Reading for pleasure

A secret agent spider has to protect a birthday cake from a pesky fly who wants to eat it.

A family welcome a lost little stranger into their home, but when he disappears in a hot air balloon they are worried they will never see him again.

Celebrates the connection between children and pets and encourages us all to be more dog.

The story of one incredible library book and all the children who've borrowed it.

Portrays the instant friendship between a puppy and a kitten, and the worry of the puppy when his friend goes missing

Harry loves stories but the words jumble and tumble when he tries to read out loud. One day, Harry meets Cal, a rescue dog, and with a little support and understanding things begin to change...

A joyful, humorous rhyming tale about how friends lift each other up.

A retell of the well-loved classic The Three Billy Goats Gruff with a hilarious twist

The Blue-footed Booby becomes suspect number one when a cake goes missing

A bear who loves honey investigates how to keep bees so he can have a constant supply, using some unorthodox methods along the way.

Follows a boy who comes to appreciate art, even though he thinks he would rather go to the beach.

Rocket organises a peaceful protest to save her local library.

When George the bear ventures out to the library, he has an accident and lands in the fountain.

A humorous picture book about counting and colours, that involves ten playful cats.

Tiny Horse has to help solve Duck's problem when a hermit crab moves into his favourite teapot.

Grape and Mushroom go on an adventure to find the wise old Cheese to end the fight between the Fruits and the Vegetables.

A fictional look at the life cycle of an acorn

Follows a band of extinct animals that are in disguise.

Everyone assumes Jim Panzee is grumpy, and tries to cheer him up.

When Shifty and Sam are asked to bake on board the Pawrient Express, travelling to Venice for Carnival night, they find themselves caught up in a robbery.

When Tom's mum and Zofia's dad announce they are having a baby and moving in together, the polar opposite children struggle to cope with the situation.

Yara Fielding starts an adventure with Rosa deep into the lush beauty of the Amazon rainforest in search of jaguars, ancient giant sloths and somewhere to belong.

Twelve-year-old orphan, Manx, has to fight off the scheming of his villainous uncle when he tries to take away the magical family business.

A young girl is whisked away to start her apprenticeship at a magical circus school.

A boy unlocks an ancient relic globe that sends him to a secret world.

When her best friend Pete is kidnapped by strange creatures, Hazel gathers her courage and enters Goblyn Wood, a forest inhabited by fairies.

In Victorian London a young disabled orphan and her friends from the Home for Unfortunate Girls hatch a plot to steal a precious jewel, while she tries to find out the secret of her parents

When a catastrophic series of events threaten to destroy her home, Juniper Mae creates her own amour and steps into the spotlight.

Nic must save her father and in order to do that she needs to find a powerful magical tool and find out who she really is.

A young boy forms a close relationship with a whale while his mum is in hospital, but when it suddenly goes missing he sets off on a quest to find it.

Charity Brown's family have been left a house by a mysterious benefactor, and her parents want to move in and open its doors to the needy.

A young boy sets out to rescue his kidnapped father, accompanied by a pony and a ghost.

When Peggy saves a stray dog from near-death, a beautiful friendship begins. Peggy and Beau are inseparable and the only thing that can ever come between them is war...

When Claude's little sister, Amity, runs off in forbidden Badwell Woods - where children disappear - Deliah, Sam and Claude follow her to a mysterious mansion

When Ginika temporarily moves to her grandparents by the sea, she meets a boy of the sea people and together they discover each other's worlds and form a unique friendship

Set in Victorian England, Peggy must harness her psychic ability to commune with ghosts to save her best friend, Sally who is to be hung after being falsely accused of murder.

When Yara's mother passes away, she leaves behind a letter and a strange set of instructions. Yara must travel to a place that is not on any map - Zehaira, a world of sorcerers, alchemists and simmering magic.

When Noah's dad visits from New York, he and Noah come across an injured nightjar during a walk in the countryside.

After leading the Tissbury Tigers to Worldies glory, Johnny is on the fast track to the top of football management.

Lockdown is over and Too Small Tola has returned to the flat in Lagos that she shares with her sister, Moji, who is very clever, her brother, Dapo, who is very fast, and Grandmummy, who is very bossy. Even though she is back home and safe, there are still plenty of problems for Tola to solve. Like the one facing Mrs Shaky-Shaky who is having trouble getting up and down the stairs to her flat, or what Tola and Grandmummy should do for a day's holiday.

A celebration about the variety and importance of human connections.

Learn how to bake breads, cakes, pastries and biscuits to perfection in this imaginative collection of deliciously healthy recipes.

Take a tour of the animal kingdom and learn everything there is to know about the wildlife that inhabit the Earth in this complete guide to animals.

Join Bear and his friends through the seasons as they prepare a magical birthday party, with lots of things to spot along the way.

Discover the interconnectedness of nature with this tabbed, non-fiction story collection.

An illustrated introduction to classical music for children, with the sound of a real orchestra.

Follows the career of David Attenborough and his unique wildlife documentaries

Looks at some of the celebrations and holidays enjoyed by children from around the world

Learn about opposites with Percy the park keeper and his animal friends in this fun first concept book.

Join Billie and Mia as they dive into their dressing up box and find themselves on a magical journey where they meet all sorts of people who work in space

A simple introduction to the human body.

Introduces children to the world of transport.

An inspiring story of how giraffes have dealt with modern climate change.

A collection of poems to be read aloud.

Looks at the key aspect of different festivals and traditions around the world.

Become a zoo keeper for the day, and discover all the things that go on behind the scenes at a zoo.

Pedro Loves the Planet tells the fact-filled story of day in the life of a boy who is passionate about the environment.

Celebrate the joy of each season with this easy-to-follow instructions for every month.

Journey through India and explore its incredible diversity in this richly illustrated book.

A first concept book about opposites illustrated by dinosaurs.

An introduction to insects presented in maps, timelines, diagrams and statistics.

An introduction to astronomy presented in maps, timelines, diagrams and statistics.

Discover a collection of truly uplifting, empowering and extraordinary football stories that have inspired Gary Lineker throughout his career.

An introduction to human knowledge.

Discover a collection of poetry and stories celebrating trees and what they mean to the world around us.

Discover some of the incredible secrets of our weird, wonderful and wild oceans

A history of disease and pestilence, told from the point of view of the bugs and pests that cause them.

Discover 200 questions about scientific exploration, energy, materials, the human body, the living world, and our planet.

Presents obscure and fun facts about the history of football

A look at the inspiring stories of iconic figures from Black British History

A brand new collection for children from beloved poet, writer and broadcaster Roger McGough

Presents physics facts about the universe.

Presents inspiring pioneers, iconic players, historic moments, and some of the silliest, weirdest, most mind-boggling moments from over 100 years of the world's most popular sport.

Discover more than 50 topics about the past, from the earliest humans right to the present day.

An atlas of our planet from its formation over 4 billion years ago, to the present day continents.

A puzzle adventure in which the reader must solve logic and maths puzzles to find a criminal before they destroy famous monuments around the world.

An atlas of our planet from its formation over 4 billion years ago, to the present day continents.

Presents facts about biology in comic strip format

Presents the life cycles of various elements across the natural world, including animals, plants and geography

Lift the flaps to learn about genes and DNA

Follows a young girl's journey from modern-day Pakistan into the magical world of a hotel run for jinn guests in search of her missing friend after a mining accident.

When the last mammoth on Earth emerges from an ice block, she learns to find happiness in the strange new world she has woken up in.

Eleven-year-old April accompanies her father to Bear Island in the Arctic for six months. There are no polar bears left on Bear Island, but one endless summer night, April meets one. Can she save him?

A little girl loves hearing her Grandad's memories of travelling with his late husband, and encourages him to repair his old camper for new adventures.

A young girl campaigns for historic wrongs to be righted, whilst also dealing with her autism.

A group of young wood fairies discover that bad things can happen if you're grumpy, especially if there's a goblin about who loves eating bad-tempered fairies.

An eleven-year-old girl's world is turned upside-down when she has to go and live with her mother in the city after her father, with whom she lives in the woods, is seriously injured in an accident.

A kitten gets so cross that she creates a Wobbler and she has to find a way of making it go away.

A young Vietnamese conservationist sets out to teach an orphan sun bear how to live independently in the wild. Based on a true story.

An eleven-year-old boy of Chinese parents finally gets to do what he really wants to do, through the unexpected influence of his aged grandmother who comes to live with the family.

In a world destroyed by floods, a young inventor sets to prove the innocence of a mysterious boy washed up by the sea who citizens believe to be the embodiment of a destructive god.

A young ghost is too shy to make friends just by talking to other monsters, so he decides to invite them to a violin concert in an effort to get noticed.

A brilliantly bonkers story about an octopus who lives on the roof, by two award-winning and bestselling picture book creators.

Eleven-year-old Harrison, helped by his new friend Lenny Singh, solves the mystery of a jewel thief on while on a steam train trip with his uncle.

When Norse god Loki is banished to live on Earth as an 11-year-old boy, he can only return to Asgard through good deeds.

An evacuated boy builds a relationship with the gorilla at the zoo owned by the woman with whom he's been billeted.

A young boy heads off on an adventure to try and find his biological father.

A girl joins a secret guild of scientists who have discovered how to harness the souls of dead people into mechanical animals in the hope that she can bring her dead brother back to life.

I know what it's like to be small in the city...

When Tom's mum and Zofia's dad announce they are having a baby and moving in together, the polar opposite children struggle to cope with the situation.

A twelve-year-old criminal who steals fairies' gold, but is thwarted by the crack LEPrecon Unit of fairies.

Set in a future London, follows the adventures of super-powered robot brothers, Alex and Freddy.

Being a preteen super hero is hard. Doing it when your parents finally know about it is even harder. Good thing Lunella Lafayette (A.K.A. Moon Girl, Inhuman super-genius) has a plan to keep heroing. To give herself the perfect alibi, she organizes a roller-derby team of other Inhuman kids! It's just supposed to be an excuse to get out of the apartment with all her super-hero gear in tow, but it turns out to be kind of...fun? That is, until one of the other kids on the team, an influencer called OMG Olivia, has far more nefarious plans than blocking other skaters.

This graphic novel adapted by Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of "Smile," is now available in full colour!

A week in the life of the chaotic cat Looshkin, who manages to get into all kinds of mischief wherever he goes.

When Chaffy gets lost it's up to Max to find him.

Gary Yorkshire gets bitten by his friend, Brooklyn the bat, and develops the power of flight.

A hapless secret agent and his sidekick set off to solve a new case where someone is stealing in the Big Forest

Nia, Jayden and their robot nanny set off on an adventure into the multiverse to rescue their parents after a portal whisks them away.

Phoebe is a precocious child and Marigold is an arrogant unicorn, but their paths happily cross in the woods one day, and nothing will ever be the same again.

Bea and Cad, two unlikely friends who get swept up in an epic quest to save their world from falling into eternal darkness.

Cilantro uncovers a sheep-led worker's rights revolt and an alien invasion conspiracy.

When portals to parallel dimensions open up, the gang meet different versions of themselves.

On his first day at new school, Stanley wishes he could disappear.

When disaster strikes and all of demonkind is threatened, twelve-year-old Meesh must journey to other worlds in search of help.

Dog Man confronts the dastardly Piggy and his latest plot to sabotage the Supa Buddies and the city

Ploppy and Professor Poo embark on a journey to uncover the answers to the most pressing questions about digestion.

When unicorn Ace stumbles across happy hills by mistake as he is reading his map upside down, he is surrounded by the residents who are keen to share their stories of how Happy Hills came to be...

A shy kid unwillingly sprouts a unicorn horn and uses his newfound magical powers to rescue his best friend when he becomes trapped in the Underworld

When indoor cat Butter discovers that their human forgot to pack a litter tray when they all go camping, he's goes in search for one in the forest.

One day when Man had set out for a distant star, the dinosaurs came back to life and tidied up the barren wastes he had left behind him. Man was only allowed back when he agreed that the Earth should be shared and enjoyed by everyone.

Ten puppies have an adventure as their number decreases but then all reunite to play together.

Cumulative tale featuring a mouse in a spooky house.

A collection of illustrated poems on the seasons and weather

Fletcher the fox and his friends are eager to embrace the new season as spring arrives.

Michael the cookie loses his confidence when his brothers and sisters critisise him for not conforming to the norm instead of his own individual, flamboyant style

A tale of friendship between five bears.

Follows the world of hamsters, as they battle their greatest enemies, the guinea-pigs.

Join Ray and his friends through a night-time walk.

Rory comes up with a new idea to improve the tails of their customers.

Lia goes on an adventure in search of a pet and meets Lion who is also looking for a pet of his own.

When Shifty and Sam are asked to bake on board the Pawrient Express, travelling to Venice for Carnival night, they find themselves caught up in a robbery.

Follows a young boy getting to grips with looking after his pet elephant.

A giant accidentally drags his pants through the local village, he captures various local inhabitants and items inside them

An illustrated rhyming story about the power of words to make a difference, with an important message about saving the bees.

A bear who loves honey investigates how to keep bees so he can have a constant supply, using some unorthodox methods along the way.

A retell of the well-loved classic The Three Billy Goats Gruff with a hilarious twist

Ten monsters who eat nine of the ten teachers walking through the forest find the last one more than a match and end up in her class.

A boy lists all the reasons why you should never ask a host of animals into your house.

Frog and Aardvark use the alphabet to work out where the animals will sit.

Retelling of the story about the Christmas Day cease-fire football match in no-mans-land during the First World War.

A boy and teacher bond when they are the only two people to turn up to school on a snow day.

Mink goes on an adventure with a baby zebra and tries to save his captured parents from the evil Mr Spit.

A turtle reluctantly moves from his favourite spot just in time to avoid a rock that falls from the sky, which then becomes a place of contemplation.

Eva learns all about how lighthouses work when she visits her Grandad who is a lighthouse keeper.

A young boy who struggles with reading learns that he can tell a story through his passion for art.

A little girl has an adventure with a guest at the hotel where she lives whom she suspects of being a supervillain.

Follows the various places a coin goes as different animals, starting with Mr Toad, spend it on a variety of goods and services.

A picture book version of Michael Morpurgo's story, adapted by the author.

A retelling of the magical winter tale of a young girl who saves her friend from the clutches of the Snow Queen.

An orphan girl who longs to be adopted experiences a magical Christmas journey.

Retellings of traditional and fairy tales with strong female role models.

An illustrated collection of spooky traditional and folk tales from around the world

A sensible and observant little girl journeys through the Wild Wood on her way to a party, meeting various fairytale characters on her way.

A collection of 52 traditional stories from countries around the world.

The star football player of Charlie's favourite football team loses his self-confidence when his lucky ritual of eating alphabet spaghetti before the match is sabotaged.

Unabridged illustrated edition of the story in which Harry Potter enrolls at Hogwarts, a school for wizards and witches.

On meeting Goldilocks, Hansel and Gretel and the Three Little Pigs, Little Red quickly goes from curious to furious as she wonders why she needs to alter her behaviour when the Big Bads are free to wander anywhere

A child imagines the rules and changes they would make if they were in charge of their country.

A little girl who loves the mathematics in everyday life wishes she had a friend to share her interest with.