Jung-ling’s family considers her bad luck because her mother died giving birth to her. They discriminate against her & make her feel unwanted yet she yearns & continuously strives for her parents’ love. Her stepmother is vindictive & cruel & her father dismissive. ...

Chloe never means to get into trouble but sometimes her plans get a little out of control. With her two best friends, she forms a Secret Club dedicated to making their dreams come true – but fantasy & reality don’t always mix! ...

Maybe you’re in art club or chess club. But are you in a princess club? Chloe & her besties will make your royal dreams come true. Chloe’s mum always says she can be anything. Chloe knows exactly what she wants to be: a princess! So why let boring reality stop her? Especially when she can bring her best friends into the fun! Welcome to Chloe’s secret princess club: making fairytale royals out of ordinary girls. Peas under mattresses, tiaras, dreams & dramas… Life is way more fun when you’re a princess! Gorgeous new series starring Chloe & her best friends New from the award-winning author of Wild Thing Heartwarming story about the power of imagination Ideal for fans of The Tiara Club or Secret Kingdom ...

Part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled non-fiction books are engaging & perfectly match the new Letters & Sounds guidance used in schools across the UK. ...

10-year-old Freddy Spicer writes letters to his parents – who he believes are working at a Brussels-sprouts farm in Outer Castonga, with no internet or phone access. In fact, Freddy’s parents are secret agents out of the country on a highly classified mission – but Freddy has NO IDEA! ...

Part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled non-fiction books are engaging & perfectly match the new Letters & Sounds guidance used in schools across the UK. ...

Author. Illustrator. Children’s Laureate. Funny genius. Is there anything Chris Riddell can’t do? Give him a pen & a box of paints & he’ll knock out an instant masterpiece. (In fact, we suspect he could create a masterpiece scribbling in the dust with a stick.) He might be best-known for his illustration work with brilliant writer Neil Gaiman. & yes, you’ll totally find Coraline & Carnegie Medal winner The Graveyard Book in here. But Chris is just as comfortable writing his own spooky tales of humour & Gothic darkness. Haunted mansions, scary monsters & bizarre crimes: if you like those things, you’ll find plenty here! Middle-grade fiction written and/or illustrated by Chris Riddell Chris is the first ever triple Kate Greenaway Medal winner He also served as Children’s Laureate between 2015 & 2017 Wonderfully atmospheric tales full of humour, intrigue & suspense
Includes: leading classics such as Coraline & The Graveyard Book The Graveyard Book won both the Carnegie Medal & the Newbery Medalfavourite-authors-illustrators
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Love Neil Gaiman or Philip Reeve? Read these! Cinematic, dark & tense, Chris Wooding’s gothic masterpieces take horror into new realms of delirious strangeness. Poison lives in a fairytale world where evil looks just like beauty. Nothing you see/touch/taste/see can be trusted. Now she’s off on a rescue mission unlike any fantasy quest you’ve braved before… Once you’ve rested your legs, it’s time for a walk through the crooked streets of an alternate Victorian London. Descend (if you dare) into its foggy alleys, stalked by twisted monsters & a ritual killer. Lost girl Alaizabel Cray might be the key to stopping the monsters. But only if she can escape from Stitch-Face… Genre-busting horror classics from a truly original writer Full of wild invention & gruesome, brooding atmosphere The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray won the Smarties Silver Prize Poison was nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2004 “ Intelligent, atmospheric & spine-tingling… breathtakingly brilliant.” Guardian “ Wooding’s explosive visual imagination knows no bounds.” The Times ...

Travel 100 years back in time with this detective series that fictionalises discoveries & events of the 1920s with a fun whodunnit twist! ...

All the magic of Christmas in books as bright as baubles. Celebrate your favourite time of year. ...