Non-Secondhand Books

The story of a tiny baby's epic journey-and the surprising help he gets along the way-in a touching, transcendent picture book. In the time of the pharaohs, a loving mother...

An exuberant and relatable picture book about sibling rivalry, ballet, and finding your free-form self. Confidence goes a long way, and so does practice-but the support of a loving family...

It's family field day in this ninth adventure of the Mia Mayhem chapter book series! Mia and friends get ready for family field day at the PITS! Potato sack races,...

A child's first introduction to the lunar year and its twelve zodiac animals springs to life with striking, colorful art and a pictogram on each spread. With the dawn of...

A child's first introduction to the lunar year and its twelve zodiac animals springs to life with striking, colorful art and a pictogram on each spread. With the dawn of...

Selected for the 2025 Bologna Ragazzi Award's Amazing Bookshelf: Sustainability Category In spectacular and astonishing collage detail, Jeannie Baker captures the deep beauty, mystery, and hidden vitality of the desert...

With its infectious refrain, this powerful picture book affirms every child's right to set boundaries - and take charge of their own bodies, voices and choices. Who's in charge of...

Celebrate the generous love of extended families - and beards of all shapes and sizes! - in this playful and funny love letter to uncles and positive male role models....

Charting 400 years of history, this is the astonishing true story of the Anne Frank House, beautifully illustrated by Britta Teckentrup. In the middle of Amsterdam, stands a tall, narrow...

The irresistible board book edition of Chris Haughton's funny, suspenseful celebration of mothers set against an atmospheric Antarctic backdrop. Mummy Penguin is off to find a fishy dinner for her...

It's time for lots of wacky word play in this tremendous, travel-sized Where's Wally? book - a perfect Christmas stocking filler! This super travel activity book is packed to the...

"These touching 10-word stories of sibling bonds, beloved pets and the healing power of the natural world should encourage 4+ storytellers to try creating their own." Guardian "A creative springboard...

A warm and reassuring story of friendship, confidence and finding your voice. In the heart of the forest, everyone is getting ready for the Big Show. Bob is desperate to...

A beautifully illustrated, perfectly pitched story of sibling rivalry and sibling love. Apologizing is hard, especially when you're feeling mad, so when an older sister gets into a fight with...

Once, there were two best friends. One was from the sea, a mermaid named Merrin, and one was from the land, a human named Molly. Merrin has never been to...

Grace Carter's mother --- the celebrity news anchor GG Carter --- is everything Grace is not. GG is a star, with a flawless wardrobe and a following of thousands, while...

The panye means we are graceful when the load is heavy. We are strong, even when the earth is not. We are family, fed from love. Fallon is going to...

A vibrant, colourful lift-the-flap book by the immensely popular Ingela Arrhenius, starring the young tiger Jeppo and his friends. The second book in a new lift-the-flap series featuring the adventures...

A lively tale about a fun-loving cat learning to accept change, imaginatively illustrated by the award-winning Petr Horacek. Mischievous Mister Boo loves to give everyone he meets a surprise. He...

The debut children's book from Ted Hughes award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus that tracks a father-and-son journey into the discovery and management of deafness. "This is a powerful and beautifully created...

A beautiful, lyrical picture book celebrating all kinds of birds and how they inspire and move us. Birds come in many different colours, shapes and personalities - but they all...

Gabriel is being chased by monsters! His friend is one, and so is his uncle, his grandma ... even the cat! But who will catch him? A brand new picture...

Celebrate the first 30 years of Where's Wally? with this exclusive anniversary album from Wally to his fans. Join Wally as he handpicks his top ten journeys of all time,...

For over a decade this annual has provided an authoritative summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months, combining regional surveys with one-off...

'Superb... Beautifully written and thoroughly researched' - Guardian A beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicling the life and work of one of the world greatest poets. Du Fu (712-70) is one of...

'A magical, fairy-filled read with a twisty plot and main character you'll adore' A.F. Steadman, author of the internationally bestselling Skandar and the Unicorn Thief Nobody knows what lies inside...

For fans of the successful Who Was series, From an Idea to Lego is a behind-the-bricks look into the world's famous toy company, with humorous black & white illustrations throughout....

Originally published in 1970 and out of print for nearly thirty years, this book has already earned its place as a classic of submarine history by an author with an...

How Natural History Connected Diverse Individuals and Information Across the Globe. The last decades of the eighteenth-century witnessed attempts to structure nature with educated landowners dominating the development of the...

All the basics are covered in this handbook: the logistics of the styling business for aspiring stylists, photographers, Instagrammers, foodies, and creatives of all types. It shortens the learning curve...

A young rebel named Antoni Norbert Patek de Prawdzic fled war-torn Poland in 1832 and embarked upon a career path that led him to watchmaker Jean-Adrien Philippe, inventor of the...

Manchester is proud of Alan Turing but does it deserve to be? Dr Jonathan Swinton explores the complexity of the city that Alan Turing encountered in 1948. He goes well...

These chickens aren't so chicken! When Mother Hen takes her little chickens to the playground for the first time, they feel a little timid. It's crowded and exciting-but also a...

Feather ruffling fun! In the wide savanna there are three birds named Ade, Emem, and Nuru, that live on the back of an elephant. They are best friends. But one...

The perfect book for long wintery evenings-not just under the Christmas tree! Why do we decorate Christmas trees? Do all children receive gifts on the same day? Come find out...

The clearest, most accessible explanation yet of the amazing world of quantum mechanics. How can matter behave both like a particle and a wave? Does a particle exist before we...

The climate movement has gathered some pace but what about the other, inextricably linked crisis in biodiversity? A radically hopeful manifesto, The Case for Nature sets out with clarity how...

Sydney's leafy northern suburbs were a bastion of Christian conservatism in the 1970s, but the Roberts family was always a little different. If having lots of children, pets and parties...

Gossie and Gertie are best friends.They splash in the rain, play hide-and-seek, and they dive in the pond together.Everywhere Gossie goes, Gertie does too.Or does she? With charming illustrations and...

Cheryl Blackford's debut novel is set in England during World War II and told from the dual perspectives of ten-year-old Lizzie, a homesick girl evacuated from bomb-blitzed Hull to the...

Seventeen-year-old Arlo Santiago lives for the "Drone Zone"-that free, joyful, antigravity feeling. He achieves the Zone with risky motorcycle stunts on New Mexico roads, or while playing his favourite video...

This tech could change everything for women - here's how. From periods and childbirth to menopause, female pain has been normalized, as society shrugs and says 'welcome to being a...

The thrilling story of Edward Rulloff - a serial murderer who was called 'too intelligent to be killed' - and the array of 19th-century investigators who were convinced his brain...

Take a deep breath. You'll do it 20,000 times a day. You assume all this air is clean; it's the very breath of life. But in Delhi, the toxic smog...

Following on from the success of her first book, Sena Runa presents a brand new collection of exciting projects to make. As in her first book, there are plenty of...

In 1917 the Germans launched a major air campaign against the British mainland which shocked the whole nation and terrorised the south-east of England. These attacks by German bombers caused...

Part of the infographic 4-Letter Word series, each containing 4 chapters to teach how to PLAN, MAKE, PLAY and GROW. The words are kept to a minimum as an expert...

Henry's big sister helps to turn his worries around with brighter what-ifs in this loving sibling story. Henry's birthday party is approaching, and the most exciting part is that Marty,...