A nasty builder with a huge digger is threatening the guinea pigs' woodland! The furry pals must protect it - but how?
Terry wants to tell all his friends online...
Eduardo thinks a protest song will do the trick...
While Coco just wants everyone to get on with it!
Then they meet Olaf the Viking guinea pig who claims to be over 1,000 years old. Can they use his ancient tactics to help fight the builder?
A BRAND-NEW EDITION, ILLUSTRATED IN GLORIOUS FULL COLOUR BY QUENTIN BLAKE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Billy's mum says he must never go out through the garden gate and explore the dark forest beyond. So, one day, that's exactly what he does!
There he meets the Minpins, tiny tree-dwelling people whose children are the size of matchsticks. They live in fear of the terrible, galloping GRUNCHER. Will it gobble Billy too - or can he find a way to defeat the hungry beast?
Sophie must play the role of the Clockwork Queen in order to free her chess grandmaster father in this page-turning historical adventure, inspired by a true story.
Chess prodigy Sophie Peshka inherited her love of the game from her grandmaster father. But now that he has been imprisoned in the dungeons of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg by powerful Empress Catherine the Great, Sophie must use all her strategic skill and cunning to help him escape.
Part of Sophie’s plan involves an incredible chess-playing automaton called the Clockwork Queen, but will the Queen be able to outwit the Empress in a game where the stakes are a matter of life and death?
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
*** The second official Minecraft tie-in novel, following the Sunday Times bestseller The Island ***
This official Minecraft novel is an action-packed thriller! When a new virtual-reality version of the game brings her desires—and doubts—to life, one player must face her fears.
Bianca has never been good at following the plan. She's more of an act-now, deal-with-the-consequences-later kind of person. But consequences can’t be put off forever, as Bianca learns when she and her best friend, Lonnie, are in a terrible car crash.
Waking up in the hospital, almost paralyzed by her injuries, Bianca is faced with questions she’s not equipped to answer. She chooses instead to try a new virtual-reality version of Minecraft that responds to her every wish, giving her control over a world at the very moment she thought she’d lost it. As she explores this new realm, she encounters Esme and Anton, two kids who are also playing on the hospital server. The trio teams up to play through to the End, and hopefully to find Lonnie along the way.
But the road to recovery isn’t without its own dangers. The kids are swarmed by mobs seemingly generated by their fears and insecurities, and now Bianca must deal with the uncertainties that have been plaguing her: Is Lonnie really in the game? And can Bianca help him to return to reality with her?
From bestselling author Max Brooks also comes the long-awaited epic conclusion to the Minecraft trilogy, Minecraft: The Village, coming out in October 2023.
I Am Rebel: The award-winning must-read animal adventure story everyone’s talking about – a heartfelt tale of one dog’s mission to save his human for ages 9, 10, 11, 12; Waterstones Children’s Book of the Year 2024
Ross Montgomery
Subjects
Funny Stuff - rib ticklers to make you fall off your chair
Animal Tales - bundles of fur, fluff and fun
Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
*CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS (CBA) OVERALL WINNER 2025*
*WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024*
*BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARDS WINNER 2024*
*THE CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINEE 2025*
*SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2025*
*FCBG CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2025*
A heart-warming adventure about the unbreakable bond between a dog and his human from a beloved and twice Costa-shortlisted author.
""A beautiful, heartfelt adventure."" Sophie Anderson
“I’m Tom’s dog, and he’s my human. We belong to each other.” Rebel is a good dog, and he loves his simple, perfect life on the farm with his owner Tom – until one day the war comes too close… Now Tom is determined to join the rebellion to defeat the king’s men. But Rebel knows war is dangerous, and he will stop at nothing to save the human he loves. Rebel must bring Tom home before it’s too late.
""A fantastic quest novel that sits between Charlotte’s Web and War Horse. Rebel’s voice is true and clear: he is the best of dogs and this is the best of books.” Phil Earle
""An instant classic. Outstanding writing and a richly adventurous story – Montgomery has reached a whole new level."" Katya Balen
“A terrific tail! A tail-thumping, tongue-lolling treat full of adventure, humour and heart.” Ross Welford
“I Am Rebel both broke my heart and made it sing. This book is as close to perfect as it’s possible to get.” Natasha Farrant
“The goodest story about the goodest boy. I love Rebel like my own dog.” Carlie Sorosiak
“A beautifully crafted and heartwarming story. The animal voices were so funny and the wider message about courage, belonging and delighting in small nothings was just gorgeous. A little marvel of a story.” Abi Elphinstone
“An instant animal classic. Thrilling, original, funny and deeply moving.” Lauren St John
“Heartstopping animal adventure. A new canine hero is born.” Piers Torday
Join The Whale Watchers on an unforgettable summer holiday adventure that raises awareness of the key role that whales play in climate change and explains how readers can help protect whales and their environment by reducing single use plastics and embracing a more sustainable reuse culture. It's the first day of summer holidays and Finn can't believe his marine biologist mum is dragging him and his little brother Jesse off to miserable, rainy Scotland to study the whales that live there. Finn longs to be somewhere hot, lying by a hotel pool with his headphones on. He's sick of his mum's work, and of the knot in his stomach that tightens whenever he thinks about her hopeless cause - beautiful sea creatures endangered by a plastic-polluted ocean. But when a girl with binoculars round her neck and a dog at her heels takes Finn and Jesse to her secret lookout point, Finn soon finds himself swept up in an unforgettable adventure. But can he find hope too? Your support helps this book give back: Increasing awareness, creating change and donating back to the cause Commissioned by BRITA, to raise funds for their partner WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation) the leading charity dedicated to the protection of whales and dolphins, who will receive a share of the profits. AGES: 5 to 9 AUTHOR: Dougie Poynter is a musician, songwriter, designer and the co-author, with McFly bandmate Tom Fletcher, of The Dinosaur That Pooped series which has sold more than a million copies, as well as having penned his own books, Plastic Sucks and Dinosaurs Rock. He is passionate about the natural world, a keen conservationist and was instrumental in the campaign to ban microplastics in the UK. Amberin Huq studied illustration at University College Falmouth. She loves to create atmospheric illustrations in adventure stories. Her clients include Bloomsbury, Hodder Education and Highlights Magazine.
Discover the pooptastic world of Dino and Danny, from bestselling authors Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter!
Once upon a poop . . .
Our fearless heroes are back!
Danny and Dinosaur are convinced that a damsel in distress needs their help... the only problem is, they aren't sure where she actually is.
So they set off through Fairy Tale Land to track her down, but things don't go exactly to plan...
Can Dinosaur make it through Fairy Tale Land without eating everything in sight?
And do all princesses really need to be rescued?
Packed with prehistoric cheekiness, punchy girl power and, of course, lots and lots of poop!
Tom and his companions face a new challenge in the mysterious land of Tavania. Raging forest fires are destroying all in their path. Tom knows a Beast is to blame, but can he defeat Hellion, a creature made entirely of flames, and escape with his life...?
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Meet animal lover, Tiger Days! A heart-warming series about animals, friendship and adventure, by bestselling author Sarah Lean.
Beautiful black-and-white illustrations throughout.
When nine-year-old Tiger Days stays with her grandmother at Willowgate House she never knows what might happen… new friends to meet, animals to rescue and problems to solve!
Tiger returns to Willowgate and discovers that a mysterious tunnel has appeared under the shed and someone – or something – has been burying eggs in the garden…
Tiger and her friend Tom decides to become detectives – determined to crack the case!
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At Willowgate House, no day is ever dull for Tiger!
In a world where animals no longer exist, twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes sometimes feels like he hardly exists either. Locked away in a home for troubled children, he's told there's something wrong with him. So when he meets a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach, Kester thinks he's finally gone a bit mad. But the animals have something to say...The pigeons fly Kester to a wild place where the last creatures in the land have survived. A wise stag needs Kester's help, and together they must embark on a great journey, joined along the way by an over-enthusiastic wolf-cub, a spoilt show-cat, a dancing harvest mouse and a stubborn girl named Polly. The animals saved Kester Jaynes. But can Kester save the animals?
THE SECOND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD ADVENTURE FOR LEONORA BOLT, SECRET INVENTOR.
'Fizzing with fun, friendship and fabulous inventions!' - Maria Kuzniar, The Ship of Shadows
Leonora isn't supposed to be building a submarine in a tree. Or turning the local wildlife luminous. In fact, she is supposed to be keeping her head down and drawing no attention - because Leonora Bolt is an inventor in secret.
But she can't stop thinking of the clues she found to her missing parents' location. So, deep in hiding in Snorebury, desperately trying to avoid being discovered by her evil uncle, Leonora is hatching a plan.
So what if involves launching a homemade submarine into the middle of the ocean, accompanied only by a couple of friends and an otter with particularly sensitive whiskers? For when disaster strikes, Leonora's wackiest plan might just be her most brilliant yet...
Shelby Holmes is not your average nine-year-old. For one, she happens to be the best detective her neighbourhood has ever seen, using her uncanny analytical mind and sassy attitude to solve crimes which stump even the police department.
But when eleven-year-old John Watson moves in to her block of flats, Shelby finds a solution to the one puzzle that's eluded her up until now: friendship.
This dynamic duo find themselves swept up in a dog-napping case that'll take both their talents to crack.
