Children's & Teens

How much is your life worth? In the territory of Ixia the government maintains control through the Code of Behaviour, forbidding the practice of magic, but danger lurks in mysterious places...

Count along with Ten Little Jack O' Lanterns and watch as the little Halloween pumpkins disappear!

How do bees communicate? What does a beekeeper do? Did you know that Napoleon loved bees? Who survived being stung by 2,443 bees? This book answers all these questions and many more, tracking the history of bees from the time of the dinosaurs to their current plight.

Test your knowledge of the English language with the Dictionary of Difficult Words.

Luke is a comic-mad eleven-year old who shares a treehouse with his geeky older brother, Zack. Luke's only mistake is to go for a wee right at the wrong time. While he's gone, an alien gives his undeserving, never-read-a-comic-in-his-life brother superpowers and then tells him to save the universe.

Luke's dad has bought a lot of gadgets recently and not one of them works as it's supposed to. Luke knows what he must do - he just needs his fellow SCARF members to help or it will be the end of everything... Cover artwork by Robin Boyden

When Luke is confronted with Stellar, his superpowered twin from another dimension, he is highly suspicious. From the author of 'My Brother Is a Superhero', winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the British Book Industry Awards Children's Book of the Year.

Discover how planes stay up in the air and roller coasters do loop-the-loops in this brilliant picture book designed to unlock a love of engineering - written by engineer and TV presenter Dr Shini Somara.

Discover how exciting maths can really be, from planning a camping trip to sending an astronaut into space, in this empowering picture book written by scientist and TV presenter Dr Shini Somara.

Discover why ice cream melts and leaves turn red in this brilliant picture book designed to unlock a love of science - written by scientist and TV presenter Dr Shini Somara.

Discover how coding is used to instruct computers to do amazing things, from creating animations and video games to sending robots to Mars - written by scientist and TV presenter Dr Shini Somara.

I Believe in You is a picture book with a powerful message from Deborah Somorin, the author of the memoir Believing in Me. Little Debbie's day is not off to a good start. But when, throughout the day, she encounters people who stop and help, their time and their care show Debbie how much they believe in her - and how she's worth believing in.