Children’s

  • Murder Most Unladylike

    Murder Most Unladylike

    At Deepdean School for Girls, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have set up their own detective agency. But they are struggling to find any real crimes to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia’s missing tie. Which they don’t.) Then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym. To add…

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  • Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

    Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

    HALF BOY – HALF GOD – ALL HERO. Look, I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. I was just a normal kid…until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. Percy Jackson is having a bad week. His life has gone from totally normal to monsters-from-Greek-mythology-randomly-appearing kind of strange. Worse still, the king…

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  • Baby hedgehog. Finger puppet of hedgehog is central, with grass and sky around

    Baby Hedgehog

    Meet Baby Hedgehog! Where does Baby Hedgehog live? How does Baby Hedgehog find a tasty treat? Follow along as he experiences his world, from playtime to bedtime. The simple, comforting stories in this go-to baby gift series have made it a multimillion seller. Featuring a permanently attached plush finger puppet, each volume offers parents and…

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  • Peter Pan and Wendy. A dark blue cover on a dark red background

    Peter Pan and Wendy

    Since its first publication in 1911, generations of young readers have delighted in Peter Pan’s ‘awfully big adventure’. From Tinkerbell to Captain Hook and, of course, Peter himself, the cast of thoughtfully portrayed characters make this captivating story both timeless and nostalgic. It is the ultimate escapist adventure with children free to follow their dreams,…

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  • Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. A dark green cover with silver writing, set on a red background

    Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

    Before the time of Wendy, Tinker Bell and Captain Hook, before even Never-Never Land itself, Peter Pan was an ordinary baby. All babies, having been birds before they were humans, were ‘a little wild during the first few weeks, and very itchy about the shoulders, where their wings used to be’. But, unlike other babies,…

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  • Wind in the willows. A light green cover with beautiful illustration, set on a red background

    The Wind in the Willows

    The Wind in the Willows is about many things – the changing ­seasons, the beauty and fragility of nature, the thrill of the open road, and the creeping tide of suburbia – but it is the ­glorious adventures of Toad, Mole, Ratty and Badger that have enchanted children and their parents for more than a century. …

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