Books

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...

When someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective, to sol...

Shabba me whiskers! It's one of those Mr Gum books by Andy Stanton. They're only the craziest, funnest most amazing books for children in the world...

Belle wants more out of life than the small provincial town of Villeneuve can offer. There she stands out from the crowd with her unique point of v...

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...

The world's most popular delinquent reveals all in the only tie-in book to the BIGGEST TV show of 1997! Written and illustrated by Matt Groening, t...

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

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...

Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily are friends at school and have their own Alphabet Club (just look at their initials!). Daisy is the newest membe...

A hellish nightmare for only the bravest of readers? Darren Shan?s horrifying series, The Demonata, continues with Demon Thief. When Kernel Fleck's...

"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...

Exciting adventure stories as gripping as a computer game.

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....

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

"Horrible Science" is getting a make-over! Readers will discover why someone invented the bottom-stabbing bike saddle and why you would need a toil...

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...

The beginning of a weird, wacky, one in a million series about the plight of the truly nasty Mr Gum and a crazy cast of characters?a cross between ...

Stella is determined not to enjoy her summer at holiday camp but finds herself making friends, getting into trouble, and generally having more of a...

There seems to be an awful lot in Clarice's life to worry about and when she finds herself unable to sleep at night, she follows Ruby Redfort's adv...

Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop...

Artemis Fowl wants to find his father, held hostage in Russia; Holly Short wants to find who?s supplying the goblins with human technology; Foaly w...