Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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Michelle Robinson

Tom McLaughlin

My name is Nugget. Chicken Nugget . . . 
 
It's not easy being the smallest chick in the family, but Nugget has had some good news: he's going to be a big brother! Little baby Benedict is still an egg at the moment and it's Nugget's job to look after him. What could possibly go wrong? 
 
Another cracking story from bestselling duo Michelle Robinson and Tom McLaughlin.

Chicken Nugget: Scrambled Egg

Harry Horse

Little Rabbit is very excited at the thought of being a big brother. However, when Mama has three babies, instead of the expected one, things don't go as smoothly as Little Rabbit had hoped. Perhaps babies are not as much fun as he first thought! But Little Rabbit's new siblings adore him and when Little Rabbit is the only one who can get them to sleep, he realizes how special it is to be a big brother. A very poignant tale, full of humourously familiar moments for any family expecting a new baby.

Little Rabbit's New Baby

Lucy Tandon Copp

Sienna Youngsun Kim

Mama named Luna after the moon.She always said the moon had a special way of bringing people together.And from the moment Luna was born, she did too… 
Luna’s mixed heritage family are different in lots of ways, but they share something very special in common - their love for Luna shines big and round and bright, just like the moon! 
When Luna starts school, she is super excited to make friends and present her beloved Moon Rabbit at Show and Tell. But, faced with difficult questions about her family, she begins to lose confidence and her own full moon heart fades away. 
As the Moon Festival approaches, both sides of Luna's family come together to celebrate. Join Luna as she uncovers the story of who she is and discovers how to shine bright again with the feeling of belonging. 
 
A Love as Full as The Moon is a heartwarming picture book debut from Lucy Tandon Copp and Sienna Youngsun Kim.

A Love as Full as the Moon

Babette Cole

Prince Cinders leads a very hard life. Bullied by his three hairy brothers about his less-than-perfect looks, he spends all his time cleaning and tidying up after them. One Saturday night Prince Cinders' luck changes as a small, dirty fairy falls down the chimney and promises that his wishes shall come true. Not all the fairy's spells turn out as planned in this zany twist of a traditional story.

Prince Cinders

Fox Mem

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is a small boy who has a big name - and that's why he likes Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper becasue she has too. So when he finds Miss Nancy has lost her memory, Wilfrid determines to discover what memories are so he can find it for her. 
 
A perennial classic, perfect for reading aloud.

Wilfrid Gordon Mcdonald Partridge

Mrs Hinch

Hannah George

A wonderfully festive story from Sunday Times bestselling author, Mrs Hinch! 
 
It's Christmas Eve and all is quiet on Hinch Farm, when suddenly there's a loud CRASH! Ronnie, Lennie and Henry go outside to investigate . . . and who should they find, but Father Christmas! He's crash-landed and needs their help. 
 
The Hinch brothers, with a sprinkling of Christmas magic, help Father Christmas fix his sleigh and deliver the last presents. And who's that flying alongside the reindeer - could it be the alpacas? 
 
With gorgeous illustrations by Hannah George, this picture book is a fun-filled snowy adventure.

Christmas on Hinch Farm

The Adventures of the Hinch Brothers

Lola has a cold and is feeling really ever so not well. So her big brother, Charlie, thinks of all sorts of ideas to try to cheer Lola up. He brings her pink milk and biscuits, sings her a special song, plays her best smiley jigsaw puzzle and even takes her on a cloud-hopping adventure! Soon Lola's feeling much, much better!

Charlie and Lola: I'm Really Ever So Not Well

Beatrix Potter

Hop into a brand new lift-the-flap Easter adventure with Peter Rabbit! 
 
Peter's sisters are egg-cellent at hide-and-seek - Peter and his cousin Benjamin can't find them anywhere! But they do keep finding mysterious easter eggs wherever they go . . . Who could they all be from? 
 
Join Peter and his friends in this irresistible new lift-the-flap adventure, full of Easter delights.

Peter Rabbit: The Easter Bunny Hunt

A Lift-the-Flap Storybook

My name is Nugget. Chicken Nugget. 
This is my family. 
I'm the smallest. 
 
And when you're the smallest, nobody ever listens. 
 
When Nugget's long-lost-cousin Franz turns up, all isn't quite as it seems. There's definitely something fishy - or foxy - about this chicken. This is Nugget's chance to save the day, because sometimes the bravest hero of all is just a little chicken. 
 
A hilarious and commercial new picture book by Michelle Robinson, fantastically illustrated by Tom McLaughlin.

Chicken Nugget

Kate Ferdinand

Emma Randall

An enchanting story about fairies, baking, and the magic of blended families from TV star and influencer Kate Ferdinand 
 
In a magical forest full of busy birds and buzzy bugs, there stands a giant oak tree. This is where the fairy families live! 
 
Ash and Willow live in the Family Tree with their dad. They love baking and can't wait to enter the Busy Beetle Bake-Off, but everything changes when their dad introduces them to a new fairy, Hazel. With their bakes going badly, and a new member of the family to get used to, will Ash and Willow manage to find a way to win the contest? 
 
This is Kate Ferdinand's first picture book for children - a heartwarming story full of magic, friendship and baking that will help children of blended families feel seen, heard and appreciated.

The Family Tree

A magical story celebrating blended families

Allan Ahlberg

Andre Amstutz

Here is an announcement! The train approaching platform two is full of stolen goods . . . 
Mr Track is the train driver, and Mrs Track is the driver's wife. Toby Track is their little boy and he is exceptionally good at jumping onto stolen trains and rescuing them from crooks! 
This wonderful Happy Families story has been upsized into a picture book format to be even more accessible for little children.

Master Track's Train

Suzanne Lang

Max Lang

Jim Panzee is very grumpy about Valentine's Day until his buddy Norman shows him that this celebration is for everyone. 
 
When Jim hears Oxpecker cooing over her doting boyfriend on Valentine's Day, he has just one thought: Gross. But Jim finds out that not everything about Valentine's Day is hearts and kisses. Jim learns there are different types of valentines and many kinds of love, such as love for a parent or for friends. 
 
This funny non-saccharine story is full of the same silly humour that characterises all the beloved titles in the New York Times bestselling Grumpy Monkey series. 
 
Read more in the Grumpy Monkey series: 
Grumpy Monkey 
Grumpy Monkey Party Time

Grumpy Monkey Love is Gross

Virginia Kroll

Nancy Carpenter

A little girl learns about the Masai tribe at school and daydreams about what her life would have been like if she had been born into the tall, proud East African tribe. Comparing her life and theirs, she celebrates both the differences and the similarities and she learns that she has her own spiritual and even physical kinship with them. 
 
&lsquo;The text and pictures achieve a perfect harmony &hellip; The comparisons are always positive &hellip; A joy of a book&rsquo; Junior Education.

Masai and I

Ian Whybrow

Adrian Reynolds

When Harry and the dinosaurs go to the museum they see Roman swords and spears, Egyptian mummies and lots of Harry's ancestors. The dinosaurs want Harry to help them to find their ancestors...and that's how Harry gets lost! 
 
Will Mum and Nan know where to look for him?

Harry and the Dinosaurs at the Museum

Charlie has this little sister, Lola, and together they have lots of extremely good adventures and do some very fun things. All Charlie and Lola fans will love this collection of five favourite stories, featuring Charlie and Lola, their friends Lotta and Marv and, of course, Marv's dog Sizzles! 
 
Containing these five ever so good stories: 
We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog, Whoops! But It Wasn't Me, My Wobbly Tooth Must Not Ever Never Fall Out, I've Won, No I've Won, No I've Won and Snow Is My Favourite and My Best

Charlie and Lola: My Completely Best Story Collection

Lola is clearing out some of her old things because she does not want her bedroom to ever get as messy and pongy as Marv's older brother Marty's bedroom - yuk! Charlie persuades Lola that instead of throwing her things away, she should recycle them. 'Recycle it? What is that?' asks Lola. With a bit of help from Charlie, Lola learns all about recycling and how it is extremely very important to look after our planet. Soon she has found an extra-specially fun way to do more recycling - and gets lots of her classmates to join in too!

Charlie and Lola: Look After Your Planet

Everyone has their favourite Harry story and here they all are in this roaringly good collection at this amazingly good price! 
This superb collection features Harry and the Snow King, Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs, Harry and the Robots, Romp in the Swamp and Harry and the Dinosuars say 'Raaah!' Read about how Harry first found his beloved dinosaurs, their adventures together in the scary swamp and discover just how brave they all are when they visit the dentist. There are even two stories just about Harry.

Harry and the Dinosaurs and the Bucketful of Stories

Raymond Briggs

Ug and his parents live in the Stone Age. And that means stone blankets, stone cold food, an even colder cave and, worst of all, hard stone trousers! Being an inquisitive and intelligent child, Ug suggests a series of modifications to improve the quality of family life. His ideas about heating, cooking, boats, and balls that actually bounce are initially met with a hostile reaction. But with the help of his father, who slowly comes round to his son's way of thinking, Ug comes tantalisingly close to his ultimate garment goal . . .

UG: Boy Genius of the Stone Age and His Search for Soft Trousers

Miss Josie Jump the jockey can't wait to gallop in a race like her mum, her brother and even her grandma, but everyone says she's too young. But then grandma's horse gets a sore throat and Jimmy Jump gets a splinter in his bottom so she might get her chance at last...

Miss Jump the Jockey

Sue Heap

Nick Sharratt

A is for apple, B is for bat, C is for crocodile, camel and cat . . . Here is a unique and special alphabet book. This very simple text is about two friends, Sue and Nick, who like very different things but are still best friends. They take us through all their favourite things from ABC all the way to XYZ . . . X can mean kiss, Y is for yoghurt and yum and yuk too, Z is for zoom, goodbye, Nick and Sue!

Alphabet Ice Cream

A fantastic fun-filled ABC

A unique look at colours and friendship, now available in paperback. 
 
This very simple text is about two friends, Sue and Nick, who like different colours but are still good friends. The artwork is stunning with each artist contributing alternate pages in their own inimitable style. The deceptively simple text is perfect for children learning to read.

Red Rockets and Rainbow Jelly

Lola and Lotta are BEST friends. They do absolutely completely everything together, like eating lunch, playing in the sandpit and going in pairs. But when a new girl, Evie, arrives in their class, Lotta starts spending all her time with her, and not Lola. Everything is extremely very different and Lola worries that Lotta is not her Best, Best, BESTEST friend anymore. How will Lola get Lotta's attention? Find out in this ever so good Charlie and Lola story.

Charlie and Lola: My Best, Best Friend

David Walser

Jan Pienkowski

Step on board a pirate adventure with Meg and Mog, another magical story in the classic Meg and Mog series! 
 
When Meg the witch and her cat Mog go on an adventure to a treasure island, they soon meet a pirate who is hunting for treasure. Meg casts a magic spell... but as usual, things don't go according to plan! 
 
The Meg and Mog stories have been casting their spell over readers for over 50 years. With Jan Pienkowski’s award-winning illustrations and David Walser's easy-to-read text, the Meg and Mog books have earnt their place as timeless classics, beloved over generations. 
 
More magical Meg and Mog stories: 
 
Meg and Mog 
Meg Goes to Bed 
Meg's Veg 
Meg's Eggs 
Meg on the Moon 
Mog at the Zoo 
Meg Comes to School 
Meg and Mog: Three Favourite Stories 
Meg and Mog: Three Terrific Tales 
 
 
“Bold and irresistible” - GUARDIAN

Meg and the Pirate

Bruce Ingman

This is the story of Alison Hubble 
Who went to bed single 
And woke up double! 
 
Alison Hubble is very surprised when one day, she wakes up in her single bed and there are TWO of her! In Allan Ahlberg's clever and witty rhyming text, we discover what happens throughout her day as Alison Hubble continues to double and double again! 
 
Charming and funny illustrations are provided by highly respected illustrator, Bruce Ingman in his first picture book for Puffin.

Alison Hubble

The unabridged audiobook edition of Ian Whybrow's Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs Story Collection, read by Andrew Sachs. 
 
Meet Harry and all of his dinosaurs friends in this brand new downloadable audiobook. The collection contains every single Harry story published to date including five stories previously unreleased on audio, and one completely brand new story - Harry and the Dinosaurs Have a Very Happy Birthday. Charmingly read by Andrew Sachs, these stories feature specially composed music, lots of noises and amusing sound effects, and a theme tune that will have Harry fans roaring with delight - Raaaaah!!!

Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs Story Collection

Freddy McConnell

Rosalind Beardshaw

A lyrical picture book that celebrates the special bond between parent and child. 
 
Join Papa and Little one on a very ordinary day, as they explore Little One's extraordinary question: "What do we need?" 
Together, they decide they need lots of things - clean water, friends, a home - but, above all, they need each other.

Little Seahorse and the Big Question

Janet Ahlberg

This is the first book in the FUNNYBONES series and introduces the skeletons - a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton. They live in a dark dark cellar of a dark dark house on a dark dark hill and so the word repetition continues through this lighthearted story for early readers. The skeletons venture out of their cellar one night to find someone to scare, but everyone is in bed so they amuse themselves by scaring each other and playing with the skeleton animals that live in the zoo.

Funnybones

(Book & CD) The laugh-out-loud Halloween classic

Tove Jansson

It's winter in Moominvalley and Moomintroll and his family are getting ready for the Long Winter Sleep. But as the first flakes of snow fall, they receive an exciting invitation to the Ice Festival. Will they be brave enough to venture out now winter is here?

Moomin and the Ice Festival

If you haven't met a Moomin yet, you're missing the most magical fun... 
 
Join Moomintroll and his friends in this very special picture book to celebrate the anniversary of the classic story, Comet in Moominland. 
 
Settle in with the Moomin family as they remember the time Moomin and Sniff set off to find out what will happen if a comet lands in Moominland. They needed to be very brave and to do this they remembered the love of Moominmamma! 
 
A beautiful tale of adventure which celebrates Tove Jansson's iconic characters and how going on a long journey makes you appreciate home and the people that signify that. 
 
Discover more beautiful Moomin books: 
Moominpappa and the Great Flood 
Moomin and Snufkin's Quest for Adventure 
Moomin: Little My and the Wild Wind 
Moomin and the Midsummer Mystery 
Moomin and the Wishing Star 
Moomin and the Ice Festival 
My First Moomin: Goodnight, Moomin 
My First Moomin: Best Friends 
My First Moomin: Be Brave, Moomin

Moominmamma and the Comet

Sophy Henn

I've known you since you started. 
I've seen a thing or two . . . 
. . . or three or four or five or six! 
In fact, I've seen a few . . . 
 
Sometimes we are loud, sometimes we are quite, sometimes bold and clanky, sometimes soft and cuddly. Sophy Henn celebrates all the different, extraordinary and sometimes contradictory things we are in this joyful and colourful rhyming picture book. Perfect to read aloud - and then read again, and again!

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