Citronella is a little girl who cannot hear, and for whom no-one can find a cure. Her family decides to send her to Grandpa Tambala, who takes her far, far away to a place where you don't only hear with your ears.

'Some bright kid's got a gun and 2000 rounds of live ammo. And that gun's no pea-shooter. It'll go through a brick wall at a quarter of a mile.' Chas McGill has the second-best collection of war souvenirs in Garmouth, and he desperately wants it to be the best. When he stumbles across the remains of a German bomber crashed in the woods - its shiny, black machine-gun still intact - he grabs his chance. Soon he's masterminding his own war effort with dangerous and unexpected results . . . The Machine Gunners is Robert Westall's gripping first novel for children set during World War Two and winner of the Carnegie Medal. Now with a brilliant cover look celebrating its fortieth anniversary. Includes a bonus short story - 'The Haunting of Chas McGill' - and an extended biography of the author.

When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell to seal their fate forever.

All eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow wants to do is hold her family together. With a brother on the frontline forced to fight on behalf of the Gods now missing, and a mother drowning her sorrows, Iris's best bet is winning the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette. But when Iris's letters to her brother fall into the wrong hands - that of the handsome but cold Roman Kitt, her rival at the paper - an unlikely magical connection forms.

Expelled into the middle of a mystical war, magical typewriters in tow, can their bond withstand the fight for the fate of mankind and most importantly, love?

An epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy novel filled with hope and heartbreak, and the unparalleled power of love.

The story before the scandal. A book to celebrate the inspiring legacy of the Windrush pioneers. In June 1948, hundreds of Caribbean men, women and children arrived in London on a ship called the HMT Empire Windrush. Although there were already Black people living in Britain at the time, this event marks the beginning of modern Black Britain. Combines historical fact with voices from the Windrush Generation Tells the inspiring story of the Windrush Generation pioneers for younger readers With full colour illustration

Push, pull and slide the moving mechanisms to meet all your favourite characters from the deep dark wood in this brilliant board book based on the bestselling classic picture book, The Gruffalo's Child, and bring the story to life! One wild and windy night the Gruffalo's Child disobeys her father's warnings and ventures out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist . . . does he? Move the push, pull and slide mechanisms on every spread to find out. With a short, simple rhyming text based on the original story, The Gruffalo's Child: A Push, Pull and Slide Book is the perfect introduction for preschoolers to The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, and a great gift for fans of the bestselling picture book.

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a Christmas tree but when Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet set off to find the perfect tree in the Hundred Acre Wood they soon run into difficulties …

But perhaps with the help of their friends Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger and Owl, they’ll be able to make this a Christmas to remember after all.

A warming winter tale for fans of The Best Bear in All The World, with delightful new illustrations.

The nation’s favourite teddy bear has been delighting generations of children for 90 years.

Milne’s classic children’s stories – featuring Piglet, Eeyore and, of course, Pooh himself – are both heart-warming and funny, teaching lessons of friendship and reflecting the power of a child’s imagination like no other story before or since.

Look out for more Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas stories:

Winnie-the-Pooh: Pooh's Christmas Party

Winnie-the-Pooh: Pooh's Snowy Day

Winnie-the-Pooh: Pooh's Christmas Letters

Recommended by Malala Yousafzai, The Breadwinner is the first book in Deborah Ellis's bestselling series set in Afghanistan. This award-winning novel explores loyalty, survival, family and friendship under extraordinary circumstances.

Parvana's father is arrested and taken away by Taliban soldiers. Under Taliban law, women and girls are not allowed to leave the house on their own. Parvana, her mother, and sisters are prisoners in their own home. With no man to go out to buy food, they face starvation. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner to save her family.

It is a dangerous plan, but their only chance.

In fear, she goes out, and witnesses the horror of landmines, the brutality of the Taliban, and the desperation of a country trying to survive. But even in despair lies hope . . .

  A heartwarming tale of friendship and forgiveness In two little houses, on two little hills, lived two best friends... Every day Rita and Ralph go down the hill, and up the hill, and down the hill, and up the hill to meet beneath their favourite apple tree to play all kinds of games! But one day they play a new game - sticks and stones - and it doesn't end well... Will Rita and Ralph learn to say sorry so they can meet back at the apple tree to play again? Brilliant storytelling from Carmen Agra Deedy Pete Oswald's spirited illustrations bring the tale to life

BE WARNED! AWFUL ANIMALS LURK INSIDE... Millions of readers have loved The World's Worst Children, The World's Worst Teachers and The World's Worst Parents - now they will delight in this ludicrously laugh-out-loud collection of pets, brought to you by the phenomenal Number One bestselling author David Walliams, with every story illustrated in vibrant colour by Adam Stower. These ten tales of the world's craziest creatures will have you shaking with laughter. You'll never look at pets in the same way again! Marvel at Houdini, the magician's rabbit. Take a trip around the world with Zoom, the supersonic tortoise. Gasp at the chaos created by Griselda, a grizzly bear with a big secret. And RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! It's Furp, the monstrous goldfish! Good pets, bad pets, supervillain pets, pets as big as a house and pets that could eat you in one gulp - these are the most hilarious and horrendous animals around. David Walliams was most recently Children's #1 bestseller for six weeks with Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! (TCM chart: from 20 Nov 2021)

Kwaaikofski is al ’n privaatspeurder vandat hy kan onthou. Selfs as ’n baba het hy elke boublokkie weer gekry, en ook elke lekker wat iewers in die sandput verdwyn het. Hy het nou eenmaal ’n talent daarvoor. Gee hom ’n glas melk, Carpenters kougom en sy spesiale kep – wat sorg dat sy brein altyd teen die optimale temperatuur funksioneer – en hy is gereed vir enigiets! Hierdie omnibusuitgawe bevat drie van Speurder Kwaaikofski se gewildste avonture vir beginnerlesers. Kwaaikofski moet uitvind waarom sy gunsteling-kougom uit Olga se winkel verdwyn, die geheim van ’n vlieënde blou rubberkoei ontrafel en 'n vreemde pienk spook op die skoolgronde vastrek.

It's time to clean Adi's room! If only a computer could do it for her! That gives Adi and her best friend Gabi an idea - think like a coder! These scientific thinkers put on their computer coding caps and make cleaning up easy by sorting with variables!

Graphic novel star Kazu Kibuishi creates a world of terrible, man-eating demons, a mechanical rabbit, a giant robot - and two ordinary children on a life-or-death mission in this first book in the NYT's bestselling series. After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals. Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit. Together with Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save someone she loves. Full-colour illustrated stories for readers at all ages and all abilities #1 New York Times bestselling series! Amulet #1 was an ALA Best Book and shortlisted for the CBC's Children's Choice Book Awards Kazu illustrated the 15th anniversary Harry Potter covers in the US

Padda is moeg daarvoor om net heeldag te sit en kwaak. Hy wil rondreis en die wêreld sien. Maar sal hy ooit weer veilig tuis kom?

’n Opwindende interaktiewe avontuur vir dapper klein reisigers met loergaatjies en ’n uitvou-verrassing aan die einde.

Die boek is perfek vir peuters. Dit ontwikkel geletterdheidsvaardighede en ruimtelike woordeskat.

Zoe is SO excited when Great Uncle Horace brings THREE gorgeous sea otter pups to live at the Rescue Zoo! The orphaned pups are very fluffy and cheeky - and the youngest pup, Sasha, is the cheekiest and fluffiest of all. Zoe uses her special skills to talk to the otters and gets to know them all very well. But Sasha feels sad when her older, more confident, siblings are chosen to take part in a special otter display. Can Zoe and Meep persuade Sasha the scruffy sea otter not to give up and to bring her own special skills to the show?

Paul en sy ouers het onlangs van die platteland na die groot stad getrek. En al is die stad vol mense en bedrywigheid, is Paul eensaam. Op ’n dag gaan stap hy in die reen en kom op ’n klein hondjie af wat verdwaal is. Hy soek die eienaar van die hondjie, maar kry niemand en besluit om Vlekkie huis toe te vat. Hulle word groot vriende, maar Vlekkie mis sy basie, veral teen slaaptyd. Paul weet dis die regte ding om Vlekkie se eienaar te soek, al wil hy nie die hondjie verloor nie. Maar om die regte ding doen bring vir Paul onverwagse geluk... Dis ’n pragtige storie wat hartsnare roer. Dit leer kinders dat “optelgoed” nie “vatgoed” is nie en dat dit aan die regte eienaar behoort. En selfs, om die regte ding te doen, is meer verrykend en bevredigend as wat hulle dink.

X-Men meets The Handmaid's Tale in the second instalment in an epic and romantic YA fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard's The Red Queen, Netflix's Stranger Things and Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows.

They want to find me. I will find them first.

Juliette has escaped. She has found the headquarters of the rebel resistance - and people like her. People with gifts. She is free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use her as a weapon, and free to love Adam.

But Juliette will never be free from her lethal touch. Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible.

In this heart-racing sequel to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me, Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and what she thinks is right. Decisions that might involve choosing between her heart―and the life of those she loves.

"London is a very fine place," announced Pooh. When Winnie-the-Pooh ventures to London he's most surprised to encounter a blustery bus, and a wobbly bridge, but the greatest excitement of all is when he stands in front of Buckingham Palace and a very important lady comes out to meet the crowd ... Featuring the Shard, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and many other famous London landmarks this is a wonderful celebration of a great city as seen through the eyes of Winnie-the-Pooh, the Bear of Very Little Brain. Mark Burgess's illustrations, true to the spirit of the original decorations by E.H.Shepard, perfectly capture this incredibly special story. Pooh ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage. Whether you're 5 or 55, Pooh is the bear for all ages.

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is now a major motion picture from Netflix, starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, and many more! A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure for those who prefer fairytales with a twist... The first in the bestselling series. Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to the School for Good and Evil, the fabled institution where they become fairytale heroes or villains. With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she'll join the ranks of past students like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White at the School for Good. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black dresses and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil. But the two girls soon find their fortunes reversed - Sophie's dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School for Good, thrust among handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication. But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are?

Discover what freedom means! This nonfiction book explains the song America in an easy-to-follow way. Made for young readers, the book includes a fiction story about the song, discussion questions, an additional project, and more useful features. This 24-page full-color book analyzes America line by line to make sure students understand. It also covers important topics related to national pride, and includes an extension activity for Grade 1. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool to learn about symbols, freedom, and U.S. History.

The unmissable YA graphic novel Homebody from debut creator Theo Parish - for fans of the global hit Heartstopper and a must read for anyone who's ever felt like they don’t belong.

"Hello! I’m Theo. I like cats, Dungeons & Dragons . . . and I’m trans and non-binary."

Theo grew up in a household with a loving family and relaxed gender roles, but the pressures of the outside world to fit into society’s expectations can make life feel, well . . . confusing! Theo knows that there is no one way to be, but inspired by superheroes, role playing games and comic con, they find confidence to rebuild their image in a way that feels truly themselves.

In their debut graphic novel Homebody, author-illustrator Theo Parish takes readers through a beautifully heart lifting story of discovering what it means to live life on your own terms and what it means to feel at home in the world.

The first book in the ROARsome DRAGON REALM series for 9+ readers! Perfect for readers who love fantasy, magic, adventure and DRAGONS!

Deep within the mountain, a great creature stirred in its sleep. Its eyes rolled back in its head, and its wings jerked wide open…

When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a summer camp in middle-of-nowhere China he doesn’t know what to expect. There he meets fellow campers Dylan, Charlotte and Ling-Fei and together they stumble upon an age-old secret: four powerful warrior dragons, hidden deep within the mountain behind the camp. They have been trapped since an epic battle with the Dragon of Death and need the children’s help to set them free before terrible evil is unleashed on the earth. Billy and his friends must set off on a dangerous adventure that will take them to the heart of the Dragon Realm. But can they save the dragon and human worlds from destruction?

DRAGON MOUNTAIN is the first book in the DRAGON REALM series by Katie and Kevin Tsang, co-authors of SAM WU IS NOT AFRAID