Children’s Fiction

Upper Dab is under attack from a mysterious invasion of toads in this hilarious middle-grade adventure from award-wining author Patrice Lawrence.

Allison is in danger at home. Her stepmother has run away and her father is getting worse. So she runs away too and with no where to live finds herself hiding out miles from home in an elderly womans shed. But this woman Marla has dementia and doesnt recognise her as Allison believing she is an old friend from her past called Toffee. So this is who Allison becomes morphing into a person Marla usually knows and trusts but sometimes fears and fights. As their bond grows Allison begins to ask herself - where is home? What is a family? And most importantly who am I really?

A grotesque action & horror story about a reluctant monster - half-human; half-ghoul.

A grotesque action & horror story about a reluctant monster - half-human; half-ghoul.

Ghouls live among us the same as normal people in every way-except for their craving for human flesh.

Ghouls live among us the same as normal people in every way-except their craving for human flesh.

The explosive conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Arc of a Scythe series. Its been three years since Rowan and Citra disappeared; since Scythe Goddard came into power; since the Thunderhead closed itself off to everyone but Grayson Tolliver. In this pulse-pounding finale to Neal Shustermans internationally bestselling trilogy constitutions are tested and old friends are brought back from the dead.

The newest fully-illustrated paperback edition in the Tom Gates series will have readers cracking up!

When Mum and Dad forget its half term whats Tom going to do to keep busy over the break! A weeks worth of drawing doodling games stories and activities in this fantastic new illustrated offering from bestselling author of the Tom Gates series Liz Pichon!

A laugh-out-loud fully illustrated Tom Gates adventure! Toms doing everything possible to stay out of trouble but somehow hes got THREE sad faces on the school achievement chart! And getting another sad face means Mr Fullerman wont let him go on the SCHOOL TRIP!

The bestseller from multi-million copy selling author and illustrator Liz Pichon. A laugh-out-loud fully illustrated collection of stories starring Tom Gates and his friends family and foes!

The new laugh-out-loud packed-with-pictures Tom Gates bestseller - Tom has fractured is ankle and its up to his friends family and Rooster the dog to keep him entertained!

The 20th laugh-out-loud packed-with-pictures Tom Gates bestseller now in paperback - Tom wants to raise money for an extra special treat but finds being helpful doesnt make everyone happy...

The new laugh-out-loud packed-with-pictures Tom Gates bestseller - Tom wants to write a five star story for a school project and takes inspiration from his collection of ODD OBJECTS.

From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize the Red House Childrens Book Award the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award 2013 comes the seventh amazing instalment of Tom Gates adventures - now in paperback!

Dont get bored - get busy! The must-have activity book for fans of Tom Gates: packed with drawing guides fun games brilliant puzzles and perfect pranks to play on older sisters - theres hours of fun ahead!

The bestselling fully-illustrated Tom Gates series is back with a new book! This book is VERY important because it contains BISCUITS BANDS and all my (doodled) plans to make DogZombies the BEST band in the world.

Heres my EXCELLENT PLAN to make DogZombies the BEST band in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD! How hard can it be? Im going to: 1. Write more songs. (Not about teachers.) 2. Make a SPECTACULAR music video. (Easy.) 3. Get some sleep. (Tricky when youre being kept awake by LOUD NOISES.) 4. Annoy Delia. (Nothing to do with DOGZOMBIES but always FUN.)

The brand new hilarious and fully-illustrated instalment of the bestselling Tom Gates series!

Back to school but its not all bad. Were entering Rooster in a dog show the School Disco and my birthday are coming up so this terms going to be amazing! Mostly because Delias not invited to any of these. Theres only one small problem with my birthday Granny Mavis says shes going to cook . . . uh oh!

This takes the form of Toms battered homework diary - crammed with his doodles and stories. No school for two whole weeks! (Yeah!) I can forget ALL about lessons (and irritating things like Marcus Meldrew). And concentrate on good stuff like: Inventing new ways to annoy my sister Delia. Band practice for DOGZOMBIES (with my mate Derek)...

Its really cold outside and were all hoping its going to snow. Yeah! Derek and I could make a snow Rooster and have a snowball fight (look out Delia!). Granny Mavis has started to knit me a new winter jumper but by the looks of things Im not sure its going to fit. . .

In the next hilarious illustrated instalment of Tom Gates Mr Fullerman has a class assignment: a family tree! Toms ready to learn all about the Gates family his friends and a furry creature (or two!).

Seeing Delia without her sunglasses on is a BIG shock but thats nothing compared with the surprise Dad has in store for me with his new found fitness regime. He says hes going to compete at my Sports Day. Shame! Meanwhile Derek Norman and I keep practicing in DOGZOMBIES so were really ready for the school Talent Show.

Exciting News! Mr Fullerman announces that class 5F are going on an Activity Break! Which should be fun. As long as I dont get stuck in a group with anyone who snores or worse still with . . . . . . Marcus Meldrew.

From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize the Best Book for Younger Readers - Red House Childrens Book Award the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize 5 - 12 year-olds and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award 2013 comes the book that will get kids DOODLING like never before! A fantastic companion to the bestselling Tom Gates series.

Pass your level 1 music test with Tom Gates! From DogZombies to Dude3 music is a HUGE part of the Tom Gates world. Learn how to play all your favourite songs from the series with REAL notation for: - Guitar - Ukulele - Piano - Recorder And with notation for drums and tips and tricks for vocals!

Sometimes making up my mind isnt easy to do. Especially when my grumpy sister Delia is LOOMING over me. Mums on a mission to TIDY UP the whole house. She says if I cant decide what to get rid of shell do it for me. Which would be a DISASTER! Lucky for me The FOSSILS come to my rescue (more than once!)

From the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize the Best Book for Younger Readers - Red House Childrens Book Award the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize 5 - 12 year-olds and the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award 2013 comes the ninth amazing instalment of this brilliant series!

At the age of six I began to fear for the future. . By the age of nine I was on the run for my life. . By the time I was ten I had seen all there was to see. The incredible true story of how a small boy survived Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. An accessible and honest account of the Holocaust that provides lessons that are relevant today.