Laughs, spells & magic! Arriman the Awful, feared Wizard of the North, has decided to marry. But his wife must be a witch of the darkest powers. So he holds a sorcery competition to find out which witch is the most fiendish. Just for starters, Madame Olympia conjures up a thousand plague-bearing rats! Belladonna, the white witch, dreams of being a wicked enchantress. Trouble is, flowers spring up on her pillow as she sleeps, & bats nest happily in her hair. Not only is she nice, but she isn’t even hideous! How can she become the wickedest witch of all? A glorious magical romp from the legendary Eva Ibbotson Witty, grotesque, anarchic & full of humour & heart Eva won the Smarties Prize for Journey to the River Sea Her other books included The Secret of Platform 13 ...

Really funny & reassuring. This stinky little wolf finds out why school is cool. (You’ll love it too.) ...

From the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls: The Times Children’s Book of the Year, winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Children’s Fiction, winner of the British Book Award for Children’s Fiction Book of the Year & shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing September 1939. The world is on the brink of war. As his dad marches off to fight, Noah makes him a promise, to keep their beloved family dog safe. When the government advises people to have their pets put down in readiness for the chaos of war, hundreds of thousands of people do as they are told. But not Noah. He’s not that sort of boy. With his two friends in tow, he goes on the run, to save his dog & as many animals as he can. No matter what. ...

The perfect picture book to encourage children to celebrate & use their voice, building confidence, self-esteem & positivity. ...

From the bestselling author of Wonder comes the graphic novel White Bird: soon to be a major film starring Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Bryce Gheisar, Helen Mirren & Gillian Anderson. To the millions of readers who fell in love with R J Palacio’s Wonder, Julian is best-known as Auggie Pullman’s classroom bully. White Bird reveals a new side to Julian’s story, as Julian discovers the moving & powerful tale of his grandmother, who was hidden from the Nazis as a young Jewish girl in occupied France during the Second World War. An unforgettable, unputdownable story about strength, courage & the power of kindness to change hearts, build bridges, & even save lives, from the globally bestselling author of Wonder. A full-colour graphic novel, brilliantly illustrated throughout by R. J. Palacio ...

Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt the ice in this novel of interwoven narratives, Black joy, & cozy, sparkling romance-by the same unbeatable team of authors who wrote the New York Times bestseller Blackout! ...

Find the answers to the biggest question we ask ourselves in this full-colour picture book by Philip Bunting. We are all from the same place, & made from the same stuff, but we each see ourselves as individuals. This is the perfect read for curious children & parents, who want to know more about what makes them so uniquely themselves. ...

Crumbs! Where’s the cake? It’s gone, & Bob the dog is getting blamed. Only Bob knows who REALLY ate it. But how can he ever (woof) explain? Bob the dog has a problem. A nasty, flapping problem with a massive beak. The family’s precious belongings keep going missing. Who do they blame? BOB. If only he could tell them the truth: that a pesky pelican is hiding all the objects in its beak! Until then, Bob will just have to find away to get back at that horrible pelican on his own… A hoot of a picture book from rising star Kate Leake A witty & madcap story starring a loveable mutt Kate is the creator of Don’t Chew the Royal Shoe She also did artwork for Never Say No to a Princess ...

Crumbs! Where’s the cake? It’s gone, & Bob the dog is getting blamed. Only Bob knows who REALLY ate it. But how can he ever (woof) explain? Bob the dog has a problem. A nasty, flapping problem with a massive beak. The family’s precious belongings keep going missing. Who do they blame? BOB. If only he could tell them the truth: that a pesky pelican is hiding all the objects in its beak! Until then, Bob will just have to find away to get back at that horrible pelican on his own… A hoot of a picture book from rising star Kate Leake A witty & madcap story starring a loveable mutt Kate is the creator of Don’t Chew the Royal Shoe She also did artwork for Never Say No to a Princess ...

When a little boy steps in a puddle that’s most definitely wee, he starts imagining who might have done it. Was it … a dinosaur? A tiger? A princess? A unicorn?! ...