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The mysterious Nowhere Emporium has appeared once more. With its shining bricks the colour of midnight, and rich scents of melting chocolate and exotic spices, it's easy to see why inquisitive M...

Discover this extraordinary lost classic of nature writing - a fable about wildness and the desire to escape - beautifully illustrated by beloved artist and The Lost Words creator Jackie Morris....

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A wonderfully illustrated and sumptuous collection of nursery rhymes for all ages, including many favourite rhymes as well as some that will be a delightful discovery. Originally published as Th...

Vlad is the youngest member of the Impaler family, the bravest vampires that ever lived. But Vlad isn't very brave at all. He's even a little bit scared of the dark! All Vlad wants is some frien...

A poem for every month, this is a beautiful anthology of nature poems by best-loved children's poet, Joseph Coelho encourages a love for the natural world and the importance of looking after it....

Laugh-out-loud school-based fun in two-colour stories, perfect for encouraging independent reading!Life at Wigglesbottom Primary is often lived on the edge. An unexpected visitor, a bewitched vi...

In an Italian city ravaged by plague, Sofia's mother carves beautiful mementoes from the bones of loved ones. But one day, she doesn't return home.

Did her work lead her into dan...

A Kind of Spark tells the story of 11-year-old Addie as she campaigns for a memorial in memory of the witch trials that took place in her Scottish hometown. Addie knows there's more to the story...

The bestselling and heart-warming picture book that shows us ways to be affectionate while social distancing, from the team behind The Hug. Hedgehog and Tortoise were the best of friends. They w...

Esther Kent is the second Little Door Debut to be published by Little Door Books. She is an exciting new author/illustrator who uses a wonderful palette of colours and shapes to express this sim...

Two cavemen desire the best of everything! But will their competitive games make them happy in the end? 

Inch and Grub are t...

The Nowhere Emporium has been stolen. The shop from nowhere has vanished without a trace. Will it ever reappear?

As they search for the lost Emporium, Daniel and Ellie encounter magical b...

This absolutely beautiful gift book anthology contains classic and modern poems to galvanize, uplift and inspire you which are brought to life with exquisite, intricate artwork. Chosen and illus...

A splundishly swashbungling tale of trolls, goblins and other bonejangling creatures. Put on your wellies and plunge into the strangest hotel you will ever encounter.

Welcome to The Nothi...

Being a superhero is the best thing ever, right? Wrong! Hello! My name is Pizazz and I'm a superhero... You probably think that's really AWESOME and while it can be, it's also reeeeaallly annoyi...

At Deepdean School for Girls, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have set up their own detective agency. But they are struggling to find any real crimes to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lav...

Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean, and the school is preparing for a most exciting event: the fiftieth Anniversary. Plans for a weekend of celebrations are in full swing.

But a...

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, espe...

Just like us, animal families are all different. For orang-utans, mummy looks after the babies, for emus it is all down to daddy.

Clownfish live with a mummy and daddy, some albatross fam...

This beautiful full-colour gift edition comes 200 years after the birth of Alice's first illustrator, Sir John Tenniel. Both celebrated political cartoonists of their day, for Punch and...

Anisha Mistry is all set to be a bridesmaid at her Aunty Bindi's wedding tomorrow ... until she finds a note in her family's letterbox. Bindi's groom has been kidnapped and will only be released...

Vlad finally has his Bat Licence but his mother now wants him to have super-strength - or it's off to the Black Tower with him! If only he could show her how funny he is in the school play with ...

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are in Egypt, taking a cruise along the Nile. They are hoping to see some ancient temples and a mummy or two; what they get, instead, is murder.

Also travelling...

Lark needs a break. Her mother is ill, her sister has stopped speaking and she's fallen out with her best friend. When her family arrives at a caravan site on the windy Welsh coast, she and her ...

Join lovable, passionate Rocket as she sets off on a mission to save a Caribbean island from plastic pollution! When Rocket goes for a holiday to visit her grandparents, she's shocked by the pol...

Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Money is tight and she misses her papa who works in the city.

When he suddenly stops sending his wages, a ruthless moneylender ransacks their...

Another hilarious caper from bestselling picture dream team and the creators of the Supertato, No-Bot and Norman the Slug series, Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet! It's carnival time in the supermarke...

Amihan lives on Culion Island, where some of the inhabitants - including her mother - have leprosy.

Ami loves her home - with its blue seas and lush forests, Culion is all she has ever kn...

The Stunningly original new YA novel from renowned spoken-word poet Steven Camden, AKA Polar Bear Marcie is real. With real problems. For years she has been hitching a ride on the train of her b...

Gracie was a dairy cow, her tag said 812, she lived in green and bonny Galloway…

Gracie’s life follows the peaceful rhythms of the dairy farm until one day she falls ill. Who can fix her ...

Written by award-winning author Chae Strathie and developed in consultation with experts from the British Museum, this fascinating book reveals what life was really like for kids in ancien...

Maurice is the Station Mouse, and so he must follow The Station Mouse Handbook:

Rule 1: A Station Mouse must remain unseen.

Rule 2: A Station Mouse must never go out in the daytime...

Mermaids Beattie, Mimi and Zelda are enjoying a summer on land with legs when they receive a strange crabagram ordering them to return home at once. Some seriously BAD MERMAIDS are on the loose ...

Eilidh Muldoon is the illustrator of the best-selling series of Scottish colouring books. Snooze is her first English language picture book. Eilidh was the author in residence at the 2019 Edinbu...

This substantial, gifty, and compellingly browsable kids encyclopedia takes Britannica's reputation for authentic, trustworthy information and brings it to a whole new audience. The gor...

A brilliant, inclusive collection of traditional tales from around the world featuring amazing women and girls.

Once upon a time, there was a handsome prince who - no, that's not right! O...

A heart-wrenching true story about life in a Kenyan refugee camp that will restore your faith in real-life happy endings.

Omar and his brother Hassan, two Somali boys, have spent a long t...

Thousands of years ago, the Evernight came to the Silver Kingdom and turned everything to darkness and chaos. It was only defeated thanks to the skill and bravery of the Witches. But now the Eve...