Once an adventure digs its claws in, there is not an awful lot you can do about it. Especially when magic is involved… In the snowy kingdom of Erkenwald, whales glide between icebergs, wolves hunt on the tundra and polar bears roam the glaciers. But the people of this land aren’t so easy to find […]
It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer – tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk – but Stella really, really didn’t want that to happen, just the same. Join Stella Starflake Pearl and her three fellow explorers as they trek across the snowy Icelands and […]
We just had to go with a festive book for December and they don’t come much better than this! It’s Christmas Eve and Theo – left at home with a babysitter – sees an odd-looking star out of his window and decides to make a wish. He wishes that he had some friends to keep […]
Who Let The Gods Out by Maz Evans is a fab, funny adventure story that will keep kids reading right through to that cliff-hanger of an ending! Elliot’s mum is ill, there’s no money coming in and they are about to lose their home. Added to this, he’s in trouble at school and the world’s nosiest neighbour won’t stop […]
Wonder is the unforgettable story of August Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. A modern classic, which has inspired kindness and acceptance in countless readers. Now younger readers can discover the Wonder message with this gorgeous picture book, starring Auggie and his dog Daisy on an original adventure, written and illustrated by R.J. Palacio. With […]
“Sometimes the end of the world can be the start of your life” It’s Saturday, it’s summer and, although he doesn’t know it yet, everything in Adam Thorn’s life is going to fall apart. But maybe, just maybe, he’ll find freedom from the release. Time is running out though, because way across town, a ghost […]
From the former Children’s Laureate and twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal comes a stunning and perceptive story about facing your fears. One day Willy goes to the park. It’s a sunny day, but a cloud hovers over him and he can’t join in the fun. What can Willy do to make this mysterious cloud […]
Sixteen-year old Marlon has made his mum a promise – he’ll never follow his big brother Andre down the wrong path. So far it’s been easy, but when a first date ends in tragedy, Marlon finds himself hunted. They’re after the mysterious Mr Orange and they’re going to use Marlon to get to him. Marlon’s […]
Bedtime stories with a kick…! Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo tells the stories of 100 extraordinary women who have achieved amazing things. From Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama, Cleopatra to Malala Yousafzai, Elizabeth I to Serena Williams, each each entry is beautifully illustrated by one of 60 artists from […]
A brilliant follow up to the first Cogheart adventure. Robert is now living with Lily and her father and their mechanical friends at Brackenbridge. When infamous escapologist Jack Door breaks out from Pentonville Prison to reclaim the precious Moonlocket, Robert discovers the truth about his long lost mother and the family he never knew he had. This is as fast […]