Kids, Teens & YA

A fun, write-in book packed with brain-teasing puzzles, useful facts and clever tips that show how to play chess and improve your game. Some of the puzzles are answered using chess-piece stickers and all the answers are at the back of the book. Simple...

A treasury of short stories, carefully selected because they make speedy bedtime reads. Each of these ten traditional tales takes just ten minutes to read aloud. Ideal for sharing with younger children; as children learn to read on their own they can...

The enduring appeal of Rachel Wells's illustrations and the opportunity to touch a variety of textures make these books pre-school classics. Will appeal to the imagination of very young children, who will enjoy touching the different patches in this...

A touchy-feely board book with simple, repetitive text, tactile patches and bold illustrations specially designed for babies and toddlers. Small children can meet a range of friendly hedgehogs, and by using their sense of touch, work out which hedgehog...

Space is a huge topic, but this friendly book breaks it down into bite-sized chunks, making it an accessible introduction for anyone who wants to find out about this fascinating subject. Highly illustrated, in a pictorial, 'infographics' style, with...

The enduring appeal of Rachel Wells's illustrations and the opportunity to touch a variety of textures make these books pre-school classics. Will appeal to the imagination of very young children, who will enjoy touching the different patches in this...

That's Not My Owl

A delightful story book with a wind-up ladybird toy and four different tracks to follow through the garden. Wind up the ladybird, place her on the tracks and watch the busy bug as she speeds back home through the garden, passing flowers, vegetables and...

A large, sturdy board book, introducing all the colours of the rainbow and their many variations, with lots of colour vocubulary such as turquoise, magenta and vermillion, and colour descriptions such as navy, lime and rose. Acetate pages show how...

An interactive board book with over 60 flaps, exploring all kinds of questions that young children ask about the world around them. Children can lift the flaps to discover the answers to lots of what, why, how, when and who questions. Provides friendly,...

If you know a child who is obsessed with dinosaurs and constantly asking about these prehistoric creatures, this engaging, interactive non-fiction book will answer lots of their questions. With entertaining and informative illustrations and over 50 flaps...

This stylish, highly illustrated, interactive book is perfect for sharing with little children, and introduces nature and science using a friendly lift-the-flap format. Text is kept to a mimimum. A brilliant introduction to one of the fundamental themes...

This charming flap book takes young readers on a journey through the world of trains of all kinds. Toot! Toot! The steam train whistles. Clickety-clack! The freight train rattles. Lift the flaps to discover how trains work, what they do, and where in...

A write-in activity book for young children, full of mazes, dot-to-dot, drawing, colouring, stickering, spot-the-difference, counting, spotting and matching activities - all themed around space. An interactive way for children to find out about what's...

A toy and a book in one, this large, chunky board book comes with a wind-up toy steam train. A toy and a book in one, this large, chunky board book comes with a wind-up toy steam train and four slot-together tracks. Children can wind up the train and...

A fully illustrated collection of stories from the Bible, retold for young readers. A fully illustrated collection of stories from the Bible, retold for young readers. Including Joseph and his Amazing technicolour Dreamcoat, the Story of Baby Jesus, the...

A funny picture book featuring a madcap story about a new kangaroo arriving at the zoo, which uses phonic repetition to help children learn to read. The simple rhyming text helps to develop essential language and early reading skills, and there are...

From rockets to robots, monkeys to monsters and lots more, find out how to draw everything you've ever wanted to by following the simple step-by-step instructions in this inspirational draw-in book. An easy-to-follow, step-by-step drawing book that helps...

The enduring appeal of Rachel Wells's illustrations and the opportunity to touch a variety of textures make these books pre-school classics. Will appeal to the imagination of very young children, who will enjoy touching the different patches in this...

The vibrant colours, touchy-feely patches, flaps and sounds in this wonderfully interactive board book have all been specially chosen to appeal to babies. With lots to explore on every page and hidden surprises throughout, this book is sure to delight...

Open up the huge fold-out pages of this vividly illustrated book to discover the remarkable ways the human body works. Explore a giant skeleton, learn how your heart pumps blood, find out what's inside your head and see what happens to the food you eat...

That's Not My Meerkat

The enduring appeal of Rachel Wells's illustrations and the opportunity to touch a variety of textures make these books pre-school classics. Will appeal to the imagination of very young children, who will enjoy touching the different patches in this...

With entertaining and informative illustrations and over 50 flaps to lift and look beneath. First reference presented in a simple and friendly way.

A very colourful first picture wordbook, filled with familiar objects for small children to spot and name. Ages: 2+ Lots of vehicles for small children to spot and talk about.

Creep through the dense undergrowth of the jungle to discover a whole menagerie of exotic animals, just waiting to leap off the pages of this busy pop-up book. Illustrations are brought to live in a riot of colour and detail as you turn each page to see...

A wonderful and innovative new flap book introducing children to the functions of their own bodies in a fun and informative way Ages: 3+ Full of surprises to keep enquiring minds entertained, including flaps beneath flaps and other surprises. Young...

Little racers will love this fascinating flap book, where they can find out how cars work, see them being made, and watch them roar around racetracks. With over 60 flaps to lift and surprises on every page, this book is sure to keep little fingers and...

The enduring appeal of Rachel Wells's illustrations and the opportunity to touch a variety of textures make these books pre-school classics. Will appeal to the imagination of very young children, who will enjoy touching the different patches in this...

This book is full of big noisy diggers for little children to discoverAges:2+ This chunky board book is full of big diggers making lots of noise for little children to discover. Little hands won't be able to resist pressing the sound buttons to...

The enduring appeal of Rachel Wells's illustrations and the opportunity to touch a variety of textures make these books pre-school classics. Will appeal to the imagination of very young children, who will enjoy touching the different patches in this...

A lovely illustrated board book with an attached sound panel to bring each rural scene to life.Age: 3 years + This lovely, big board book with a sound panel full of farm animal noises is perfect for sharing with small children. Little fingers will not...

All the thrills and spills of grand prix race in a book! An action-packed book with two wind-up model racing cars to race against each other on the tracks embedded in the thick card pages. With fun facts about racing cars and pit stops and the world of...

Each story has a sturdy track embedded in the pages which the accompanying wind-up fire engine toy can then be placed upon to follow around and bring the story to life. A delightful tale of a boy's first plane flight with a wind-up plane to bring the...

Little Miss Princess is a kind and good-hearted princess who wants to help everybody but when Mr Bump gets sick and asks her to help with the shopping, Little Miss Princess gets into all sorts of trouble.  As a princess she's never done everyday chores...

Delve into the minds of the world's most famous philosophers and discover the answers to the world's big questions - the perfect introduction to philosophy for younger readers From Socrates and Aristotle to Kant and Confucius, meet the thinkers and...

All the big ideas in science, simply explained Part of the popular Big Ideas series, The Science Book explores the history of science, how scientists have sought to explain our incredible universe and how amazing scientific discoveries have been made. ...

Packed with thousands of words and definitions the Children's Illustrated Dictionary is here to help with any child struggling with spellings and meanings. If you're stumbling over spellings or unsure of meanings this dictionary for kids is here to...

This beautiful hardback "Ladybird Classic" edition of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens is a perfect first illustrated introduction to the classic Christmas story for younger readers. It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable...

Ladybird Toddler Touch First Words is perfect for young children who are starting to explore the world around them. It is full of interesting new words and pictures that are familiar to toddlers, along with interesting finger trails on every page, flaps...

A gorgeous gift book to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas - a perfect gift for any Christmas stocking. A lonely tree stands on the cold, frosted hillside gazing at the other trees sparkling in the village below. How it longs to be with them! Then...

Ruby loves being Ruby. Until, one day, she finds a worry. At first it's not such a big worry, and tha's all right, but then it starts to grow. It gets bigger and bigger every day and it makes Ruby sad. How can Ruby get rid of it and feel like herself...

Explore the world by looking not only at borders, mountains, rivers, seas and oceans, but by discovering the natural wonders of the world, historical artefacts, amazing animals, fascinating cultures and much much more. With stunning illustrations from...

WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The iconic, multi-million bestselling novel, in a 25th anniversary edition with exclusive new material inside. An unmissable modern classic. Stanley...

Stanley LOVES to knit. He knocks up pom-poms at breakfast time, whips up bobble hats at bath time. He even knits in his sleep! And what does Stanley do with his wonderful woollies? He gives them to his friends of course - balaclavas for bunnies,...

Harry Potter is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet Drive for the last time. But the future that awaits him is full of danger, not only for him, but for anyone close to him - and Harry has already lost so much. Only by destroying Voldemort's...

Join Harry Potter on the magical journey of a lifetime in the sixth book in J.K. Rowlingâs multi-award-winning series. When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he...

When the Quidditch World Cup is disrupted by Voldemort's rampaging supporters and the terrifying Dark Mark appears against the night sky, it is obvious to Harry Potter that, far from weakening, Voldemort is getting stronger. Back at Hogwarts for the...