Big Kids

An enchanting story about how doing a little bit of good and having faith – in a magical gnome and a very stubborn donkey – might just make your dreams come true. 'Morpurgo has the happy knack of...

There's a place where all the wildest stories began ... From Katherine Rundell, winner of the Costa Children's Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize comes the first novel in a landmark...

If you liked The Grandest Bookshop in the World or The Book of Wondrous Possibilities, you'll love this fantasy adventure story where books have power, cats are more than they seem, and the library is the most dangerous...

Fast-paced middle grade thriller with magic and environmentalism at its heart. It's almost a year since Nissa Marshall was found alive after miraculously surviving a month lost in the vast, dense, isolated bush of Fiordland.Strange, magical things happened...

Set off with Wolf Girl and her pack on the thirteenth exhilarating adventure in this million-copy selling series! When Gwen and her pack fall from Castle Winter into the churning sea, she wonders if this might be the...

An epic adventure-fantasy - ancient secrets and a treacherous journey in a vast wilderness. Winner of the Best First Book Award in the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young AdultsThe judges said: 'Perfectly pitched for...

GET READY FOR SOME SUPERSIZED FUN! When is the queen not just the queen? When she is WONDERQUEEN! KAPOW! Is that an especially large bird? Is it a weirdly small plane? No: it's THUNDERHOUND! BLAM! When her schoolteachers turn into deadly dinosaurs,...

One of the all-time great animal stories. Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book, with exclusive illustrations from EH Shepard has delighted generations. "There's nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as messing about in boats...." One...

A hilarious middle-grade HEIST series that’s out of this world. Meet the Heist squad. AKA a motley crew of hot-headed misfits who HATE each other but LOVE chocolate. But then they discover a sinister chocolatey plot, right in...

What would you do if someone upset your grandma? Maddie and Grandma are all set to enter the baking competition at the town's annual show when someone steals Grandma's cupcakes! Maddie knows how much winning the competition means...

The second book in the magical Faraway Tree series by one of the world's most popular children's authors, Enid Blyton. Joe, Beth and Frannie's cousin Rick comes to stay, reluctant at first to share in their adventures at the...

In book four, the Famous Five stay at the large old house at Smuggler''s Top. They discover secret hiding places, underground tunnels, and one night they catch people signalling out to sea!Are there still smugglers at Smuggler''s Top?This...

There's a thief at Kirrin Cottage! The Famous Five think they know who it is, but they need to prove it! Where can they find evidence The discovery of an old map and very unusual hiding place is...

Who's been on George's island? And what is locked in the mysterious trunk hidden on Kirrin Island? The Famous Five think they're on the trail of smugglers - until they hear a child scream ...These classic editions feature...

Meet Violet Grumble: a music-loving, guitar-toting tween whose dream is to compete at BandChamps.The problem is that none of her friends can play an instrument. Violet won't let that stop her!But things get tougher when the band's gear...

An exciting timeslip novel from the bestselling author of The Boy Who Stepped Through Time, featuring a present-day girl hurtling back to the time of the 1969 moon landing. When a boy called Keith pops up from nowhere in...

In this slapstick, illustrated crime adventure, the honest Theo Pincher, who doesn't fit in to his family of criminals, finds himself suddenly on the other side of the law because of an ancient curse. Theo and Ellen accidentally...

The right book might just change your life ... Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse called Flossy. Flossy leads them where she will, to the place where...

An epic Tail of Adventure! Can one gallant mouse find the Gems of Harmony and save her homeland from destruction? A fully illustrated and brilliantly readable adventure full of magic and prophecy, quests, heroism and loyal friendship -...

Miles and Jones Book 2 Amelia: 'Phew, how about those snakes?! Surely the next curse won't be as bad ... UH OH. INCOMING!!!' Glam-Evil's pet anacondas have been vanquished, but she's still on a rampage and there's a storm...

Unravelled is a new, full-length novel in the New York Times bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series, following fan-favourite Keefe on his adventures in the human world during the events of Stellarlune. Perfect for fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Skandar.While his friends faced...

Andrew 's just trying to get through school photo day with one aim: a photo of him which his mum will like. But today of all days, the world seems out to get him. There's a bully, the...

The explosive finale to a new series for the next generation from global bestseller Wilbur Smith - starring teen protagonists Ralph and Robyn Ballantyne.In the remote South African bush, the Ballantynes have captured the villainous Josef Gerhard and...

Dive into the complete New York Times bestselling series The Wild Robot with this beautiful boxsetCan a robot survive in the wilderness?When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote,...