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17 of the best LGBTQIA+ books for kids

Doctor Who: The Target Storybook

A brilliant new collection of spin-off stories from famous episodes throughout the history of Doctor Who - and a new format for the successful Target publishing range.

We’re all stories in the end… 
 
In this exciting collection you’ll find all-new stories spinning off from some of your favourite Doctor Who moments across the history of the series. Learn what happened next, what went on before, and what occurred off-screen in an inventive selection of sequels, side-trips, foreshadowings and first-hand accounts – and look forward too, with a brand new adventure for the Thirteenth Doctor. 
 
Each story expands in thrilling ways upon aspects of Doctor Who’s enduring legend. With contributions from show luminaries past and present – including Colin Baker, Matthew Waterhouse, Vinay Patel, Joy Wilkinson and Terrance Dicks – The Target Storybook is a once-in-a-lifetime tour around the wonders of the Whoniverse.

Max Kowalski Didn't Mean It

'A beautifully written emotional story to make you laugh and cry' - Jacqueline Wilson 
 
The problem with Wales, he thought, was that it was too far away. 
But that was the point. To leave Southend behind. To get so far that no one would think to look for them there. 
 
Max wants to be just like his dad - fun, loud and strong. 
Instead, he always seems to be accidentally getting into fights and breaking things. 
 
But when his dad starts bringing home mysterious boxes, even more mysterious wads of cash starts turning up. 
 
Then Dad disappears. And it's up to Max to look after his sisters until he comes home. 
 
When they run away to a remote village in Wales, he's convinced that no one will find them. 
 
He's Max Kowalski. Of course he can look after three kids with no grownups around! 
 
Although, he can't stop thinking about where Dad really went. And the whispers of a golden dragon, asleep under the Welsh mountains... 
 
A funny and exquisitely written story, perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Ross Welford.

A beautifully written story to make you laugh and cry

Utterly lovely . . . Enid Blyton meets Jacqueline Wilson meets Jenny Nimmo, with all the humour and warmth you'd expect in a Susie Day novel

Sally Nicholls, author of Things a Bright Girl Can Do

If Jacqueline Wilson ganged up with Alan Garner and remixed A Monster Calls, with dragons. Powerful and deep.

Louie Stowell, author of The Dragon in the Library

"Wonderfully diverse and effortlessly entertaining, Susie's books are a must for all school libraries"

Susie Day grew up by the seaside in Penarth, Wales, with a lisp and a really unfortunate choice of first name. 
Between books, she works as a copywriter in Birmingham, crochets ridiculous jumpers and inhales tea. 
Susie now lives in Coventry, England with her partner and a black cat named Pantalaimon.

Max wants to be just like his dad - fun, loud and strong. He loves their trips to the fair and Dad's no-nonsense attitude when Max gets in trouble at school. But everything changes when mysterious boxes and even more mysterious wads of cash start turning up at their house, and when Dad disappears it's up to Max to look after his three sisters until Dad comes home. 
 
Determined to keep the family together, Max takes his sisters to a remote village in Wales, where he's convinced that no one will find them. What Max doesn't expect to find is new friends, new questions, and a very old legend. Just how easy is it to look after three kids with no grown ups around? Where did Dad go, really? And what are the whispers Max keeps hearing, of a golden dragon, asleep under the mountain...?

The Secrets of the Superglue Sisters

Best friends Georgie and Jem aren't just new at school; they're new at being full-time sisters too. Georgie's mum and Jem's dad have finally bought a house together, and they get to share a home at last, just like they always wanted. But being full time sisters is maybe a tiny bit harder than they expected. 
 
At school, there are new friends to make and a new class project to complete. Everyone must write down their deepest secret so that their teacher Miss Eagle can set a giant ball alight and they can all watch their worries disappear. 
 
But the ball of secrets mysteriously disappears and everyone's secrets are revealed. Can Georgie and Jem discover who the secrets thief is and learn how to stick together in their new family?

Best friends Georgie and Jem aren't just new at school; they're new at being full-time sisters too. Georgie's mum and Jem's dad have finally bought a house together, and they get to share a home at last, just like they always wanted. 
 
School is a bit more challenging. Miss Eagle wants the whole class to start a self-esteem project. They'll write their biggest secret on a piece of paper shaped like a cloud and then float them up into the sky on a balloon and their worries will disappear. 
 
Then disaster! The ball of secrets disappears instead! Soon everyone's deepest secrets are being revealed to the whole school.

The Secrets of Sam and Sam

Sam likes being a twin. He likes having two mums. He likes cheese sandwiches and his dog and drawing comics with his friend Pea. He does not like humus - or heights . . . 
 
His twin sister Sammie likes being a twin too. She knows that she's perfect best friend material for somebody - the girls in her class just haven't realised yet. And she knows that she's the best Sam - Sam A. 
 
Both Sam and Sammie - and everybody in their lives seems to be keeping secrets - which ones will come out?

Sam likes being a twin. He likes having two mums. He likes cheese sandwiches and his dog and drawing comics with his friend Pea. He does not like humus - or heights . . . 
 
His twin sister Sammie likes being a twin too. She knows that she's perfect best friend material for somebody - the girls in her class just haven't realised yet. And she knows that she's the best Sam - Sam A. 
 
Both Sam and Sammie - and everybody in their lives seems to be keeping secrets - which ones will come out? 
 
Meet the very different twins and their very different problems in this funny, heart-warming story of modern family life for boys and girls.

Pea's Book of Birthdays

Fun, families and secrets in the latest story in this lovely series. Perfect for girls of 8 and above. 
 
It's Pea's birthday, and all the family are gathered around to celebrate. But there's one person missing - her dad. She has never known him, but is the story Mum always told her (the one about Dad being a pirate) really true? What is this mysterious Piratical Father doing now? So begins Pea's quest to track down her dad once and for all . . .

Pea's Book of Holidays

Fun, families and secrets in the latest story in this lovely series. Perfect for girls of 8 and above. 
 
Pea's family are separating for the summer holidays. Big sister, Clover, is off to Drama Camp, Mum is staying at home to finish her new book, and Pea and Tinkerbell are going camping. 
 
But things don't go quite to plan, and Pea finds her summer suddenly filled with Enid Blyton, castles, ghosts and mysteries . . .

Fun, families and secrets in the latest story in this lovely series. Perfect for girls of 8 and above. 
 
Pea's family are separating for the summer holidays. Big sister, Clover, is off to Drama Camp, Mum is staying at home to finish her new book, and Pea and Tinkerbell are going camping. 
 
But things don't go quite to plan, and Pea finds her summer suddenly filled with Enid Blyton, castles, ghosts and mysteries .

Susie Day

Robin Boyden

The Team TARDIS Diaries, Volume 2

Something has gone wrong with time, and the Doctor - alongside her friends Yaz, Ryan and Graham - is determined to investigate. The trail leads to a dusty mining town at Hallowe'en - and something scary is lying in wait for them ... 
 
The second in a new series of illustrated adventures for the Thirteenth Doctor, as portrayed by Jodie Whittaker!

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