Books - Children

• Emma Carroll
• Faber & Faber
• ISBN13: 9780571364435
• Published: 02-09-2021

The hotly anticipated new standalone from the award-winning Emma Carroll.  Britain, 1962. 'Who are you?' I asked. 'You don't know who I am? You mean, it's not been on the news?' The girl glanced from Ray to me and back again. 'It's better I don't tell you,' she said firmly. Nothing ever...

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• Clare Povey
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781474986489
• Published: 02-09-2021

The open door felt like an invitation, or a trap. Bastien wasn't sure which, but with no other choice, he stepped inside...and hoped he'd make it out again alive. Bastien Bonlivre is a boy with a big imagination, determined to finish the story his parents started, left to him in a red n...

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• Honor and Perdita Cargill, Katie Saunders
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 9781788953382
• Published: 02-09-2021

Monday 20th SeptemberI'M AT WITCH SCHOOL! Now would be a really good time to discover I can do magic... Bea Black has just moved to Little Spellshire, a town with a magical secret. When her dad accidentally enrols her at the local witch school, she has to get to grips with some in...

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• Anita Ganeri, Luke Brookes
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 9781838913618
• Published: 02-09-2021

Prepare to go undercover and enter a world of secret missions, covert operations and classified information. Explore the history of espionage from ancient secret agents to modern-day surveillance, and read about the lives of infamous spies and their missions. Learn the language of spies and ho...

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• Annelise Gray
• Head of Zeus
• ISBN13: 9781800240582
• Published: 02-09-2021

Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story by debut children's author, Annelise Gray. Twelv...

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• Rob Biddulph
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781529040524
• Published: 02-09-2021

Superstar, author and illustrator Rob Biddulph dazzles in Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City, the first title in an adventure series for boys and girls of 8+. Fizzing with magic, danger, friendship and art, this exciting, funny, middle-grade debut is from the bestselling creative genius beh...

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• Ana Sampson
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781529058994
• Published: 02-09-2021

Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book is a beautiful gift hardback collection of poetry with poems inspired by The Natural History Museum. It covers everything from the depths of space to the very centre of the earth - there are poems about the solar system, planet earth, oceans and r...

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• Chris Priestley
• Barrington Stoke Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781781129838
• Published: 02-09-2021

Award-winning master of scary stories Chris Priestley returns with a spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales to chill you to the bone ... When Maya and her classmates are asked to write a creepy story with a winter theme, they come up with some brilliant ideas. Rising floodwaters unc...

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