Children's Books

Author: Tanya Landman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 40 A gorgeous and evocative story of how the animals got their colours, from Carnegie Medal-winner Tanya Landman and V&A Illustration Award...

Author: Lucy Cousins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 An extra-special First Experiences book to celebrate 30 years of Maisy! Today is Maisy's birthday, hip-hip-hooray! She dresses up in her...

Author: Angie Thomas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 Movie tie-in edition of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller and Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner. Now a major motion...

Author: Michael Rosen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 40 A powerful and personal story from one of Britain's best-loved authors about his recovery from coronavirus. After being admitted to hospital...

Author: Patrick Ness Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 1408 These three YA novels from the award-winning Patrick Ness daringly confront pressing questions of adolescence and adult life with vivid prose...

Author: Ella Bailey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 One cool day in late October, Georgia noticed something weird. Objects would move around the house and sometimes they even disappeared....

Author: Lemony Snicket Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 48 It can feel good to be angry. It can feel better to stop. Swarm of Bees! Swarm of Bees! You are...

Author: Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 40 This beautiful, funny picture book perfectly captures the feelings of a child with a new baby in the family. Once there...

Author: Nicole Godwin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 A quirky picture book with a unique twist that will inspire the next generation of readers to protect our oceans. What...

Author: Clare Helen Welsh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 Cinderella with a strong feminist twist, based on the life and work of pioneer German animator and film director Lotte...

Author: Mac Barnett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 40 Curious minds are rewarded with curious answers in a fantastical bedtime book by Mac Barnett and Isabelle Arsenault. Why is the...

Author: Ann Sei Lin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 "Featuring a vivid mythology, spectacular battles, and an endlessly surprising heroine, Rebel Skies is as intricate, beautiful and startling as...

Author: Stephen Davies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Based on the hit Netflix series, join Hilda and Twig for more hilarious adventures in the 5th volume of the illustrated...

Author: Ambelin Kwaymullina (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 The third and final book in the thrilling dystopian series The Tribe. A storm was stretching out across futures to...

Author: Ambelin Kwaymullina (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Join the Rebellion! "There will come a day when a thousand Illegals descend on your detention centres. Boomers will breach...

Author: Meg McKinlay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 What would you do to take care of the class duck for a day? Abby's class has a duck. A duck...

Author: Kim Scott Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 40 This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the Western Australian south coast. A boy...

Author: Tina Shaw Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 This alternate history coming-of-age YA is the Winner of the 2018 Storylines Tessa Duder Award. "An inferior people, that's what the...

Author: Shannon Hale Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Even monster-battling princesses get tired sometimes! But a peaceful time away is hard to find as the humorous New York Times...

Author: Shannon Hale Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 It's a case of monstrous cuteness as the Princess in Black encounters her biggest challenge yet: a field overrun by adorable...

Author: Jessica Love Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 40 A glimpse of three women dressed as mermaids leaves one boy filled with wonder and ready to dazzle the world. "Every...

Author: Rebecca Young (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 A hilarious picture book from Rebecca Young with quirky art by much-loved illustrator, Leila Rudge. Woody is not what his...

Author: Sophie Dahl Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 A playful picture book exploring the hilarious complications of first friendships, from an exciting new voice in children's literature. Ramona is...

Author: Rebecka Sharpe Shelberg (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 This award-winning and poignant picture book is about remembering those who serve in war. Left! Left! Left! Right! Left!...

Author: Ben Manley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 You don't need super powers to be a hero... or to make enemies into friends. In Hero's gang, everyone has a...

Author: Ann Sei Lin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 "Featuring a vivid mythology, spectacular battles, and an endlessly surprising heroine, Rebel Skies is as intricate, beautiful and startling as...

Author: Cassandra Clare Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 A guide to the world of the Shadowhunters from the international bestselling series The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. The...

Author: Smriti Halls Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 An uplifting, stunningly beautiful book about optimism in the darkest of places. A girl and her companion fox travel together from...

Author: Jon Richards Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 Who holds the record for driving the fastest on the Moon? And how far away is the Moon from Earth? What...

Author: Jon Richards Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 Did you know about the Great Green Wall in Africa? Or the Atacama Desert, Oceania and the Grand Canyon? Well, where...

Author: Chloe Jasmine Harris Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 This is an every-kid story about managing shyness and being the best kind of friend you can be. Henry Turnip...

Author: Graham Bob Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 This is an enchanting early picture book from the creator of Max, 2000 Smarties Gold Prize Winner and CBC Early Childhood...

Author: Sarah Ridley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 A look at baby animals in a range of habitats, exploring how their parents look after them, and how they learn,...

Author: Dr Vincent Tobin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 Welcome to the wonderful world of physics! Super Smart Science series takes highly complex physics concepts and explains them in...

Author: Paul Mason Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 A first science series that presents information in a simple and humorous way. Snappy the Nile crocodile introduces key science topics...

Author: Rachel Minay Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 Explore Earth's amazing habitats through maps! Find out all about habitats and discover the incredible places where different species live. Learn...

Author: Christina Booth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 40 In One Careless Night, award-winning picture book creator Christina Booth tells the hauntingly beautiful story of Australia's last thylacine (Tasmanian tiger)....

Author: Joseph Coelho Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 By award-winning Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, a poetic picture book about family separation and mental health. Once a month, Dad...

Author: Charles Fuge Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 24 Everyone's favourite Little Wombat is on a bunyip hunt! Little Wombat is hunting the bunyip - a mythical creature said to...

Author: Claire Saxby Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 An exciting addition to the narrative nonfiction "Nature Storybooks" series, about kookaburras. In the crinkled shadows night-dwellers yawn, day-creatures stretch and...

Author: Nadia Wheatley (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 40 Luke's Way of Looking by Nadia Wheatley and Matt Ottley is an award-winning story that celebrates what it means to...

Author: Nicola Kent Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 Shortlisted for the Teach Primary Book Awards! Everyone knows that little sisters can be an-noy-ing! So when Ravi gets annoyed with...

Author: Jonnie Wild Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 A perfect book for sharing with fussy eaters Baby Flamingo is a VERY fussy eater! "I don't like flingo weed," says...

Author: Russell Ayto Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 A mouse-catching farce from Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning picture book creator Russell Ayto. Mr and Mrs Homeowner have a mouse...

Author: Roisin Swales Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 Big and Little are the very best of friends. They do everything together! That is until one day, when Big suddenly...

Author: Mac Barnett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 40 A majestic polar bear heads out on a mysterious walk in a dazzling, playful collaboration from an exciting pair of picture-book...

Author: Melanie Walsh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 A first book of jobs that challenges stereotypes with its positive and inclusive message. The important message in this first book...

Author: Chitra Soundar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 More funny, clever trickster tales from India. Prince Veera's great-uncle, Raja Apoorva, invites the prince and his best friend, Suku, to...