Books for Children

Who's Afraid of the Dark? Catherine Rayner A new bedtime adventure for Molly, Olive and Dexter – stars of the delightful series for toddlers from Kate Greenaway Medal-winning artist Catherine Rayner. Molly the hare, Olive the owl and Dexter the fox love to watch the...

My Body's Changing: A Girl's Guide to Growing Up Anita Ganeri This easy-to-understand, straightforward book gives clear advice for young readers who want to understand more about the changes in their body that happen during puberty. The clear, friendly approach...

How Families Are Made Amir Khan and Donough O’Malley Come on a journey with award-winning GP Dr Amir Khan to discover how families begin and how you became part of your family. Families come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, but how did we all begin? This accessible...

Pearl and Her Bunch Momoko Abe When little Pearl makes the startling discovery that she's not a grape like the rest of the bunch, she begins to question EVERYTHING! Can they really be her family if she doesn't look like them? An adventure around the house might just...

Our Gorgeous Baby Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Eve Coy Smriti was inspired to write 'Our Gorgeous Baby' after reading Shakespeare's Sonnet 130. With lyrical humour the story reflects the routine chaos a new baby brings upon a family and - in so doing - shows that even...

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Lionel Poops Éric Veille Lionel is bouncing on his trampoline when all of a sudden he needs to poop. Where will he do it? On some cows! No, Lionel, no! On some wildcats! No, Lionel! Lionel thinks of many inappropriate places but eventually poops on his potty. Well...

Donut Touch! Seb Davey and Alex Willmore Mikey the T. rex loves donuts, but he doesn't like sharing. When Mikey's delicious donuts start to disappear one by one, he thinks the reader is taking them, but he is too busy worrying about his donut dilemma to see what's...

Meet the Wildings Gwen Millward Poppy and Max are brother and sister. And brothers and sisters are supposed to share - except Poppy was playing with Max's truck! Max was cross. Poppy was cross. And then suddenly - crash, flash fizz! They were wildings! Can mum and dad...