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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The extraordinary true story of the sisters who saved each other. 
 
Friedel and Gina, twins and best friends, live happy enough lives. Their world is cycling trips, visits to their father’s shops, and first-day-of school excitement. 
 
But this is a world that is about to fall apart. 
 
It is the 1930s, and the Nazis are on the rise across Germany. They hate anyone who is different – anyone who is Jewish. 
 
Friedel and Gina and their family are Jewish, and before long they are forced to journey to Poland, where terrible hardships await in a prison-like ghetto. Soon separated from loved ones, as the Second World War rages around them Friedel and Gina are eventually taken to a Nazi prison camp – a place of danger and fear, where they must do everything they can to survive. 
 
From daring recues to incredible acts of kindness, this is the story of the sisters’ love for each other, and of friendships found in the darkest of places.

For the Ones You Love

A true story of sisterhood and survival during the Holocaust

David Ziggy Greene

When everything is taken away from you, love and courage are all you have left. 
 
In 1938, the Nazis come to Vienna. They hate anyone who is different, especially Jewish people. 
 
Fritz and Kurt's family are Jewish, and that puts them in terrible danger. 
 
Fritz, along with his father, is taken to a Nazi prison camp, a terrible place, full of fear. When his father is sent to a certain death, Fritz can't face losing his beloved Papa. He chooses to go with him and fight for survival. 
 
Meanwhile, Kurt must go on a frightening journey, all alone, to seek safety on the far side of the world. 
 
In this extraordinary true story, Fritz and Kurt must face unimaginable hardships, and the two brothers wonder if they will ever return home . . .

Fritz and Kurt

Michelle Obama

What's important is our story, our whole story, including those moments when we feel a little vulnerable . . . 
 
Michelle Robinson started life sharing a bedroom with her older brother Craig, in their family's upstairs apartment in her great-aunt's house. Her parents, Fraser and Marian, poured their love and energy into their children. She would go on to become Michelle Obama, the inspirational First Lady of the United States of America. 
 
Now adapted for younger readers, with new photographs and a new introduction from Michelle Obama herself, this memoir tells a very personal, and completely inspiring, story of how, through hard work and determination, the girl from the South Side of Chicago built an extraordinary life. 
 
A tale of ups and downs, triumphs and failures, this is an incredibly honest account. It will take you from the early years - first kiss, first school, first love - to the wonders of the White House, and the moment Mrs Obama shook hands with the Queen of England. 
 
A book to read, share, and talk about with the adults in your life, this is a call to action and compassion, and hope for change in uncertain times, and in a scary world. 
 
You'll be inspired to help others, and understand that no one is perfect. Just like Michelle Obama, you too are finding out exactly who you want to be (and, actually, so are the adults in your life). 
 
Above all, it is a book to make you think: who are you, and what do you want to become?

Becoming: Adapted for Younger Readers

An ideal introduction to the pioneering life of Beatrix Potter, one of the most beloved children's authors of all time. 
 
This stylish mini-hardback takes readers on a fascinating journey through Beatrix's life, from her childhood holidays and animal friends through to her publishing success and later life in the Lake District. More than a children's author, explore Beatrix Potter's vital work as a conservationist and the inspiration she found in the countryside, as well as her artistic talents. 
 
Beautifully illustrated, with original photographs and letters, this is the perfect book for anyone who has ever wanted to know more about Beatrix Potter. 
 
The latest title in the popular V&amp;A Introduces series, celebrating icons from the world of art and design in collaboration with the V&amp;A Museum.

V&A Introduces: Beatrix Potter

Adam Frost

Prepare to discover the most utterly unbelievable REAL facts about WWII . . . Did you know that onions were given as birthday presents in WWII? Or that exploding camel dung was used as a weapon? Could a leaky toilet force a submarine crew to abandon ship? 
 
This is history like you've never known it before! Ask yourself . . . 
 
Would you eat squirrel tail soup, cow's udders, or a carrot on a stick? Could you share 12.7cm of bathwater with your WHOLE family - for your weekly wash? If you were a spy, which gadgets and inventions would you choose? 
 
From flying tanks to Operation Toenail, read about the daring, tragic and heroic events that shaped one of the most influential conflicts in modern times. With a bold design and colourful illustrations, picture the most amazing, and unbelievable, facts from this world-changing time. 
 
Puffin and IWM (Imperial War Museums) are proud to be working together to educate and inspire young readers with tales from the past. Puffin know that stories can take you anywhere. As one of the most beloved children's publishers, we aim to fire every young imagination. Uncovering people's experiences during wartime, from the First World War to the present day, IWM is a family of five museums (IWM London, Churchill War Rooms, HMS Belfast, IWM North, and IWM Duxford).

Utterly Unbelievable: WWII in Facts

Carol Ann Lee

The life story of Anne Frank, from her early happy childhood in Frankfurt, growing up in Amsterdam, her two years in hiding and the last few months of her life in the concentration camps. Narrated in six clearly written chapters, this biography for children answers the many detailed questions about Anne that readers of the Diary often have, and includes interesting anecdotes from friends who survived her. There is an Historical Note at the beginning of the book and a map of Europe, so that children will be able to understand the situation at the time, and an Introduction by Anne Frank's cousin, Buddy Elias.

Anne Frank's Story

Vashti Harrison

A book of black heroes, role models and everyday women who did extraordinary things. 
 
Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in the world's history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations. Debut author/illustrator Vashti Harrison pairs captivating text with stunning illustrations as she tells the stories of both iconic and lesser-known female figures of black history - from nurse Mary Seacole, to politician Diane Abbott, mathematician Katherine Johnson and singer Shirley Bassey.

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

Ian Whybrow

Adrian Reynolds

Harry is not happy. Today he has to go to Charlie's house and he doesn't want her to play with his dinosaurs. But when Charlie builds a primordial swamp, Harry gets drawn into an exciting adventure. Together they must rescue Tyrannosaurus from the giant swamp snake!

Harry and the Dinosaurs Romp in the Swamp

William Morris

An accessible and exciting approach to William Morris, a true art and design hero. The beautifully designed book will look at William Morris as an artist and culture shaper and include his most famous works.

V&A Introduces: William Morris

Kate Scott

Anke Rega

Her words have become some of the most important in modern history: discover the incredible life story of Anne Frank, whose bravery has inspired so many. 
 
Her incredible story comes to life in this beautifully illustrated book, with narrative biography, timelines, facts and quotes.

The Extraordinary Life of Anne Frank

Barry Turner

For ten months before the Second World War, thousands of children were bundled on to trains and waved goodbye to their parents as they set off across Germany and Holland to the ferries that would take them to England. The book is based on extensive interviews with those who helped to organise the transports, the families who took the children in and above all the young refugees as they began new lives in a strange country. Many were faced with a continuous stream of foster parents and children's homes; many were evacuated and even deported - and almost all never saw their parents again.

One Small Suitcase

Eleanor Farjeon

Herbert Farjeon

A series of poetry titles for children by many of Britain's greatest poets.

A highly entertaining collection of poems about all forty-one English Kings and Queens since William I. Reissued in Puffin Poetry Kings and Queens is an authentic classic that has delighted young readers and adults alike. With wonderfully witty illustrations by Robin Jacques, history has never been so much fun!

Kings And Queens

A brand new adventure for Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs - this time involving saving animals! 
 
On a trip to the safari park, Harry and his dinosaurs are horrified to discover that some animals are in danger of becoming extinct. Harry wants to help save them but Sam says he's too small and won't be able to do anything that will make a difference. But Harry is desperate to do something and gets to work making some posters for the window. He takes them off to a local shop who won't put them up because they're too small to be seen - but when Harry goes back the week after, his posters have been made into cards and are selling like hot cakes! He quickly discovers that it doesn't matter how small you are - you can be a tiny as a tick on a turtle's tail and still make a big difference!

Harry and the Dinosaurs Go Wild

Michael Whaite

What's bigger than a digger? Bigger than a dinosaur? DIGGERSAURS are bigger - see them build and hear them ROAR! 
 
The DIGGERSAURS are busy building something - what could it be? 
 
Children will fall in love with these huge, colourful, lovable beasts as the wonderfully read-aloud rhyming story unfolds. And there are lots of funny details to spot along the way...

Diggersaurs

This beautifully illustrated volume educates and inspires as it relates true stories of black men in history. Illuminating text paired with irresistible full-color art bring to life both iconic and lesser-known figures. 
 
Among these biographies, readers will find aviators and artists, politicians and pop culture icons. The men featured include writer James Baldwin, artist Aaron Douglas, photographer Gordon Parks, diplomat Kofi Annan, comic book author Dwayne McDuffie, and musician Prince.

Little Leaders: Exceptional Men in Black History

What do you get when you cross a digger and a dinosaur? 
 
A DIGGERSAUR (of course!) 
 
These mighty beasts are the perfect mixture of two childhood favourite things, and they're off on a wonderful rhythmic, rhyming adventure full of funny details to spot and noisy diggersaur sounds to shout out loud. This book is a colourful burst of fun from this fantastic debut illustrator.

Diggersaurs Explore

Tom Fletcher

Shane Devries

The number-one-bestselling, magical children's book series from Tom Fletcher. 
The Christmasaurus is a series about a boy named William Trundle and a dinosaur named the Christmasaurus. 
It's about how they meet one Christmas Eve and have a magical adventure. It's about friendship and families, sleigh bells and Santa, singing elves and flying reindeer. 
It's about discovering your heart's true desire, and learning that the impossible might just be possible.

'She is the best-kept Christmas secret of all,' whispered Santa Claus. 'Which is surprising, because Christmas itself would not exist without her. She is older than time itself, yet still as young as tomorrow. She is known only as the Winter Witch.' 
 
One year has passed since William Trundle's incredible adventure with the most extraordinary dinosaur: the Christmasaurus. Now, William is swept back to the magical North Pole, where he meets the mysterious, icy Winter Witch - whose power to control time allows Santa Claus to make the long journey all around the world every Christmas Eve. 
 
And when they learn that the fate of Christmas itself hangs in the balance, William and the Christmasaurus must work with the Winter Witch to protect it... 
 
Full of magic and music, humour and heart, and a friendship like no other, The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch is the most enchanting Christmas read for the whole family.

The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch

Dougie Poynter

Garry Parsons

Join Danny and Dino for a POOPTASTIC Halloween - the first story in a brand new lift-the-flap series. With rip-roaring rhyme and laugh-out-loud silliness, the Dinosaur that Pooped series has sold over 1.5 million copies around the world! 
 
Danny and Dino had been trick-or-treating, 
and now they were full of the sweets they'd been eating. 
They'd eaten a lot, but they still wanted more... 
"Come on!" said Danny, "Let's try one last door!" 
 
On a quest for more halloween sweets, Danny and Dino accidentally stumble into a haunted house. Soon, they're surrounded by all kinds of spooks - witches, ghosts, and vampires galore! Can Dino's quick thinking and rumbly tummy save the day? 
 
This new series is the perfect introduction to the world of Danny and Dino, featuringfour large lift-the-flaps which uncover a whole host of hidden surprises! The poop-filled adventure is written by bestselling author duo Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, and brought to life by the preposterously talented Garry Parsons. 
 
More POOPTASTIC adventures: 
The Dinosaur that Pooped Christmas! 
The Dinosaur that Pooped a Planet! 
The Dinosaur that Pooped the Past! 
The Dinosaur that Pooped the Bed! 
The Dinosaur that Pooped a Princess! 
The Dinosaur that Pooped a Pirate! 
 
For younger readers: 
The Dinosaur that Pooped a Rainbow! (A Colours Book) 
The Dinosaur that Pooped Daddy! (A Numbers Book)

The Dinosaur that Pooped Halloween!

A spooky lift-the-flap adventure

Roald Dahl

Quentin Blake

As a boy, all sorts of unusual things happened to Roald Dahl. 
There was the time he and four school friends got their revenge on beastly Mrs Prachett in her sweet shop. 
There are stories of holidays in fishing boats, African adventures and the days of tasting chocolate for Cadbury's. 
You'll hear tales of horrible school bullies and the motor-car accident when Roald's nose was nearly sliced clean off . . . 
Roald Dahl vividly shares his memories; some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. All are true.

Tales of Childhood

Anne Frank

Sensitively edited and with a connecting commentary by editor, Mirjam Pressler, the abridged edition of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank gives younger readers their first introduction to the extraordinary diary of an ordinary girl who has long become a household name. This abridged edition has a short prologue written by the editor, Mirjam Pressler, as well as a connecting commentary. There are beautiful line drawings, family photographs, and an Afterword to explain why the Diary ends so abruptly. This shorter edition is ideal for younger children who want to read Anne's diary for themselves but are too young to appreciate the teenage issues that Anne faces during her time in hiding.

The Diary of Anne Frank (Abridged for young readers)

Yuval Noah Harari

Ricard Zaplana Ruiz

Why is the world not always a peaceful place? 
Why do we have wars? 
And why do we sometimes . . . not? 
 
The answer to these questions can be found in one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story. 
 
Find out about what exactly happened, thousands of years ago, when people from different tribes met. How they sometimes fought. But were sometimes able to live happily together. 
 
You’ll discover how we were able to agree on rules and ideas for how life should go. Why wars were (and still are) often fought, and what we can learn from the past to make a more peaceful future. 
 
From Ancient Rome to the Mongol Khans, from Carthage to Mongolia, travel deep into the past, and around the world, to discover how people became friends and enemies, and built the world as we know it today.

Unstoppable Us Volume 3

How Enemies Become Friends

Kate Winter

Explore the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux and the story of the boy and his dog who rediscovered them in this stunningly illustrated fact-filled book for curious young readers. 
 
Have you ever wondered what life was like for the human beings who lived hundreds of thousands of years ago? What stories did they tell one another? What stories would they want to tell us? 
 
One day in 1940, a young boy named Marcel Ravidat was walking his dog, Robot, near his home in southwestern France. When Robot found a strange hole near an upturned tree, Marcel and his friends rushed in to explore and find some hidden treasure. But the treasure they found was like nothing they had ever expected – prehistoric paintings and carvings that covered the walls of an underground cave, and that told the story of the palaeolithic people that had once called this place home. 
 
This rediscovered cave was an important historical find, and the artefacts and paintings inside helped archaeologists and anthropologists piece together what life must have been like for humans living hundreds of thousands of years ago. Little did Marcel know that the mystery of why these paintings were created and what stories the artists were depicting would continue to capture our imaginations as we still debate their meaning today. 
 
Beautifully illustrated by emerging talent Kate Winter, with incredible panoramic fold-out pages, this is a book to treasure and to read again and again, perfect for all fans of natural history and curious young explorers. 
 
'[An] exceptional picture book for readers of all ages [...] A treasure.' – The Times

The Cave Explorer

Something really strange happened 10,000 years ago, and it changed everything. 
 
Why did millions of people agree to obey a few leaders? Where did kings and kingdoms come from? 
 
The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story. 
 
Have you ever wondered how we got here? From gathering berries and hunting mammoths, to shopping at supermarkets and letting people tell us what to do? 
 
You might hear a lot of people say 'the world isn't fair'. But why isn't it? And how did it become so? 
 
In Unstoppable Us: Volume 1, we learned how humans told stories to become rulers of the world - for good and bad. Now, in this next chapter of the incredible true tale of the Unstoppables, find out how humans learned to control animals like dogs, chicken and cows . . . 
 
And how a handful of humans learned to control everyone else. 
 
With full-colour illustrations showing the relentless rise and rise of the human race, this is history like you've never experienced it before.

Unstoppable Us Volume 2

Why the World Isn't Fair

Chitra Soundar

Dàlia Adillon

From growing up in India and studying in London to becoming a political activist in South Africa and taking on the battle for independence in India, Mahatma Gandhi's legacy has lived on well beyond his years. 
 
Read the life story of this brilliant, strong-willed and influential man in this beautifully illustrated book, complete with real-life stories, timelines and facts.

The Extraordinary Life of Mahatma Gandhi

Michael Lee Richardson

Freda Chiu

Alan Turing was a mathematician, scientist and codebreaker who helped defeat the Nazis in the Second World War with his incredible decoding of secret messages from enemy soldiers. 
 
Discover his life story in this beautifully illustrated book, from his childhood as a quiet boy who loved maths, to becoming one of the most important scientists and codebreakers in history. 
 
Collect them all! 
 
Packed full of incredible stories, fantastic facts and dynamic illustrations, Extraordinary Lives shines a light on important modern and historical figures from all over the world.

The Extraordinary Life of Alan Turing

Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world. 
 
Featuring the true stories of 40 inspirational women creators - from writers to inventors, artists to scientists - this book is as inspirational as it is educational. Readers will meet trailblazing women such as revolutionary architect, Zaha Hadid, actor/inventor Hedy Lamarr, environmental activist Wangari Maathai, modernist painter and animator Mary Blair and physicist Chien-Shiung Wu. Some names will be familiar, some will not - but all these women had a lasting impact on their fields.

Little Leaders: Visionary Women Around the World

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