Kids, Teens & YA

The life of Davy Crockett, the American frontiersman.Classics Illustrated tells the extraordinary life tale of Davy Crockett in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a timeline of...

Shakespeare's comedy about the fairy king and queen, Oberon and Titania, and the mischievous Puck, as they create confusion amongst the humans in the forest.Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an...

Age range 4+A beautiful story about a paper-cutting master Lao Lao 'Grandma'. Surrounded by children, making and teaching delicate papercuts. The greedy emperor hears about Lao Lao's skills and has her imprisoned not realising...

Age range 3+Lulu is excited about her first sleepover at cousin Hani's house. She chooses what to bring then off she goes. The day with Hani is packed! They play in the garden and make water pictures. After lunch, (when Lulu tries cucumbers for...

Age range 0 to 3Share the delight of a day with Zeki and his daddy! From when he wakes up in the morning, Zeki and his daddy fill their days with tickles, pancakes, dancing, playing and reading. And when it's time to sleep, Daddy's hugs...

Age range 0 to 3Share the delight of a day with Zeki and his mummy! From when he wakes up in the morning, Zeki and his mummy fill their days with giggling, building dens, yoga, cycling, snacking, splashy painting and reading. At the end of the...

Age range 0 to 3Swimming lessons are such fun! Zeki and his friends swish and swoosh, splish and sploosh.Zeki, is back in a new adventure at the pool. Zeki and Daddy go to swimming class where they kick, bounce, and dive like little fish. Joining other...

Age range 0 to 3Share the delight of a day with Zeki and his mummy! From when he wakes up in the morning, Zeki and his mummy fill their days with giggling, building dens, yoga, cycling, snacking, splashy painting and reading. At the end of the day,...

Age range 3+When Lulu reads Mary, Mary Quite Contrary in a book of garden poems, she wants to grow some flowers herself. Being Lulu, she has to do some research first. She gets gardening books, chooses the best flowers to grow, buys seeds and plants them...

Age Range 5 to 9Bethlehem has never been so busy! Leah, the innkeeper's daughter is always on her feet. Then in the starlight miracles begin. This beautiful, fresh new telling of the Nativity story, through the eyes of a young girl, brings...

Age range 5 to 9Everyone's favourite reading role model is back!Book-loving Lulu is excited to start pre-school. It will be like storytime at the library, but she will stay by herself. Everyone gets up super early to make sure they are ready. There's so...

Lulu wants a cat.Mummy says pets are a lot of work, so Lulu is eager to find out more. She reads all about cats in the library. She takes care of her stuffed toys and shows Mummy how responsible she can be. When she finally gets to adopt a little cat,...

Age range 5 to 9Lulu has her library card. She has her rucksack full of borrowed books. Most important of all, she has a big smile on her face because it's Tuesday and she and her Mummy are going to the library...Once there, she enjoys storytime and...

Age range 0 to 3 Lulu's new baby brother, Zeki cries a lot. But his book-loving sister has the solution: when he's upset, she reads him a funny story, when he needs a new nappy, she reads him her favourite potty book and when he cries in the...

Age range 3+Lulu loves stories - each night she reads a different one, and next day they inspire her play. She becomes a fairy, a pilot, a farmer, a mummy, a tiger and a monster!'The irrepressible Lulu returns in another book-loving story,...

The story of Jason and his Argonauts and their adventures aboard the ship, Argo. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography...

Stevenson's tale of horror featuring Dr. Jekyll, and the potion that transforms him into the brutal and terrifying Mr Hyde! Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger...

The adventures of Captain Nemo and his captives and crew on his submarine, the Nautilus. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions...

H. G. Wells's tale of the mad scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility and wields its awesome power to his own ends. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger...

Adventures of the knights of the round table and their quest to find the Holy Grail. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme...

Ages 9 to 12 yearsWhen a boy and girl wake up within a stone circle, their minds are blank. They don't know where they are, where they're from or even who they are. Before these questions can be answered they...

Snatched on the day of his execution by a nightmare creature called Grilsgarter, the Terror of Beacon is loose again. The clock is ticking. Can brothers Ludwig and Hephaestus find him before their world is plunged into darkness again? Review This is the...

Age range 12 to 17The battle lines have been drawn. The Kingdom of Eltsvineis falling apart. With the old king dead, Lena, Silas and therest of what was left of the Order of the Furnace find themselvesin a civil war against Queen Erin and her greatarmies...

Age range 9-12 yearsMeet Lena Faran, squire and soon to be a true knight ofthe Order of the Furnace.The Order has been feared and respected throughout theempire of Etlsvine and beyond, and to become an Orderknight has been Lena's dream as long as she...

Ages 9-12 years"Imagine it Jim - champions of the world. That'd be alright wouldn't it"Growing up in the North of England in the 1930's, Jimmy Evans and his best friend Stan share a burning ambition to play for England in the World Cup. After years of...

Ages 9 to 12 yearsThe London Deep series is half graphic novel and half book - with comic art on every page. It's set in the future in a flooded London, where rival police forces for kids and adults compete to keep the peace. London is menaced by a...

Age ranges 9 to 12 yearsJemima Mallard is having a bad year. Firstsomebody scuttled her houseboat. Now theYouth Cops think she's mixed up with a criminal calledFather Thames. Not even her dad, a ChiefInspector with the 'Dult Police, can help her thistime...

Inspired by the memoirs of Ralph M.'s experience with bullying,My Life BeyondBullying: Stories from Mayo Clinic Patientsuses 36 pages of full illustrations to tell the true story of how kids view friendships, bullying, and challenging social situations...

This, Vanguard's second volume devoted to the work of J. Allen St. John concentrates on the artist's full-color fantasy, science-fiction and adventure paintings for novels and Pulp-magazines for famous authors, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack Williamson,...

This handsome hardback journal features ten new mini stories about everyone's favourite fox, reimagined by Reynard the Fox author Anne Louise Avery.With a stylish ribbon marker, foiled spine and high-quality ruled pages, this notebook is a...

Reynard - a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders - is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanours. How will...

This story is about a brave and kind Anglo-Saxon princess called Frideswide who lived in Oxford a long time ago and just happened to be brilliant at climbing very tall trees. Her talent came in useful one day when a wicked king tried to kidnap her. How...

The (very) hungry goat has a big appetite that gets him into all kinds of adventures. He'll eat anything, from pig swill to flies, bugs, and bees; from frying pans to barbed wire and the bark of trees. The insatiable goat grows fatter and fatter, until...

Age range 5 to 8For over a century this subversive rhyme has delighted children and parents alike. Its galloping rhythm is perfect for reading out loud, becoming a memory game as the list of animals - bird, cat, dog, goat - grows. Graboff's bright and...

Age range 5 to 8Abner Graboff combines the voice of childhood innocence with a wonderful sense of fun in his quirky book about the mysteries of cats and their secret lives, told from the point of view of a young child. Playful and bold illustrations...

Age range 3 to 6This beautifully illustrated alphabet book is perfect for children starting at nursery for the first time. Bright, animated pictures designed around each letter show children happily playing: building with bricks, sifting sand, listening...

Age range 3 to 6Through gentle verse this charming book, first published in the 1950s, explores a surprising range of items and sounds that come in round shapes. Striking and vibrant illustrations by Vladimir Bobri add humour and warmth to this joyful...

Who has fallen into the rain puddle? Is it plump hen, turkey gobbler, curly sheep or beautiful fat pig? When all the animals peer into the puddle at the same time, they see the entire farmyard underwater. Off they run to get help. Meanwhile, the hot sun...

Age range 5 to 8Every child knows that costumes are magical. Put on the right hat, add some imagination, and you can be anyone. That's what happens to a little boy in The March Wind. Finding a large black hat lying in the street, he...

Little Jonny ponders the meaning of colours as he explores the landscape. He dips his toes in a blue brook, picks purple flowers, digs brown earth and finds an enormous orange pumpkin. Finally yellow sunlight and the black night show him when it is time...

Age range 3+This charming bedtime book explores the different ways animals slumber, from familiar pets like cats and dogs, cosy in their baskets, to the less well-known cricket and moth. The gentle and timeless language combines with exquisite...

Age range 3 to 9'That is the way of the largest creature on earth. That is the whale's way.'The humpback whales journey through polar seas, diving, spouting and leaping. As winter comes they swim through treacherous waters towards the...

Age range 3 to 9'All over the snow plain the penguins begin to sing. The eggs are beginning to arrive.'This is the story of the emperor penguins that live far away on the edge of a secret sea. During summer they are content with...

Q is the Quadrille, danced at our partyR for the Reindeer, of Santa Claus heartyThis very special picture book is an unusual and utterly enchanting ABC entirely devoted to the theme of Christmas. Each of the twenty-six images opens a window onto festive...