Books

It's the summer holidays, the weather's great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where's Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video ga...

Meggie loves books. So does her father, Mo, a bookbinder, although he has never read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared. They l...

Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy - about a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich - really, really rich. Joe's got his own bowling alley...

Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-r...

Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to tak...

This final installment in Lemony Snicket's series will answer readers' most burning questions. Will Count Olaf prevail? Will the Baudelaires surviv...

From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own child...

I'm Tracy beaker.This is a bokk all about me.I'd read it if I were you.It's the most incredible,dynamic,heart rending story.Honest.

Roald Dahl tells the story of his adventures as an adult, first in Africa, then learning to be a wartime fighter pilot.

Being a sister isn't always easy . . . but what's the very worst thing about your sister? Marty and her sister Melissa couldn't be more different. ...

"Meet Zoe. She's got a lot of things to be unhappy about: * Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she asks Zoe to pick her nose for her. * The school bu...

A wonderful collection of stories, extracts and poems about cats and dogs from one of our most beloved writers for children, Jacqueline Wilson. Thi...

A gripping ghost story from former Children's Laureate and author of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo. Everyone knows the Big Hill is full of gold, and ...

Exciting adventure stories as gripping as a computer game.

All Tom Gates wants to do is get tickets to see his favourite band when they come to town. It's not easy when he's up against Delia, his weirdo big...

Twelve-year-old villain, Artemis Fowl, is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ra...

Em adores her funny, glamorous dad - who cares if he's not her real father? He's wonderful to her, and to her little brother Maxie and sister Vita....

There are so many things in life you can't explain. Like why isn't YOU spelt U? Why isn't WHY spelt Y? And why can just opening your mouth get you ...

A lively tale by the award-winning author of The Suitcase Kid. Elsa does her best to cheer up her family by telling jokes, but no one seems to laug...

The bag wasn't just drifting gently along, it was turning of it's own accord. There was something inside it, squeaking and squealing in terror. Pat...

April knows she was abandoned in a rubbish bin as a newborn baby, fourteen years ago. Now she's happily settled with her foster mother, Marion - bu...

India lives in a large, luxurious house with a mum she can't stand and a dad she adores, though he hasn't had much time for her recently. She seeks...

The girls are in a higher form now. This year there is the tension of exams for the first time, but there is all the fun of the summer term as well...

Why do your ears stop you falling off your bike? How could a little bit of gravity make you lose your head? What can make your fillings explode? Fi...