New Children's Books

Alex is a normal, everyday kid, living in a normal, everyday city. Axel is a monster-slaying hero, living in a world of magic. Unfortunately, when the two boys mysteriously swap places, each of them ends up being mistaken for the other. With zero experience of heroism, Alex is thrust into an epic...

Books take us on journeys that we can all share and give us the power to go anywhere! This picture book will inspire a love of reading in any child! Celebrate all different types of books in a story that encourages children to read whatever, however and wherever they choose.

Ellery doesn't believe in magic. Sure, they've been stuck in a five-year winter, but there's got to be a scientific explanation for that. They're more concerned with working hard to send money back to the family farm than with whether there's a goddess out there who could put a stop to it. Knox h...

Award-winning scientist and BBC broadcaster Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock is here to answer all the questions curious kids will ever want to know about the universe.

Daddy Penguin finds himself adrift in an unfamiliar world, and he must get home for his egg! From train to helicopter, hot-air balloon to limousine, Daddy Penguin hitches lifts with kindly folk - but will he be home in time?

A child starts a new school in a strange new town. The children in her class are hostile towards her and unhappy about the stranger in their midst and show this by not talking to her and choosing to ignore her. Her response is to create something beautiful that transforms their attitude towards h...

'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging r...

'Read It Yourself' is a series of modern stories, traditional tales and first reference books, written in a simple way for children who are learning to read.

This coming-of-age story is an incisive look at young masculinity and the way even the most fraught childhood is not without hope. Neither Finlay or Banjo can remember the last time they had a hug. Against all odds, 18-year-old Finlay has begun his nursing degree at Glasgow University. But coming...

Jake feels alone at school and alone at home. Some days it feels like the only people who understand him is the poet Emily Dickinson - and Jake's beloved grandma. But there is also the Voice inside him, louder than any other, who professes to know him best of all. The one that says 'You have me'....

Join Ben Martynoga and Moose Allain for an inspiring look at how we can rewild life so that nature - and humankind - flourishes for a long time to come.

The frog family love their home on the riverbank, but they know to always stay away from the old tree stump - because a Big Scary Thing lives in there. When a huge storm comes and his friends and family are swept away, Little Frog is blown right into the terrifying stump - but what he finds insid...

'Quiet' is a touching tale of courage and how sometimes the smallest voice can deliver the biggest message.

Alchemy tore the Elric brothers' bodies apart. Can their bond make them whole again?

Billy and his best friend, Ash, are on a school trip to the zoo to learn all about endangered animals. But when they arrive, the Mini Monsters can't wait to explore. Soon there's trouble in the tiger enclosure, Gloop's been kidnapped by a monkey and the whole class is in for a REPTILE SURPRISE!

Leo's selective mutism is putting his spot in the end-of-summer dance show on the line. And when chatty Richa moves in next door, he's certain that she'll eventually abandon him, like all his other friends. But when he learns her deepest secret, he realises Richa might need him just as much as ...

'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ab...

With sturdy lift-the-flaps, peep-through holes and fun rhyming text, young children can search for their favourite farmyard animals in this book illustrated by Axel Scheffler.

This all-in-one book is packed with brilliant study notes and practice questions for the Grade 9-1 Edexcel GCSE Chemistry course. It covers all of the core practicals, maths skills and Working Scientifically — everything a GCSE Chemistry student could ask for! Each section is complete with graded...