big race…

Fortune and Cookies

Stacy Gregg 978-0-00-840293-8 HCCB PB 128pp

£6.99 £5.59 Sparkle the white pony has been magicked to be messy and can’t stop rolling in mud. But can Olivia and Eliza help break the spell that is binding her and give her a magical makeover in time for the royal wedding?

978-0-00-840296-9 HCCB PB 128pp

Rainbows and Ribbons

£7.99 £6.39

Stacy Gregg

Champ the palomino pony has been magicked to be exceptional – or that is what he is telling everyone! Can Olivia and Eliza help break the spell that is making him tell such fibs in time for the showjumping competition?

978-0-00-840299-0 HCCB PB 128pp

Stacy Gregg

£6.99 £5.59

Dancing and Dreams Stacy Gregg 978-0-00-840302-7 HCCB PB 128pp

£7.99 £6.39 Margot the dressage pony keeps getting all of her steps wrong. But can Olivia and Eliza help break the spell that is making her so clumsy and bring her back to the stables?

Gus the riding school pony isn’t having a very good day. But can Olivia and Eliza break the spell that is making him so grumpy and bring him back to the stables.

For 6 years +

The Adventures of Parsley the Lion

The Curse of the School Rabbit

Michael Bond, Rob Biddulph

Judith Kerr

£9.99 £7.99

978-0-00-835262-2 HCCB PB 96pp

Living in the magical Herb Garden, Parsley the lion is never quite sure what’s going to happen to him next … especially with an excitable friend like Dill the dog around.

£6.99 £5.59 It all started with the school rabbit…

Snowflake is the school rabbit, and Snowflake is TROUBLE. At least that’s what Tommy thinks. And when Snowflake unexpectedly comes to stay just before Christmas and EVERYTHING starts to go wrong, it looks like Tommy might be right. Even if he is getting more pocket money for feeding it and might be able to get that new bike after all…

With a sick sister left in bed, a snobby actor left with suspiciously damp trousers, and no rabbit anywhere to be seen, Tommy can see his hopes of a new bike for Christmas disappearing as fast as Snowflake.

Will Snowflake turn up, and turn out to be more good luck than bad? Or are Tommy and his family DOOMED by the curse of the school rabbit?

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Wishes and Weddings

A fantastically funny and exquisitely illustrated young fiction title from the iconic Judith Kerr, this is the perfect story for boys and girls of six plus to read alone or with their family.

978-0-00-842234-9 HCCB PB 224pp

Now Michael Bond’s hilarious books featuring Parsley the lion, first published nearly fifty years ago, are brought alive for a new generation in this exquisite contemporary colour gift edition, gloriously illustrated by the award-winning creator of Blown Away and Draw with Rob, Rob Biddulph.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

For 5 years +

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Quentin Blake 978-1-84365-539-8 Farshore HB 48pp

£9.99 £7.99 An irresistible picture book adaptation of the original iconic lyrics to the smash-hit musical, illustrated by Quentin Blake!

Following the age-old Bible story, this new picture book is jam-packed full of big characters, jeopardy and redemption, with a healthy dose of theatrical flair. Head into the electrifying world of Pharaoh, Potiphar, Joseph and the brothers, and remind yourself of all the classic numbers – Any Dream Will Do, Close Every Door, and so many more.

The Cat Superstar

The Princess Rules

Clara Vulliamy

Philippa Gregory, Chris Chatterton

978-0-00-835585-2 HCCB PB 128pp

978-0-00-833979-1 HCCB PB 256pp

£7.99 £6.39

£6.99 £5.59 Marshmallow Marmaduke Vanilla-Bean Sugar-Pie Fluffington-Fitz-Noodle is a big, fluffy (and grumpy) cat. He LOVES the easy life: lazing in the sunshine, eating Shrimp Crunchies and annoying Buster, the dog downstairs.

His new owner, Amelia Lime, has grand plans to turn Pie into a STAR… But Pie thinks he’s a star already, to be honest!

Princess Florizella may live in a classic fairy-tale world, but she’s no ordinary princess…

“Princess Florizella was friends with some of the princesses who had studied the Princess Rules, and behaved just as the Rules said they should. Florizella thought their hair was lovely: so golden and so very long. And their clothes were nice: so richly embroidered. And their shoes were delightful: so tiny and handmade in silk. But their days bored her to death…”

Instead, Princess Florizella rides her horse, Jellybean, all over the kingdom, having adventures of her own…

The Princess Rules – It’s a Prince Thing

MARSHMALLOW PIE

The Cat Superstar on TV

Philippa Gregory, Chris Chatterton 978-0-00-840326-3 HCCB PB 256pp

Clara Vulliamy 978-0-00-835589-0 HCCB PB 128pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

The Princess Rules – The Mammoth Adventure

With the help of his owner, Amelia, Pie is well on his way to stardom. He’s got himself a role ON TV! But then he hears that he’ll be joined in the spotlight – by Gingernut, the cheeky kitten… Can Pie learn how to share, or will his biggest opportunity yet come tumbling down?

KS1 Age 4+ Fiction

MARSHMALLOW PIE

Philippa Gregory, Chris Chatterton 978-0-00-840330-0 HCCB PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39

MARSHMALLOW PIE

The Cat Superstar in Hollywood Clara Vulliamy 978-0-00-835591-3 HCCB PB 128pp

£6.99 £5.59 Marshmallow Pie, a big, fluffy cat with an even bigger personality, is off to Hollywood to star in a movie! Pie is loving his trip – the glamourous people, the luxurious hotel, not to mention the tasty snacks!

MARSHMALLOW PIE

The Cat Superstar on Stage Clara Vulliamy 978-0-00-835594-4 HCCB PB 128pp

£6.99 £5.59 After his success on the silver screen, Marshmallow Pie – a big, fluffy cat with an even bigger personality – has an exciting opportunity to act on stage in a grand theatre. It will be his first time in front of a live audience!

Supercat vs The Chip Thief

Supercat vs The Party Pooper

Supercat vs The Pesky Pirate

Jeanne Willis

Jeanne Willis

Jeanne Willis

978-0-00-751863-0 HCCB PB 224pp

978-0-00-751865-4 HCCB PB 208pp

978-0-00-751867-8 HCCB PB 224pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59 Tiger was an ordinary pet, until the day he licked a toxic sock and was transformed into… SUPERCAT! Now, the evil Count Backwards has kidnapped the Queen from her own birthday party and plans to take over the world!

With his superpowers, his best friend James, and a few tricks in his party bag, can Supercat save the day? It’s party time…

£6.99 £5.59 When all the grown-ups disappear from the family funfair Supercat and his sidekick James suspect the evil Count Backwards is behind it. The crime-fighting duo track the count to his underwater headquarters – but can they sneak on board a submarine and save the day or will they end up as fish food?

Meet Tiger – an ordinary, tubby tabby cat.

But Tiger has a secret! Just one lick of a toxic sock and he transforms into… SUPERCAT! Now, with his astonishing powers and his best friend James, can Supercat save the world, and all the chips, from the dastardly Count Backwards…?

When the chips are down, there’s only one cat to call!

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A charming series of adventures for younger readers, featuring a family of all sorts of animals that live in the farmyard behind the tumble-down barn on Mudpuddle Farm…

MUDPUDDLE FARM

MUDPUDDLE FARM

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!

Hee-haw Hooray!

Michael Morpurgo, Shoo Rayner

Michael Morpurgo

978-0-00-727012-5 HCCB PB 144pp

978-0-00-824198-8 HCCB PB 160pp

£7.99 £6.39

£6.99 £5.59

Mossop’s Last Chance

Two charming stories for younger readers, featuring a loveable family of all sorts of animals, living behind the tumble-down barn on Mudpuddle Farm – where everything is about to change… in the most unexpected and hilarious ways!

“There’s mice in my barley sacks, there’s rats in my roof and now there’s mice in the corn bin. This time I’ve had enough. If you aren’t up to the job, you will have to go.”

Mossop the old farm cat likes to sleep – and not much else! So when Farmer Rafferty tells him to catch twenty-six mice by sunset, all the animals have to pull together to give Mossop one last chance…

Nowt to Worry About:

Albertine, Goose Queen

Tickety-Boo:

“Good morning, Madam, I’ve come to eat you. Your friends have all gone. There’s no one to help you now. They’re all very stupid, aren’t they?”

There’s a storm in the air, and all the animals are worried. But old Farmer Rafferty doesn’t realise anything is wrong. Can the animals warn him in time?

A funny new creature has arrived at Mudpuddle Farm – and the animals soon make friends. Problem is, the latest addition to the farm doesn’t belong actually there! It looks like it’s time to say a sad goodbye – although Albertine the Goose might just have a clever idea…

A fox is on the loose, and all the animals except Albertine the goose have hidden themselves inside. Albertine is safe on her island in the pond – at least so she thinks, until the fox starts swimming towards her…

MUDPUDDLE FARM

MUDPUDDLE FARM

Six Animal Adventures

Pigs Might Fly! Michael Morpurgo, Shoo Rayner

Michael Morpurgo, Shoo Rayner 978-0-00-729666-8 HCCB PB 384pp

£9.99 £7.99

978-0-00-727463-5 HCCB PB 128pp

Six fantastic stories in one volume!

£6.99 £5.59 It’s a long hot summer, and Pintsize the piglet wonders if it might be cooler in the sky. But when he tries to fly, he annoys just about everyone.

It’s time he learned his lesson…

MUDPUDDLE FARM

Alien Invasion Michael Morpurgo, Shoo Rayner 978-0-00-727513-7 HCCB PB 128pp

£6.99 £5.59 Martians at Mudpuddle Farm: Have Martians landed on Mudpuddle Farm? Farmer Rafferty seems to think so.

Now it’s up to Albertine, Goose Queen, to work it out. Luckily she’s the cleverest goose in the whole world, so if anyone knows what to do, she will… Mum’s the Word: Something strange is going on at Mudpuddle Farm. Egbert the goat is not himself at all. Instead of grumbling, he’s singing and dancing! And he’s even greedier than usual…

Mossop’s Last Chance Albertine, Goose Queen Jigger’s Day Off: Jigger the sheepdog has just one day off a year. Just one day to chase all those little animals hiding in the corn. But even the best made plans can go wrong…

Pigs Might Fly! Martians at Mudpuddle Farm: Have Martians landed on Mudpuddle Farm? Farmer Rafferty seems to think so. Now it’s up to Albertine, Goose Queen, to work it out. Luckily she’s the cleverest goose in the whole world, so if anyone knows what to do, she will…

Mum’s the Word: Something strange is going on at Mudpuddle Farm. Egbert the goat is not himself at all. Instead of grumbling, he’s singing and dancing! And he’s even greedier than usual…

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo, Mr Sultana!

Michael Morpurgo, Shoo Rayner 978-0-00-748998-5 HCCB PB 96pp

£7.99 £6.39 The rich and greedy sultan loves his jewels more than anything, so when he loses a diamond button he is furious!

Especially as a naughty little red rooster seems determined to keep it…

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Michael Morpurgo picture copyright: Richard Cannon

KS1 Age 4+ Fiction

From Michael Morpurgo, the nations’s favourite storyteller.

Stick Dog

Sophy Henn

Tom Watson

978-0-00-826806-0 HCCB PB 152pp

978-0-00-749482-8 HCCB PB 176pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

Jeanie’s Grandma is BAD. Not bad like a vampire or a gangster or anything, more like … up to no good. Sometimes she can be a bit embarrassing but most of the time she’s REALLY fun, especially when she gets Jeanie involved in her mischievous schemes. Everyone says she’s old enough to know better … but she doesn’t seem to care one bit. In fact, Jeanie thinks she might quite like it! Gorgeously illustrated throughout, Bad Nana’s naughty exploits will shock and appal – and make you snort with laughter!

Meet Stick Dog – a new breed of hero. In his first adventure, Stick Dog and his friends embark on an epic quest to steal a hamburger. With hilarious illustrations and pitch-perfect humour, Stick Dog is a must-have for fans of WIMPY KID, BIG NATE and DOG MAN.

Bad Nana – All the Fun of the Fair Sophy Henn

Stick Dog Wants a Hot Dog Tom Watson 978-0-00-826810-7 HCCB PB 176pp

£6.99 £5.59

Stick Dog Chases a Pizza

978-0-00-826810-7 HCCB PB 152pp

KS1 Age 4+ Fiction

Bad Nana – Older Not Wiser

Tom Watson

£6.99 £5.59

978-0-00-758123-8 HCCB PB 192pp

Bad Nana – That’s Snow Business!

£6.99 £5.59

Sophy Henn 978-0-00-826814-5 HCCB PB 152pp

Stick Dog Dreams of Ice Cream Tom Watson

£6.99 £5.59

978-0-00-758125-2 HCCB PB 224pp

£6.99 £5.59

Real Pigeons Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It’s because they’re out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts!

Did you know your city is protected by a secret squad of crimefighting pigeons? It’s true! With master of disguise Rock Pigeon, bendy Tumbler, strong Frillback and super-finder Homey, the REAL PIGEONS will solve any mystery and fight any bad guy to keep the city safe!

Hubert Horatio: How to Raise Your Grown-ups Lauren Child 978-0-00-826409-3 HCCB PB 208pp

£6.99 £5.59 The Bobton-Trent seniors certainly know how to make the most of their extravagant wealth – socialising, doing things, buying things and generally being more than a little bit … irresponsible…

Luckily for them, their son Hubert Horatio is an exceptionally intelligent, talented and sensible child.

Real Pigeons Fight Crime

Real Pigeons Nest Hard

Andrew McDonald, Ben Wood

Andrew McDonald, Ben Wood

978-0-7555-0133-5 Farshore PB 208pp

Unluckily for Hubert, this tends to mean that a lot of his spare time is spent steering his rather unruly set of grown-ups out of trouble.

978-0-7555-0137-3 Farshore PB 224pp

£7.99 £6.39

£6.99 £5.59

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KS1 Age 4+ Fiction

Pokémon Pokémon Story Quest: Help the Hometown Hero

Pokémon: A Paldean Trainer

978-0-00-861529-1

978-0-00-861675-5

Farshore PB 128pp

Farshore PB 128pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

Ash, Pikachu and friends head out on an adventure to discover an unusual Pokémon in the cold mountains of the Crown Tundra. Meanwhile Lillie searches for her lost father. Will they all succeed in their quests?

Pokémon: A New Beginning

Join a whole host of new characters in this introduction to the new Pokémon Horizons series, and the region of Paldea. With new Pokémon to discover, locations to explore and quests to go on. A story full of magical pendants, pirates, battles, friendships and many many Pokémon!

Pokémon: Ash the Champion

978-0-00-853396-0 Farshore PB 128pp

£6.99 £5.59

978-0-00-861553-6

Ash, Pikachu, and friends are on a new quest!

This action-packed adventure will see the beloved Trainer and his team take on foes new and old with some cool new Pokémon by his side.

Pokémon: A New Companion 978-0-00-853397-7 Farshore PB 128pp

Two full-colour graphic novels – each including two stories jam-packed with adventure and Pokémon battles.

Pokémon: Legendary Nightmare 978-0-00-861543-7 Farshore PB 80pp

£8.99 £7.19 First, in Fire-Type Fued, Ash and best pal Gary embark on a journey to Pallet Town, which leads them to a thrilling Fire-type battle between the Pokémon Infernape and Moltres. How will it end? Then, in Not Afraid of the Darkrai, Dawn and Chloe are exploring the Sinnoh region and discover a town suffering from nightmares. Will an epic battle between Cresselia and Darkrai help the residents?

Farshore PB 128pp

Pokémon Battle With the Ultra Beast

£6.99 £5.59 Follow all the action as Ash takes on his biggest Pokémon battle ever.

Featuring some old friends, epic villains and classic Pokémon, this thrilling story sees the realisation of a lifelong dream and the finale of a legend.

978-0-00-859019-2 Farshore PB 80pp

£8.99 £7.19 In the first of two stories, Ash is determined to help his friend’s mum who has been taken by a mysterious Ultra Beast through an Ultra Wormhole!

But when he finally reaches her, only a Z-move can get her back. Is Ash up for the challenge? Then, Ash takes on his first assignment as an Ultra Guardian on an action-packed Ultra mission!

£6.99 £5.59 Join Ash, Pikachu and friends as they discover some new and exciting Pokémon.

Embark on an epic adventure with Ash and Goh as they meet a mischievous Grookey and find out how a vision of a mysterious Galarian Ponyta leads Chloe on an exciting quest.

Space Blasters Suzie Wen LOVES gadgets and inventing things – but her inventions don’t always turn out how she expects … And after a massive invention mishap, Suzie is now living on board the spaceship from her favourite TV show – exploring new planets and saving the universe!

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For 6 years +

For 6 years +

For 6 years +

Space Blasters – Suzie Saves the Universe

Space Blasters – Suzie and the Moon Bugs

Space Blasters – Suzie and the Comet Of Chaos

Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang, Amy Nguyen

Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang, Amy Nguyen

978-0-7555-0016-1 Farshore PB 224pp

978-0-7555-0028-4 Farshore PB 224pp

Katie Tsang and Kevin Tsang, Amy Nguyen

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

978-0-7555-0022-2 Farshore PB 224pp

£6.99 £5.59

15

Every time Dani takes a toy out of her toy box, she is sent off on an adventure to try out a different job!

Challenge gender stereotypes through exciting, fast-paced adventures exploring different careers – each book will broaden horizons and promote the value of gender parity in the working world.

Brilliant Builder Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio 978-0-00-838182-0 Collins PB 24pp

£6.75 £5.40 The team are busy constructing a new development of houses when they hit a brick wall with the building plans. They need Dani’s help, but how will she measure up?

Fix-it Farmer

Talented Train Driver

Amazing Architect

Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio

Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio

978-0-00-838187-5 Collins PB 24pp

978-0-00-848719-5 Collins PB 32pp

£6.75 £5.40 Dani Binns finds herself in the front cab of a train … and she’s the train driver! Asha, the other driver, and Tai, the conductor, show Dani how to work the train’s controls and off they go …

Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio

Problemsolving Plumber

978-0-00-838186-8 Collins PB 24pp

Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio

£6.75 £5.40 When Dani goes to feed the animals on the farm, she discovers that they are mysteriously in the wrong pens. Chickens are in the horse’s field, a horse is in the sheep pen … and one sheep is missing!

Dazzling Dentist Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio 978-0-00-848717-1 Collins PB 24pp

£6.75 £5.40 A boy comes into the dental surgery with toothache. He needs a filling but won’t sit still, so Dani distracts him by projecting entertaining pictures on the ceiling with her starlight projector.

Clever Chef Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio 978-0-00-838183-7 Collins PB 24pp

£6.75 £5.40 Dani Binns finds herself in the bustling kitchen of a restaurant – and she’s one of the chefs! When the sauce chef gets distracted and mixes up her ingredients, it’s up to Dani to come up with a plan.

978-0-00-848718-8 Collins PB 24pp

£6.75 £5.40 When a burst pipe causes a flood in a dog rescue centre, Dani has to think fast to temporarily fix the leak.

Fearless Firefighter Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio 978-0-00-838184-4 Collins PB 32pp

£7.50 £6.00 Dani finds herself in a fire engine, racing to the scene of a fire in a lighthouse. With no fire hydrant or water supply nearby, Dani and the team have to think fast.

Fair-play Footballer Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio 978-0-00-838188-2 Collins PB 32pp

£7.50 £6.00 Dani Binns finds herself on the substitutes’ bench in a packed football stadium! It is the final game in the mixed teams National League Cup and, when a player gets injured, the Red team need Dani’s help.

£7.50 £6.00 A school needs more classrooms, but the only land available is too small and right next to a canal. Inspired by her pyramidshaped beanbag, Dani turns the world of building upside down by looking at things from a different angle.

KS1 Age 4+ Fiction

Find out all about different jobs with Dani Binns!

Practical Paramedic Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio 978-0-00-838185-1 Collins PB 32pp

£7.50 £6.00 Dani finds herself in an ambulance speeding to the scene of an accident. A girl has fallen off a bike in the street and hurt herself.

Promising Police Officer Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio 978-0-00-838189-9 Collins PB 32pp

£7.50 £6.00 Several thefts have been reported at the town market – a silver bracelet, a set of keys, some coins, and a badge have all gone missing. But who has taken them?

Heroic Helicopter Pilot Lisa Rajan, Alessia Trunfio 978-0-00-848720-1 Collins PB 32pp

£7.50 £6.00 Dani is part of an air-sea rescue team, who have received a distress call from a boat stuck out on the stormy sea.

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KS1 Age 4+ Non-fiction

Find it! Explore it!

Find it! More than 250 things to find, facts and photos in each book.

Explore it! Discover amazing facts about what you have spotted.

With colourful photos and lots of fun activities that kids will love these are the perfect books for kids and grown-ups to enjoy together!

Animals Find It! Explore It!

Oceans Find It! Explore It!

978-0-00-842191-5 National Geographic Kids PB 48pp

978-0-00-842189-2 National Geographic Kids PB 48pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

Around the World Find It! Explore It! 978-0-00-842190-8 National Geographic Kids PB 48pp

£6.99 £5.59

How I Feel

Children’s Picture Atlas of the Stars

Becky Goddard-Hill

Tom Kerss, Illustrated by Steve Evans

978-0-00-864997-5 Collins PB 96pp

978-0-00-862193-3 HB 48pp

£9.99 £7.99

£12.99 £10.39

Help young children to understand and talk about their feelings with this beautifully illustrated book of activities.

Explore constellations and find out about the bright stars that form them, in this beautifully illustrated book.

Sometimes it can be hard for children to know exactly how they feel. Talking about feelings makes them easier to understand and helps them choose how to react to them.

You are 25% Banana Susie Brooks, Josy Bloggs 978-1-4052-9908-4 Red Shed HB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 A brilliantly funny first guide to genetics, this stunningly illustrated book will boggle your brain with astonishing facts, as it shows how we’re all related to every living thing on the planet.

Did you know that a grain of rice has more genes than you?

Or that you’re related to dogs, dung beetles and even daffodils? Luckily, even though you’re 99.9% like a chimpanzee, you’re still 100% YOU!

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The extraordinary world of genetics has never been explained so simply. You’ll be amazed at what makes you YOU.

Astronomer Tom Kerss introduces the constellations that can be seen in different parts of the world and the legendary stories behind each one.

• Meet the fearsome lion Leo, one of the most ancient constellations in the skies • Dive with Hydra, the mythical sea monster that was defeated by Hercules • Come face-to-face with Orion, the mighty hunter from Greek mythology

Night Sky Rola Shaw, Lara Hawthorne 978-1-4052-9778-3 Red Shed HB 32pp

£10.99 £8.79 What stories, mysteries and secrets can you find in the stars?

A wonderful tour of the night sky with beautiful illustrations that take the reader on one of the most fascinating journeys that humankind has ever made and one that is common to us all.

From ancient Egyptians building the pyramids, to early Polynesian sailors criss-crossing the Pacific Ocean, and astronauts travelling into space, the night sky has guided and inspired people across the world, and throughout time.

Now it’s your turn to look to the skies and discover the mysteries they hide.

Chris Packham, Jason Cockcroft 978-0-00-854628-1 Red Shed HB 32pp

£14.99 £11.99 Join Chris Packham on an epic exploration of the animal kingdom in this ultimate animal treasury. Our world is home to billions of animal species, and each one has its own remarkable way of life. Discover the extraordinary places that animals live, how they look after their families, and the incredible journeys that take them huge distances across our planet – all brought vividly to life by your own expert guide. All three books in Chris Packham and Jason Cockcroft’s Amazing Animal series have been brought together in one volume to create the perfect animal treasury for young nature lovers.

If the World were 100 People Jackie McCann, Aaron Cushley 978-1-4052-9807-0 Red Shed PB 32pp

£7.99 £6.39 A thought-provoking and award-winning introduction for children to the people who live on our planet.

There are almost 8 billion humans living on Earth, but it’s tricky to picture so many people!

So instead, let’s imagine the whole planet is a village where 100 people live – each person representing around 80 million people in the real world.

So what does our global village of 100 people look like? Are they all grown-ups? Are there more males or females? How many have black hair or blue eyes? What languages do they speak? Who can read and write? How many have access to the internet or have enough food to eat? Does everyone have access to electricity or clean water?

KS1 Age 4+ Non-fiction

Amazing Animal Treasury

This book answers all of these questions and much, much more! Big ideas are broken into bitesize chunks through clever illustration and graphic design. By focussing on just 100 people, it’s easier to see the things we have in common, and the things that make us unique.

If the World were 100 Animals Jackie McCann, Aaron Cushley 978-1-4052-9935-0 Red Shed PB 32pp

£6.99 £5.59 A thought-provoking book that explores biodiversity and opens up key discussions about the environment.

There are estimated to be around 20 quintillion animals living on Earth, but it’s tricky to picture so many animals! So instead, let’s imagine just 100 animals at a time …

What does it look like? How are animals divided up? How many species are still to be discovered?

Where in the world can wild mammals be found? And how ‘wild’ are they really? What are the most popular pets? How many species are extinct and how many are in danger?

If there had only ever been 100 animals, then 10 are living and 90 are extinct!

If the World Were 100 Animals opens up discussions and includes tips on how to protect the world we share – supporting children in becoming global citizens and promoting empathy, kindness and self-awareness.

Cocoa Girl Awesome Hair: YOUR STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO STYLING TEXTURED HAIR

Serlina Boyd 978-0-7555-0432-9 Farshore PB 72pp

£8.99 £7.19 A celebration of beautiful textured hair, with step by step tutorials to amazing styles.

A celebration of natural hair, this book is filled with tips and features real life girls who love their hair.

Spreads include care tips for keeping your hair in tip top condition, photographic step-by-step tutorials, ranging from easy to difficult styles and positive affirmations packed with reasons to love your amazing hair.

Discover the perfect cornrows, hair puffs, bubble braids and fro-hawks. Accessorise with beads, hairbands, ribbons and colourful hair extensions. Create amazing hairstyles for any occasion!

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Age7+ 7+ Fiction/Humour Fiction/Humour KS2 Age

Awesome Animals The hilarious Awesome Animals series – the funniest fiction, starring the wildest wildlife, from prize winning authors.

Llama Drama

Koala Calamity

Rose Impey, Ali Pye

Jonathan Meres, Neal Layton 978-0-00-749079-0 HCCB PB 192pp

978-0-00-749478-1 HCCB PB 192pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59 It’s a HUGE surprise when Farmer Palmer chooses Lewie the llama to guard his new lambs. It’s the most important job on the farm and everyone thought he’d pick the biggest strongest, loudest llama. Lewie is the best at singing and dancing but is he a match for a cunning coyote?

You might think that koalas are boring, just because all they do is eat eucalyptus leaves and sleep. For 19 hours a day. But you’d be wrong. They’re not boring.

They’re just LAZY. They’re chilling, basically, kicking back and catching some rays in the treetops, and staying out of trouble.

At least, that’s what our cool koala buddies Dude and Bro, and little brother Squirt WERE doing, till one day they wake up to find they’ve missed their transfer from the koala sanctuary to the zoo across town!

Super Weird Mysteries Danger at Donut Diner Jim Smith 978-1-4052-9545-1 Farshore PB 272pp

£7.99 £6.39 When Melvin moves from the city to Donut (a perfectly round island with a hole in the middle), he thinks it’s the most rubbish place ever.

Then he meets Rhubarb. Rhubarb is OBSESSED with mysteries and has her own school newspaper to investigate the strange goings on in Donut. (Unfortunately nothing ever happens in Donut so she’s never had anything to write about.)

But then Melvin notices that the kids at school are acting very strangely. Could it be something to do with the Donut Hole Monsters that everyone is collecting?

Soon Melvin and Rhubarb are on the trail of a mystery – one that is going to lead them right into the centre of the donut hole& And Rhubarb might actually have something to write about in her newspaper, if they make it out alive.

Will they get to the bottom of the Donut Hole Monster mystery before it’s too late and the whole town is brainwashed?

Attack of the Haunted Lunchbox

My Pencil Case is a Time Machine

Jim Smith

Jim Smith

978-1-4052-9751-6 Farshore PB 272pp

978-1-4052-9753-0 Farshore PB 272pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

Melvin, Rhubarb and Yoshi are on the hunt for a new mystery to write about in the Daily Donut newspaper, but little do they know, it’s right under their nose … there’s something spooky in the sandwiches! Soon Rhubarb and co are sure there’s a ghost in her dad’s cool old retro lunchbox, but when no one believes them – and the whole town is in danger – it’s up to the detective duo to investigate the haunted lunchboxes all on their own …

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Melvin, Rhubarb and Yoshi love solving super weird mysteries and writing about them in their newspaper, The Daily Donut.

But lately nothing super weird has been happening, and all they’ve had to write about is super boring stuff, like Yoshi’s dad’s smelly eraser collection.

Then Yoshi accidentally sniffs an eraser and travels through time …

Things have just got SUPER WEIRD … again!

A Bear Called Paddington Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum 978-0-00-717416-4 HCCB PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59 “A bear on Paddington Station?” said Mrs Brown in amazement. “Don’t be silly – there can’t be.” The Browns first met Paddington on a railway station – Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat.

The Browns soon find that Paddington is a very unusual bear. Ordinary things – like having a bath, travelling underground or going to the seaside become quite extraordinary, if a bear called Paddington is involved.

More About Paddington

Paddington at Large

Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum

Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum

978-0-00-675343-8 HCCB PB 144pp

978-0-00-675363-6 HCCB PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

Paddington at Work

Paddington Marches On

Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum

Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum

978-0-00-675343-8 HCCB PB 160pp

HCCB PB 144pp

£6.99 £4.89

£6.99 £5.59

Paddington Goes to Town Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum 978-0-00-675366-7 HCCB PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59

Paddington Takes the Air Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum 978-0-00-675379-7 HCCB PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59

Paddington on Top Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum 978-0-00-675377-3 HCCB PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59

Paddington Takes the Test Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum 978-0-00-675378-0 HCCB PB 160pp

£6.99 £5.59

Paddington Here and Now Michael Bond, R. W. Alley, Peggy Fortnum 978-0-00-726941-9 HCCB PB 176pp

£6.99 £5.59

Paddington Finest Hour Michael Bond, R. W. Alley, Peggy Fortnum 978-0-00-822620-6 HCCB PB 144pp

Paddington Races Ahead

£6.99 £5.59

Michael Bond

Paddington Helps Out

978-0-00-745885-1 HCCB PB 176pp

£6.99 £5.59

Paddington Abroad

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Humour

Paddington

Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum 978-0-00-675344-5 HCCB PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59

Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum 978-0-00-675345-2 HCCB PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59

Love from Paddington Michael Bond

For more than sixty years, Paddington Bear has touched the hearts of adults and children worldwide with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures.

978-0-00-816435-5 HCCB PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59

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Age7+ 7+ Fiction/Humour Fiction/Humour KS2 Age

Poo Crew Adventures – Journey To Poo-Topia

Betty Steady and the Toad Witch

James Turner, Steve May

978-0-00-860034-1

978-0-00-865878-6 Red Shed PB 160pp

£7.99 £6.39 In an ordinary toilet, on an ordinary day, a small poo called Ploppy lands with a splash. Just an ordinary poo about to be flushed …

But Ploppy is anything but ordinary. He’s a TALKING POO! and he’s about to go on the mission of a lifetime …

Join Ploppy and his fearless guide, Professor Poo, as they boldly venture into the Secret Intestines of the Universe to discover answers to the most important Digestion Questions … Why do we chew? Why do we fart? Why do cows have so many stomachs? and … what will happen to Ploppy AFTER he’s been flushed?!

If you’ve ever used the toilet, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!

Farshore PB 176pp

£6.99 £5.59 At twelve years old Betty Steady stands tall and dazzling, and is the Guardian of Wobbly Rock – a faraway kingdom which she protects fearlessly ALL ON HER OWN. But then the Toad Witch literally cuts Betty down to size. Can Betty prevent disaster before the Toad Witch and her evil army launch a terrible attack on Wobbly Rock? and when will she learn that she doesn’t have to do stuff ALL ON HER OWN any more?

Join us for fights and friendships! Lasagne-eating snails and slimy villains! Meet Betty and her crew: Figg the imp, Simon anderson the stallion in tiger-print cycling shorts, Elle Emen O’Pea the trumpetplaying mouse in a bobble hat, and many, many more! Just jolly join us! HOT CROSS BUNS!

Fairy vs. Boy: A Stink Adventure

Fairy vs. Wizard: A Stink Adventure

Jenny McLachlan

Jenny McLachlan

978-0-00-852427-2

978-0-00-852430-2

Farshore PB 240pp

Farshore PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Danny Todd is desperate to be normal and fit in at school so he isn’t happy when he opens a fairy door and a REAL fairy flies out. Stink turns Danny’s life upside down. She hides in his hair, swims in his cereal, rides his rats and accidentally shrinks his best friend.

Danny’s life hasn’t been the same since a REAL fairy flew out of a fairy door, attached herself to his hair and turned his life upside down.

Danny HAS to get rid of Stink, but she won’t go away until he’s helped her earn gold nuggets to get new wings. Can Danny help Stink do a good deed or is he going to be stuck with his fairy forever?

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Nicky Smith-Dale, Sarah Horne

In this book Stink tries to help Danny with his lead role in the school play, makes a Malteser adventure playground in the science cupboard and accidentally unleashes a giant all-powerful wizard into the world.

Iona Rangeley, David Tazzyman 978-0-00-847599-4 HCCB PB 240pp

£7.99 £6.39 When the Stewarts spend a sunny, frosty December day at London Zoo, they’re enchanted by one small penguin. At the delight of young Imogen and Arthur, Mrs Stewart insists the penguin “must come and stay with them whenever he likes.” But not one Stewart expects the penguin to turn up at their door that evening, rucksack labelled “Einstein” on his back…

The family’s new feathered friend helps Arthur to come out of his shell and makes massive demands on Imogen’s amateur sleuthing. But together they must find out why Einstein came to them and they must keep away from the mysterious white-coat man. And Einstein can’t stay forever, can he…?

Little Wolf’s Book of Badness

Little Wolf’s Diary of Daring Deeds

Ian Whybrow

Ian Whybrow

978-0-00-745854-7 HCCB PB 144pp

978-0-00-745856-1 978-0-00-745856-1 HCCB PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59 ‘You must get aAll Little Wolf wants to do is stay at home with Mum and Dad and Baby brother Smellybreff. Instead he’s packed off to Cunning College to learn the 9 Rules of Badess and earn his Gold BAD Badge from his wicked Uncle Bigbad. He sets off on his journey, sending letters home as he adventures in the big wide world.

£7.99 £6.39 Little Wolf inherits two things from his Uncle Bigbad – his gold and Cunning College, his school of badness.

Little and his cousin Yeller decide that BADNESS is out and that ADVENTURES are in. But their first mistake is thinking that they can buy adventures.Their second mistake is to reply to Mister Marvo’s advert for Instant Adventures [Scary but Safe]. The result is they find themselves caught up in a real adventure.

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Humour

Einstein the Penguin

Harry the Poisonous Centipede Lynne Reid Banks 978-0-00-747677-0 HCCB PB 176pp

£6.99 £5.59 “It’s a Hoo-Min!” crackled George. “Walking on its hairy-biter feet!”

But now it was Harry who felt brave. “Come on! Let’s peep at it!”

They crawled the rest of the way up the tunnel towards the light.

Harry is a poisonous centipede but he’s not very brave. Still, he is the star of this seriously squirmy story. Harry likes to eat things that wriggle and crackle, and things that are juicy and munchy! But there are some things that a poisonous centipede must never try to eat…

A Series of Unfortunate Events — the Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket 978-1-4052-6606-2 Farshore PB 192pp

£7.99 £6.39 Dear reader, There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ but misery and despair.

You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then proceed with caution…

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features.

Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.

In The Bad Beginning, the siblings encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune and cold porridge for breakfast.

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Age7+ 7+ Fiction/Humour Fiction/Humour KS2 Age

Dennis & Gnasher Battle for Bash Street School Beano Studios, Craig Graham, Mike Stirling, Nigel Parkinson 978-0-7555-0323-0 Farshore PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59 When mysterious new teachers arrive to lay down the law at notoriously naughty Bash Street School, Dennis, Gnasher and friends finally face a classroom test they simply can’t afford to fail …

The Abominable Snow Menace Beano Studios, Craig Graham, Mike Stirling, Nigel Parkinson 978-0-7555-0324-7 Farshore PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59 When mysterious smelly footprints lead the gang to the school kitchen, they find themselves in a race against time to save their new best friend. The seasons are changing, and the fate of an entire species lies in their hands …

The Bogeyman of Bunkerton Castle Beano Studios, Craig Graham, Mike Stirling, Nigel Parkinson 978-0-00-851232-3 Farshore PB 192pp

£6.99 £5.59 When the bogeyman of Bunkerton Castle returns and Lord Snooty flees town, Dennis, Gnasher and friends are dared to spend the night within the fortress’s spooky halls.

Will they last until morning? Or will the Bogeyman of Bunkerton Castle prove too scary for them to handle?

Super Slime Spectacular Beano Studios, Craig Graham, Mike Stirling, Nigel Parkinson 978-0-7555-0361-2 Farshore PB 208pp

£6.99 £5.59 What could possibly go wrong when Dennis, Gnasher and their classmates undertake a risky experiment to create the ultimate slime? EVERYTHING! Join the gang in a race against slime to save Beanotown.

Little Menace’s Great Escape Beano Studios, Craig Graham, Mike Stirling, Nigel Parkinson 978-0-00-853404-2 Farshore PB 192pp

£6.99 £5.59 When Dennis’s parents are invited to an adultonly wedding, he and Harsha devise the perfect plan to avoid nagging babysitters: they’ll do it! However, when Dennis’s little sister Bea goes missing, they’ll start to realise that babysitting isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

Minnie’s Mission Of Maximum Mischief Beano Studios, Craig Graham, Mike Stirling, Laura Howell 978-0-00-860397-7 Farshore PB 208pp

£7.99 £6.39 Bash Street have made it through to the knockout stages of Super Epic Turbo Cricket European Tour of Mischief for the first time in forever, and due to a case of mistaken identity owing to a rogue Gnasher racing onto the pitch, Minnie has just been made team captain! This should be amazing news, except Minnie’s parents don’t seem to be happy for her …

Minnie and the Camp Of Chaos Beano Studios, Mike Stirling, Craig Graham, Laura Howell 978-0-00-861652-6 Farshore PB 256pp

£7.99 £6.39 Class 3C are going on a camping trip!

• Fifteen unruly kids • One harebrained plot to get Minnie’s parents back together • One terrifying banshee • One terrible TV show host • No dinner What could possibly go wrong?

The Day the Teachers Disappeared Beano Studios, Craig Graham, Mike Stirling, Vivian Truong 978-0-00-861528-4 Farshore PB 224pp

Attack of the Evil Veg Beano Studios, Craig Graham, Mike Stirling, Nigel Parkinson 978-0-7555-0359-9 Farshore PB 224pp

£6.99 £5.59 Run for your lives! A horde of evil vegetables is taking over Beanotown!

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An army of giant, carnivorous vegetables has sprouted to rule Beanotown! Can Dennis, Gnasher and friends root them out before they fall victim to the attack of the evil veg?!

£7.99 £6.39 It’s your first day at Bash Street School and there’s something strange going on. No, it’s not the boy in a red-and-black jumper carrying a dog as if it were a backpack. Where are the teachers?!

In this epic new Beanotown adventure, YOU are the main character. Choose which direction you’d like the story to go in and discover what it truly means to become a Bash Street Kid.

Barry Loser: I am not a Loser

Barry Loser: I am Sort of a Loser

Jim Smith

Jim Smith

978-1-4052-6031-2 Farshore PB 240pp

978-1-4052-6801-1 Farshore PB 240pp

£7.99 £6.39

£6.99 £5.59

’I’ve never minded that my name’s Barry Loser because my coolness has always cancelled it out, but ever since Darren Darrenofski joined school with his horrible little crocodile face he’s been completely ruining my life about it.’

There’s a girl in Barry’s class who’s GETTING MORE LAUGHS THAN HIM! But luckily Barry immediately thinks up one of his brilliant and amazekeel plans to make sure he’ll have the final chuckle. All he needs is thirty boxes of Beard Flakes …

Barry Loser: I am Still Not a Loser

Barry Loser: Worst School Trip Ever!

Jim Smith

Jim Smith

978-1-4052-6032-9 Farshore PB 240pp

978-1-4052-8399-1 Farshore PB 240pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

You know when someone’s horrible to you in a dream and you wake up really annoyed with them? That’s what happened to me with my best friend Bunky.

Barry has a new problem: Gordon Smugly – who’s got the most perfect name for himself ever in the history of having a name, because he looks like a Gordon and is smug and ugly – has stolen Barry’s best friend.

Barry’s class are off on a school trip to see a history of television exhibition, which Barry knows will be comperleeterly rubbish. But then he discovers that Future Ratboy (super-keel superhero TV show) is filmed in the same TV studios! All he has to do is find a way to sneak away and find the set …

Barry Loser: Is the Best at Football Not!

Barry Loser: I am So Over Being a Loser

Jim Smith

Jim Smith

£7.99 £6.39

978-1-4052-6033-6 Farshore PB 240pp

£6.99 £5.59 ‘My mum’s embarrassing enough just being my mum, but now she’s won The Voice of Feeko’s competition it’s even worse.’

Barry’s mum has become a bit of celebrity, and now he can’t go anywhere without seeing a poster of her eating a chocolate digestive or wiggling her bum in a pair of jeans. It’s so annoyembarrassing, and everyone at school is making fun of him.

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Humour

Barry Loser

978-1-4052-8714-2 Farshore PB 240pp

Everyone at Barry’s school has gone football crazy, but Barry gets thrown out of the team (the Mogden Maniacs) for being completeerly rubbish. Then it turns out that his best friend Bunky is a super striker – so Barry becomes his manager. The cup final match is approaching and Bunky’s getting carried away with his football fame – can Barry keep his head in the game?

But you can’t keep Barry down for long …

Barry, Bunky, Nancy and the gang are off on a series of new adventures – in full colour graphic novel format and with ‘how to draw’ sections to help you make your own comic books!

Barry Loser: Total Winner

Barry Loser: Action Hero!

Jim Smith

Jim Smith

978-0-00-849721-7 Farshore PB 240pp

978-0-00-849724-8 Farshore PB 256pp

£8.99 £7.19

£8.99 £7.19

Barry has had enough of being a loser and wants to prove he’s a Total Winner, but when his parents ban him from gaming he has to think outside of the box … Barry also has a new cat called French Fries – the keelest cat ever amen.

Barry Loser – Double Trouble!

Jim Smith 978-0-00-861013-5 Farshore PB 256pp

Three amazekeel stories, including one where Barry’s dad turns into a vending machine, and all Barry has to do is ‘press his buttons’ to get exactly what he wants, and another where hearing the most boring story in the world has a disastrous effect on Barry’s mind and body…

£8.99 £7.19 Three more amazekeel stories about Barry Loser and the gang in this series of colour graphic novels full of adventure, silliness, friendship and fun!

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Age7+ 7+ Fiction/Humour Fiction/Humour KS2 Age

Cinders and Sparks Magic at Midnight Lindsey Kelk, Pippa Curnick 978-0-00-829211-9 HCCB PB 208pp

£6.99 £5.59 A magic girl. A talking dog. Let’s get this party started …

Cinders lives a boring life with her selfish stepsisters and mean stepmother. So when her wishes start magically coming true it’s a surprise to say the least.

Then Cinders meets her fairy godmother: she’s magic, she can fly, and she’s called … Brian.

Soon, Cinders finds herself heading to the glamorous ball at the King’s palace. But Brian is NOT very reliable and Cinders is NOT very good at magic. Now her life isn’t boring at all – it’s total chaos!

Fairies in the Forest Lindsey Kelk, Pippa Curnick 978-0-00-829214-0 HCCB PB 208pp

£6.99 £5.59 Cinders and her talking dog Sparks are on the run, in the Deep Dark Forest, after Cinders performed magic at the castle and made everyone think she was a witch.

Goblins and Gold Lindsey Kelk, Pippa Curnick 978-0-00-829217-1 HCCB PB 208pp

£6.99 £5.59 Cinders, her talking-dog, Sparks, a horse called Mouse, and Hansel (who accidentally – on purpose – ate some of a witch’s gingerbread house) continue their quest to find Fairyland.

Pirate Blunderbeard

Set sail with the funniest pirate on the seven seas in a series of hilarious adventures!

Worst. Pirate. Ever

Worst. Mission. Ever

Amy Sparkes, Ben Cort

Amy Sparkes, Ben Cort

978-0-00-820180-7 HCCB PB 160pp

978-0-00-820190-6 HCCB PB 160pp

£5.99 £4.79 Mum is making me take part in the stupid Pirate of the Year Award. All I have to do is fight an enormous sea monster, (doom), beat my ohso-brilliant brother at something (please please please) and find the legendary treasure that no one has ever found EVER in the history of EVER (easy peasy, then). Wish me luck! Pirate Blunderbeard.

Worst. Holiday. Ever

Worst. Movie. Ever

Amy Sparkes, Ben Cort

Amy Sparkes, Ben Cort

978-0-00-820185-2 HCCB PB 160pp

978-0-00-820195-1 HCCB PB 192pp

£5.99 £4.79 My stupid brother has tricked me into the worst holiday ever… on the Island of No Return. I’m stuck here with just a chicken for company unless I can find some treasure – then Blackbeard says he will come and get me (nice of him). All I have to do is follow a treasure map through a jungle full of pirateeating creatures (no problem), into the deepest, darkest probably-haunted cave (not at all scary, not at all scary, not at all scary) and track down the hidden gold that is so well hidden everyone gets lost trying to find it (perfect). My life is ruined.

Signed Pirate Blunderbeard.

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£5.99 £4.79 Pirate Blunderbeard is on a voyage with his cousin Redruth and Grandpa Greybeard. Blunderbeard hopes it will be like a holiday cruise, ice-cream, deck chairs and maybe a bit of swimming. But Grandpa Greybeard is on a mission. He wants to get his favourite ship back from the Scariest Pirate on the high seas he wants Blunderbeard to help. What could possibly go wrong?

£6.99 £5.59 When super-famous actor Jolly Roger comes to make a movie on Crossbones Island, Pirate Blunderbeard is determined to get the main part. He just has to convince Jolly that his pet chicken, Boris, is a parrot (oh dear), act alongside an evil Giant DeathClaw Lobster (eek!), and beat his crafty brother Blackbeard to the lead role …

The internationally best-selling series, which has won everything from the Blue Peter Book Award (twice) to the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Red House Children’s Book Award!

You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum! Andy Stanton, David Tazzyman 978-1-4052-9369-3 Farshore PB 192pp

£7.99 £6.39 ‘It’s time for action,’ said Mr Gum to nobody in particular. ‘Nasty action.’

Good evening. Mr Gum is a complete horror who hates children, animals, fun and corn on the cob.

This book’s all about him. And an angry fairy who lives in his bathtub. And Jake the dog, and a little girl called Polly. And there’s heroes and sweets and adventures and EVERYTHING.

Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear Andy Stanton, David Tazzyman 978-1-4052-9373-0 Farshore PB 256pp

£6.99 £5.59 Good evening. Do you like bears called Padlock? Course you do. Do you like hot-air balloons?

Course you do. Do you like tall sailing ships with mad sea captains, and horrifying old villains and words like ‘wab!’, ‘tungler’ and ‘kelp’?

COURSE you do! Well, guess what, THE TRUTH IS A LEMON MERINGUE.

What’s for Dinner, Mr Gum?

Mr Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire

Andy Stanton, David Tazzyman

Andy Stanton, David Tazzyman

978-1-4052-9374-7 Farshore PB 256pp

978-1-4052-9370-9 Farshore PB 192pp

£6.99 £5.59

£7.99 £6.39

Mr Gum’s back! But what’s he up to this time? Oh, dreadful things my friends, dreadful things indeed.

Mr Gum is back and he’s as nasty as ever! In fact, he’s absolutely grimsters. But this book’s not just about him. Meet a gingerbread man named Alan Taylor who has electric muscles! Plus, all our favourite characters are also back: the little girl called Polly, the evil butcher called Billy William The Third, and the very wise man, Friday O’Leary.

It seems he’s found himself a brand new treat – rancid kebabs just dripping with dirty grey sauce. And he just can’t get enough of them.

He’s gotta have more! More! Less! I mean, More! But not everyone’s too happy about Mr Gum’s new dinnertime arrangements and soon the town of Lamonic Bibber is gearing up for war.

Mr Gum and the Goblins

Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree

Andy Stanton, David Tazzyman

Andy Stanton, David Tazzyman

978-1-4052-9371-6 Farshore PB 208pp

978-1-4052-9375-4 Farshore PB 256pp

£7.99 £6.39

£6.99 £5.59

Well, that old roo-de-lally Mr Gum and the hideous Billy William the Third are once more mucking things up for everyone. They’re a-schemin’ and a-hatchin’ an’ making their bad plans up on Goblin Mountain. And why? Because they’re raising up an army of goblins to stink up the town of Lamonic Bibber once and for all!

Mr Gum and the Power Crystals Andy Stanton, David Tazzyman 978-1-4052-9372-3 Farshore PB 224pp

£7.99 £6.39 Can it really be true that there’s an ancient curse on the town of Lamonic Bibber? And you guessed it, that old roo-de-lally Mr Gum and his trusty sidekick Billy William the Third have something to do with it. But … our favourite heroes Polly and Friday and the gingerbread biscuit Alan Taylor (only 15.24 cm tall) are determined to save the town (sigh of relief).

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Humour

Mr Gum

Good evening and welcome to a tale of forests!

Of legendary beasts! Of misbehaving children! Of caterpillars called Graham! And of a great big BEEFER of a cherry tree! But what dark secrets are hidden in that tree, where the leaves grow thick and green? Polly intends to find out, and she intends to find out by finding out. What will she find out? Read this book and you’ll find out!

Mr Gum and the Secret Hideout Andy Stanton, David Tazzyman 978-1-4052-9376-1 Farshore PB 256pp

£6.99 £5.59 Good evening. Talking parrots in the rooftops? A giant cactus on the high street? Mosquitos so nasty that even their own friends don’t like them?

Something’s gone terribly wrong in Lamonic Bibber … and Mr Gum is nowhere to be found.

Yes, folks, Polly and Friday are facing their biggest challenge yet.

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The Blunders

Robodog

David Walliams, Adam Stower

David Walliams, Adam Stower

978-0-00-858883-0 HCCB PB 400pp

£7.99 £6.39 Meet the Blunders: Bertie, Betsy, their children, Brutus and Bunny, along with their beloved grandma Old Lady Blunder, and their pet ostrich, Cedric. An ostrich is not a sensible pet, but then the Blunders are not sensible people.

This family of upper-class twits lives in a crumbling country house named Blunder Hall. When their home comes under threat, they must embark on a series of comic misadventures to save it.

Awful Auntie David Walliams 978-0-00-745362-7 HCCB PB 416pp

£7.99 £6.39 Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall.

But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her.

Luckily Stella has a secret – and slightly spooky – weapon up her sleeve…

The Beast of Buckingham Palace David Walliams, Tony Ross 978-0-00-843870-8 HCCB PB 464pp

£7.99 £6.39 It is 2120 and London is in ruins. The young Prince Alfred has never known a life outside Buckingham Palace – but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into a world of mystery, adventure and monsters. And when his mother, the Queen, is dragged away to the Tower of London, Alfred must screw up his courage and battle to save her, himself… and the entire city. In a future of myths and legends, join the bestselling David Walliams and venture forth into his most enthralling tale yet!

Slime David Walliams, Tony Ross 978-0-00-840955-5 HCCB PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39

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WELCOME TO THE ISLE OF MULCH… This little island is home to a large number of HORRIBLE grown-ups who like nothing more than making children miserable. The most AWFUL one of all is Aunt Greta Greed who owns the whole island. Something needs to be done about them. But who could be brave enough? Meet Ned – an extraordinary boy with a special power. SLIMEPOWER!

978-0-00-858886-1 HCCB PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 Welcome to the city of Bedlam. Enter if you dare! Bedlam is one of the most dangerous places on Earth – home to a host of wicked villains. Nothing and nobody is safe from these evil criminals.

The city needs its own superhero to defeat the supervillains. But who? Robodog! He’s the newest recruit at the Police Dog School, and supercharged for adventure.

But can he stop the most feared duo in Bedlam, and their evil plans to ruin the city . . .?

Fing David Walliams, Tony Ross 978-0-00-834911-0 HCCB PB 272pp

£7.99 £6.39 Meet the Meeks! Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn’t enough. She wants more, more, MORE! When Myrtle declares she wants a FING, there’s only one problem… What is a FING? Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything to keep their darling daughter happy, even visit the spooky library vaults to delve into the dusty pages of the mysterious Monsterpedia. Their desperate quest leads to the depths of the jungliest jungle where the rarest creatures can be found. But will they ever find a FING? An explosively funny, totally surreal Tall Story about two perfectly nice parents and their unbelievably monstrous daughter.

Code Name Bananas David Walliams, Tony Ross 978-0-00-847180-4 HCCB PB 480pp

£7.99 £6.39 1940. Britain is at war with Nazi Germany.

Eleven-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo. And there’s one animal in particular he loves: Gertrude the gorilla. With bombs falling all over London, Eric must rescue Gertrude. Together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper at the zoo, the three go on the run. But while hiding out at the seaside they uncover a top-secret Nazi plot…

David Walliams picture copyright: Charlie Clift

Age7+ 7+ Fiction/Humour Fiction/Humour KS2 Age

David Walliams has revolutionised reading for children and become one of the most influential children’s writers today. Since the publication of his ground-breaking first novel, The Boy in the Dress (2008), Walliams has seen unprecedented growth with global sales exceeding 40 million copies, and his books translated into 53 languages.

For 9 years +

David Walliams, Adam Stower

The Boy in the Dress

978-0-00-858881-6 HCCB PB 368pp

David Walliams, Quentin Blake 978-0-00-727904-3 HCCB PB 240pp

£7.99 £6.39 America. The 1960s. Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure. One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky… before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth’s dreams come true. But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret?

Charming, surprising and hilarious – The Boy in the Dress is everything you would expect from the co-creator of Little Britain. David Walliams’s beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children and adults alike.

Megamonster

For 9 years +

David Walliams, Tony Ross 978-0-00-849976-1 HCCB PB 384pp

£7.99 £6.39 On a volcanic island, in the middle of sharkinfested waters, stands The Cruel School.

The lessons are ludicrous, the school dinners are disgusting and the teachers are terrifying.

When Larker is sent to the school, she quickly realises that VERY odd things are going on involving sinister Science teacher Doctor Doktur, a secret cave and a ‘Monsterfication Machine’. Can Larker unravel the teacher’s wicked plot?

For 9 years +

Gangsta Granny David Walliams, Tony Ross 978-0-00-737146-4 HCCB PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39 Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma s house.

She’s the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn’t know about his grandma: 1) She was once an international jewel thief.

2) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the Crown Jewels, and now she needs Ben’s help…

£7.99 £6.39 Dennis was different. Why was he different, you ask? Well, a small clue might be in the title of this book…

The Ice Monster David Walliams, Illustrated by Tony Ross 978-0-00-816470-6 HCCB PB 496pp

£7.99 £6.39 Read all about it! Read all about it! ICE MONSTER FOUND IN ARCTIC! When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious Ice Monster – a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole – she’s determined to discover more… A chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, and sparks the adventure of a lifetime – from London to the heart of the Arctic!

For 9 years +

The Midnight Gang David Walliams, Tony Ross 978-0-00-816462-1 HCCB PB 480pp

£7.99 £6.39 When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter.

Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children’s ward… But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime!

Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!

Mr Stink

David Walliams, Tony Ross

David Walliams, Quentin Blake

978-0-00-858140-4 HCCB PB 368pp

978-0-00-727906-7 HCCB PB 272pp

£7.99 £6.39 Ben is getting used to life without his beloved granny. She was a cabbage enthusiast, a Scrabble partner… and an international jewel thief known as The Black Cat. Now, only the memory of their extraordinary adventure to steal the Crown Jewels lives on. Then something inexplicable happens...

£7.99 £6.39 “Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well…” It all starts when Chloe makes friends with Mr Stink, the local tramp. Yes, he smells a bit. But when it looks like he might be driven out of town, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed. Now Chloe’s got to make sure no one finds out her secret. And speaking of secrets, there just might be more to Mr Stink than meets the eye… or the nose.

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Humour for age 8+

Spaceboy

For 9 years +

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Age7+ 7+ Fiction/Humour Fiction/Humour KS2 Age for age 8+

Opie Jones Talks to Animals

Opie Jones and the Superhero Slug

Nat Luurtsema, Fay Austin

Nat Luurtsema, Fay Austin

978-1-4052-9608-3 Farshore PB 288pp

978-1-4052-9610-6 Farshore PB 272pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

10-year-old Opie Jones is Very Ordinary. In fact nothing remarkable has ever happened to her, if you don’t count the cat that gives her funny looks from next door (which she doesn’t).

So she is naturally very surprised when she is recruited to join The Resistance – a team of superheroes who can read minds, and have a dastardly brainwashing villain to defeat.

Llama Out Loud

Llama on Ice

Annabelle Sami, Allen Fatimaharan

Annabelle Sami, Allen Fatimaharan

978-1-4052-9699-1 Farshore PB 256pp

978-0-7555-0390-2 Farshore PB 256pp

£6.99 £5.59

£7.99 £6.39 Yasmin Shah is a ten-year-old girl who is part of a big, noisy family and doesn’t ever speak. Levi is a rude, sassy toy llama, who talks A LOT and has come to wreak havoc in Yasmin’s life.

Yasmin tries everything she can to escape Levi, but she can’t help being dragged along on his crazy antics – and every day brings a new surprise, whether that’s an erupting bin, a flying tuna fish, or a hat made from knickers. Life is never boring with Levi around – and could it be that he has a secret plan to help Yasmin find her voice?

Llama on Holiday Annabelle Sami, Allen Fatimaharan 978-0-7555-0388-9 Farshore PB 208pp

£7.99 £6.39 Another hilarious adventure full of drama and dodgems – and along the way, Yasmin learns she’s not the only one who’s worried about being weird!

It’s the Christmas holidays and Yasmin is miserable. Her family don’t celebrate Christmas so she doesn’t understand all the hype, plus Ezra has gone to Jamaica for 2 weeks and Levi is away on a mission.

Then a snowstorm hits London, meaning Yasmin’s enemy Tia can’t fly to her luxury holiday in France.

Yasmin is horrified when she gets sent a solo mission – to give Tia the best Christmas ever!

Llama on a Mission Annabelle Sami, Allen Fatimaharan 978-1-4052-9755-4 Farshore PB 224pp

£6.99 £5.59 With the help of her loud guardian llama Levi, Yasmin has finally found her voice, but her mission has only just begun. She is determined to use her new-found confidence to help her friends, starting with turning Levi back into his true guardian llama form and getting him back into Seen Not Herd – the secret society of guardian llamas. What better way to prove this than by helping Yasmin’s new friend Ezra tackle the biggest challenge of all – the struggles of school life!

EDDIE ALBERT AND THE AMAZING ANIMAL GANG

EDDIE ALBERT AND THE AMAZING ANIMAL GANG

The Amsterdam Adventure Paul O’Grady, Sue Hellard

The Curse of the Smugglers’ Treasure

978-0-00-844683-3 HCCB PB 288pp

Paul O’Grady, Sue Hellard

£6.99 £5.59 Unbeknownst to anyone, Eddie Albert can speak to animals – including his pet dog Butch, his hamster and his two pet goldfish (who claim they were once pirates). What Eddie can’t do is fit in … until he is sent to stay with his eccentric aunt in Amsterdam. But then Eddie spots a captive orangutan being taken along the river. So begins a hilarious adventure as Eddie, his new friend Flo, Aunt Budge and a whole gang of amazing animals take on the most dastardly villain Amsterdam has ever seen, in a desperate race to save one of their own … Eddie Albert is a technicolour cinematic adventure packed full of friendship, animals, action… and always, of course, a wicked sense of humour.

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In her second hilarious adventure, animal mindreader Opie Jones is off to Scotland to join her dad on the set of his Scottish medical TV show, Highland Docs, accompanied by friends Jackson and Cillian, as well as Margot, the cat with attitude, and Opie’s super-keen new sidekick, Slug (an actual slug).

978-0-00-844687-1 HCCB PB 272pp

£7.99 £6.39 Eddie and best friend Flo are spending the Easter holidays on the Romney Marshes with Aunt Budge and all his animals – Butch the dog, Bunty the hamster and pirate goldfish Dan and Jake.

When the terrible Rancid Twins arrive in town, set on uncovering the secret mystery of the smugglers’ treasure, Eddie and Flo are drawn into a thrilling new adventure. Eddie must use his ability to speak to animals to enlist the help of two elegant alpaca, a friendly sheep called Doris and a famous filmstar rabbit to save the day and reveal a treasure of epic proportions.

Meet RORY BRANAGAN – he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not ACTUALLY. But he IS the best detective in town.

Rory Branagan (Detective) Andrew Clover, Ralph Lazar 978-0-00-826583-0 HCCB PB 352pp

£7.99 £6.39 Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am ACTUALLY a detective.

People always say, ‘How do you become a detective?’

And I say, ‘Ahhhh… you don’t just FIND YOURSELF suddenly sneaking up on baddies, or diving out of the way as they shoot, or hurtling from an open plane towards the ground! You have to WANT it.’

And what made ME want it? I needed to find out what happened to my dad…

The Dog Squad Andrew Clover, Ralph Lazar 978-0-00-826586-1 HCCB PB 368pp

£7.99 £6.39 One day, I will be the biggest detective in the world! And I will find out what happened to my Dad… But today, a CRIME has been committed on my OWN road. Someone is stealing dogs!

What if they try to take Wilkins Welkin – my best friend who is also a sausage dog?

I need to find these stinking baddies and I need to stop them!

The Big Cash Robbery Andrew Clover, Ralph Lazar 978-0-00-826589-2 HCCB PB 352pp

£7.99 £6.39 This week, my school put on the BIGGEST, BEST school fete the world has ever known. We are raising money to make St Bart’s BOOMTASTIC, with adventure playgrounds and even a DRAGON. But now the cash has GONE, and my Accomplice Cassidy ‘the Cat’ Callaghan has been BLAMED for stealing it. I’m thinking… I must use my detectiving to find the real thief and RESCUE the Cat!

The Deadly Dinner Lady Andrew Clover, Ralph Lazar 978-0-00-826592-2 HCCB PB 288pp

£6.99 £5.59 An absolutely HUGE crime has been committed at my school … Nobody likes our head dinner lady, but WHO would actually try to KILL her? And WHY? It’s up to me and my Accomplice, Cassidy ‘the Cat’ Callaghan, to solve our DEADLIEST crime yet.

The Leap of Death Andrew Clover, Ralph Lazar 978-0-00-826595-3 HCCB PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 Me and Cat are at the most AWESOME event ever – Car Bonanza, where people are doing epic car stunts, jumping out of planes and breaking world records. It is amazing.

But then one of the stunts goes TERRIBLY WRONG. But was it really an accident, or did someone meddle with the car?! It’s a good job me and the Cat are here, because this is a CRIME, and it needs to be solved…

The Den of Danger Andrew Clover, Ralph Lazar 978-0-00-826598-4 HCCB PB 352pp

£6.99 £5.59 My dad disappeared seven years ago and I am SO CLOSE to finding him. But then my best friend Cat and I get stuck in the DEADLIEST of DEADLY DANGERS. There are bad guys, a secret room and lethal creatures with sharp, venomous teeth! To find Dad, we must solve our BIGGEST CRIME YET. I’ll tell you the whole story…

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Humour for age 8+

Rory Branagan (Detective)

The Great Diamond Heist Andrew Clover, Ralph Lazar 978-0-00-826601-1 HCCB PB 320pp

£6.99 £5.59 The time has come for me to solve the BIGGEST and most IMPORTANT mystery in my life: where is my Dad? The Dame Norton Diamond, the most expensive jewel ever stolen, has been MISSING for seven years – and so has my dad. Bad guys want to find him. The police want to find him. I need to get there first, and NOTHING can hold me back. Not evil baddies, not the deep, dangerous ocean – and not even the biggest SHOCK of my life…

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KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Humour for age 8+

The Beast and the Bethany

BEAST AND THE BETHANY

Battle of the Beast

Jack Meggitt-Philips

Jack Meggitt-Phillips, Isabelle Follath

978-1-4052-9888-9 Farshore PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 Ebenezer Tweezer is a youthful 511-year-old. He keeps a beast in the attic of his mansion, who he feeds all manner of things (including performing monkeys, his pet cat and the occasional cactus) and in return the beast vomits out presents for Ebenezer, as well as potions which keep him young and beautiful. But the beast grows ever greedier, and soon only a nice, juicy child will do. So when Ebenezer encounters orphan Bethany, it seems like (everlasting) life will go on as normal. But Bethany is not your average orphan …

978-1-4502-9893-3 Farshore PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 The beast, who has tried to eat Bethany twice and controlled Ebenezer Tweezer for 511 years, is now in prison.

Even better, it seems to have lost its despicable mind and is pinkywinky promising to be a do-gooding beast, vomit out helpful gifts, and be besties with Bethany and Ebenezer.

There’s really no sign of the old beast at all any more, as long as you don’t count that hungry belly which still needs feeding…

BEAST AND THE BETHANY

BEAST AND THE BETHANY

Revenge of the Beast

Child Of the Beast

Jack Meggitt-Phillips, Isabelle Follath

Jack Meggitt-Phillips, Isabelle Follath 978-0-00-856817-7

978-1-4052-9891-9 Farshore PB 288pp

Farshore PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39 Once upon a very badly behaved time, 511-yearold Ebenezer kept a beast in his attic. He would feed the beast all manner of objects and creatures and in return the beast would vomit him up expensive presents. But then The Bethany arrived …

Now notorious prankster Bethany, along with her new feathery friend Claudette, is determined that she and Ebenezer are going to DE-BEAST their lives and Do Good. But Bethany finds that being a notorious prankster makes it hard to get taken on for voluntary work. And Ebenezer is secretly missing the beast’s vomity gifts. And neither of them are all that sure what ‘good people’ do anyway …

The Christmas Carrolls Mel Taylor-Bessent, Selom Sunu 978-0-7555-0362-9 Farshore PB 336pp

For centuries, the beast has tormented the world.

But now, there’s a change to a menu, and the beast is going cold turkey – which essentially means eating no priceless works of art … or purple parrots … or CHILD-SIZED PRANKSTERS. Ebenezer and Bethany are attempting to help the beast vomit some good into the world – even though they really haven’t come anywhere close to managing the business of do-gooding themselves. But Bethany is distracted by her date-not-a-date with Geoffrey, while Ebenezer is worried by a file which reveals a truth about Bethany’s parents that might just ruin life for everyone at the 15-storey house …

THE CHRISTMAS CARROLLS

The Christmas Competition Mel Taylor-Bessent, Selom Sunu 978-0-7555-0374-2 Farshore PB 336pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39 Wish it could be Christmas every day? Well, for nine-year-old Holly Carroll and her family, it is! Living her merriest life in a house with year-round fairy lights and Christmas trees, a carol-singing toilet and a diva donkey who thinks he’s a reindeer, home-schooled Holly tries to spread cheer wherever she goes.

But when she goes to a new school with a singing Santa backpack and first day Christmas cards (during a heatwave in September!), she realises not everyone shares her enthusiasm for spreading cheer.

In fact, when the neighbours try to remove the Carrolls from the street and Holly discovers a group of children that may not get a Christmas at all, her snowglobe world begins to crack. Is the world’s most Christmassy girl about to lose her Christmas spirit?

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There’s a new family in town determined to steal the Carrolls’ tinselly crown. Can Holly and her family win the Christmas Chronicle’s competition for the Most Festive Family? Or will they discover that there is more to life than perfect Christmas decorations, a personal toboggan run, and more pressies than you can shake a candy cane at?

THE CHRISTMAS CARROLLS

The Christmas Club Mel Taylor-Bessent, Selom Sunu 978-0-7555-0377-3 Farshore PB 256pp

£7.99 £6.39 The Christmas-crazy Carrolls are back – and this time, they’re in NEW YORK! Holly and her family are about to lead the famous Christmas parade in New York City!

But there’s a hitch. they have been invited to join the EXCLUSIVE Christmas Club, whose members are among the MOST CHRISTMASSY FAMILIES IN THE WORLD. they simply have to follow the mysterious White Reindeer to find the Christmas Club’s secret headquarters in Manhattan. But when the White Reindeer shows up in the MIDDLE of the Christmas parade, the Carrolls are faced with a dilemma … Should they stay, or should they go?

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Meet classic comic-strip character Big Nate – The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World!

The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World

Big Nate Flips Out

Lincoln Peirce

978-0-00-747827-9 HCCB PB 256pp

978-0-00-735516-7 HCCB PB 224pp

Lincoln Peirce £7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39 Big-head Nate Wright truly believes he is destined for greatness! He’s a table tennis champ, a genius comic book artist and the self-proclaimed king of his class.

One school morning, Nate barely survives his Dad’s toxic porridge before rushing off to school, forgetting his lunch. He thinks he has a test and he hasn’t studied for it!

Nate’s class notes are full of doodles but sadly lacking any useful information… On the way to school he accidentally body slams his head teacher, then, during his first lesson of the day, he manages to insult his least favourite teacher, Mrs. Godfrey (aka Godzilla).

But a little thing like having-the-worstday-ever won’t hold back The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World!

Big Nate in the Zone Lincoln Peirce 978-0-00-756209-1 HCCB PB 256pp

£7.99 £6.39 Nate Wright is down on his luck. In fact he’s so far down, it seems it can’t get any worse…

Until with a little help from Chad’s good luck charm, everything changes – and Nate is on top.

All of a sudden, he can do no wrong! But why?

And more importantly… how long will it last?

Big Nate Strikes Again

Big Nate Lives It Up

Lincoln Peirce

Lincoln Peirce

978-0-00-735517-4 HCCB PB 224pp

£7.99 £6.39 Big Nate has got his heart set on leading his sports team to victory! But it won’t be easy. He’s stuck with Gina, his all time enemy and really rubbish player. Worse yet they have to work together on the class special project which means Gina’s allowed to call Nate – at home!

Big Nate Goes for Broke Lincoln Peirce 978-0-00-746270-4 HCCB PB 224pp

£7.99 £6.39

978-0-00-758127-6 HCCB PB 224pp

£7.99 £6.39 Geeky new kid Breckenridge Puffington III has started at P.S. 38, and Principal Nichols wants Nate to be his buddy and show him around the school.

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Humour for age 9+

Big Nate

But it’s hard to make a good impression when the school is one hundred years old and falling apart!

Big Nate Blasts Off Lincoln Peirce 978-0-00-813531-7 HCCB PB 224pp

£7.99 £6.39

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Age7+ 7+ Fiction/Humour Fiction/Humour KS2 Age for age 9+

David Baddiel David Baddiel is a highly acclaimed British comedian, novelist, television presenter and author. His children’s novels The Parent Agency, The Person Controller and AniMalcolm have been runaway bestsellers and The Parent Agency was the winner of the Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 9 to 13-year-olds at the inaugural Laugh Out Loud Awards. David’s children’s books have sold over 1 million copies.

Animalcolm David Baddiel 978-0-00-818516-9 HCCB PB 368pp

£7.99 £6.39 Malcolm doesn’t like animals.

Which is a problem because his family love them. Their house is full of pets. What the house is NOT full of is stuff Malcolm likes. Such as the laptop he wanted for his birthday.

The only bright spot on the horizon is the Year Six school trip, which Malcolm never thought his parents would pay for. And yet there he is, on the bus, heading to… oh no. A farm.

Over the next days, Malcolm changes. He learns a lot about animals. More, in many ways, than he would like. He learns what it’s really like to be an animal. A whole series of animals, in fact…

It does make him think differently. And speak differently. And eat differently. And, um, smell differently.

But will he end up the same as before?

Because sometimes the hardest thing to become is… yourself.

The Parent Agency David Baddiel 978-0-00-861946-6 HCCB PB 384pp

£7.99 £6.39 “I wish I had better parents!” Barry said, a third time. And then suddenly the entire room started to shake…

Barry Bennett hates being called Barry. In fact it’s number 2 on the list of things he blames his parents for, along with 1) ‘being boring’ and 3) ‘always being tired’.

But there is a world, not far from this one, where parents don’t have children. That’s far too random for something so big and important. In this world, children are allowed to choose their parents.

For Barry Bennett, this world seems like a dream come true. Only things turn out to be not quite that simple…

The Person Controller David Baddiel 978-0-00-755454-6 HCCB PB 384pp

£7.99 £6.39 Fred and Ellie are twins. But not identical (because that’s impossible for a boy and a girl).

They do like all the same things, though. Especially video games. Which they are very good at. They aren’t that good, however, at much else – like, for example, football, or dealing with the school bullies.

Then, they meet the Mystery Man, who sends them a video game controller, which doesn’t look like any other controller they’ve ever seen. And it doesn’t control any of their usual games. When the twins find out what it does control, though, it seems like the answer to all their problems. And the key to all their wildest dreams. At least it seems like that…

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David Baddiel, Steven Lenton 978-0-00-836538-7 HCCB PB 432pp

£7.99 £6.39 What would happen if the strictest head teacher swapped bodies with the naughtiest kid in school? Strictest head ÷ naughtiest boy = chaos. Bracket Wood is about to be visited by the school inspectors. But there’s one big problem: Ryan Ward. The maestro of practical jokes, Ryan has played so many tricks that in the end the Head Teacher just walks out. And then the new Head Teacher, Mr Carter, arrives. A man so strict even the teachers are scared of him. So imagine his surprise – and Ryan’s – when they swap bodies. Now Ryan is Head Teacher – and his mortal enemy is one of his pupils. It’s every naughty kid’s dream! But soon Bracket Wood School is in a total mess – and only its worst ever pupil can fix it…

Birthday Boy

Head Kid

David Baddiel, Jim Field

David Baddiel, Steven Lenton

978-0-00-820051-0 HCCB PB 416pp

978-0-00-820056-5 HCCB PB 400pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

What if it was every day?

What would happen if the strictest head teacher swapped bodies with the naughtiest kid in school? Strictest head ÷ naughtiest boy = chaos. Bracket Wood is about to be visited by the school inspectors.

But there’s one big problem: Ryan Ward.

The maestro of practical jokes, Ryan has played so many tricks that in the end the Head Teacher just walks out. And then the new Head Teacher, Mr Carter, arrives. A man so strict even the teachers are scared of him. So imagine his surprise – and Ryan’s – when they swap bodies. Now Ryan is Head Teacher – and his mortal enemy is one of his pupils. It’s every naughty kid’s dream! But soon Bracket Wood School is in a total mess – and only its worst ever pupil can fix it…

This is the story of Sam Green, who really, really, really loves birthdays. He loves the special breakfasts in bed. The presents.

The themed parties. Blowing out the candles on his cake. Everything. He is so excited about his 11th birthday, in fact, that he wishes it was his birthday every day. So, at first, it’s quite exciting when his birthday happens again the next morning. And again. And again.

And again… But it’s not long before things start to go wrong. Soon, disaster strikes, threatening something Sam loves even more than birthdays. Sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for…

Future Friend David Baddiel, Steven Lenton 978-0-00-833422-2 HCCB PB 368pp

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Humour for age 9+

The Taylor Turbochaser

£7.99 £6.39 The year is 3020. Pip@256X#YY.3_7 is lonely and bored: she goes to virtual school on her G-Glasses, she only has a talking cat and parrot to hang out with, and she can’t even leave her LivingSpace due to the extreme heat and floods outside. Until the day that Pip explores a glowing ring in a lab and finds herself in a warehouse, in 2019. Where she meets boy-inventor Rahul – who is also lonely and bored. Together, Rahul and Pip are no longer lonely. But they have a whole load of new problems, including hiding talking animals from Rahul’s parents, and finding a way back to the future. Plus – just maybe – saving the world…

The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous David Baddiel, Steven Lenton 978-0-00-833427-7 HCCB PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 Nothing extraordinary has ever happened to Billy Smith. In fact, every single thing about him is ordinary, including his name. But when a documentary crew turns up at Billy’s school to film the new TV series School Daze, everything changes. Billy shouldn’t stand out: all the other kids are much more interesting than him. But when remixes of his boring class presentation go viral, Billy finds himself accidentally an overnight star.

With his friends Bo and Rinor by his side, his life turns into a whirlwind of red carpets, TV shows, albums and even the possibility of meeting Sunshine De Marto – the coolest girl on the planet. But as everyone knows, fame comes with a price…

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Age7+ 7+ Fiction/Humour Fiction/Humour KS2 Age for age 9+

The Caravan at the Edge of Doom

The Caravan at the Edge of Doom: Foul Prophecy

Jim Beckett, Olia Muza

Jim Beckett, Olia Muza

978-1-4052-9828-5 Farshore PB 320pp

978-1-4052-9829-2 Farshore PB 352pp

£6.99 £5.59

£7.99 £6.39

When her grandparents explode in their caravan toilet late one night, twelve-yearold Harley discovers a surprising truth: their toilet is a gateway to the Land of the Dead, and they are its Guardians. Well, they were. But there’s no time to mourn their passing. Because Harley’s baby brother has accidentally gone with them to the Land of the Dead. And Harley only has 24 hours to rescue him before he’s trapped there FOREVER!

Twelve-year old Harley is happy to be back home after her adventures in the Land of the Dead. But strange things soon start happening. A bunch of Restless Souls turn up in at school, the portal of doom breaks AND everyone thinks Harley has blown up her best friend Bess. Is this all connected to a mysterious ancient prophecy that everyone in the Land of the Dead keeps talking about…? There’s only one thing for it. Harley has to unleash her inner Legendary Hero and head Beyond Life for more monsters, mysteries and mayhem!

This hilarious and heartbreaking debut features exploding grandparents, unexpected heroes and a truly EPIC adventure.

THE ASH MISTRY CHRONICLES

Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress Sarwat Chadda 978-0-00-744732-9 HCCB PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 Ash Mistry hates India. Which is a problem since his uncle has brought him and his annoying younger sister Lucky there to take up a dream job with the mysterious Lord Savage. But Ash immediately suspects something is very wrong with the eccentric millionaire. Soon, Ash finds himself in a desperate battle to stop Savage’s masterplan – the opening of the Iron Gates that have kept Ravana, the demon king, at bay for four millennia…

THE ASH MISTRY CHRONICLES

Ash Mistry and the City of Death Sarwat Chadda 978-0-00-744737-4 HCCB PB 384pp

£7.99 £6.39 Ash Mistry is leading a pretty complicated life. There’s school, his unrequited crush on girl-next-door Gemma… and then there’s the fact that he’s the reincarnation of the great Indian hero Ashoka, not to mention the small detail that he died last year, and came back as an agent of the goddess of death. So when the demon servants of the evil Lord Savage come after Gemma in order to get to Ash, you’d think he’d be ready to take them on. But Lord Savage still has some tricks up his sleeve.

THE ASH MISTRY CHRONICLES

Ash Mistry and the World of Darkness Sarwat Chadda 978-0-00-744735-0 HCCB PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 Ash Mistry is in a world of pain. A parallel world in fact, where another version of him seems to be living his life, and the evil Lord Savage – now all-powerful and adored by the nation – is about to carry out a terrible plan. Worse still, Ash’s superpowers, invested in him by the Death Goddess Kali, seem no longer to be working. Without Kali, can Ash defeat Savage and save the world?

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An environmental themed series by TV broadcaster and intrepid explorer Ben Fogle, inspired by his real-life animal experiences…

Mr Dog and the Faraway Fox Ben Fogle, Steve Cole, Nikolas Ilic 978-0-00-830645-8 HCCB PB 128pp

Mr Dog and the Seal Deal Ben Fogle, Steve Cole, Nikolas Ilic 978-0-00-830639-7 HCCB PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59

You can always count on Mr Dog to help an animal in trouble… When Mr Dog takes a trip into town, he doesn’t expect to stay for long. But then he meets a fox who needs his help – a fox who’s very far from home…

You can always count on Mr Dog to help an animal in trouble… Mr Dog is spending some time out at sea, riding the waves with the fishermen. But when a local seal goes missing, he has to spring into action – fast… Anchors aweigh!

Mr Dog and a Hedge Called Hog

Mr Dog and the Rabbit Habit

Ben Fogle, Steve Cole, Nikolas Ilic

Ben Fogle, Steve Cole, Nikolas Ilic

978-0-00-830642-7 HCCB PB 144pp

978-0-00-830636-6 HCCB PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

You can always count on Mr Dog to help an animal in trouble… Mr Dog has travelled north for an island escapade.

But when a local hedgehog problem seems set to threaten his new friend, Hog, he knows he’ll have to act quickly to save his prickly companion…

You can always count on Mr Dog to help an animal in trouble… When a mother rabbit is captured in a trap, he ends up playing bunnysitter… But someone wants rid of All the rabbits, not just this one, and time is running out for Mr Dog to save them…

Mr Dog and the Kitten Catastrophe

Mr Dog and a Deer Friend

£6.99 £5.59

Ben Fogle, Steve Cole, Nikolas Ilic 978-0-00-840829-9 HCCB PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59 When Mr Dog meets a reckless young wildcat called Angus in the woods he soon makes an important discovery – a whole group of exotic animals are being held in captivity. Mr Dog wants to help them – but will Angus charge in and turn a rescue into a kitten catastrophe?

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Adventure

Mr Dog

Ben Fogle, Steve Cole, Nikolas Ilic 978-0-00-840826-8 HCCB PB 128pp

£6.99 £5.59 When Mr Dog meets a fawn whose forest home is in danger, he know he needs to help… quickly. As Mr Dog joins the search for the fawn’s missing mother, trouble lies ahead for the whole herd. Mr Dog has a plan, though, that might just keep them all out of danger…

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DUNGEON ACADEMY:

DUNGEON ACADEMY:

Tourney of Terror

No Humans Allowed!

Madeleine Roux

Madeleine Roux

978-0-00-853102-7 Farshore PB 224pp

978-0-7555-0382-7 Farshore PB 192pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

Welcome to Dungeon Academy, where monsters and creatures train for the dark world that awaits just beyond the Dungeon walls. Something BIG has come knocking on the gates of Dungeon Academy!

The undefeated Waterdeep Dragons have arrived for the Tourney of Terror games, which happens every fifty years and features every monster’s favourite sport: Goreball! The Dungeon Academy Flumphs are outnumbered, outsized, and outmonstered! But our hero, Zelli Stormclash (a forbidden human, secretly disguised as a minotaur), is no stranger to impossible odds…

STONESWORD SAGA

STONESWORD SAGA

STONESWORD SAGA

Minecraft: Crack in the Code!

Minecraft: New Pets on the Block

Minecraft: To Bee, or not to Bee!

Mojang AB

978-0-00-849596-1

Mojang AB Farshore PB 144pp

978-0-7555-0321-6 Farshore PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59 Join Morgan, Ash, Harper, Po, Jodi and Theo as they return for another adventure in the world of Minecraft. Someone – or something – has turned the Evoker King to stone. Do the gang have what it takes to solve the mystery and return the Evoker King to normal? Theo’s coding skills might just be what the gang need, but does he have what it takes to be a part of the team or will his meddling put a crack in the code that none of them will survive?

£6.99 £5.59 Everyone knows that Jodi, the youngest member of the team, loves animals in the real world and in Minecraft. She is also fiercely loyal to her friend the Evoker King who has, very unfortunately, been shattered into six different hostile mobs.

When the third piece of the Evoker King takes the form of a Minecraft witch and sends Jodi and her friends on a quest to bring back an extremely rare animal mob, Jodi is determined to make sure that the mob stays safe no matter what!

Mojang AB 978-0-00-853408-0 Farshore PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59 Harper and her friends tackle a real-life ecological crisis. the bees around their school and the Stonesword Library are disappearing – and a splinter of the Evoker King has taken on the form of a bee colony with a hive mind!

Could there be a connection with the rip they’ve seen growing bigger and darker in the Minecraft sky? and will their actions make things better or worse?

STONESWORD SAGA

STONESWORD SAGA

STONESWORD SAGA

Minecraft: Mobs Rule!

Minecraft: The Golem’s Game

Mojang AB

Mojang AB

Minecraft: The End of the Overworld!

978-0-7555-0356-8 Farshore PB 144pp

978-0-00-853422-6

Mojang AB

Farshore PB 144pp

978-0-00-861656-4

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

Farshore PB 144pp

Despite being a great Minecraft player, Morgan feels his leadership of the team slipping away as the next splinter of the Evoker King takes the form of a golem and challenges each member of the team to run a dangerous obstacle course.

Normally they would work together, but this time they are each forced to face the challenge alone – with no second chances and a river of hot lava waiting for them if they fail!

£6.99 £5.59

The elements of the Evoker King’s code have turned into new and terrible bosses that threaten the digital world of Minecraft.

Now Po, Harper and their friends must travel deep into underground and into a web of danger to face the one of them. But that’s the easy part, because in the real world, Po decides to run for class president and before he knows it, the ground feels like it is opening under his feet and his popularity is about to plummet!

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Zellidora ‘Zelli’ Stormclash wasn’t a monster or a creature. She was something far worse. Zelli was a human.

Disguised as a minotaur, Zelli keeps to herself and does her work. While in class, Zelli learns of the great human adventurer, Allidora Steelstrike, who oddly resembles her. Could Zelli be – a Steelstrike? Seeking answers to her true lineage, Zelli embarks on a dangerous adventure …

In their last adventure, Morgan, Harper and their friends barely survived a dangerous game, only to return to a Minecraft Overworld in total chaos! the rift that’s been growing steadily larger in the sky is now on the verge of consuming everything in its path.

The team has one chance to save Minecraft and their friend the Evoker King – but it may already be too late.

Into the Game Mojang AB 978-1-4052-9380-8 Farshore PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59 When Doc Culpepper, the science teacher, asks Morgan and his friends to test her new Virtual Reality Minecraft Project, they can’t wait! Inside the world of Minecraft, the friends build and gather to make a castle and survive the night.

But something isn’t right. Morgan and his friends are in trouble and Ash might be the only person that can help.

MINECRAFT WOODSWORD CHRONICLES

Ghast in the Machine Mojang AB 978-1-4052-9383-9 Farshore PB 144pp

MINECRAFT WOODSWORD CHRONICLES

Night Of the Bats Mojang AB 978-1-4052-9381-5 Farshore PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59 The friends continue to explore Doc Culpepper’s virtual reality world of Minecraft, venturing beyond the safety of their castle. When they arrive at a village which is terrorised by a hostile mob each night, they know they must help out. But will the kids work out how to stop the mob and save the villagers?

And why is Ms Minerva’s classroom full of bats?

£6.99 £5.59 Portals opening… Worlds colliding!

It sounds impossible, but the Evoker King has found a way from Minecraft into the real world! As Jodi races to piece together the clues to his identity, she doesn’t like where they point.

Could one of her friends be the sinister mob?!

MINECRAFT WOODSWORD CHRONICLES

Dungeon Crawl Mojang AB 978-1-4052-9629-8 Farshore PB 144pp

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Adventure

MINECRAFT WOODSWORD CHRONICLES

£6.99 £5.59 MINECRAFT WOODSWORD CHRONICLES

Deep Dive Mojang AB 978-1-4052-9382-2 Farshore PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59 When the friends follow a treasure map, they find their underwater quest ties in perfectly with their new school science project. But trouble quickly threatens to sink them in both worlds!

When Morgan and his friends receive an unwelcome visit from the elusive Evoker King, the find themselves on a quest to find a secret item hidden in the depths of an unknown dungeon. But not is all as it seems, and they must gear up for an epic journey rife with danger, dragons and mysterious foes. Meanwhile, in the real world, the school play seems to be full of its own traps and troubles. Will Morgan and the gang finally uncover the identity of the Evoker King?

MINECRAFT WOODSWORD CHRONICLES

Last Block Standing Mojang AB 978-1-4052-9629-8 Farshore PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59 Morgan, Ash, Harper, Po and Jodi return for their final adventure in the world of Minecraft. But something isn’t right, and the gang are in greater danger than ever before. They will have to put their wits together if they are to survive and piece together the clues to the Evoker King’s identity. Do the gang have what it takes to solve the mystery? And will they be able to stop the King before it’s too late?

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The Last Kids on Earth

Wimpy Kid meets The Walking Dead in this hilarious series packed with monsters and zombies.

The Last Kids on Earth Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate 978-1-4052-9509-3 Farshore PB 240pp

£7.99 £6.39 ‘Forty-two days ago I was an ordinary kid, living an uneventful life. But now it’s TOTAL MONSTER ZOMBIE CHAOS and I’m battling beasts on a daily basis. Crazy, right? But I know exactly how to make it through the zombie apocalypse.’ Meet Jack Sullivan, selfdescribed as a late-blooming, slowdeveloping 13-year-old who has so far survived the zombie apocalypse by hiding out in his treehouse. Overnight Jack’s life has become like the plot of a video game …

Zombie Parade Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate 978-1-4052-9510-9 Farshore PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39 It’s still TOTAL MONSTER ZOMBIE CHAOS on the streets, but now Jack has a gang of friends to help him through – science genius and best friend Quint, super-strong Dirk and all-round coolest girl ever, June. Not to mention Rover, Jack’s awesome monster pet!

Nightmare King

Midnight Blade Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate 978-0-7555-0004-8 Farshore PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39 Jack and his buddies waste no time springing to action against some of the nastiest, most evil monsters around.

Skeleton Road Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate 978-0-7555-0001-7 Farshore PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 Now wielding the Midnight Blade, Jack Sullivan and the gang are furiously searching for the villainous Thrull and his skeleton army.

Doomsday Race Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate

Farshore PB 240pp

£8.99 £7.19 The Last Kids on Earth are creating THEIR OWN COMIC BOOK! Jack, Quint, June, and Dirk are about to face a challenge unlike any they’ve faced before …

They’ve read every last issue of their favourite comic, Z-Man, and no new issues are coming… ever! (Thanks a lot, apocalypse.). Nooo!

The Last Comics on Earth: Too Many Villains!

978-0-00-858827-4 Farshore PB 256pp

Forbidden Fortress Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate

£8.99 £7.19 Jack, June, Quint, and Dirk face their biggest challenge yet: creating the sequel to their hit graphic novel! and like all sequels, it must be BIGGER, BETTER, and PACKED WITH EVEN MORE NEAT STUFF!

978-0-00-858234-0 Farshore PB 368pp

£7.99 £6.39

The Monster Dimension

£7.99 £6.39

Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate

It’s the first winter after the Monster Apocalypse. For Jack and his buddies, that means sled catapults, epic snowball battles, and one monstrous Christmas celebration.

978-0-00-858813-7

£7.99 £6.39

978-1-4052-9511-6 Farshore PB 272pp

£7.99 £6.39

Max Brallier, Joshua Pruett, Douglas Holgate, Jay Cooper

Jack Sullivan and his buddies are road-tripping toward the mysterious Tower, where they must once and for all stop Rezzoch the Ancient, Destructor of Worlds.

Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate

978-1-4052-9512-3 Farshore PB 272pp

The Last Comics on Earth

Max Brallier, Joshua Pruett, Douglas Holgate, Jay Cooper

Inside an other-dimensional fortress, the evil Thrull, alongside a vile new villain, is carrying out a sinister plan.

Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate

Full-colour graphic novels spin-off series!

978-0-00-849133-8 Farshore PB 320pp

In their third zombie-tastic adventure, 978-0-00-863811-5 Jack Sullivan and his friends June, Farshore PB 304pp Quint and Dirk discover that they might £7.99 £6.39 not be the last kids on Earth after all …

Jack’s Cosmic Hand is now even more powerful than he realized, Cosmic and it might just be able to stop Beyond the inevitable from happening …

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Now a major Netflix series

June’s Wild Flight Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate 978-0-00-858748-2 Farshore PB 272pp

£7.99 £6.39 Told from June’s point of view – with new characters, high-stakes action, and stunning revelations in an adventure that could only be June’s.

Quint and Dirk’s Hero Quest

Thrilling Tales from the Tree House

Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate

Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate et al

£7.99 £6.39

978-0-00-848587-0 Farshore PB 208pp

£8.99 £7.19 Includes SIX brand new Last Kids stories in a full colour graphic novel!

978-0-00-858751-2 Farshore PB 304pp

Adventure abounds as the best buddies encounter new monsters and embark on a postapocalyptic quest for the ages.

WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY

Midnight

Starlight

The New Prophecy — MIDNIGHT

Erin Hunter

Erin Hunter

978-0-00-741925-8 HCCB PB 336pp

978-0-00-741922-7 HCCB PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 The wild cats of the forest have lived in peace and harmony for many moons – but a doom that will change everything is coming. Strange messages from their warrior ancestors speak of terrifying new prophecies, danger, and a mysterious destiny. All the signs point to young warrior Brambleclaw as the cat with the fate of the forest in his paws.

But why would the son of wicked cat Tigerstar be chosen to be a hero? And who are the other cats mentioned in the prophecy? All Brambleclaw knows for sure is that the strength and courage of the greatest warriors will be needed now, as the quest to save the Clans begins…

WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY

£7.99 £6.39 The gripping adventure that began with a small housecat in Into the Wild continues with Book Four of the thrilling Warriors spin-off series The New Prophecy. These cats’ devoted fans have catapulted them onto national bestseller lists, and the support for the series grows stronger with every book.

Now the warrior Clans have finally reached their new home, but their troubles are far from over. Don’t miss the next adventure of Brambleclaw, Firestar, and ThunderClan in Starlight, featuring new maps of the Clans’ unfamiliar territory at the front.

WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY

Twilight Erin Hunter

Moonrise

978-0-00-741926-5 HCCB PB 336pp

Erin Hunter

£7.99 £6.39

978-0-00-741923-4 HCCB PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39 Several moons have passed since six cats set out from the forest on an urgent journey to save all their Clans. Now those six are travelling home again, but on their way through the mountains, they meet a tribe of wild cats who seem to have their own set of warrior ancestors … and their own mysterious prophecy to fulfill.

Stormfur can’t understand their strange fascination with him, but he knows the danger they face is real. Meanwhile, back in the forest, Firestar’s daughter Leafpaw watches ThunderClan’s world crumble around her, as the humans’ terrible machines destroy more and more of their home. Will the questing cats make it back in time to save the Clans, or will they be too late?

WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY

New territory brings new troubles for the fierce cats of the warrior Clans, who are still uncovering the secrets of their new home around the lake.

Dangers they have never faced before are lurking in the twilight shadows, and former allies are acting strangely hostile. As divisions between the Clans grow deeper, Firestar’s daughters face troubling decisions. One is torn between loyalty to her calling and a forbidden love, while the other struggles with her best friend’s betrayal and the surprising perils of the forest. The choices they make now could affect ThunderClan for generations to come … and with an unexpected enemy preparing to attack, their courage and strength will be needed more than ever if the Clan is to survive.

WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY

Sunset Erin Hunter

Dawn

978-0-00-741927-2 HCCB PB 368pp

Erin Hunter

£7.99 £6.39

978-0-00-741924-1 HCCB PB 352pp

£7.99 £6.39 The young feline heroes of The New Prophecy have finally made it back to the forest – but their quest is far from over. Now they must convince the fiercely independent Clans to travel together to a new home, through dangerous territory and without a clear destination. If they do not, their world will be destroyed, and the Clans will be lost forever…

Soon after the cats reached their new home by the lake, ThunderClan’s medicine cat Leafpool received an ominous warning from StarClan: Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red. As the Clan slowly recovers from a devastating badger attack, Leafpool can’t help but wonder… do her prophetic dreams mean there are even worse dangers still in store for the warrior cats? At the same time, shadows of the past continue to haunt the forest as some old friends struggle to find their place, others appear to be lost forever, and an old enemy finds a new way to resurface in a quest for dark revenge. A sinister path is unfolding, and the time is coming for certain warriors to make the choices that will determine their destiny … and the destiny of all the Clans.

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Adventure for age 8+

WARRIORS: THE NEW PROPHECY

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STARFELL

STARFELL

Willow Moss and the Lost Day

Willow Moss and the Forgotten Tale

Dominique Valente, Sarah Warburton

Dominique Valente, Sarah Warburton

978-0-00-830840-7 HCCB PB 304pp

978-0-00-830844-5 HCCB PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Willow Moss, the youngest and least powerful sister in a family of witches, has a magical ability for finding lost things – like keys, or socks, or spectacles. Useful, but not exactly exciting…

Then the most powerful witch in the world of Starfell turns up at Willow’s door and asks for her help. A whole day – last Tuesday to be precise – has gone missing. Completely. And without it the whole universe could unravel.

Now Willow holds the fate of Starfell in her rather unremarkable hands… Can she save the day – by finding the lost one?

STARFELL

Willow Moss and the Vanished Kingdom Dominique Valente, Sarah Warburton 978-0-00-830848-3 HCCB PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 For the very first time, magical children like Willow are allowed to go to school alongside their nonmagical neighbours. But Willow is suspicious. She knows the Brothers of Wol are up to no good, so why are they changing the rules all of a sudden?

On her first day, Willow meets an elf girl named Twist, and soon they are embarking on Willow’s most urgent mission yet: to protect the children of Starfell, uncover the mystery of a long-lost kingdom – and prevent the very source of magic from getting into the wrong hands …

Dead Good Detectives Jenny McLachlan, Chloe Dominique 978-1-4052-9815-5 Farshore PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 Sid Jones loves hanging out in the graveyard with her best friend Zen – they are desperate to see a real-life ghost! But when Sid accidentally summons a 300-year-old pirate from the dead, it opens the door to the HALFWAY HOUSE – a magical inn FULL of lost souls from across the ages, all trapped there by a sinister landlord.

There are more ghosts that Sid could ever have imagined – and they’re all sure Sid is there to save them! (Sid’s sure there’s been some kind of mistake.) But someone else is watching, and they’re not happy about Sid helping the ghosts …

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Willow Moss, the youngest and least powerful sister in a family of witches, recently saved the world. The problem is, nobody can remember it – and, to make matters worse, her magical ability seems broken. Instead of finding lost things, objects keep disappearing against her will … which is especially troubling now that her friend Sometimes needs her help!

Sometimes has discovered how to see ten minutes into the future. Unfortunately that’s only enough time to find out that his kidnappers are on their way! His only hope is to write an urgent letter to Willow, asking if she wouldn’t mind trying to find him.

As Willow and her friends piece together what has happened to Sometimes, their adventure takes them from an enchanted tower to the magical forest of Wisperia and into dangerous new realms… Can Willow save Sometimes when her own powers are out of control?

STARFELL

Willow Moss and the Magic Thief Dominique Valente, Sarah Warburton 978-0-00-830852-0 HCCB PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39 Starfell is on the edge of disaster. The fight against Silas, the wizard determined to steal all magic for himself, is far from over – but how can Willow make a difference when her powers have been taken? With the help of her friends, the young witch sets off to the treacherous Mountains of Nach. There, she hopes to find the Craegun, a powerful beast believed to restore anything that has been lost – for a heavy price. The mission is fraught with danger, but there’s no turning back … or the magic of Willow’s world will be lost forever.

DEAD GOOD DETECTIVES

Ghost Rescue Jenny McLachlan, Chloe Dominique 978-0-7555-0335-3 Farshore PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 Sid Jones has always known she is different, but after accidentally freeing a 300-year-old pirate ghost (using a gel pen and a chocolate bar), Sid realises that she has actual MAGIC! Sid starts to use her magic to free more ghosts, who have all been trapped by the sinister innkeeper. But then a mysterious sickness strikes the people of Fathom. Can Sid and best friend Zen solve the mystery, save the town and free the ghosts?

AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS

B.B. Alston

BB Alston

978-1-4052-9819-3 Farshore PB 384pp

978-1-4052-9865-0 Farshore PB 400pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Amari Peters knows three things: Her big brother Quinton has gone missing.

No one will talk about it.

His mysterious job holds the secret…

So when Amari gets an invitation to the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she’s certain this is her chance to find Quinton. But first she has to get her head around the new world of the Bureau, where mermaids, aliens and magicians are real, and her roommate is a weredragon.

An epic middle grade supernatural adventure series, perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and Men in Black.

Amari and the Great Game

After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister’s strict antimagician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton’s curse steadily worsening, Amari’s plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines. She’s got enough to worry about! But her refusal allows someone else to step forward, a magician with dangerous plans for the League. This challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers’ successor and determine the future of magiciankind. The Great Game is both mysterious and deadly, but among the winner’s magical rewards is Quinton’s last hope … so how can Amari refuse?

AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS

Amari and the Despicable Wonders BB Alston 978-1-4052-9867-4 Farshore HB 400pp

£12.99 £10.39 War has come to the supernatural world, and Amari’s two worst enemies are leading the charge.

Elaine Harlowe has manipulated her way into becoming prime minister, using her mind control ability to force the Bureau to take up her vicious grudge against magiciankind. Meanwhile, Dylan Van Helsing, the newly crowned leader of the League of Magicians – and Amari’s former partner – is after a destructive new power that would not only ensure the magicians’ victory … it would make him invincible.

Monster Hunting for Beginners

MONSTER HUNTING

MONSTER HUNTING

Monsters Bite Back

Just Add Dragons

Ian Mark, Louis Ghibault

Ian Mark, Louis Ghibault

Ian Mark, Louis Ghibault

978-0-7555-0436-7 Farshore PB 304pp

978-0-7555-0437-4

978-0-7555-0438-1

Farshore PB 304pp

Farshore PB 272pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Every hero has to start somewhere …

Monster Hunting isn’t as easy as it looks.

And Jack should know. Because an ogre has just appeared in his garden and tried to EAT HIS AUNT. (She was the winner of the World’s Worst Aunt competition, but that’s Not The Point). After (sort of accidentally) defeating the ogre, Jack finds himself apprenticed to a grumpy, 200-year-old monster hunter called Stoop and heading off to Cornwall, where more ogres are causing havoc. All he has are his wits, his catapult and a magical – sometimes unreliable – book called Monster Hunting for Beginners.

When the monsters start misbehaving it’s a monster hunter’s job to sort them out!

When a dragon eats a bus on London Bridge, Jack, Nancy and Stoop are on a mission to track it down. But what does the dragon have to do with the death of Jack’s mum? and why has the monster hunting manual always filed dragons under ‘D’ for DON’T EXIST (things that)? Maybe there’s more to this ‘tail’ than meets the eye …

In their second adventure Jack, his best friend Nancy and Stoop head up to Scotland after reports of some mysterious monsters causing chaos in an ancient abbey. and maybe they’ll even get a glimpse of Nessie!

But when they get there they find some obstacles in their path – whether that’s the fog goblins, disgruntled ghosts, some very odd loch monsters and even a rival monster hunting agency.

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Adventure for age 8+

Amari and the Night Brothers

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KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Adventure for age 8+

Stories for 7 Year Olds

Stories for 8 Year Olds

Julia Eccleshare

Julia Eccleshare

978-0-00-852473-9 HCCB PB 208pp

978-0-00-852476-0 HCCB PB 264pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

A classic collection of stories by P.L Travers, Penelope Lively, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen, Alexander McCall Smith and others, specially chosen for young readers of around seven by children’s book expert, Julia Eccleshare.

Mary Poppins takes Jane and Michael on a gravity-defying tea party on the ceiling; Meet the boy who rescues a beached dolphin: Can the barber keep the secret of the Rajah’s big ears?

Pages & Co Tilly Pages is a bookwanderer. She can travel inside books, and even talk to the characters she meets there. But Tilly’s powers are put to the test when fairy tales start leaking book magic and causing havoc…

Tilly and the Bookwanderers

Tilly and the Map of Stories

The Treehouse Library

Anna James

Anna James

978-0-00-822987-0 HCCB PB 400pp

978-0-00-822995-5 HCCB PB 464pp

Anna James, Marco Guadalupi

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents’ bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the rest of her family, Tilly loves nothing more than to escape into the pages of her favourite stories.

Strange things are happening. A man comes into Pages & Co looking for a book… then suddenly can’t remember it. Tilly and her family feel like the world is changing – but can’t quite put their finger on why. Meanwhile, the Underwoods are expanding their control over bookwandering – and they still have their sights set on Tilly. Leaving the safety of the bookshop, Tilly heads to America to find the legendary Archivists and save bookwandering… … or at least, that’s the plan.

Wandering in layers of story, Tilly and her friend Oskar come up against dangers they could never have expected, team up with an unexpectedly familiar face, and ultimately find themselves taking on the biggest threat to stories there has ever been – with only their courage and ingenuity to help them. As well as some of their dearest fictional friends…

One day Tilly realises that classic children’s characters are appearing in the shop through the magic of ‘book wandering’ – crossing over from the page into real life. With the help of Anne of Green Gables and Alice in Wonderland, Tilly is determined to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago, so she bravely steps into the unknown, unsure of what adventure lies ahead and what dangers she may face.

Tilly and the Lost Fairy Tales Anna James 978-0-00-822991-7 HCCB PB 400pp

£7.99 £6.39 On a wintery visit to Paris, Tilly and her best friend Oskar bravely bookwander into the land of fairy tales to find that characters are getting lost, stories are all mixed-up, and mysterious plot holes are opening without warning. Can Tilly work out who, or what, is behind the chaos so everyone gets their happily-ever-after?

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A classic collection of stories by Michael Rosen, Alexander McCall Smith, Ted Hughes, Michael Morpurgo and others, specially chosen for young readers of around eight by children’s book expert, Julia Eccleshare. Mary Poppins takes Jane and Michael on a topsyturvy day; a boy watches over a beautiful swan…

The Book Smugglers Anna James 978-0-00-841084-1 HCCB PB 432pp

£7.99 £6.39 When poisoned copies of The Wizard of Oz are sent to Horatio and Tilly’s grandfather, sending them both into deep sleeps, Milo and Tilly find themselves racing against time to save them – and to figure out what is going on. Their journey takes them to the Emerald City with Dorothy, rocketing on an unruly magical train, and eventually to Venice in Italy, in pursuit of the mysterious Alchemist. The very essence of imagination, story itself, may be in danger …

978-0-00-841088-9 HCCB PB 416pp

£7.99 £6.39 Milo Bolt is ready to be the hero of his own story. With Uncle Horatio trapped in an enchanted sleep by the power-hungry Alchemist, he sets off with his new friend Alessia to find a cure and save them all.

But the Alchemist will stop at nothing to unlock the powerful secrets of The Book of Books, and Tilly, Pages & Co. and the whole world of imagination are under threat as a battle for the fate of bookwandering is set in motion …

The Last Bookwanderer Anna James, Marco Guadalupi 978-0-00-841092-6 HCCB PB 416pp

£7.99 £6.39 When Tilly, Oskar, Milo and Alessia venture into King Arthur’s realm in search of the wizard Merlin, they discover that the magic of bookwandering is not at all what they thought. To save Pages & Co. and the very foundations of bookwandering, Tilly and her friends will have to learn the true power of imagination in a thrilling final adventure, but an unexpected enemy stands in their way …

Jennifer Killick 978-0-7555-0371-1 Farshore PB 336pp

£7.99 £6.39 When classmates (but not mate-mates) Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira are forced to come to school on a SATURDAY, they think things can’t get much worse. But they’re wrong. What has dragged their teacher underground? Why do the creepy caretakers keeping humming the tune to Itsy Bitsy Spider? And what horrors lurk in the shadows, getting stronger and meaner every minute …?

DREAD WOOD

DREAD WOOD

Flock Horror

Deadly Deep

Jennifer Killick

Jennifer Killick

978-0-00-853854-5

978-0-00-853857-6

Farshore PB 368pp

Farshore PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Angelo and his friends know that together they can handle pretty much anything – including giant mutant spiders or snakelike parasites that burrow into your brain.

But when a terrifying new enemy attacks from above it seems they have met their ultimate match …

It’s summer term and time for a school trip with a difference! Year 8 are on a boat off the coast of France, learning about ocean life. But things are about to get WEIRD …

Terror Tower

DREAD WOOD

DREAD WOOD

Jennifer Killick

Fright Bite

Fear Ground

978-0-00-865706-2 Farshore PB 352pp

Jennifer Killick

Jennifer Killick

978-0-00-865703-1

978-0-7555-0462-6 Farshore PB 368pp

Farshore PB 336pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39 Flinch is a game of fear. The more you scare your friends, the more points on the app you get. At first it’s fun, but soon fun is replaced by fear. And Angelo and his friends notice that everyone is behaving more and more strangely every day – almost as if something is taking over their brains…

DREAD WOOD

It’s Colette’s birthday and the friends are spending an evening at Neon Perch – an epic entertainment spot where they can eat pizza, play mini golf and – best of all – take part in Project Z – an epic new escape room experience. It’s going to be the best night ever! Or is it … ?

£7.99 £6.39 Dread Wood High is suffering from an infestation of caterpillars. But these are no ordinary caterpillars. These creepy creatures grow into giant, mutant, killer moths with a taste for BLOOD!

The 1,000-Year-Old Boy Time Travelling with a Hamster

Into the Sideways World

Ross Welford

Ross Welford

978-0-00-815631-2 HCCB PB 400pp

978-0-00-833384-3 HCCB PB 416pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

“My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty-nine and again four years later when he was twelve.”

On Al Chaudhury’s twelfth birthday his beloved Grandpa Byron gives him a letter from Al’s late father. In it Al receives a mission: travel back to 1984 in a secret time machine and save his father’s life.

What Not To Do If You Turn Invisible Ross Welford 978-0-00-815635-0 HCCB PB 416pp

£7.99 £6.39 Turning invisible at will: it’s one way of curing your acne. But far more drastic than 13 year-old Ethel Leatherhead intended when she tried a combination of untested medicines and a sunbed.

It’s fun at first, being invisible. And aided by her friend Boydy, she manages to keep her extraordinary ability secret. Or does she…?

When twelve-year-olds Willa and Manny hear of a mysterious animal prowling their town, they are determined to prove it is real. Following the creature into a cave one full moon, they are swept into an alternate, ideal, world – one where pollution and conflict have been conquered decades ago and even their own families seem happier. But when they return, no one believes them.

The Dog Who Saved the World Ross Welford 978-0-00-825697-5 HCCB PB 384pp

£7.99 £6.39 When eleven-year-old Georgie befriends an eccentric retired scientist, she becomes the test subject for a thrilling new experiment: a virtual-reality 3D version of the future. But then a deadly disease threatens the life of every dog in the country and Georgie’s beloved dog, Mr Mash, gets sick. And that’s only the start of her troubles.

Ross Welford 978-0-00-825694-4 HCCB PB 400pp

£7.99 £6.39 Alfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy – except he’s 1,000 years old and can remember the last Viking invasion of England. Obviously no one believes him. So when everything Alfie knows and loves is destroyed in a fire, and the modern world comes crashing in, Alfie embarks on a mission to find friendship, acceptance, and a different way to live …

The Kid Who Came From Space Ross Welford

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Adventure for age 9+

Dread Wood

978-0-00-833378-2 HCCB PB 368pp

£7.99 £6.39 A small village in the wilds of Northumberland is rocked by the disappearance of twelve-year-old Tammy. Only her twin brother, Ethan, knows she is safe – and the extraordinary truth of where she is. It is a secret he must keep, or risk never seeing her again. But that doesn’t mean he’s going to give up.

When We Got Lost in Dreamland Ross Welford 978-0-00-833381-2 HCCB PB 416pp

£6.99 £5.59 When eleven-year-old Malky and his younger brother Seb become the owners of a “Dreaminator”, they are thrust into worlds beyond their wildest imagination. But… impossible dreams come with incredible risks, and when Seb won’t wake up and is taken to hospital in a coma, Malky is forced to leave reality behind and undertake a final, terrifying journey to the stone-age to wake his brother…

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KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Mystery

Dotty Detective Dot, her best friend Beans and her dog McClusky all love sniffing out a good mystery and together they will solve the case and save the day …

Dotty Detective

The Lost Puppy Mystery

Clara Vulliamy

Clara Vulliamy

978-0-00-813249-1 HCCB PB 176pp

978-0-00-824837-6 HCCB PB 176pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

Meet Dorothy Constance Mae Louise, or Dot as she prefers to be called! Dot loves super-sour apple sherberts, running fast and puzzles – especially if they’re fiendishly tricky. And with the help of trusty sidekick, Beans and TOP DOG, McClusky, she is always ready to sniff out a mystery. So when meangirl Laura seems set on sabotaging the school talent show, Dot is determined to find out how, and save the day…

It’s the last week of school term and the children are looking forward to the School summer fair.

Dotty and best pal Beans will be looking after pet’s corner, starring McClusky and his two canine pals: Geoffrey and the little sausage dog puppy, Chipolata. But just days before the fair disaster strikes – Chipolata has gone missing. Dotty and Beans get on the case.

Can they solve the mystery of the missing puppy?

The Paw Print Puzzle

The Birthday Surprise

Clara Vulliamy

Clara Vulliamy

978-0-00-813245-3 HCCB PB 176pp

978-0-00-824841-3 HCCB PB 176pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

When Dot starts hearing strange noises at night she’s convinced there must be something SPOOKY afoot. But before they can prove there’s a ghost on the loose, Dot and Beans have to follow Ace Detective Fred Fantastic’s golden rule: GET PROOF. Easier said than done when the suspect appears to be invisible! It’s time to FOLLOW THAT HUNCH!

Dotty is sporty, funny, creative, clever and FEARLESS: She is great with codes and puzzles and most of all – if there’s a mystery to solve – she’s your girl. This time round her trusty sidekick, Beans and TOP DOG, McClusky are keeping secrets from Dotty – will she like their surprise?

The Midnight Mystery Clara Vulliamy 978-0-00-813242-2 HCCB PB 176pp

£6.99 £5.59 Dot and Beans can’t wait for their school trip to Adventure Camp where they will do lots of exciting activities like zip-wiring, grass tobogganing and roasting marshmallows round a campfire! But once they arrive, strange things start happening. Could mean girl Laura could be up to her old tricks in a bid to win the Adventure Camp Prize…?

For 8 years +

The Very Merry Murder Club

THE VERY MERRY MURDER CLUB

Edited by Robin Stevens & Serena Patel

The Super Sunny Murder Club

978-0-7555-0370-4 Farshore PB 432pp

£7.99 £6.39 A collection of wintery crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in children’s books today!

Sleuthing through the snow, on a merry mysterious day, in disguise we go, investigating all the way …

This gorgeous wintery collection brings together thirteen bestselling, award-winning and exciting debut authors.

Join them as part of the Very Merry Murder Club as they lead you on a snow-covered wintery journey of festive foul play and murderously magnificent mysteries!

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Edited by Robin Stevens & Serena Patel 978-0-00-865176-3 Farshore PB 432pp

£8.99 £7.19 This gorgeous summery collection brings back together bestselling and award-winning authors!

Grab your sunnies and your magnifying glass, and join the Murder Club for more sensational short stories as they lead you on a journey of foul play and murderously magnificent mysteries!

Including sun-thieves, fantastical creatures of the deep, airport mayhem, weddings gone wrong, tropical resort travesties, and a very sticky situation at a berry picking farm.

The Lost Twin Sophie Cleverly 978-0-00-758918-0 HCCB PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 When troublesome Scarlet mysteriously disappears from Rookwood School, terrifying Miss Fox invites her quiet twin sister Ivy to ‘take her place’.

Ivy reluctantly agrees in the hopes of finding out what happened to her missing sister. For only at Rookwood will Ivy be able to unlock the secrets of Scarlet’s disappearance, through a scattered trail of diary pages carefully hidden all over the school.

Can Ivy solve the mystery before Miss Fox suspects? Or before an even greater danger presents itself?

The first in a mesmerising series – perfect for fans of Holly Webb and Harry Potter and mysteries that demand to be solved!

SCARLET AND IVY

The Whispers in the Walls Sophie Cleverly 978-0-00-758920-3 HCCB PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 The twins have been reunited, but are definitely not out of danger… Evil Miss Fox may have fled the scene, but headmaster Mr Bartholomew is back, imposing a reign of terror with his threats of epic punishments should any of the pupils step out of line.

When possessions and food start going missing, and the finger of suspicion is pointed firmly at troublemaking Scarlet, she knows she must uncover the truth to clear her name. The twins’ investigations through the school in the dead of night reveal a secret hidden deep within the walls, a terrible crime committed many years past, and a very real threat to their present…

SCARLET AND IVY

The Dance in the Dark Sophie Cleverly 978-0-00-758922-7 HCCB PB 352pp

SCARLET AND IVY

The Lights Under the Lake Sophie Cleverly 978-0-00-821833-1 HCCB PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39 Scarlet and Ivy’s school trip takes a turn for the worse as another mystery begins to unfold… It’s summer and as a special treat after the horrors of last term Mrs Knight announces a school trip to Shady Pines Hotel on the shores of Lake Seren. Scarlet and Ivy are thrilled to get away from Rookwood for a break! But the old hotel and the waters of the lake reservoir are covering up dark secrets…

SCARLET AND IVY

The Curse in the Candlelight Sophie Cleverly 978-0-00-821831-7 HCCB PB 384pp

£7.99 £6.39 It’s a brand-new term for Scarlet and Ivy, and the girls are intrigued by a fascinating new girl, Ebony. She’s as enchanting as she is mysterious, and she’s began to gather quite the following – in fact, most of the younger girls appear to be under her spell. But rumours swirl like ghosts around Ebony, and not all of them are nice.

And when a prank on All Hallow’s Eve goes horribly wrong, it’s Ebony who gets the blame. Ivy and Scarlet aren’t so sure. There might be more to Ebony than meets the eye, but surely she’s not dangerous?

But if it’s not Ebony, then who or what is to blame?

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Mystery

SCARLET AND IVY

SCARLET AND IVY

The Last Secret Sophie Cleverly 978-0-00-821823-2 HCCB PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

With their evil headmaster, Mr Bartholomew, safely out of the picture and kindly Mrs Knight in charge, it looks like life at Rookwood School is looking up. There’s a ballet recital Scarlet is desperate to star in, and more clues to uncover about the twins’ mother. But after their beloved ballet teacher Miss Finch suddenly disappears and strange Madame Zelda takes her place, freakish things start happening. Poison-pen letters are circulating the school, and ‘accidents’ are plaguing the students. It seems that the girls are in danger once more… Is someone out for the ultimate revenge?

When Scarlet and Ivy return to school after the holidays, they quickly realise that the school is in danger. The twins will need to confront enemies from their past and present if they are to have any chance of it surviving. Could the last secret at Rookwood be the one that brings it down? Or will Scarlet and Ivy be able to untangle the trails of clues and red herrings in time to save it?

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Age7+ 7+ Fiction/Mystery Fiction/Humour KS2 Age

THE LIZZIE AND BELLE MYSTERIES

THE LIZZIE AND BELLE MYSTERIES

Drama and Danger

Portraits and Poison

J.T. Williams

J.T. Williams, Simone Douglas

978-0-00-848525-2 Farshore PB 368pp

978-0-00-848528-3 Farshore PB 486pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

WINNER OF THE WEEK JUNIOR CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR: BREAKTHROUGH AWARD.

WINNER OF THE LITTLE REBELS AWARDS FOR RADICAL CHILDREN’S FICTION 2024.

WINNER OF THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR.

Agents of history. Partners in Mystery. Sisters in solving crime.

Twelve-year-olds Lizzie Sancho and Dido Belle are from different worlds – Lizzie lives in Westminster in her dad’s tea shop, while Belle is an heiress being brought up by her aunt and uncle at grand Kenwood House – but they both share a love of solving mysteries.

And when their eyes meet in the audience of the Drury Lane theatre one night, both girls are sure they’ve seen something suspicious on stage.

For 9 years + THE SINCLAIR’S MYSTERIES

The Clockwork Sparrow Katherine Woodfine 978-1-4052-7617-7 Farshore PB 336pp

£7.99 £6.39 Enter a world of bonbons, hats, perfumes and MYSTERIES around every corner. WONDER at the daring theft of the priceless CLOCKWORK SPARROW! TREMBLE as the most DASTARDLY criminals in London enact their wicked plans! GASP as our bold heroines, Miss Sophie Taylor and Miss Lilian Rose, CRACK CODES, DEVOUR ICED BUNS and vow to bring the villains to justice…

THE SINCLAIR’S MYSTERIES

The Jewelled Moth Katherine Woodfine 978-1-4052-7618-4 Farshore PB 352pp

£7.99 £6.39 THE HONOUR OF YOUR COMPANY IS REQUESTED AT LORD BEAUCASTLE’S FANCY DRESS BALL. Wonder at the puzzling disappearance of the Jewelled Moth! Marvel as our heroines, Sophie and Lil, don cunning disguises, mingle in high society and munch many cucumber sandwiches to solve this curious case!

THE SINCLAIR’S MYSTERIES

THE SINCLAIR’S MYSTERIES

The Midnight Peacock

The Painted Dragon

Katherine Woodfine

Katherine Woodfine

978-1-4052-8290-1 Farshore PB 352pp

978-1-4052-8289-5 Farshore PB 352pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59 When a priceless painting is stolen, our dauntless heroines Sophie and Lil find themselves faced with forgery, trickery and deceit on all sides!

Be amazed as the brave duo pit their wits against this perilous puzzle! Marvel at their cunning plan to unmask the villain and prove themselves detectives to be reckoned with – no matter what dangers lie ahead … It’s their most perilous adventure yet!

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It’s the summer of 1777, the night of the grand unveiling of the Sancho-Mansfields family portrait – and a celebration of friendship, family, and freedom! But all too soon things take a dark turn – the painting has been stolen! Now it is time for Lizzie and Belle to put their sleuthing skills to the ultimate test, following a trail of thefts, kidnappings and even poisonings that haunts the twisting London streets.

A thrilling mystery set in eighteenth-century London, with all the fun and zest of Hamilton and inspired by real Black British historical figures.

The festive season has come to Sinclair’s and Sophie and Lil are spending the holidays at snowy Winter Hall. But it turns out that this is no ordinary house party … As sinister secrets come to light, our intrepid heroines find themselves faced with a more baffling mystery than ever before!

Peril in Paris Katherine Woodfine, Karl James Mountford 978-1-4052-8704-3 Farshore PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 ALL ABOARD THE TRAIN TO PARIS! It’s 1911, and the young detectives of TAYLOR & ROSE are turning their talents to ESPIONAGE. On a case for the mysterious SECRET SERVICE BUREAU, the daring MISS SOPHIE TAYLOR and MISS LILIAN ROSE must leave London for the boulevards and grand hotels of Paris. But DANGER lurks beneath the bright lights of the city – and INTRIGUE and MURDER lie in store. As aeroplanes soar in the skies overhead, our heroines will need to put all their spy skills to the test to face the PERIL that awaits them …

TAYLOR AND ROSE SECRET AGENTS

Spies in St. Petersburg Katherine Woodfine 978-1-4052-8705-0 Farshore PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 With Sophie still missing in action after their explosive mission in Paris, Lil decides to take matters into her own hands. On a new mission for the Secret Service Bureau, can Lil find Sophie in misty, mysterious St Petersburg? Can they uncover the identity of their true enemy and can they trust anyone – even the Bureau? It’s time for Sophie and Lil to put their spy skills to the test.

TAYLOR AND ROSE SECRET AGENTS

Villains in Venice Katherine Woodfine, Karl James Mountford 978-1-4052-9326-6 Farshore PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 After the dramatic events of their mission to St Petersburg, Sophie and Lil know the truth – there’s a double-agent at work at the Secret Service Bureau. Whilst Lil pursues a dangerous line of enquiry in London, Sophie must set out on a new mission to Venice, following a twisted trail to discover longburied secrets. But there are villains lurking amongst the city’s piazzas, canals and crumbling palaces, and in the shadows an old enemy lies in wait…

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Mystery for age 9+

TAYLOR AND ROSE SECRET AGENTS

TAYLOR AND ROSE SECRET AGENTS

Nightfall in New York Katherine Woodfine, Karl James Mountford 978-1-4052-9327-3 Farshore PB 368pp

£7.99 £6.39 The fourth and final adventure in the brilliant Taylor & Rose series. Top secret agents, Sophie Taylor and Lil Rose have set sail to New York City on an elegant ocean liner, ready to face their enemies and settle old scores. These two brave friends will need all of their detective skills, courage and derring-do as they race against time to rescue a beloved friend …

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KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Mystery for age 9+

Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. So break out of boredom with multi-million-copy bestselling author Lauren Child, and meet your new favourite heroine… Ruby Redfort: detective, secret agent, thirteen-year-old kid.

Want to know more? Of course you do, bozo.

RUBY REDFORT

RUBY REDFORT

Look Into My Eyes

Feel the Fear

Lauren Child

Lauren Child

978-0-00-733407-0 HCCB PB 400pp

978-0-00-733413-1 HCCB PB 528pp

£8.99 £7.19

£8.99 £7.19

Here’s the low-down on Ruby Redfort: she’s a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and a gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. She and her slick sidekick butler, Hitch, foil crimes and get into loads of scrapes with evil villains, but they’re always ice-cool in a crisis.

In this first book, we go right back to Ruby’s beginnings as an agent. When an anonymous caller sets Ruby a challenge, it’s not long before she finds her way into the HQ of the most secret of secret agencies – SPECTRUM. They need her help to crack a code, but her desk job soon spirals into an all-out action adventure, as Ruby uncovers the dastardly plans of the formidable Fool’s Gold Gang…

Ruby Redfort: supercool secret agent, code-cracker and thirteen-year-old genius! This time Ruby must pit her wits against a seemingly invisible foe. How do you set your sights on catching a light-fingered villain if you can’t even see him…?

Ruby Redfort RUBY REDFORT

Pick Your Poison Lauren Child 978-0-00-733427-8 HCCB PB 528pp

£6.99 £5.59 RUBY REDFORT

Take Your Last Breath Lauren Child 978-0-00-733409-4 HCCB PB 432pp

£8.99 £7.19 Everyone’s favourite kid detective is back for a second mind-blowing instalment, and this time it’s an adventure on the wide open ocean, and Ruby is all at sea…

Can she crack the case of the Twinford pirates while evading the clutches of a vile sea monster as well as the evil Count von Viscount?

Well, you wouldn’t want to bet against her…

You can count on Ruby when you’re between a rock and a hard place. There’s a lot to lose sleep over in Twinford: there’s the snakes and the bivalves, but they aren’t half as poisonous as the rumours. With so many twists and turns it’s hard to know who to trust, particularly when no one trusts you. Will Ruby make it out in one piece? Well, happy endings are for fairy tales, bozo.

RUBY REDFORT

Blink and You Die Lauren Child 978-0-00-733429-2 HCCB PB 560pp

£7.99 £6.39 RUBY REDFORT

Catch Your Death Lauren Child 978-0-00-733411-7 HCCB PB 528pp

£8.99 £7.19 Tigers are roaming the streets of Twinford, and it looks like someone has deliberately released some very rare and very dangerous animals. Things are going to get wild – and Ruby is going to get badly lost in the wilderness. The question is: will she ever make it out alive?

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All good things come to an end… Ruby Redfort is running scared, a whole bunch of people want her dead and worst of all one of them is on her team. But just who is this agent of doom? You can run, Ruby, but you can’t hide…

The One and Only Bob

Katherine Applegate

Katherine Applegate

978-0-00-745533-1 HCCB PB 256pp

978-0-00-839066-2 HCCB PB 352pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Ivan is an easy-going gorilla who has spent his life performing for the crowds at the Exit 8 shopping mall. He rarely misses life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly thinks about it at all. But everything changes when a baby elephant called Ruby arrives and Ivan realises he must find a new life for them both.

Return to the unforgettable world of The One and Only Ivan in this incredible sequel, starring Ivan’s friend Bob!

Pax, Journey Home

For 9 years +

Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen 978-0-00-815828-6 HCCB PB 288pp

Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen 978-0-00-837172-2 HCCB PB 256pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39 The moving story of the extraordinary friendship between a boy and his fox and their epic journey to be reunited. Pax was only a kit when his family was killed and he was rescued by ‘his boy’, Peter. Now the country is at war and when his father enlists, Peter has no choice but to move in with his grandfather. Far worse than leaving home is the fact that he has to leave Pax behind. But before Peter spends even one night under his grandfather’s roof he sneaks out into the night, determined to find his beloved friend. This is the story of Peter, Pax, and their journeys back to each other as war rampages throughout the country.

Here in the Real World

For 9 years +

For 9 years +

Sara Pennypacker 978-0-00-837169-2 HCCB PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 Ware can’t wait to spend summer ‘off in his own world’ and generally being left alone. But then his parents sign him up for dreaded Rec camp, where he must endure Meaningful Social Interaction and whatever activities so-called ‘normal’ kids do. On his first day Ware meets Jolene, a tough, secretive girl planting a garden in the rubble of an abandoned church next to the camp. Soon Ware starts skipping Rec, creating a castle-like space of his own in the church lot. Jolene scoffs, calling him a dreamer – he doesn’t live in the ‘real world’ like she does.

As different as Ware and Jolene are, though, they have one thing in common: for them, the lot is a refuge. And when their sanctuary is threatened, Ware vows to save the lot. But what does a hero look like in real life? And what can two misfit kids do?

It’s been a year since Peter and his pet fox, Pax, have seen each other. Once inseparable, they now lead very different lives. Pax must protect his litter of kits in a dangerous world.

Meanwhile Peter, orphaned after the war, has left his adopted home and joined the Water Warriors, a group determined to heal the land from the scars of the war.

When one of Pax’s kits falls desperately ill, he turns to the one human he knows he can trust. And no matter how hard Peter tries to harden his broken heart, love keeps finding a way in. Now both boy and fox find themselves on journeys toward home, healing – and each other.

Finding Gobi The true story of one little dog’s big journey

Dion Leonard 978-0-00-824452-1 HCCB PB 240pp

£7.99 £6.39 Finding Gobi is the ultimate story of hope and friendship – proving once again, that dogs really are ‘man’s best friend.’ In 2016, Dion Leonard, an ultramarathon runner, stumbled across a little stray dog while competing in a gruelling 155 mile race across the Gobi Desert. The pup earned the name ‘Gobi’, as she went step for step with Dion, keeping pace with him for nearly 80 miles.

What Gobi lacked in size, she made up for in heart. Dion had always focused on winning, but as he witnessed the incredible determination of this small animal, he felt something inside him change. This is a story of a life changing friendship between one man and a little stray dog called Gobi.

Michael Morpurgo picture copyright: Richard Cannon

Pax

Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.

KS2 Age 7+ Contemporary Fiction

The One and Only Ivan

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KS2 Age 7+ Contemporary Fiction

Michael Morpurgo has written over one hundred books and won many awards. In 1976 Michael and his wife Clare started the charity Farms for City Children, which aims to relieve the poverty of experience of young children from inner city and urban areas. In 1999 they were awarded the MBE for their work in creating these farms and in 2006 Michael received an OBE. His novel War Horse has been adapted into a hugely successful and critically acclaimed West End play. Michael is a tireless champion for children’s books and was formerly the Children’s Laureate.

Mr Skip Michael Morpurgo 978-0-00-747678-7 HCCB PB 112pp

£6.99 £5.59 Believing in magic makes dreams come true…

Jackie dreams of having a horse of her own, one that’ll be the fastest on the estate, the fastest in all Ireland and the fastest in the world. Mum dreams of a little cottage in the country for her and Jackie to live in.

What they get is a garden gnome that Jackie finds in a rubbish skip; one she lovingly repairs and paints; a gnome she calls Mr Skip.

And Jackie soon discovers that with Mr Skip, anything is possible.

The Fox and the Ghost King Michael Morpurgo 978-0-00-863863-4 HCCB PB 144pp

£7.99 £6.39 “Every fox in the whole town, in the whole country just about, is a football fan… And we all have an impossible dream.” In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a family of foxes. They love to watch football – all foxes do. But their favourite team keeps losing and losing, and it seems like things will never look up.

That is, until Daddy Fox finds the ghost of a king, buried underneath a car park. A king who wishes only to be free. “Release me,” says the Ghost King, “and I can do anything. Just tell me your greatest wish.” For these football-loving foxes, might everything be about to change…?

The Dancing Bear Michael Morpurgo 978-0-00-863864-1 HCCB PB 64pp

£6.99 £5.59 High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned bear cub is adopted by lonely orphan Roxanne.

The two soon become best friends: inseparable and beloved by the whole village – until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who are looking for a dancing bear …

For 8 years +

Born To Run Michael Morpurgo 978-0-00-863859-7 HCCB PB 256pp

£7.99 £6.39 When Patrick saves a greyhound puppy from drowning in the canal, he gives his beloved new pet the only name that feels right: Best Mate. But despite Patrick’s promise to look after Best Mate forever, it isn’t long before the greyhound is thrust into a new life and threatened with a fate he will have to fight to escape.

In the face of constant danger, Best Mate finds a way to survive. The real challenge will be finding a home …

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Boy Underwater

Adam Baron

Adam Baron

978-0-00-842237-0 HCCB PB 320pp

978-0-00-826701-8 HCCB PB 256pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Cymbeline Igloo is BORED. Bored of home learning, bored of lockdown, bored of not being able to DO anything. And to make things even worse, his mum accidentally gave away his favourite football shirt. But then Mrs Stebbings, the beloved school cook, is taken into hospital, and suddenly coronavirus seems much closer to home. When Cym starts a project all about Mrs Stebbings’ childhood in World War II, he can’t know that it’s the beginning of something incredible and even dangerous.

Exploring the place where her street once stood, he finds a tent, a strange girl wearing HIS SHIRT, and a mystery that will change absolutely everything. Because the past is more present than Cymbeline can possibly know …

Cymbeline Igloo (yes, really!) has NEVER been swimming Not ever. Not once. But how hard can it be? He’s Googled front crawl and he’s found his dad’s old pair of trunks. He’s totally ready. What he’s not ready for is the accident at the pool – or how it leads his mum to a sudden breakdown. Now, with the help of friends old and new, Cymbeline must solve the mystery of why his mum never took him near water – and it will turn his whole life upside down…

This Wonderful Thing

Adam Baron

Adam Baron 978-0-00-826708-7 HCCB PB 400pp

£7.99 £6.39 Jessica is playing with her family at the river when she finds a dirty, bedraggled teddy bear in the water. She has no idea that it will change everything, forever. Meanwhile, Cymbeline comes home from school to find that his mum’s house has been broken into – and the thieves seemed oddly focused on his toys. Thank goodness he had Not Mr Fluffy, his Bear of Most Extreme Importance, with him. Soon, Jessica and Cymbeline find themselves swept up in a mystery that spans decades, threatens their families, and turns their lives upside down. But sometimes, just maybe, a new life can be a really wonderful thing…

You Won’t Believe This 978-0-00-826704-9 HCCB PB 400pp

£7.99 £6.39 Here’s something you won’t believe: someone is doing TERRIBLE things to Mrs Martin, Cymbeline Igloo’s favourite teacher of all time. Cymbeline has to find the culprit (after he’s learned what ‘culprit’ means).

He’s also got to help his friend Veronique, whose grandma is dangerously ill. It seems Nanai has a secret, connected to her arrival in the UK as a Boat Person from Vietnam, a traumatic journey in which she lost her twin sister. Can Cymbeline figure out the mystery in time? One thing is for sure: even the most unexpected people can change your life in wonderful ways …

Escape From Camp Boring

Running Wild

Tom Mitchell

Michael Morpurgo

978-0-00-840350-8 HCCB PB 288pp

978-0-00-863858-0 HCCB PB 352pp

£6.99 £5.59 After Will is caught listening to music on his phone in class again, his mum has had enough. Will is sent to a ‘rewilding’ camp in the middle of the woods for kids addicted to tech… Disaster. Not only is the camp a screen-free snooze-fest, Will realises he has accidentally taken something of his brother’s that he must return urgently. And with no way of contacting him, Will and his three new friends plot to escape the camp in the middle of the night, and embark on a ridiculous journey through the woods...

£7.99 £6.39 After his father is killed in Iraq, a surprise trip to Indonesia seems the perfect escape for Will and his mum. That is, until the elephant he is riding along the beach, Oona, spooks. As Will sees a huge wave crashing in, Oona runs into the jungle with Will holding on for dear life. With nothing but the clothes on his back and both parents surely lost, Will wonders if there is much left for him in the world. But with Oona beside him, the jungle might turn out not to be so lonely …

When Things Went Wild Tom Mitchell 978-0-00-840353-9 HCCB PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 When Kit’s family move to a crumbling house in the Scottish Highlands, he’s got a lot to deal with – terrible Wi-Fi, a new school in the middle of nowhere, and, as always, his annoying little brother, Jack. But it’s not until the brothers find a strange object on the moors that Kit’s problems really begin. A policewoman comes knocking, and the boys learn that they have found a tracker that has been removed from the leg of a golden eagle. The illegal killing of these majestic birds is all too common, and now a pair of nesting eagles are under threat. Kit and Jack start to investigate...can the city kids cope with the country – and catch the culprit?

KS2 Age 7+ Contemporary Fiction for age 9+

Some Sunny Day

Cool!

Michael Morpurgo 978-0-00-863868-9 HCCB PB 112pp

£6.99 £5.59 Robbie lies in a coma, after a terrible car accident involving his dog, Lucky. He can hear the world around him, but he can’t move or speak. Everyone comes to visit Robbie, even a famous Chelsea footballer, but nothing is working. Until one day, against the rules, Dad brings Lucky to the hospital. Can Lucky help to bring Robbie back?

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KS2 Age 7+ Contemporary Fiction for age 9+

The Last Bear

The Lost Whale

Hannah Gold, Levi Pinfold

Hannah Gold, Levi Pinfold

978-0-00-841131-2 HCCB PB 320pp

978-0-00-841296-8 HCCB PB 336pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39 Rio has been sent to live with a grandmother he barely knows in California, while his mum is in hospital. All Rio wants is for Mum to get better so he can return home. But everything changes when he joins a whale-watching trip and meets White Beak, a gentle giant of the sea. Rio forms an instant bond with the whale, and for the first time in ages he feels a spark of hope. Then White Beak goes missing and Rio may be the only person who can help. Can Rio draw on their special connection to somehow find and save his whale … ?

There are no polar bears left on Bear Island.

At least, that’s what April’s father tells her when his scientific research takes them to this remote Arctic outpost for six months. But one endless summer night, April meets one. He is starving, lonely and a long way from home. Determined to save him, April begins the most important journey of her life… This moving story will win the hearts of children the world over and show them that no one is too young or insignificant to make a difference. The Last Bear is a celebration of the love between a child and an animal, a battle cry for our world and an irresistible adventure with a heart as big as a bear’s.

Finding Bear

Rescuing Rosie

Hannah Gold, Levi Pinfold

Jean Ure

978-0-00-858204-3 HCCB PB 368pp

978-0-00-839851-4 HCCB PB 224pp

£7.99 £6.39 April Wood has returned home from her adventure on Bear Island. But, over a year later, she can’t stop thinking about Bear. When April hears that a polar bear has been shot and injured in Svalbard, she’s convinced it’s her friend and persuades her dad to travel with her to the northernmost reaches of the Arctic. So begins an unforgettable journey across frozen tundra and icy glaciers.

The Forever Whale

A Dog Called Homeless

Sarah Lean

Sarah Lean

978-0-00-751222-5 HCCB PB 272pp

978-0-00-745503-4 HCCB PB 288pp

£6.99 £5.59

£7.99 £6.39

A shared story can last forever. Hannah’s grandad loves telling stories from his past, but there’s one that he can’t remember… one that Hannah knows is important.

When a whale appears off the coast, clues to Grandad’s secret begin to surface. Hannah is determined to solve the mystery but, as she gets closer to the truth, Grandad’s story is more extraordinary than she imagined

My name is Cally Louise Fisher and I haven’t spoken for thirty-one days. Talking doesn’t always make things happen, however much you want them to. Cally Fisher saw her mum bright and real and alive. But no one believes her, so Cally’s stopped talking. A mysterious wolfhound always seems to be there when her mum appears and now he’s started following her everywhere. But how can Cally convince anyone that Mum is still with them, or persuade Dad that the huge silver-grey dog is their last link with her?

Hero Sarah Lean 978-0-00-751224-9 HCCB PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39 Leo dreams about being a hero. In his imagination he is a fearsome gladiator, but he wants to be a hero in real life. When the boys at school dare Leo to do something he knows is wrong, he lets everybody down. How can he make things right again? A little dog called Jack Pepper is missing and it will take a true hero to find him and bring him home…

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£6.99 £5.59 Eleven-year-old best friends, Hannah and Katy LOVE animals. Every weekend, they learn to ride at Mrs Foster’s Riding School, where they meet a loveable horse named Rosie. Rosie isn’t able to ride like the other horses, and when Mrs Foster cannot afford to keep her, she is sent to another Riding School. But Farley Downs is no ordinary Riding School, and the owner mistreats Rosie, forcing her to gallop when she isn’t able. Hannah and Katy want desperately to save the horse, but to do that, they will need to raise more money than either of them have ever had. Follow the girls on their journey as they rescue their four-legged friend, Rosie.

A Horse for Angel Sarah Lean 978-0-00-745505-8 HCCB PB 288pp

£6.99 £5.59 Special friendships can be found in the most unlikely places…

Sometimes when things are broken you can’t fix them on your own – no matter how hard you try.

When Nell is sent to stay with distant family, she packs a suitcase full of secrets. A chance encounter with a wild horse draws Nell to Angel – a mysterious, troubled girl who is hiding secrets of her own. Both girls must learn to trust each other, if they are to save a hundred horses…

Susanna Bailey

Susanna Bailey

978-1-4052-9998-5

978-1-4052-9496-6 Farshore PB 272pp

Farshore PB 204pp

£6.99 £5.59

£7.99 £6.39 Jonah is Rio’s big brother. It’s his job. It always has been. Especially when Mam does one of her disappearing acts, like now. Her name’s Marina, which means ‘from the sea’. and just like the sea: she changes with the wind. She comes, she goes.

The sea was there the last time Jonah and Rio saw her. the Whitby Sea. and it wasn’t in a good mood. No-one has seen Mam since that day and the social workers say … she’s not coming back this time.

Raven Winter

Luke hates his life. His dad is busy with a shiny replacement family and his mum has insisted they spend their holiday on a remote Scottish island.

Then Luke meets Meg, who lives with her grandfather in a boarded-up boat house on the beach. And when together they rescue an otter pup that they name Willow, a chink of light appears in Luke’s dark and lonely days.

But danger lurks behind the beauty of Puffin Bay – and soon Luke must depend upon Willow for his very survival …

Susanna Bailey

Snow Foal

978-1-4052-9996-1 Farshore PB 256pp

Susanna Bailey 978-1-4052-9493-5 Farshore PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39 Ever since Billie’s kind and nature-loving dad went to prison, her life has lost its shine. And now, Mum’s new boyfriend has moved in and home is full of sharp-glass silences. Billie’s never felt more alone.

Until one day she discovers an injured young raven and in nursing him back to life, Billie finds friendship, hope and a letter that might bring her one step closer to reuniting with Dad.

£7.99 £6.39 When eleven-year-old Addie goes to stay with a foster family on a remote Exmoor farm in the midst of a very cold winter, she is full of hurt, anger and a deep mistrust of everyone around her. Until one day, when she rescues a tiny wild foal from the moorland snow and Addie discovers that perhaps she’s not so alone after all.

For 10 years +

For 10 years +

Crenshaw

Cross My Heart and Never Lie

Katherine Applegate

Nora Dåsnes

978-0-00-795118-5 HCCB PB 256pp

Farshore PB 256pp

£7.99 £6.39 Life is tough for ten-year-old Jackson. The landlord is often at the door, there’s not much food in the fridge and he’s worried that any day now the family will have to move out of their home. Again. Crenshaw is a cat. He’s large, he’s outspoken and he’s imaginary.

He’s come back into Jackson’s life to help him but is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything?

978-0-00-865375-0

£10.99 £8.79 Tuva is starting seventh grade, and her checklist of goals includes: writing a diary, getting a cool look, building the best fort in the woods with her BFFs, and sharing EVERYTHING with her best friends. But when she starts school, nothing is how she hoped it would be.

Seventh grade has split her friends into rival factions: Team Linnea and the girls who fall in love and Team Bao and the girls who are still playing. Linnea has a boyfriend, Bao hates everything related to feelings. Worst of all, Tuva is expected to choose a side!

Then Mariam shows up and suddenly things begin to make a little more sense. But with all her friends fighting, this is one part of growing up that Tuva isn’t quite sure how to share …

KS2 Age 7+ Contemporary Fiction for age 9+

Otters’ Moon

Smugglers’ Fox

A heartwarming full colour graphic novel about friendship and first crushes.

Save Our Forest!

For 10 years +

Nora Dåsnes 978-0-00-865378-1 Farshore PB 240pp

£10.99 £8.79 A story about being big enough to understand what needs to be done, but too young to be taken seriously.

When Bao finds out that the adults have decided to turn her beloved forest – the Bog – into a car park, she realises that she’s the one who must act! With her best friends Tuva and Linnéa by her side, Bao organises a protest. Do Abdi and the other boys at school really understand why it’s so important to save the forest? and how do you make the adults understand the seriousness of the situation when you’re 12 years old?

The Butterfly Lion Michael Morpurgo, Christian Birmingham 978-0-00-863855-9 HCCB PB 128pp

£7.99 £6.39 When Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld, the pair are inseparable – until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one anoher again, but it is the butterfly lion which ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten.

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Age7+ 7+ Historical Fiction/Humour KS2 Age Fiction

In the Mouth Of the Wolf

We Are Wolves

Michael Morpurgo, Barroux

Katrina Nannestad

978-0-00-864089-7 Farshore PB 160pp

978-0-7555-0363-6 Farshore PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 Francis and Pieter are brothers. As the shadow of one war lingers, and the rumbles of another approach, the brothers argue. Francis is a fierce pacifist, while Pieter signs up to fight.

What happens next will change the course of Francis’s life forever … and throw him into the mouth of the wolf.

Little Manfred Michael Morpurgo 978-0-00-863876-4 HCCB PB 176pp

£7.99 £6.39 In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German prisoner of war for the children of the British family with which he stayed after the fighting ended. This is the story of how it got there…

Berlie Doherty

Michael Morpurgo

978-0-00-872645-4 HCCB PB 192pp

978-0-00-863865-8 HCCB PB 240pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39 Dresden, 1945. Elizabeth and Karli’s mother works at the zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene.

Then the zoo director tells her that the dangerous animals – including the elephants – must be shot before the town is bombed. Unable to give Marlene up, their mother moves her into the back garden to save her… and then the bombs start to fall.

Kaspar: Prince of Cats Michael Morpurgo, Michael Foreman 978-0-00-863866-5 HCCB PB 208pp

£7.99 £6.39 Kaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in. Johnny was a bell-boy, you see, and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky’s things to her room.

For 8 years +

Far from Home: The Sisters of Street Child Berlie Doherty

Michael Morpurgo

978-0-00-757882-5 HCCB PB 320pp

978-0-00-863854-2 HCCB PB 208pp

£6.99 £5.59

£7.99 £6.39 As young Thomas Peaceful looks back over his childhood from the battlefields of the First World War, his memories are full of family life deep in the countryside. But the clock is ticking, and every moment Tommo spends remembering how things used to be, means another moment closer to something that will change his life for ever.

The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

The unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children’s homes. When his mother dies, Jim Jarvis is left all alone in London.

He is sent to the workhouse but quickly escapes, choosing a hard life on the streets of the city over the confines of the workhouse walls. Struggling to survive, Jim finally finds some friends… only to be snatched away and made to work for the remorselessly cruel Grimy Nick, constantly guarded by his vicious dog, Snipe. Will Jim ever manage to be free?

STREET CHILD

But Johnny didn’t expect to end up with Kaspar on his hands forever, and nor did he count on making friends with Lizziebeth, a spirited American heiress.

For 8 years +

Michael Morpurgo, Michael Foreman 978-0-00-863862-7 HCCB PB 192pp

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When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the Second World War, the Wolf family must flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia find themselves lost and alone, in a blizzard, in the middle of a war zone. Liesl has promised Mama that she will keep her brother and sister safe. But sometimes, to survive, you have to do bad things. Dangerous things. Wild things. Sometimes to survive, you must become a wolf. A story of hope, survival and the refugee experience that is both timeless and incredibly timely, and set to become a modern classic.

Street Child

An Elephant in the Garden

Private Peaceful

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39 It’s 1943. Lily lives in a seaside village and her life is scarcely touched by the war. Until one day when the villagers are all told to move out of their homes. Soon, the whole area is out of bounds, as the allied forces prepare to invade France. But Tips, Lily’s cat, has other ideas – and returns to the forbidden area.

Lily decides to enter the danger zone to look for Tips herself …

The sisters of STREET CHILD tell their story…

A companion novel to bestselling story of orphan Jim Jarvis set in Victorian England. When Jim Jarvis is separated from his sisters, Lizzie and Emily, he thinks he will never see them again.

Now for the first time, the bestselling author of STREET CHILD reveals what happened to his orphaned sisters. In Victorian London, Lizzie and Emily are left in the care of a cook but their story takes them to the mills of northern England.

There, under the keen eyes of the mill owners, the girls are made to work in harsh conditions and any chance of escape is sorely tempting…

An incredible new STREET CHILD story based on the true experiences of Victorian mill girls.

Flamingo Boy

Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

978-0-00-863857-3 HCCB PB 272pp

978-0-00-863874-0 HCCB PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 Billy Byron was one of the most decorated privates of the First World War, recognised for his unrivalled bravery. But what if it were possible to save one too many lives? As a soldier, Billy spared the life of a man after a battle in 1918. But when he later recognises him as Hitler, Billy is haunted by his own kindness and attempts to change the course of history.

But going against his nature might prove harder than Billy expected, even when it means stopping evil in its tracks…

£7.99 £6.39 There are lots of things Lorenzo doesn’t understand, but he does understand animals – especially the flamingos in the salt flats of his Camargue home, which the Second World War has barely touched. But then the soldiers come, and Lorenzo’s world is threatened.

Amongst the Germans, though, is a kind sergeant, and he and Lorenzo may be able to mend what is broken …

Listen To The Moon Shadow Michael Morpurgo 978-0-00-863856-6 HCCB PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 This is the story of Aman, as told in his own words – a boy from Afghanistan fleeing the horror of the Afghan war.

When a western dog shows up outside the caves where Aman lives with his mother, Aman is initially repulsed – it is not customary for people to keep dogs as pets in his part of the world. But when Aman and his mother finally decide to make a bid for freedom, the dog Aman has called Shadow will not leave their side. Soon it becomes clear: the destinies of boy and dog are linked, and always will be…

Michael Morpurgo 978-0-00-863867-2 HCCB PB 448pp

£7.99 £6.39 When Alfie Wheatcroft and his father find an injured girl alone on one of Scilly’s uninhabited islands, they have no idea where she’s come from or who she is.

Able to speak only one word, ‘Lucy’, the girl is a mystery to everyone – even herself. While the Wheatcrofts love her as one of their own, their fellow islanders are filled with wartime suspicion. As hostility mounts and hope dwindles, the key to Lucy’s lost memories may lie just beyond the shoreline …

War Horse Michael Morpurgo 978-0-00-864071-2

A Medal For Leroy Michael Morpurgo 978-0-00-863871-9 HCCB PB 224pp

£7.99 £6.39 Inspired by the true story of Walter Tull, the first black officer in the British army. A novel about families, identity and loss by bestselling award-winning author of WAR HORSE. Michael doesn’t remember his father, an RAF pilot lost in the war. And his French mother, heartbroken and passionate, doesn’t like to talk about her husband. But then Auntie Snowdrop gives Michael a medal, followed by a photograph, which begin to reveal a hidden history. A story of love and loss. A story that will change everything – and reveal to Michael who he really is.

Farshore PB 192pp

£7.99 £6.39 In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches.

Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times. One horse has the seen the best and the worst of humanity. the power of war and the beauty of peace. This is his story.

KS2 Age 7+ Historical Fiction for age 9+

An Eagle In The Snow

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Age7+ 7+ Fiction/Fantasy Fiction/Humour KS2 Age

Marnie Midnight and the Great Critter Contest

Marnie Midnight and the Moon Mystery

Laura Ellen Anderson

Laura Ellen Anderson

978-0-00-859136-6

978-0-00-859133-5

Farshore PB 256pp

Farshore PB 256pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39 Meet Marnie Midnight – a little moth with BIG dreams!

Marnie Midnight is SO excited to be starting at Minibeast Academy.

She adores everything about the moon and she can’t wait to learn about its magic. But Marnie soon discovers that nobody believes in moon magic anymore!

Marnie is determined to get to the bottom of this moon mystery. the little moth and her minibeast friends explore far and wide in their search for the truth. But will they survive a run-in with a rebellious rat or an out-of-this-world trip with the terrifying Early Bird … ? One thing is for sure, Marnie is a little bug having a BIG Adventure!

Marnie is having so much fun at Minibeast Academy, and this term it’s time for something really exciting – the Great Critter Contest!

The contest sees minibug students set off to explore the school in teams, searching for clues. the winners get an incredible prize and Marnie and her team – best friends Floyd the bee (who is really an A) and Star the super-strong princess ant – are determined to be first to cross the finish line. But when Veronica gets into trouble and needs rescuing, Marnie and her team have to decide whether winning really is the most important thing …

Meet Amelia Fang! Everyone’s favourite little vampire.

Amelia Fang & The Barbaric Ball Laura Ellen Anderson 978-1-4052-8672-5 Farshore PB 224pp

£7.99 £6.39 Welcome to the world of Nocturnia, where darkness reigns supreme, glitter is terrifying, and unicorns are the stuff of nightmares! Amelia Fang would much rather hang out with her pet pumpkin Squashy and her friends Florence the yeti (DON’T CALL HER BEAST!) and Grimaldi the reaper than dance at her parents’ annual Barbaric Ball.

Amelia Fang & the Naughty Caticorns Laura Ellen Anderson 978-1-4052-9703-5 Farshore PB 224pp

£6.99 £5.59 Amelia Fang’s mum has a baby vampire on the way! But with the Fang household completely focussed on the new arrival, no one is paying Amelia any attention.

Until she is asked to look after three very mischievous caticorns who make it their business to get Amelia in a world of trouble.

Amelia Fang & the Trouble with Toads

Amelia Fang & the Memory Thief

Laura Ellen Anderson

Laura Ellen Anderson

978-1-4052-9769-1 Farshore PB 240pp

£6.99 £5.59 When Amelia Fang’s baby brother, Vincent, accidentally enters a mysterious land – the place where all squished toads go – Amelia has to embark on a daring adventure to rescue him.

Amelia Fang & the Lost Yeti Treasures Laura Ellen Anderson 978-1-4052-9392-1 Farshore PB 240pp

£7.99 £6.39 When Amelia and her friends are invited to Florence’s grandmother 350th birthday party, they are very excited! But not long after arriving, the precious glittery treasures of the ancient yetis start to go missing. And when Tangine goes missing too he becomes the prime suspect!

Amelia Fang & the Half-moon Holiday Laura Ellen Anderson 978-1-4052-9209-2 Farshore PB 240pp

£6.99 £5.59

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It’s the half-moon holiday in gloomy Nocturnia which means no school for Amelia and her friends! Instead they are going to spend it with their Rainbow Rangers troop, (led by unicorns Ricky and Graham) earning badges on Sugarplum Island.

978-1-4052-8707-4 Farshore PB 224pp

£7.99 £6.39 Amelia and her friends are taking part in a competition to visit Pumpkin Paradise Park – the most bloodcurdingly brilliant theme park ever! All they have to do is sell as many cookies as possible. But the creatures of Nocturnia have begun to act very strangely …

Amelia Fang & the Unicorn Lords Laura Ellen Anderson 978-1-4052-8706-7 Farshore PB 240pp

£7.99 £6.39 Amelia Fang is the biggest hearted vampiress you’ll ever meet. In this adventure, she and her friends Florence the yeti (DON’T CALL HER BEAST), Grimaldi the Death and Prince Tangine (reformed spoiled sprout), along with her pet pumpkin Squashy, must brave the journey to the terrifying Kingdom of the Light to try to find Tangine’s missing mother, Queen Fairyweather.

Laura Ellen Anderson 978-1-4052-9872-8 Farshore PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39 Ten-year-old Ray Grey lives in the magical Weatherlands, high in the sky.

Ray is surrounded by Weatherlings with astounding weather power at their fingertips … but she doesn’t have ANY magic! Then, after a trip to Earth, Ray’s life changes forever.

RAINBOW GREY:

RAINBOW GREY:

Eye of the Storm

Battle for the Skies

Laura Ellen Anderson

Laura Ellen Anderson

978-1-4052-9870-4 Farshore PB 304pp

978-1-4052-9885-8 Farshore PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Ray is getting used to life as Rainbow Grey – she now has ALL the magical weather powers at her fingertips, although she hasn’t quite mastered them yet! When all of the cloud creatures start disappearing – including Ray’s own beloved cloud cat, Nim – Ray and her friends have a mystery to solve.

Rainbow Grey may be only ten years old but the future of the whole world depends on her! It’s up to Ray to defeat Tornadia Twist – the greatest villain that ever lived … Ray has to figure out what her ultimate magical gift is and use this power to stop Tornadia before she destroys the Weatherlands and Earth.

For 8 years +

Starminster Megan Hopkins 978-0-00-862689-1 HCCB PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 Astrid has lived in the rhubarb shed her whole life. The outside world is dangerous, Mama explains; she will understand when she’s older, but she cannot set foot beyond the door. Then one night, a stranger unlocks the shed: a stranger with wings. She has come to take Astrid to a secret city in the sky called London Overhead, far above the highest peak of the Shard. Astrid is swept into a breathtaking and magical world of new friendships, sweeping adventures and unimaginable discoveries at the ancient, beautiful school for Librae students: Starminster. But when rumours abound of missing children in London Underfoot, she begins to realise that Mama may have been right about the dangers waiting for Astrid all along …

Earwig and the Witch Diana Wynne Jones 978-0-00-741686-8 HCCB PB 144pp

£7.99 £6.39 Everyone knows that orphanages are horrible places. But Earwig has a surprising amount of power over everyone else at St Morwald’s Home for Children, and loves it there. So the last thing she wants is to be sent to live with the very strange Bella Yaga…

Earwig was left at St Morwald’s as a baby. Unlike the other children, she loves it there, mostly because she has the run of the place and seems to be able to persuade people to do as she wants.

Then one day Earwig is chosen to live with a very strange couple: Bella Yaga, her new ‘mother’, is actually a horrible witch. Earwig will need all her ingenuity (and some help from a talking cat) to survive…

A CLOCK OF STARS:

The Shadow Moth Francesca Gibbons, Chris Riddell 978-0-00-835505-0 HCCB PB 496pp

£8.99 £7.19 Imogen should be nice to her little sister Marie. She should be nice to her mum’s boyfriend too. And she certainly shouldn’t follow a strange silver moth through a door in a tree. But then … who does what they’re told? Followed by Marie, Imogen finds herself falling into a magical kingdom where the two sisters are swept up in a thrilling race against time – helped by the spoiled prince of the kingdom, a dancing bear, a very grumpy hunter … and even the stars above them.

A CLOCK OF STARS:

Beyond the Mountains Francesca Gibbons, Chris Riddell 978-0-00-835512-8 HCCB PB 496pp

£7.99 £6.39

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Fantasy for age 8+

Rainbow Grey

Imogen and Marie return through the door in the tree to a whole new Yaroslav. Miro is king, but hates it.

Anneshka is no longer Queen… and hates it. When Anneshka hears a prophecy that she will rule the Greatest Kingdom, she seizes Marie, believing her to be key to fulfilling it, and heads over the mountains. Imogen and Miro chase after them, in hot pursuit.

But what they find in the lands beyond will change everything again, and see them facing dangers they could never have imagined, both human and otherwise.

A CLOCK OF STARS

The Greatest Kingdom Francesca Gibbons, Chris Riddell 978-0-00-835517-3 HCCB PB 512pp

£7.99 £6.39 When Anneshka’s hunt for the greatest kingdom brings her into our world, Imogen and Marie know it’s bad news.

But Anneshka isn’t their only problem. Mum’s boyfriend, Mark, is sick and getting sicker, thanks to the monsters he accidentally carried home. Can the girls escape Anneshka and find a cure for Mark before it’s too late? Their quest will take them through the door in the tree and further than ever before, into the magical lands of Nedobyt beyond. But there is more to this kingdom than meets the eye. Miro, Imogen and Marie must learn its secrets if they’re to save their families – and stop Anneshka once and for all…

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KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Fantasy for age 8+

The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien 978-0-00-745842-4 HCCB PB 368pp

£8.99 £7.19 The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure. A timeless classic. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services – as a burglar – on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon.

Bilbo’s life is never to be the same again. Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic tale, ‘The Hobbit’. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals of fiction.

Race To Imagination Island Mel Taylor-Bessent, Alessandro D’Urso 978-0-00-864247-1 Farshore PB 256pp

£7.99 £6.39 Observers! Dreamers! Inventors! Explorers! the time has come to crown four new Protectors of Imagination Island. Do YOU have what it takes to win the Race?

The time has come for four children to be named the new Protectors of Imagination Island. Children all over the world scour the globe in search of lightstreams (portals) to the magical island where anything they imagine comes to life. To become a Protector, they must compete in teams and complete a series of challenges to prove they have what it takes.

Dreamy 10-year-old Luca is afraid of everything, not least the lightstream he stumbles into by accident.

Imagination Island is everything that he’s terrified of. But there’s no way out. So he hits on a plan. Work out how to come LAST, and get sent home. That’s what he really wants. Isn’t it?

The Race is ON!

Interdimensional Explorers Lorraine Gregory, Jo Lindley 978-0-00-850823-4 Farshore PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 Nothing exciting ever happens on twelve-year-old Danny’s estate. That is until he falls through a locker in his grandad’s workshop and finds himself in an Interdimensional Lost Property Office! and – even weirder – his new boss is a giant purple squid on a segway!

Now Danny, best mate Modge and annoying cousin Inaaya find themselves in charge of returning alien items to all corners of the universe. But someone – or something – is determined to stop them. and there’s NOTHING these evil aliens won’t stop at to achieve complete multi-dimensional domination … even trapping Danny and his friends on a planet a million light years away from Earth.

If the fate of the entire multiverse was in your hands, what would YOU do?

INTERDIMENSIONAL EXPLORERS

Alien Apocalypse Lorraine Gregory, Illustrated by Jo Lindley 978-0-00-850826-5 Farshore PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39 Join Danny, Modge and Inaaya in a rocket-fuelled rampage across the universe and space shenanigans as they race to save the universe from the evil Flurm Worm …

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Twelve and the Frozen Forest Aisling Fowler, Sophie Medvedeva 978-0-00-839418-9 HCCB PB 448pp

£7.99 £6.39 Set in the snowy northern forests of a prehistoric world, Fireborn is the middle-grade debut of the decade.

By turns exciting, funny and heart wrenchingly sad, it marks the introduction of an unstoppable new voice in children’s storytelling. A FIERCE HEROINE RISES Twelve has spoken the Pledge and now she is a Huntling.

She has given up her name to train in the art of fighting monsters, and she won’t choose a new one until she has earned it. But when her friend is taken, Twelve sets off on a dangerous journey to rescue her. Teaming up with Dog, the stone Guardian of the Hunting Lodge, Twelve ends up on an epic adventure that will change her life, her name – and her entire world.

FIREBORN

Phoenix and the Frost Palace Aisling Fowler, Sophie Medvedeva 978-0-00-839422-6 HCCB PB 448pp

£7.99 £6.39 friends learn that the witch-palace of Icegaard is in grave danger, they must battle frightening new monsters and find a way to defeat the evil force. But as Phoenix tries to control her fiery powers, the faceless Croke begins to haunt her dreams and she will have to fight with everything she’s got to save Icegaard and all of Ember.

FIREBORN

Starling and the Cavern of Light Aisling Fowler, Sophie Medvedeva 978-0-00-839426-4 HCCB PB 448pp

£7.99 £6.39 Following the shocking battle at Icegaard, Phoenix and her friends gather with the Hunters, desperate to unite the warring clans before their enemy, the Master, attacks Ember. The friends must brave the unknown, facing new and deadly creatures in search of a way to save their world. As an epic final showdown draws near, Phoenix struggles to protect her friends, determined not to lose anyone else she loves.

Once We Were Witches

ONCE WE WERE WITCHES

Sarah Driver, Fabi Santiago

Twice We Make Magic

978-1-4052-9554-3 Farshore PB 384pp

978-1-4052-9556-7 Farshore PB 352pp

£6.99 £5.59 I am Spel. Daughter of witches. The only one who can step between worlds. The only one who can save my sister. If I can find her before the witch hunt begins …

Thirteen years ago, magic was banished and the witches were hunted. Sisters Spel and Egg are the daughters of witches, but they grow up in Miss Mouldheel’s School for Wicked Girls with no idea who they really are. Until the day the message arrives telling them to run … The message sends them to a funeral parlour in a far away village – and their new guardian, the Undertaker, has a secret. Beneath the funeral parlour is a portal to the Other Ways – four worlds that lie parallel to ours. When Egg vanishes through the portal, Spel knows she must try to save her sister. But no one can step between the worlds – or can they?

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Fantasy for age 8+

FIREBORN:

Sarah Driver, Fabi Santiago £7.99 £6.39 Sisters Spel and Egg grew up in Mistress Mouldheels’ School for Wicked Girls believing they were the daughters of criminals, until they discovered the truth: They are witches. And after always being in the shadow of her big sister, Spel discovered that she was a Shadowborn Witch – the only one who can step between portals to other worlds.

Now in a coven with their schoolmates and part of the alliance against the Hunt, the sisters try to master their new powers.

But the Hunt is rising, the witches are in danger and when a new portal opens the whole world is under threat …

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For 9 years +

The Land of Roar Jenny McLachlan, Ben Mantle 978-1-4052-9367-9 Farshore PB 304pp

£7.99 £6.39

THE LAND OF ROAR

Return to Roar

The Battle for Roar

Jenny McLachlan, Ben Mantle

Jenny McLachlan, Ben Mantle

978-1-4052-9502-4 Farshore PB 320pp

978-1-4052-9814-8 Farshore PB 336pp

Believing is just the beginning …

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

When Arthur and Rose were little, they were heroes in the Land of Roar, an imaginary world that they found by climbing through the folding bed in their grandad’s attic. Roar was filled with things they loved – dragons, mermaids, ninja wizards and adventure – as well as things that scared them (including a very creepy scarecrow…)

Twins Arthur and Rose can’t wait to go back to Roar, but when they return there’s no time for exploring, because a message arrives from their scarecrow enemy, Crowky.

Rose and Arthur are back in Roar, on a voyage that takes them further than they’ve ever been before: beyond The End.

Now the twins are eleven, Roar is just a memory. But when they help Grandad clean out the attic, Arthur is horrified as Grandad is pulled into the folding bed and vanishes. Is he playing a joke? Or is Roar … real?

WHAT’S IN THE BOX? Soon they find themselves on another thrilling adventure, accompanied by old friends and new faces and seeing parts of Roar they’d almost forgotten. But will they get to the box before Crowky does?

It’s an amazing adventure – full of secrets, surprises and fairies with fangs – but then a mysterious storm changes everything.

Shipwrecked on a strange island, they make a shocking discovery … Could this be the end of Roar?

And if it opens, what will they see?

THE VIOLET VEIL MYSTERIES

THE VIOLET VEIL MYSTERIES (2)

THE VIOLET VEIL MYSTERIES (3)

A Case of Grave Danger

A Case of Misfortune

A Case of High Stakes

Sophie Cleverly, Hannah Peck

Sophie Cleverly

Sophie Cleverly

978-0-00-829735-0 HCCB PB 336pp

978-0-00-830801-8 HCCB PB 352pp

978-0-00-830804-9 HCCB PB 320pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Violet Veil wants nothing more than to prove her worth and become her father’s apprentice at Veil & Sons Undertakers. And one rainsoaked night she gets her chance when she meets a boy, Oliver, who is wandering around the graveyard. Only, the last time Violet saw Oliver, he was indoors and very much dead, waiting to be buried. Violet has just found her first case, and it doesn’t get bigger than this: can she, with the help of her dog, Bones, help Oliver solve his own ‘murder’?

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THE LAND OF ROAR

£7.99 £6.39 Violet Veil is ready for her next big case and When a large diamond goes missing from with trouble afoot at the Grecian Theatre, Silvershell Manor, who better to get to the Violet and her dog Bones are hot on the trail. bottom of the mystery than detective Violet But just who is the mysterious fortune-teller, Veil and her dog Bones. But nothing is quite Lady Athena, whose predictions keep coming as it seems when it comes to the missing true? Is it all just a case of smoke and mirrors? heirloom and when a trail of origami birds Or is there something more sinister going leads them to the mysterious Crane, a young on…? casino owner and debt collector, Violet realises that it’s all just turned into a game of high stakes …

A Pocketful of Stars

Pam Smy

Aisha Bushby

978-1-84365-479-7 Farshore HB 248pp

978-1-4052-9319-8 Farshore PB 256pp

£14.99 £11.99

£7.99 £6.39

The Hideaway tells the story of a boy, Billy McKenna, who runs away from a difficult situation at home and takes refuge in an overgrown graveyard. While hiding there he meets an elderly man who is tending the graves in preparation for a day in November when something magical is set to happen. The book is written in two alternating narratives, both different aspects of the same story. One thread tells of Billy’s experience of hiding away in the graveyard, his mixed-up feelings and emotions, and the supernatural events he eventually witnesses. The other tells of his mother’s situation at home and the police search for Billy. Covering themes of family, childhood, separation and reunion, domestic violence and doing the right thing, this is an important and beautiful book for readers of 10 years and over.

This place is magic … but it’s not the sort of magic that comes from wands and spells …

MOONCHILD:

Voyage of the Lost and Found Aisha Bushby, Rachael Dean 978-1-4052-9321-1 Farshore PB 288pp

£6.99 £5.59

Can piecing together the past help you change the present? Safiya and her mum have never seen eye to eye. Her mum doesn’t understand Safiya’s love of gaming and Safiya doesn’t think they have anything in common. As Safiya struggles to fit in at school she wonders if her mum wishes she was more like her confident best friend Elle. But then her mum falls into a coma and, when Safiya waits by her bedside, she finds herself in a strange and magical world that looks a bit like one of her games. And there’s a rebellious teenage girl, with a secret, who looks suspiciously familiar …

A Flash of Fireflies Aisha Bushby 978-0-7555-0064-2 Farshore PB 240pp

£7.99 £6.39 Hazel’s new life in England should have been the stuff of fairy tales; after all her Great Aunt’s cottage looked just like a gingerbread house, with a magical garden and whispering fireflies promising quests and adventures. But as Hazel struggles to deal with the challenges of the everyday world – making friends, missing her family – she also learns that every fairy tale has a dark side. And there are terrifying creatures that lurk in the shadows …

The Sahar Peninsula lies just beyond the horizon, but it isn’t the easiest place to get to. No maps will take you there, nor can it be charted by gazing up at the stars, or down at a compass… Twelve year old Amira has only ever known a life at sea with her sea-witch mothers. So when their ship is wrecked in a great storm, Amira is delighted to have an opportunity to explore land – accompanied by her best friend Namur – a jinn in cat form. Amira soon finds a boy who has a jinn like her, and learns that their spirit companions are connected to the mysterious storm that gets stronger each day.

When Namur goes missing Amira discovers she has to visit a magical place; a place where lost things can be found. But will Amira also discover her own destiny, and find out what it truly means to be a Moonchild?

Do you dare to see what’s lurking inside…?

MOONCHILD:

Read, Scream, Repeat is a truly diverse anthology that taps into everything young readers are looking for!

City of the Sun Aisha Bushby, Rachael Dean 978-0-7555-0062-8 Farshore PB 240pp

£6.99 £5.59 Farah is a Moonchild with a very special kind of magic and a jinni of her own. But although she loves her magical animal companion – a lizard called Layla – Farah isn’t entirely convinced that she’s cut out for the life of adventure, which seems to bring endless danger! When it becomes clear that Farah and her fellow Moonchildren – Leo and Amira – have unlocked moon magic that could destroy the Sahar Peninsula, Farah and her friends are thrust into another accidental adventure. And it takes them to a burning desert and another mysterious city which holds deadly secrets of its own …

Read, Scream, Repeat Compiled by Jennifer Killick, Mathias Ball 978-0-00-852780-8 Farshore PB 432pp

£7.99 £6.39 A spine-tingling collection of horror stories that will chill, thrill and delight middle-great readers, keeping them on the edge of (or hiding behind) their sofas!

KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Fantasy for age 9+

The Hideaway

Read, Scream, Repeat brings together thirteen bestselling, award-winning authors: Kirsty Applebaum, Jasbinder Bilan, Aisha Bushby, Joseph Coelho, Rachel Delahaye, Kat Ellis, Phil Hickes, Polly Ho-Yen, Sharna Jackson, Jennifer Killick, Elle McNicoll, Dan Smith and J.T.Williams.

Pinch Perkins and the Midsummer Curse Cathy FitzGerald 978-0-00-860337-3 Farshore PB 384pp

£7.99 £6.39 Someone is misusing magic. Curses have been cast and terrifying creatures are on the move …

Twelve-year-old Pinch Perkins lives on Tricky Dragon Lane, deep in the heart of London’s magical quarter. But when her mum is struck by a curse, and nobody seems to have a clue what to do, Pinch knows it’s down to her to find a cure.

Racing the clock on Midsummer’s Eve, Pinch will face the terrifying boss of the Thames Mudlarks, dance with the devious fairy king and queen and share a burger with King Arthur’s knights – all the while trying to avoid the clutches of two most fearsome villains …

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KS2 Age 7+ Fiction/Fairytales & Classics

Quentin Blake’s A Christmas Carol

A Little Princess

Quentin Blake, Charles Dickens

978-0-00-851422-8 HCCB PB 320pp

978-0-00-863700-2 Farshore PB 152pp

£12.99 £10.39 The wonderful Quentin Blake turns his artistic talents to Dickens’ much-loved Christmas story. A beautiful luxury edition of Dickens’ timeless Christmas classic. A Christmas Carol is the book that defines the Christmas spirit. Ebenezer Scrooge, a meanspirited miser, is visited by three ghosts one Christmas Eve. The ghosts show Scrooge the true value of Christmas: charity, good humour and love for his fellow man.

Frances Hodgson Burnett £7.99 £6.39 Sara Crewe’s life is almost a fairy tale, and she is the fairy princess in it, happy and rich with a father who loves her dearly. But, in one horrible moment, that is all taken away. Sara is now alone at Miss Minchin’s boarding school in London, orphaned and penniless. What she’d once been called in flattery is quickly whispered in mockery: Princess Sara. However, Sara will realise there is more to a princess than gowns and jewels. Even dressed in rags and tatters, she can be a princess inside. Anyone can.

Toto: The Wizard of Oz as told by the dog Michael Morpurgo, Emma Chichester Clark 978-0-00-813462-4 HCCB PB 288pp

£7.99 £6.39 When a twister descends on their Kansas farm, Toto and his owner Dorothy hide in the house – only to be plucked into the air and whisked away! Coming down with a crash in the mysterious land of Oz, the pair meet a series of extraordinary characters: a scarecrow who believes he has no brains, a tin man without a heart, and a cowardly lion who may not be as cowardly as he thinks he is. But Toto and Dorothy are desperate to return home – after all, home is home, and home is best! So they set off with their new friends on a journey down the yellow brick road to find the only person who might be able to help them: the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Pinocchio Michael Morpurgo, Emma Chichester Clark 978-0-00-751299-7 HCCB PB 272pp

£7.99 £6.39 “Now – there’s no point in pretending here – I was, and still am deep down, a puppet.

Everyone knows Pinocchio is a puppet. I reckon I must be just about the most famous puppet the world has ever known. But the truth is I’m not just a puppet, I’m more than just bits of wood and string. I’m me. So I thought it was about time that I, Pinocchio, told you my story…”

A Fairytale for Everyone Boldizsár M Nagy, Illustrated by Lilla Bölecz, Translated by Anna Bentley 978-0-00-850820-3 Farshore HB 192pp

£14.99 £11.99 The inclusive LGBTQ+ fairytale collection that has grabbed headlines across the world!

Powerful princesses that slay giants,and beautiful princes that find true love.

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes in these tales of old and new.

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For 8 years +

Celebrating a multitude of ethnicities, genders and sexualities, this sparkling collection of 17 short stories takes new and familiar fairy tales and reimagines them in contemporary and inclusive light.

COMIC CLASSICS

Great Expectations Jack Noel 978-0-00-860033-4 Farshore PB 272pp

£7.99 £6.39 WHAT THE DICKENS? Ten-year-old Pip gets the fright of his life when he meets an escaped convict in a spooky graveyard. And that’s just the beginning of an adventure that will lead him to a house full of secrets, a strange old lady and a journey to the big city to seek his fortune. But Pip is in for a BIG surprise …

COMIC CLASSICS

Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles Jack Noel 978-0-00-860032-7 Farshore PB 272pp

£7.99 £6.39 Solve a SPOOKY MYSTERY with Holmes and Watson … but BEWARE OF THE DOG! The world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his best buddy, John Watson, face their most curious case yet, when they investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could it be linked to the ghostly hound that has haunted the family for centuries?

COMIC CLASSICS

Treasure Island Jack Noel 978-0-00-860031-0 Farshore PB 240pp

£7.99 £6.39 Get your HOOKS into the one and only original pirate adventure!

Jim Hawkins spends his life helping out at his mum’s boring old inn by the sea, wishing he could sail away and have adventures. But when an old sea captain turns up with a secret, it’s the start of a bigger adventure than Jim could ever have imagined – soon he’s on a ship on the trail of buried treasure, accompanied by a suspicious sailor named Long John Silver … Will Jim escape the pirates?

Or will he walk the plank?

Draw Brilliant Pictures

Explore the Universe

Maria Herbert-Liew

Tom Kerss

Save the Planet

978-0-00-837266-8 Collins PB 96pp

978-0-00-842097-0 Collins PB 96pp

Lucy Bell

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Get doodling, get drawing and get creative!

978-0-00-837456-3 Collins PB 96pp

£7.99 £6.39

A Word a Day: 365 words for curious minds

Spill the Beans: 100 silly sayings and peculair phrases

Illustrated by Julia Murray

Illustrated by Julia Murray

978-0-00-854584-0 Collins HB 128pp

978-0-00-868829-5 Collins HB 128pp

£12.99 £10.39

£12.99 £10.39

Discover a wonderful word every day! A year’s worth of intriguing words, including ones that reflect the changing seasons and link to the date or month on which they appear.

• What does it mean to spill the beans?

• Why does it rain cats and dogs?

• Who is the early bird and why do they catch the worm?

• suffragette on International Women’s Day • rewild on Earth Day • empathise on International Day of Friendship

Discover 100 silly sayings and peculiar phrases from the English language, with lots of playful pictures bringing them to life.

Learn what the sayings mean and explores the strange stories behind them, making this perfect for children who always want to know ‘why?’

Understand what the words mean, how to say them and where they came from and never be lost for words again…

Children’s Guide to the Night Sky Tom Kerss 978-0-00-870033-1 Collins HB 176pp

Outside In: Nature Poems Daniel Thompson, Illustrated by Julia Murray 978-0-00-866025-3 Collins HB 96pp

£9.99 £7.99

£9.99 £7.99

Explore the night sky with this fact-packed guide to astronomy.

This collection of 50 poems will spark a love of nature, bring calm and happiness and let the outside in.

From planets to meteor showers, stars to satellites, kids will learn how, where, and when to see 100 things in space using binoculars, a telescope, or just their eyes.

Written in partnership with the National Space Centre, it contains handy tips, easy-touse star charts for each season and amazing facts about our solar system along the way.

KS2 Age 7+ Non-fiction & poetry

You Can try lots of brilliant stuff with the fun YOU CAN series from Collins. These how-to books are easy to understand and explain exactly what children need to know step-by-step.

Each book is packed with easy-peasy tips, space to scribble and fun activities to do.

Beautifully illustrated, it is filled with poems for children to read alone or enjoy in groups.

With poems about recycling, the importance of nature, the seasons and wildlife as well as the joys of mud!

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KS2 Age 7+ Non-fiction

Support children’s emotional wellbeing and boost happiness with simple, practical ideas and fun activities to help them feel confident, strong and happy.

Create Your Own Happy Becky Goddard-Hill, Penny Alexander, Clare Forrest 978-0-00-830121-7 Collins PB 160pp

£9.99 £7.99 Empower children to shape their lives and the lives of others around them.

Plant a seed bomb outdoors, make a happy playlist or create a recycling monster! This illustrated activity book helps children take practical steps towards creating their own happiness and positive self-esteem, and learn about the surprising science behind emotions along the way.

Create Your Own Kindness Becky Goddard-Hill, Clare Forrest 978-0-00-843958-3 Collins PB 160pp

£9.99 £7.99 How much better would the world be if everyone was kind to each other?

Create a hug box, bake a kindness cake or go litter picking! Encourage kids to be kind to themselves, other people and the world around them with fun activities and inspiring stories about acts of kindness.

Create Your Own Calm Becky Goddard-Hill, Clare Forrest 978-0-00-836758-9 Collins PB 160pp

£9.99 £7.99 In a world that’s increasingly chaotic and uncertain, set kids on a path to becoming emotionally resilient and helps them to take practical, positive steps towards being calm and happy. Try out yoga, grow a pizza garden or go cloud watching!

A Year of Nature Craft and Play Becky Goddard-Hill, Catherine Hughes 978-0-00-846794-4 Collins PB 144pp

£12.99 £10.39 Discover the treasures and pleasures of our natural world with 52 fun activities following the seasons.

From Spring sunflower challenges to Summer mandalas, Autumn conker craft to Winter pinecone decorations, it will inspire children.

A Year of Nature Walks and Games Becky Goddard-Hill, Catherine Hughes 978-0-00-85949-6 Collins PB 144pp

£14.99 £11.99 From spring birdwatching walks to summer park games, autumn wildlife tracking to winter nature rubbings, these 52 things to see and do will inspire children to go on a nature walk and have fun outdoors!

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Quiz your family and friends with Quiz Books from National Geographic Kids, bursting with questions that will keep everyone guessing and give you hours of fun.

Big Quiz Book 2 978-0-00-861927-5 National Geographic Kids PB 304pp

£9.99 £7.99 The fun-filled quiz book that kids and the whole family will enjoy Quiz your family and friends with this ultimate Big Quiz Book 2 from National Geographic Kids, bursting with even more questions that will keep everyone guessing and give you hours of fun.

Animals Quiz Book 978-0-00-840934-0 National Geographic Kids PB 128pp

£5.99 £4.79 What is the largest fish in the world? Which animal has the strongest bite? What makes a hermit crab unusual?

This quiz book contains 300 questions on everything from sharks and whales to gorillas, koalas, parrots, bees and lots more!

KS2 Age 7+ Non-fiction

Quiz Books

Our World Quiz Book 978-0-00-840935-7 National Geographic Kids PB 128pp

£5.99 £4.79 What are the names of the seven continents? How much of the planet’s surface is covered by seawater? Where is the tallest building in the world?

This quiz book contains 300 questions on everything from volcanoes and earthquakes to capital cities, world wonders, food, sport and lots more!

Space Quiz Book 978-0-00-840936-4 National Geographic Kids PB 128pp

£5.99 £4.79 How many moons does Mercury have? How long is a day on Venus? What gives Mars its reddish colour?

This quiz book contains 300 questions on everything from planets and moons to comets, stars, black holes and lots more!

Big Quiz Book 978-0-00-840896-1 National Geographic Kids PB 304pp

£9.99 £7.99 Which mammal is the largest animal on Earth? What is the biggest moon in the solar system?

How many spines does a European hedgehog have? The Big Quiz Book contains 1001 questions on everything from animals and nature to science, space, sports and lots more!

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KS2 Age 7+ Non-fiction

Packed with facts and tantalising anecdotes from experts and bursting with colour photographs, learn all about animals, history, space and weather in this fresh take on the subjects that kids love.

Each book in the National Geographic Kids Everything series has more than 100 pictures, an explorer’s corner with from-the-field anecdotes and tips, fun facts throughout, maps and infographics, an illustrated diagram, a photo gallery, cool comparisons, a behind-the-scenes photograph, an interactive glossary, and more.

Everything Football 978-0-00-8541552 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

Everything Anglo-Saxons 978-0-00-844475-4 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

Everything Dogs 978-0-00-8541569 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

Everything World War II 978-0-00-844476-1 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

Everything Sustainable Energy

Everything Space

978-0-00-8541576 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

978-0-00-826777-3 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Everything Human Body

Everything Dinosaurs

978-0-00-8541583 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

978-0-00-826779-7 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Everything Romans in Britain 978-0-00-844473-0 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

Everything Ancient Egypt 978-0-00-826780-3 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Everything Stone Age to Iron Age 978-0-00-844474-7 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

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Everything Volcanoes and Earthquakes 978-0-00-826781-0 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

Everything Weather

978-0-00-826782-7 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

978-0-00-826776-6 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

Everything Rocks and Minerals

Everything Insects

978-0-00-826783-4 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

978-0-00-826778-0 National Geographic Kids PB 64pp

£7.99 £6.39

£7.99 £6.39

These fun, photo-filled and fact-packed guides will make kids get outside and discover the world around them. Durable and portable, each book is just right for pocket or backpack.

KS2 Age 7+ Non-fiction

Everything Big Cats

British Insects 978-0-00-837455-6 National Geographic Kids PB 128pp

£6.99 £5.59 From dragonflies and damselflies to crickets and grasshoppers, kids will learn all about different insects, invasive species, arthropods, bites, stings and metamorphoses in this brilliant book of bugs.

Night Sky 978-0-00-832153-6 National Geographic Kids PB 128pp

£6.99 £5.59 From Mars to meteor showers, the Big Dipper to satellites, kids will learn how, where, and when to spot space phenomena in the night sky at any time of the year in this field guide.

Rocks and Minerals 978-0-00-832154-3 National Geographic Kids PB 128pp

£6.99 £5.59 Created for the ultimate explorer, this book gives kids the knowledge and skills they need to identify just about anything they dig up!

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KS2 Age 7+ Non-fiction

Wilder Planet 978-0-00-866450-3 National Geographic Kids HB 128pp

£12.99 £10.39 Be inspired by rewilding and conservation projects from around the world.

Learn about the different species of animals and plants that have been brought back to the areas they used to live in the wild.

• Beavers that are being reintroduced into different parts of Great Britain after an absence of about 400 years!

• Bison brought back to Romania’s Carpathian Mountains

The World’s Most Amazing Places 978-0-00-848013-4 National Geographic Kids HB 224pp

£20.00 £14.00 Go on a journey of discovery to 100 of the world’s most amazing places with this must-have, fun-filled book.

Featuring colourful hot springs, giant trees and explosive volcanoes, kids will be astounded by the incredible facts to wow family and friends with.

Animals Riddle Book 978-0-00-848015-8 National Geographic Kids PB 104pp

£5.99 £4.79

• Jaguars returning to South America wetlands

I’m the world’s fastest land animal. I can’t climb trees. What am I?

A Fact for Every Day of the Year

My eyes are bright, my chest is red, you might see me perched on your garden shed! What am I?

HB 978-0-00-853298-7 128pp National Geographic Kids

£12.99 £10.39 With 365 fascinating facts on everything from animals and nature to science, space, the world and more.

Top Tens

My fur is black and white. I spray my enemies with a very smelly liquid.

What am I? Packed with rhyming riddles, laugh out loud jokes, tricky teasers and tons of colourful photos they are sure to keep animal fans of all ages entertained!

978-0-00-853300-7 National Geographic Kids HB 256pp

£9.99 £7.79 Get ready for a whole bunch of fascinating facts and staggering stats!

Bursting with 150 fun and fact-filled lists about animals, space, the world, history and lots more.

Would you rather?

Animals

Would you rather?

World

978-0-00-850335-2 PB 104pp National Geographic Kids

978-0-00-855439-2 National Geographic Kids PB 104pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

Silly scenarios and questions for guaranteed fun Have fun with these interactive game books, bursting with 200 sidesplittingly funny scenarios, silly choices and thought-provoking questions. Would you rather have fur or scales? A mighty roar or a deadly snap? Would you rather travel by gondola or toboggan? Do the salsa or the Highland fling? Jam-packed with brain-busting animal facts and tons of colourful photos which are sure to get conversations going and bring out some hilarious answers!

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National Geographic Face to Face Readers is a high-interest series of books for confident, independent readers that have been adapted to a Key Stage 2 audience by education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively first-person text and fascinating facts about the natural world.

Level 5 readers are ideal for kids who are confident in reading independently and ready for the challenge of varied sentence lengths, some technical vocabulary and increasing inference, while Level 6 readers are perfect for kids who are ready to challenge themselves with a wide variety of sentence structures and writing styles, a range of new technical vocabulary and the need for more complex inference.

Butterflies

Wild Horses

Wolves

Whales

978-0-00-835803-7 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

978-0-00-835813-6 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

978-0-00-835819-8 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

978-0-00-835808-2 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Journey into the mysterious, wild world of wolves. They may look like ordinary dogs, but these solitary hunters are no family pet.

£7.00 £5.60 Grab your diving gear and journey deep under the sea with experienced nature photographers Flip and Linda Nicklin to learn all about these magnificent underwater giants.

£7.00 £5.60 Join experienced nature photographer Darlyne Murawski on a journey of transformation and discovery to learn all about these delicate, beautiful creatures.

Frogs 978-0-00-835815-0 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Hop in and join experienced nature photographer Mark Moffett as he takes you on a journey into the wild world of our amphibian friends.

Lions 978-0-00-835806-8 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Journey to the plains of Africa and join experienced nature photographers Dereck and Beverly Joubert to learn all about the fearsome and magnificent lion.

Polar Bears 978-0-00-835810-5 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Wrap up warm and travel to the wintery world of the Arctic with experienced nature photographers to learn all about the world’s biggest land-based carnivore, the polar bear.

£7.00 £5.60 Gallop off to join nature photographers as they take you on a journey inside the enchanting world of the wild horse. From forests, to mountains, to deserts, to grasslands, these untamed beauties adapt, survive and thrive.

Caterpillars 978-0-00-835812-9 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Discover the wild world of the caterpillar, from your own backyard to the jungles of South America.

Gorillas 978-0-00-835804-4 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Journey deep into the jungle with experienced nature photographers to learn about one of humankind’s closest cousins.

Manatees 978-0-00-835805-1 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Plunge into the watery world of Manatees with an experienced nature photographer and learn all about these gentle giants.

Dolphins 978-0-00-835802-0 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Dive deep into the world of Dolphins with experienced nature photographers Flip and Linda Nicklin and learn about these friendly and fascinating mammals.

Elephants 978-0-00-835818-1 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Take a trip to the African bush with experienced nature photographers and get up close and personal with the largest land animals on Earth.

Grizzlies

Leopards

978-0-00-835814-3 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

978-0-00-835816-7 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Join nature photographer Joel Sartore as he journeys into the world of the fearsome and fierce Grizzly Bear.

£7.00 £5.60 Journey deep into the African brush with nature photographers as they take you inside the secretive world of these elusive cats.

Orangutans 978-0-00-835807-5 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Journey to the rainforests of Borneo and join experienced nature photographers to learn all about these highly intelligent, tree-dwelling primates.

KS2 Age 7+ Non-fiction

Face to Face

Penguins 978-0-00-835817-4 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Wrap up warm and get ready to visit the wild world of these waddling wonders.

Sharks 978-0-00-835811-2 National Geographic Kids PB 32pp

£7.00 £5.60 Dive down deep (in a cage!) to the underwater world of the shark and learn all about these fantastically fearsome hunters.

Are they as scary as we think?

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KS2 Age 7+ Non-fiction

A Dinosaur a Day Miranda Smith, Jenny Wren, Xuan Le, Max Rambaldi, Juan Calle and Olga Baumert

An Animal a Day

Mythical Science

Miranda Smith, Kaja Kajfež, Santiago Calle, Mateo Markov and Max Rambaldi

Rebecca Lewis-Oakes, Max Rambaldi

978-0-00-853429-5 Red Shed HB 224pp

£22.00 £17.60 978-0-7555-0179-3 Dip in each day to discover a new animal to Red Shed HB 224pp enjoy sharing with friends or family. Travel £20.00 £16.00 through the incredible ecosystems and A dinosaur for every day of the year! Dip habitats of our beautiful planet, and meet in each day to discover a new dinosaur some of the most fascinating animals that and enjoy sharing with friends or family. call them home. Dive into the oceans to Immerse yourself in this unforgettable find whales and giant squid, journey across year-long encounter with the most the icy poles with penguins and polar astonishing creatures ever to walk the bears, race across the African savanna with Earth. From ferocious Tyrannosaurus lions and wildebeest – and so much more. to gentle giant Titanosaurus. You’ll Each day’s entry is filled with fascinating find familiar and lesser-known names, facts – learn about completely new alongside newly discovered species, animals, and find out some incredible new all brought to life with stunning sides to animals you might see often in illustrations and fascinating facts. everyday life.

978-0-7555-0114-4 Red Shed HC 32pp

£12.99 £10.39 Explore the incredible myths behind the biggest questions about our planet … and the sensational science we know today.

Do you ever look all around you, at our amazing planet Earth, and wonder how it all got there?

Since the beginning of time, people have been doing just that. Across different societies and throughout history people have had different beliefs about the world, nature and space. They have told stories about gods, goddesses and monsters, magic and mystery, to answer these BIG questions.

Now we have another way to answer the same questions – sensational science! Through investigation and experiments, scientists have found awesome answers that explain how everything on Earth works, and these can be just as magical as the myths themselves!

Little Experts Welcome to LITTLE EXPERTS – inspiring the next generation of experts!

• Written by expert authors, famous for their passion and expertise • Must-read introductions to key non-fiction topics with colour illustrations throughout • Created to empower and inspire!

• Packed with fun, facts and challenges – perfect for readers aged 6 to 9

Amazing Bodies Dr Ronx, Ashton Attzs 978-0-00-852089-2 Red Shed HB 32pp

£9.99 £7.99 Inspired by the incredible human body? Take a tour with DR RONX – TV presenter on CBBC’s Operation Ouch! and an award-winning trans non-binary emergency doctor – to discover spongy brains, gooey guts and everything in between.

How Families are Made Dr Amir Khan, Donough O’Malley 978-0-00-852088-5 Red Shed HB 32

£9.99 £7.99 Families come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, but how did we all begin? This accessible introduction to how babies are made is perfect for opening up discussions with children and celebrating the diversity that makes each family special.

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How to Save A Life Dr Ronx, Ashton Attzs 978-0-00-856007-2 Red Shed HB 32pp

£9.99 £7.99 Dr Ronx will get children feeling confident and ready for nearly any situation – from nosebleeds and burns to choking and the recovery position, and so much more!

Marvellous Vehicles James May, Emans

Superhero Animals Chris Packham, Anders Frang 978-0-7555-0465-7 Red Shed HB 32pp

£9.99 £7.99 What links whales, earthworms, dogs and wasps? they are all SUPERHERO ANIMALS! Explore the amazing creatures that will help us save the world with Chris Packham CBE, one of the UK’s leading naturalists and an awardwinning conservationist. How does whale poo make the underwater world go round? Why are tiny ants so mighty? What makes bats heroes of the night? Find out all this and more!

Why Money Matters Deborah Meaden, Hao Hao

978-0-00-852087-8

978-0-00-852090-8

Red Shed HB 32pp

Red Shed HB 32pp

£9.99 £7.99

£9.99 £7.99

Hit the road with writer and broadcaster James May to discover incredible human-powered vehicles – from bicycles and submarines to amphibious vehicles and even a helicopter. Yes, really!

What links potato mashers, piggy banks and PIN numbers? MONEY! Explore the fascinating world of money and discover how it shapes the world we live in with Dragons’ Den investor and entrepreneur Deborah Meaden.

When did we first use coins? What are some of the world’s most unusual jobs? Find out all this and more – alongside accessible introductions to banks, taxes and pocketmoney budgeting.

Wow your friends! Amaze your teachers! Astonish your family! Find over 130 mind-boggling facts and sensational stats in these fun-packed and hilarious books. Whether you love animals or adventure, science or sport, inspiring people or incredible places, you’ll find ALL the weird and wonderful facts you need!

Catherine Brereton, Steve James

Catherine Brereton, Chris Dickason

Catherine Brereton, Steve James

Catherine Brereton, Chris Dickason

Clive Gifford, Chris Dickason

978-0-00-849217-5 Red Shed PB 96pp

978-0-00-849218-2 Red Shed PB 96pp

978-0-00-849219-9 Red Shed PB 96pp

978-0-00-849220-5 Red Shed PB 96pp

978-0-00-855713-3 Red Shed PB 96pp

£4.99 £3.99

£4.99 £3.99

£4.99 £3.99

£4.99 £3.99

£4.99 £3.99

Caroline Rowlands, Emiliano Migliardo

Clive Gifford, Emiliano Migliardo

Clive Gifford, Emiliano Migliardo

Caroline Rowlands, Emiliano Migliardo

Caroline Rowlands, Emiliano Migliardo

978-0-00-864829-9

978-0-00-861574-1

978-0-00-861578-9

978-0-00-864904-3

978-0-00-864910-4

Red Shed PB 96pp

Red Shed PB 96pp

Red Shed PB 96pp

Red Shed PB 96pp

Red Shed PB 96pp

£4.99 £3.99

£4.99 £3.99

£4.99 £3.99

£4.99 £3.99

£4.99 £3.99

The Lionesses

Olympics &

Rebecca Lewis-Oakes, Paralympics Chris Dickason Caroline Rowlands, 978-0-00-864183-2 Chris Dickason Red Shed PB 96pp

£4.99 £3.99

978-0-00-866066-6

Kings Charles III

KS2 Age 7+ Non-fiction

Amazing Facts Every Kid Needs to Know

Sir David Attenborough

Hannah Wilson, Chris Dickason Hannah Wilson, Chris Dickason 978-0-00-861214-6

978-0-00-861222-1

Red Shed PB 96pp

Red Shed PB 96pp

£4.99 £3.99

£4.99 £3.99

Red Shed PB 96pp

£4.99 £3.99

Caroline Rowlands, Steve James

Caroline Rowlands, Steve James

Caroline Rowlands, Steve James

978-0-00-864956-2

978-0-00-864961-6

978-0-00-864967-8

Red Shed PB 96pp

Red Shed PB 96pp

Red Shed PB 96pp

£4.99 £3.99

£4.99 £3.99

£4.99 £3.99

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KS2 Age 7+ Non-fiction for age 9+

Follow Your Dreams

Cool Engineering

Katherine Mengardon

Jenny Jacoby, Jem Venn

978-0-00-8653712 Collins HB 144pp

£12.99 £10.39

ODD SCIENCE

Incredible Creatures

Filled with fantastic facts for kids of all ages

James Olstein 978-1-84365-402-5 Farshore HB 80pp

978-1-84365-472-8 Farshore HB 112pp

£9.99 £7.99

£9.99 £7.99 Engineering is no less than the power to change the world! Inside this mega-jam-packed book find out about the lives of people who have done just this, and get stuck into all sorts of experiments to get your own brain matter moving! As well as experiments, this book has fact-tastic engineering timelines, drawing tips, and information! It also includes biographies of key engineers like Leonardo da Vinci, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Hedy Lamarr and Elon Musk.

Filled with weird and wacky facts – read about the dinosaur that used camouflage, wonder at the penguins that ‘propose’ to each other with rocks and tell your friends that the dodo was actually quite smart!

Clive Gifford, Guilherme Karsten

Cool Technology

ODD SCIENCE

Filled with fantastic facts for kids of all ages

978-1-4052-9972-5 Red Shed PB 32pp

Amazing Inventions

Jenny Jacoby, Jem Venn

James Olstein

978-1-84365-515-2 Farshore HB 112pp

978-1-84365-373-8 Farshore HB 80pp

£9.99 £7.99

£9.99 £7.99 Filled with weird and wacky facts that you’ve never heard before. Read about the trainers made of spider silk, wonder at the first record played in space and tell your friends about the robot built in 1937.

Prepare to laugh, marvel and learn. There are facts about electricity being used as glue, facts about glow-in-the-dark cats and facts about nano-robots that can ‘swim’ inside the body during biopsies!

Discover 100 inspiring and extraordinary jobs in this illustrated book for kids!

Why not become a cat behaviourist?

Or a rollercoaster engineer?

How about a coral reef gardener?

Find out what’s involved in these incredible careers and meet the real people who followed their dreams and are doing these jobs today.

Number Shocker

£7.99 £6.39 A fun and fascinating book for children who love facts about science, technology, animals, sports, the human body and the environment.

See the world like never before and surprise yourself, your family and friends with astounding facts on a wide range of hot topics and favourite subjects.

Prepare to laugh, marvel and learn.

There are facts about sharks that listen to Death Metal, the amazing amount a hummingbird needs to eat, and strange creatures such as the ‘ghost’ octopus.

The next mega-jampacked book in the Cool series features facttastic technology timelines, information and experiments! Nanotechnology, gaming, future food, virtual reality and more! As well as looking ahead to the technology of the future, this book looks at major technology advancements of the past that changed the way people lived – like writing, the story of fire, the printing press and the industrial revolution.

Would you rather?

Adventure into astonishing worlds with the Would You Rather books! Packed with fun situations and hilarious facts, these books are the perfect way to learn about fascinating worlds and people from history.

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Ancient Egyptians

Ancient Romans

Tudors

Clive Gifford, Tim Wesson

Clive Gifford, Tim Wesson

Clive Gifford, Tim Wesson

978-0-00-852178-3

978-0-00-852180-6

978-0-00-859930-0

Red Shed PB 144pp

Red Shed PB 144pp

Red Shed PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

With over 20 ‘would you rather’ questions, prepare to decide if you would rather mummify dead bodies or learn the Egyptian alphabet, be an Egyptian priest or barber, go to war on foot or in a chariot…and much more!

Prepare to decide what sort of Roman food you would rather eat, what Roman jobs you would be prepared to try your hand at, and much more!

Prepare to decide what you would choose to eat at a Tudor banquet, what job you would be best at, what you would wear and much more!

Explorers

Ancient Greeks

Clive Gifford, Tim Wesson

Clive Gifford, Tim Wesson

978-0-00-852181-3

978-0-00-859931-7

Red Shed PB 144pp

Red Shed PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

Prepare to decide what you would prefer to eat if you were on a great expedition, if you would rather explore the highest or lowest point on Earth, and what your packing essentials would be.

Prepare to decide what sort of ancient Greek food you would rather eat, what ancient Olympic sports you would try your hand at, and much more!

Prepare to decide if you would rather be a raider or a trader, a poet or a scribe, eat blood soup or rotting shark … and much more!

Vikings Clive Gifford, Tim Wesson 978-0-00-852179-0 Red Shed PB 144pp

Clive Gifford, Tracy Worrall 978-1-4052-9874-2 Red Shed PB 96pp

£9.99 £7.99 Discover a world of fascinating facts and stats about the beautiful game! From record-breaking goals to famous football mascots – learn about the funny and extraordinary moments that make football fantastic.This fully illustrated book of trivia takes footie fans on a breathtaking round-the-world tour, visiting every continent to discover incredible football stories, from record-breaking goals, amazing players, stunning stadiums to weird and wonderful football mascots. Prepare to be on the edge of your seat till the final whistle blows!

Incredible Sports Stories Discover 60 extraordinary stories in each book that span the globe and include unforgettable matches, events and players from the men’s, women’s and para games, past and present.

Incredible Cricket Clive Gifford, Lu Andrade 978-0-00-860609-1 Red Shed PB 176pp

£6.99 £5.59 AMAZING CRICKET STARS

Ben Stokes Clive Gifford, Carl Pearce 978-0-00-860887-3 Red Shed PB 144pp

£5.99 £4.79 England’s talismanic captain and star all-rounder Ben Stokes has become a legend of the game in a ridiculously short space of time. His extraordinary cricket career has featured great highs and successes as well as low points and challenges, all of which make him the perfect cricketing role model.

AMAZING CRICKET STARS

Heather Knight Clive Gifford, Carl Pearce 978-0-00-860889-7 Red Shed PB 144pp

£5.99 £4.79

Meet Brian Lara, who made a mind-blowing 501 not out in an innings and Sajjida Shah, who played for her country aged just 12.

Find out about the match that was played inside a volcano … and another that was played on top of Africa’s highest mountain.

You’ll also find facts, stats, bios, test your knowledge quizzes and a simple players guide.

Incredible Football Clive Gifford, Lu Andrade 978-0-00-860610-7 Red Shed PB 176pp

£6.99 £5.59 Meet the dog that saved Manchester United!

Discover the match that was played in space … … and the game that was abandoned when the ref sent off ALL the players!

Heather Knight is a talented all-rounder and first-class batter, with a stellar career across all formats of the game. She has led the England women’s squad all around the world as captain, netting some spectacular victories along the way.

Discover the world’s best – and worst – teams, hilarious moments, mind-blowing skills, bizarre rules, funny mascots, and the amazing lengths fans will go in support of their team.

AMAZING CRICKET STARS

Incredible Golf

Virat Kohli

Clive Gifford, Lu Andrade

Clive Gifford, Carl Pearce

978-0-00-860611-4

978-0-00-860888-0

Red Shed PB 176pp

Includes a player’s guide, quizzes and a glossary!

Red Shed PB 144pp

£6.99 £5.59

£5.99 £4.79

Did you know that …

From when he was a small boy, Virat Kohli’s special talent for cricket has wowed those around him – his family, friends, and eventually, his colleagues on the Indian national team. His dedication to his training and teammates, smart tactics and his incredible aptitude with a bat have placed him firmly among the ranks of the best cricketers of all time.

You can only compete in the annual Kris Kringle Open in the USA if you’re dressed as Santa Claus.

AMAZING CRICKET STARS

In Japan, a player who makes a hole-in-one is expected to host a party and buy gifts for their competitors!

Golf has been around for centuries. In 1457 it was banned in Scotland by King James II because it was distracting people from practising archery.

Mitchell Starc

Incredible Rugby

Clive Gifford, Carl Pearce

Clive Gifford, Lu Andrade

978-0-00-860890-3

978-0-00-860612-1

144pp

Red Shed PB 176pp

Red Shed PB

KS2 Age 7+ Non-fiction for age 9+

World of Football

£5.99 £4.79

£6.99 £5.59

Mitchell Starc’s love of cricket started when he was just a boy growing up in New South Wales – and it only grew, until he had become one of the most accomplished and respected fast-bowlers in the game.

Discover inspiring pioneers, iconic players, historic moments, and some of the silliest, weirdest, most mind-boggling moments.

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Dictionaries & Atlases

Collins Primary Dictionaries combine colourful illustrations and clear layouts to encourage children to discover and learn the English language.

Fully updated editions contain all the words children need to know at school and at home.

AGE

5+

Collins First School Dictionary 978-0-00-820676-5 Collins PB 176pp

£9.99 £7.99 This school dictionary for children offers an easy way to find out the meanings of everyday words, and includes a carefully written section which provides support in grammar, spelling and punctuation in preparation for school tests. The careful choice of vocabulary, clear definitions and simple examples, together with the beautifully designed illustrations help make learning easy, memorable, and fun.

AGE

AGE

7+

7+

Collins Primary Dictionary

Collins Primary Thesaurus

978-0-00-820678-9 Collins PB 472pp

978-0-00-822205-5 Collins PB 384pp

£10.99 £8.79

£10.99 £8.79

Designed for KS2 pupils – this paperback dictionary will build confidence and develop young learners’ language and dictionary skills at home and in the classroom. Includes Earth and Space supplements offering information on the Solar System, the Earth, the Moon, and the world’s continents, mountains, rivers, oceans and flags.

AGE

AGE

7+

7+

Collins Children’s Dictionary

Collins Children’s Thesaurus

978-0-00-827117-6 Collins HB 472pp

978-0-00-827118-3 Collins HB 388pp

£12.99 £10.39

£12.99 £10.39

This robust hardback dictionary contains up to date coverage of a range of everyday and curriculum vocabulary. It offers additional language tips and carefully selected and annotated illustrations to help students with more complex language. The Word Wizard section provides in-depth support on spelling, punctuation and grammar. This book is designed to build confidence and develop language and dictionary skills at home and in the classroom in preparation for secondary school.

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Clear and accessible, this is an indispensable tool for young writers. An easy-to-use paperback thesaurus that provides support for children’s creative writing and helps build vocabulary, with full definitions for every synonym and sample sentences for each word. Additional word power features on frequently used words encourage children to be more creative in their word choice. Thematic pages help build vocabulary through carefully selected visually-appealing illustrations.

Develop writing skills at home and in the classroom with this colourful, easy-to-use hardback thesaurus, fully up-to-date to the latest KS2 curriculum. Providing support for pupils’ creative writing and helping to build vocabulary, with full definitions for every synonym as well as sample sentences for each word. A simple, step-by-step introduction shows children how to get the best out of their thesaurus.

AGE

5+

Collins First French Dictionary

Collins First Irish Dictionary

Collins First Spanish Dictionary

THIRD EDITION

THIRD EDITION

THIRD EDITION

978-0-00-831271-8 Collins PB 80pp

978-0-00-842101-4 Collins PB 80pp

978-0-00-831272-5 Collins PB 80pp

£5.99 £4.79

£6.99 £5.59

£6.99 £5.59

The ideal first dictionaries for ages 5+ and above, designed to introduce vocabulary to children in a fun, easy and memorable way. These beautifully illustrated dictionaries introduce children to their first 500 words in each language with example sentences to help children remember words and translations from English to the target language. Listed in English-to-target language alphabetical order and with themed pages, the dictionaries provides curriculum-matched support for young learners. Audio files for each headword and phrase can be found at collins.co.uk/homeworkhelp.

Dictionaries & Atlases

AGE

5+

AGE

5+

AGE

AGE

7+

7+

Collins Primary French Dictionary

Collins Primary Spanish Dictionary

978-0-00-831270-1 Collins PB 592pp

978-0-00-831269-5 Collins PB 592pp

£9.99 £7.99

£9.99 £7.99

Fun, colourful French/Spanish to English and English to French/Spanish dictionaries, designed to meet the needs of children aged 7–11 learning French or Spanish at primary school or at home as well as making learning fun. These easy-to-use and vibrant dictionaries provide the perfect reference for the curriculum with detailed coverage of core English and French or Spanish vocabulary. Themed pages with fun and quirky illustrations and simple examples help children to remember words and translations. Key phrases are highlighted, offering all the support needed for children to study effectively.

AGE

7+

Collins Maths Dictionary 978-0-00-821237-7 Collins PB 144pp

£9.99 £7.99

This colourfully illustrated maths dictionary offers amazing support for the primary maths curriculum. Simple definitions of key maths terms are linked to full times table charts, weight measurements, and geometry. All of the maths concepts are clearly laid out and illustrated, making this primary maths dictionary a fun and easy way for pupils to learn maths, at KS2 and beyond!

Pages from Collins Primary Spanish Dictionary

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Dictionaries & Atlases

Beautifully illustrated atlases for inquisitive kids.

AGES

4–7

AGES

7+

AGES

7–11

Flags of the World

Collins First Atlas

THIRD EDITION

THIRD EDITION

978-0-00-866351-3 Collins PB 224pp

978-0-00-848593-1 Collins PB 402pp

£6.99 £???

£5.99 £4.79

Can you name every flag in the world? Discover the design and colours of every single country flag – and learn lots of fascinating facts and stats about continents, countries, and capitals along the way. Explore the world of fantastic flags from A to Z. Flags are listed alphabetically by country name for easy reference – from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and every country in-between!

A fun, vibrant and clear started atlas for children aged 4–7 years, providing the perfect foundation to basic geography skills.

Collins Primary Atlas

Collins Junior Atlas

EIGHTH EDITION

SIXTH EDITION

978-0-00-871651-6 Collins PB 68pp

978-0-00-855646-4 Collins PB 80pp

£7.99 £6.39

£8.99 £7.19

A great introduction to mapping of the UK, Europe and all major regions of the world. It supports the KS2 curriculum and is suitable for children aged 7–11 years.

Fully revised and updated, this is an ideal world reference atlas for children aged 8+. Published in association with the Geographical Association, it enables children to learn about the world today and understand how maps and atlases work.

AGES

4–8

Collins Picture Atlas Illustrated by Steve Evans 978-0-00-832032-4 Collins HB 48pp

£9.99 £7.99

Designed to take children on an exciting journey around the world!

With clear, colourful, highly informative and beautifully illustrated mapping designed for young readers. This newly updated atlas opens with the continents, then presents a world view of countries showing fun facts and exciting places to visit within each. The maps are clear, colourful and perfect for children to explore the world and let their imaginations run riot. Ideal for home or school and finding out more about the world whilst also helping to develop essential reading skills.

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AGES

8–11