Books - Children

• Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton, Spike Gerrell
• Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781406373400
• Published: 04-05-2017

The first book is packed with awesome true stories, real science and fascinating facts and will make you laugh loads. When do footballers poo? Can you play football on Mars? What is a magic sponge? You will find the answers to these questions and more in chapters on subjects such as history, g...

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• Laura James, Eglantine Ceulemans
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781408866382
• Published: 04-05-2017

Pug and his faithful companion, Lady Miranda, are going to be cowboys for the day - and first of all they're going horsetrading! But with their noble steed Horsey safely acquired, it's not long before they find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Can Pug the reluctant hero overcome his fe...

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• Gary Northfield
• Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781406373721
• Published: 04-05-2017

From celebrated author and illustrator Gary Northfield comes the second adventure of this brilliant chapter book series.From the celebrated creator of Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans! comes a hilarious romp and mad-cap story set in Roman Britain, cram-packed with jokes and bur...

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• Sam Baer, Rachel Firth, Rose Hall, Alice James, Jerome Martin, Federico Mariani, Parko Polo
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781409598619
• Published: 01-05-2017

Whether at home or at school, morning or night, we all eat food. This book provides a wonderful insight to every aspect of food from farming to cooking, nutrition to tasting. Find out what colour carrots used to be, what the last meal served on the Titanic was and which spice is more expensive...

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• Peter Bunzl
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781474915014
• Published: 01-05-2017

When infamous escapologist Jack Door breaks out from Pentonville Prison, he sets out for the town of Brackenbridge, determined to find his missing treasure - the Moonlocket. But when Lily and Robert unwittingly find themselves caught up in Jack Door's search, they discover that Robert's histor...

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• Emma Donoghue, Caroline Hadilaksono
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781509803194
• Published: 20-04-2017

Meet the Lotterys: a unique and diverse family featuring four parents, seven kids and five pets - all living happily together in their big old house, Camelottery. Nine-year-old Sumac is the organizer of the family and is looking forward to a long summer of fun. But when their grumpy and...

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• Sarah Driver
• Egmont UK Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781405284677
• Published: 06-04-2017

The first book in a stunning new fantasy adventure trilogy, perfect for readers aged 9+ and fans of Philip Pullman, Piers Torday, Abi Elphinstone, Katherine Rundell and Frances Hardinge. In the sky, the fire spirits dance and ripple. Grandma says they showed our Tribe t...

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• Helen Peters
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9780857638427
• Published: 06-04-2017

Evie couldn't be angrier with her mother. She's only gone and got married again and has flown off on honeymoon, sending Evie to stay with a godmother she's never even met in an old, creaky house in the middle of nowhere. It is all monumentally unfair. But on the first night, Evie sees a...

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