The first in a lively new series set in a school for spies in WW2. And, for those who might be missing Steven's earlier series, take heart: there IS a murder. Ages 8-11.
A boy has a strange and unique gift: he can undo curses, in a world where everyone can cast them. Hardinge has been writing for years but only reached a huge audience when The Lie Tree won t... read more
Sadly not the lost early version of 'Romeo and Juliet' called 'Ethel the Pirate's Daughter' (vide 'Shakespeare in Love', screenplay by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman) but nevertheless this wil... read more
"...It was on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, and I was in Mrs Protheroe's garden, waiting for cats, with her son Jim...". Every adult and every childs needs to have Thomas's words and image... read more
Who would not love a tour of the Royal Opera House, half an hour before a performance of 'Nutcracker'? Figaro the opera cat takes us to try on the Mad Hatter's hat, adjust the tutu of the Su... read more
Tortoise is having a very bad day - stuck on a rock, down a hole. It's not easy being a tortoise in fact... Another sweet story from the duo that created The Hug. Ages 3-5.
Mina, who we first met in Almond's miraculous Skellig many years ago, now encounters other-worldly wonders in Japan. Almond is one of the greatest living children's authors and here again he... read more
The Baburnama for children - a memoir of adventure, fame and all the trappings of a princely existence, yet combined with an exemplary life of the mind, and a powerful curiosity about the wo... read more
Gorgeously illustrated fable about the origin of the stars: when the sun finds a girl weeping after a moonless night, fearing for her fisherman-father out on the dark sea, he smashes one of ... read more
His friends Porcupine, Squirrel and co. all come along to help but in the end, Little Bunny comes to realise that sleeping in your own bed, on your own, is quite a relief... Ages 3-5.
Goldfinch, magpie, blackbird, blue tit, robin, kingfisher etc: ten birds, their habitats and habits. Some of the illustrations can be pressed out to make 3-D birds... Ages 7-10.
It's an odd state of things if publishers believe that girls need elided versions of classical tales - but far better they read this than none at all, of course. Circe, Demeter, Penelope, Ar... read more
A slim, irresistible coming-of-age story in the tradition of Bonjour Tristesse and Call Me By Your Name, in which the arrival of two American brothers wreaks havoc on an English family over ... read more
Mouse wanders through his wood visiting friends as the seasons unfurl; flaps for little fingers reveal the various cosy interiors of his friends' houses, filled with teapots, colourful count... read more
The ambitions of the youngest member of a musical family are thwarted by having to play the triangle... But help appears in the form of a cat-ghost, Maestro Gus, who is a magical teacher. A ... read more
Like Louis Jourdain's character in 'Gigi', Badger finds everything - no matter what - is a BORE... until Badger and his friends embark on a piratical adventure. Amiable picture book about ch... read more
Happy reminiscences, told in rhyme, by a grandfather to his children. Excellent illustrations, treasure maps, whales waving their tails, adventure, swash-and-buckle... Ages 3-6.
An old-fashioned story about a lonely miller who sets off to find friendship, overlooking that which is closest to home. Charming illustrations. For ages 4-7.
A child moves from the country to the city; her imagination in this unfamiliar world is fired by a comet, and through her imagination comes reconciliation. Aspects evoke Howl's Moving Castle... read more
A small boy in a big hat steers himself and three friends on the good ship Neversink in search of a land where children grow up immediately, cutting out any further need for school... By th... read more
The first two of Pearson's graphic novels reissued in one volume. For anyone who has missed her, Hilda is a valiant young Scandinavian girl with blue hair and a predilection for trolls. Nort... read more