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It's midnight and I'm alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say something like, 'That's not what I expect from a scholarship girl!' because I...

Author Ezekiel Kwaymullina says, 'The book was inspired by my Nana and Gran, who passed their love of country to me.' In my country I play with the Morning Star....

This timeless picture book by Pat Hutchins is now over forty years old and still a firm favourite. Rosie's walk around the farmyard, pursued by the hungry but clumsy fox,...

Translated into at least 24 languages and with over 16 million copies sold worldwide, Man's Search for Meaning is one of the seminal pieces of literature to emerge from the...

Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse, retells one of the world's best-loved books for a new generation A NEW TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL MORPURGO, AUTHOR OF WAR HORSE Meet...

Pollyanna might just be a poor orphan but she knows something that lots of grown-ups don't - how to be happy THE COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED TEXT 'Most generally there is...

. . . Are you ready to test your knowledge of all things Taylor Swift? How well do you know Taylor Swift? Can you . . . Finish the lyrics?...

Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year - Younger Readers 2022 An exquisite, heartbreakingly beautiful gem of a novel for anyone who loved Wonder, Lenny's...

In her wildest dreams, Sophie never thought she might be kidnapped by a cat and taken to a world of flying horses and wonder - but also magic, mystery and...

Friday Barnes is back with a new mystery to be solved. It's two years later . . . Friday steps out of prison, a shell of her former self. She's...

Friday's time at Highcrest is running out! Friday's time at Highcrest is running out! The new headmaster is turning everything upside down. Friday's irritatingly high IQ has her fast-tracked to...

Headmasters behaving badly! Headmasters behaving badly! When four former headmasters arrive at Highcrest Academy to take part in the school's anniversary celebrations, the students are warned to be on their...

School camp . . . what could possibly go wrong? School camp . . . what could possibly go wrong? Friday Barnes is forced to face her biggest fear -...

Sun, sand and secrets in the ancient world! The Queen's Colours leadership program is heading to Egypt and Alice-Miranda and her friends are thrilled. There are hidden tombs to explore,...

A dusty desert adventure beckons! Alice-Miranda and her friends are off to the Australian Outback! They're going to help an old family friend who's found himself short staffed during cattle...

What if every clue points in the wrong direction? Friday Barnes has been deported to Switzerland! With their in-school detective gone, Highcrest Academy has descended into chaos. Someone's fired all...

Friday Barnes has a new case, and this time it's personal! When Friday's father turns up out of the blue, he brings his daughter some distressing news - Friday's mother...

Who knew boarding school could be this perilous! When Friday Barnes cracked the case of Highcrest Academy's mysterious swamp-yeti, the last thing she expected was to be placed under arrest....

Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was an eleven-year-old girl! The eagerly awaited new series from the author of the bestselling Nanny Piggins series. When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank...

Move over, Matilda, and step aside, Madeline, there's a new charming miniature heroine about to make her mark. Can one tiny girl change a very big school? Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennington-Jones is...

WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL . NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This...

A time-tested classic--first published more than sixty years ago--that has helped millions achieve mastery of English, now in an Anchor mass market edition for the first time. The most effective...

Join Hairy Maclary and his friends on their first ever adventure in this foiled 40th anniversary paperback edition of the beloved rhyming classic Join Hairy Maclary and his friends on...

Beloved by millions, George S. Clason's classic business book reveals the financial principles that hold the key to personal wealth-now with a new introduction by Suze Orman. THE SUCCESS SECRETS...

From the acclaimed writer of Ship of Shadows comes a brand-new snowy fantasy following the magical journey of one girl and her bear. Perfect for fans of Sophie Anderson's The...

The story of where Wonka began - the incredible new full-length novel set in the world of Roald Dahl, based on the upcoming December 2023 film. Before Charlie, before the...

The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look. WHOOSH! Inside the Great Glass Elevator, Willy Wonka,...

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! High up in a tall building lives Mr Hoppy all alone. Downstairs lives Mrs Silver. Mr Hoppy loves...

The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look. \"A stodgy parent is no fun at all....

The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look. \"The rule would be this- whatever George saw,...

The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look. \"On a hill above the valley there was...

The much-loved Roald Dahl story, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting...

The final instalment in the Orphans of the Tide trilogy, which The Times calls 'Unputdownable'. The seas have parted to reveal the remains of humanity's lost empire and opened a...

The breathtakingly imaginative new fantasy novel from Branford Boase winner Struan Murray. Domino is an eleven-year-old girl with a strange affliction- if she goes anywhere near magic, it will kill...

'Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen' How can we cope when life's events seem beyond our control? These...

Women so empowered are dangerous Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of...

'One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy' How can...

When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished Taken from his Collection of Sand, these marvelous essays are not great ideas in themselves but commentaries on great...

'We have left dry land and put out to sea! We have burned the bridge behind us - what is more, we have burned the land behind us!' Nietzsche's devastating...

'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life' The Decay of Lying includes two of Wilde's most comprehensive - and witty - explorations of his aesthetic philosphy- 'The Decay...

Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child Rediscover the A Puffin Book series and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this special...

The electrifying instant number one bestseller from Tom Fletcher - now available in paperback! The electrifying number one bestselling adventure from the author of The Christmasaurus and The Creakers, Tom...

Clarice Lispector's revelatory third novel, now in English for the first time Written in flight from Lispector's 'shipwreck of introspection' it is a book unlike any other in the Lispector...

The eighth Murder Most Unladylike mystery from bestselling, award-winning Robin Stevens. Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean, and the school is preparing for a most exciting event- the...

Illustrated by Peter Bailey Tick, tick, tick, tock. Once you've wound some things up nothing can stop them . . . It is a cold winter's night when Karl enters...

A brilliantly funny and moving tale of friendship, sumptuously repackaged with new illustrations from Peter Bailey. Featuring wonderful new illustrations from Peter Bailey, this brilliantly funny and moving tale by...

A homeless loner haunted by his past is found murdered in this murky tale When a socially isolated vagrant is found dead in the condemned building where he had been...

An old woman's cries for help are left unanswered in this gripping story A kind but seemingly paranoid old lady turns to Inspector Maigret for help. Against the judgement of...