Sally Jones is a marvellous heroine, endowed with a equally splendid friend and sailing companion - the gorilla first met in The Murderer's Ape . Here is a dangerous necklace, a smuggler que... read more
Two siblings, threatened with separation by a grim and authoritarian state, go on the run to protect a book and find its missing page before it falls into the wrong hands: long journeys, a ... read more
It's 1962, the Cuban missile crisis is in full swing but nothing, of course, is happening in World's End Close. Until a runaway girl is found in the coalshed... Exciting historical thriller ... read more
To be precise, a Greenland shark. These gnarled, prehistoric creatures can live over 500 years; this one lives under a girl's bed. With beautiful, sooty black and yellow illustrations. Ages ... read more
The 5th and final book in Sutcliff's classic series about Roman Britain. Lovely clothbound edition. All five are available as a set - please enquire by email or telephone.
A novel about the loosely-organised, anti-Nazi youth movement in Germany that emerged in the 1930s in defiance of the Hitlerjugend. 16-year-old Daniel comes to discover their history through... read more
Three tiny, ancient beings - Moss, Burnet and Cumulus - set out to find more of their kind when their ash tree home is destroyed. Harrison's fine debut for children recalls BB's 'Little Gre... read more
DA's 'Diary of a Young Naturalist' won last year's Wainright Prize; he is extraordinarily young too - now just 17. Here he invites young readers on a practical exploration of the world aroun... read more
From its source to the sea: its wildlife, geography, natural history, people and history. Good non-fcition, imaginatively illustrated and conceived, for ages 7-10.
A wonderful and unusual book by a Uruguayan author, splendidly illustrated by an Argentinian. Dreamy tales of sleepy people - a man who curls up to nap inside an umbrella, another with a bod... read more
The acclaimed graphic novel that took France by storm, about a year in the life of a 10 yr-old schoolgirl. A brilliantly sharp look at our times, tender, wry, funny, extremely direct. Ages 1... read more