A new collection of poems from the former Children's Laureate, who writes about his own childhood in an immigrant Jewish family in London, family members lost in WW2, and migration around wo... read more
A time-travelling adventure that finds Elsie in the India of her great-uncle's youth. By the daughter of the generally unsung tho' marvellous literary lion, Barry of that ilk. Ages 8-12.
October is a girl living a wild life in the woods with her father; a glorious existence of wood fires, reading, growing vegetables, far from the madding crowd. Her idyll is rocked by an owl,... read more
A gothic and highly original novel that looks at what it is to be human from a monster's point of view. Black and white illustrations from an excellent book jacket designer and illustrator. ... read more
... is an enormous train that whisks away two children on a series of adventures, with a porcupine, a polar bear and many other animals aboard - and in danger. Ages 7-10.
Classic fairy tales given a contemporary spin by prominent writers: the children want to save the forest but their aunt thinks they are viperous vegetarians and plans to abandon them in the ... read more
Classic fairy tales given a contemporary spin by prominent writers: the children want to save the forest but their aunt thinks they are viperous vegetarians and plans to abandon them in the ... read more
Classic fairy tales given a contemporary spin by prominent writers: the children want to save the forest but their aunt thinks they are viperous vegetarians and plans to abandon them in the ... read more
Classic fairy tales given a contemporary spin by prominent writers: the children want to save the forest but their aunt thinks they are viperous vegetarians and plans to abandon them in the ... read more
An illustrated introduction to that uninhabited vastness and to the explorers and scientists who work there. Ages 7-9.
Please note this book has been delayed from October 2020 t... read more
Great cities around the world as they once were, and now - C9th BC Thebes in Egypt compared with modern Luxor, Constantinople and Istanbul, London at the time of the Great Fire and since, et... read more
After the meteoric success of 'The Lost Words', Macfarlane and Morris have collaborated a second time to make this magical book of spells, conjuring the natural world and its denizens. To sh... read more
From Stevenson's Rocket, the Flying Scotsman, the Orient Express, the Bullet Train... heaven for some parents and, we hope, for their children. Ages 7 and upwards.
An outstanding, wordless graphic novel with superb black and white illustrations: a small paper boat set sail across the seas and encounters a fantastic ocean world, dreadful monsters and my... read more
Panoramic illustrations bring the layers of geological time alive: oceans and swamps, great beasts, extinctions, the origins of species, to the appearance of Homo sapiens, the Ice Age, hunte... read more