CHILDRENS BOOKS

Get BREADY for the sixth hilarious adventure in the best-selling REAL PIGEONS series! Can the Real Pigeons save the day when they're the ones getting crumbed? The REAL PIGEONS are a team of crime-fighters who battle baddies wherever they go! But fighting crime is hard when the city mayor has BANNED all birds, a BREAD MONSTER is on the loose and EVIL BUNNIES are taking over ... This best-selling Australian series is beloved by readers worldwide, with over 600,000 books in print in 25 languages. With three hilarious, silly and engrossing mysteries in every Real Pigeons book, it's perfect for fans of Bad Guys and Dog Man. Real Pigeons is now in development with major studio Nickelodeon for animated film and TV, to be produced by James Corden and Ben Winston! 'Combining the best of a graphic novel and traditional narrative, McDonald’s text charms and entertains, while Wood’s often hilarious illustrations kick it to next-level fun!' –CBCA Reading TimeRead the whole REAL PIGEONS series now:<ol reversed><li>Real Pigeons Fight Crime</li><li>Real Pigeons Eat Danger </li><li>Real Pigeons Nest Hard </li><li>Real Pigeons Splash Back </li><li>Real Pigeons Peck Punches</li><li>Real Pigeons Get Bready </li><li>Real Pigeons Flex Feathers </li><li>Real Pigeons Spy High </li><li>Real Pigeons Duck Trouble</li><li>Real Pigeons Stay Coo </li><li>Real Pigeons Flap Out? </li><li>Real Pigeons Power Up – coming November 2024! </li></ol>

Flex your feathers with the seventh brilliant adventure in the best-selling Real Pigeons series! No-one can protect a city like Rock, Frillback, Tumbler, Homey and Grandpouter. Crime-fighting has never been so COO! The REAL PIGEONS use PIGEON POWERS to fight crime, solve mysteries and help creatures in the city. But when CONCRETE starts mysteriously MELTING in the city, a FEATHER-SNATCHER goes on a plucking-spree and an EVIL HAT has a plan to CLONE the Real Pigeons, our feathered heroes are going to need more than just PIGEON POWERS to save the day! This best-selling Australian series is beloved by readers worldwide, with over 600,000 books in print in 25 languages. With three hilarious, silly and engrossing mysteries in every Real Pigeons book, it's perfect for fans of Bad Guys and Dog Man. Real Pigeons is now in development with major studio Nickelodeon for animated film and TV, to be produced by James Corden and Ben Winston! 'Combining the best of a graphic novel and traditional narrative, McDonald’s text charms and entertains, while Wood’s often hilarious illustrations kick it to next-level fun!' –CBCA Reading TimeRead the whole REAL PIGEONS series now:<ol reversed><li>Real Pigeons Fight Crime</li><li>Real Pigeons Eat Danger </li><li>Real Pigeons Nest Hard </li><li>Real Pigeons Splash Back </li><li>Real Pigeons Peck Punches</li><li>Real Pigeons Get Bready </li><li>Real Pigeons Flex Feathers </li><li>Real Pigeons Spy High </li><li>Real Pigeons Duck Trouble</li><li>Real Pigeons Stay Coo </li><li>Real Pigeons Flap Out? </li><li>Real Pigeons Power Up – coming November 2024! </li></ol>

Solve crimes up high in the seventh amazing adventure with the REAL PIGEONS! These feathery crime-fighters will need to FLY like never before if they want to save the day – and avoid becoming FALCON SNACKS. Zoom around in the REAL PIGEONS' nest plane and get ready for their weirdest mysteries yet! Like why are BIRDS FALLING out of the sky? Who KIT-NAPPED a notorious kitten called Clawzy? And why is a pack of LOCUSTS attacking them? This best-selling Australian series is beloved by readers worldwide, with over 600,000 books in print in 25 languages. With three hilarious, silly and engrossing mysteries in every Real Pigeons book, it's perfect for fans of Bad Guys and Dog Man. Real Pigeons is now in development with major studio Nickelodeon for animated film and TV, to be produced by James Corden and Ben Winston! 'Combining the best of a graphic novel and traditional narrative, McDonald’s text charms and entertains, while Wood’s often hilarious illustrations kick it to next-level fun!' –CBCA Reading TimeRead the whole REAL PIGEONS series now:<ol reversed><li>Real Pigeons Fight Crime</li><li>Real Pigeons Eat Danger </li><li>Real Pigeons Nest Hard </li><li>Real Pigeons Splash Back </li><li>Real Pigeons Peck Punches</li><li>Real Pigeons Get Bready </li><li>Real Pigeons Flex Feathers </li><li>Real Pigeons Spy High </li><li>Real Pigeons Duck Trouble</li><li>Real Pigeons Stay Coo </li><li>Real Pigeons Flap Out? </li><li>Real Pigeons Power Up – coming November 2024! </li></ol>

In the blockbuster ninth REAL PIGEONS book, the amazing crime-fighting, mystery-solving pigeons are teaming up with some HUMAN SECRET AGENTS! The Real Pigeons think they'll be unbeatable with human help. But then a strange MUTANT goes on a rampage, POCKETS start mysteriously vanishing from pants and jackets, and someone raises a terrifying army of ZOMPIGEONS. Worst of all – the agents have a SECRET of their own. And it's going to get our heroes into terrible TROUBLE … the kind they can't easily DUCK! This best-selling Australian series is beloved by readers worldwide, with over 600,000 books in print in 25 languages. With three hilarious, silly and engrossing mysteries in every Real Pigeons book, it's perfect for fans of Bad Guys and Dog Man. Real Pigeons is now in development with major studio Nickelodeon for animated film and TV, to be produced by James Corden and Ben Winston! 'Combining the best of a graphic novel and traditional narrative, McDonald’s text charms and entertains, while Wood’s often hilarious illustrations kick it to next-level fun!' –CBCA Reading TimeRead the whole REAL PIGEONS series now:<ol reversed><li>Real Pigeons Fight Crime</li><li>Real Pigeons Eat Danger </li><li>Real Pigeons Nest Hard </li><li>Real Pigeons Splash Back </li><li>Real Pigeons Peck Punches</li><li>Real Pigeons Get Bready </li><li>Real Pigeons Flex Feathers </li><li>Real Pigeons Spy High </li><li>Real Pigeons Duck Trouble</li><li>Real Pigeons Stay Coo </li><li>Real Pigeons Flap Out? </li><li>Real Pigeons Power Up – coming November 2024! </li></ol>

The REAL PIGEONS are REAL STARS in their hilarious tenth adventure! Can these feathery heroes STAY COO in the spotlight, or are their crime-fighting days over? The Real Pigeons are great crime-fighters – because most people ignore pigeons. But when a video of the pigeons goes viral, they are suddenly FAMOUS. It's much harder to solve mysteries when everyone is always watching! Can they figure out who's behind a slime crime, how a flock of rolling pigeons vanished into thin air, and why anyone would try to catch Frillback in a cage? This best-selling Australian series is beloved by readers worldwide, with over 600,000 books in print in 25 languages. With three hilarious, silly and engrossing mysteries in every Real Pigeons book, it's perfect for fans of Bad Guys and Dog Man. Real Pigeons is now in development with major studio Nickelodeon for animated film and TV, to be produced by James Corden and Ben Winston! 'Combining the best of a graphic novel and traditional narrative, McDonald’s text charms and entertains, while Wood’s often hilarious illustrations kick it to next-level fun!' –CBCA Reading TimeRead the whole REAL PIGEONS series now:<ol reversed><li>Real Pigeons Fight Crime</li><li>Real Pigeons Eat Danger </li><li>Real Pigeons Nest Hard </li><li>Real Pigeons Splash Back </li><li>Real Pigeons Peck Punches</li><li>Real Pigeons Get Bready </li><li>Real Pigeons Flex Feathers </li><li>Real Pigeons Spy High </li><li>Real Pigeons Duck Trouble</li><li>Real Pigeons Stay Coo </li><li>Real Pigeons Flap Out? </li><li>Real Pigeons Power Up – coming November 2024! </li></ol>

Ten cautionary tales and a delightfully dreadful cast of characters from number one bestselling author David Walliams! Are you ready to meet the world’s worst children? Five beastly boys and five gruesome girls! Like Sofia Sofa, a TV superfan so stuck to the sofa that she’s turning into one! And Blubbering Bertha, a bawling big sister with a horrid habit of telling tales! From number one bestselling author David Walliams comes this collection of deliciously mischievous tales, illustrated throughout by artistic genius Tony Ross.

The first book in the New York Times bestseller Middle School and Other Disasters series, witch-in-training Heidi Heckelbeck juggles magical mishaps and everyday mayhem at her new boarding school. Featuring black-and-white illustrations and doodles throughout and perfect for fans of Dork Diaries, The Worst Witch and Harper Drew! My name is Heidi Heckelbeck, my new school is magic and I am officially freaking out! Heidi is both excited and nervous to start at her new boarding school, Broomsfield Academy! She can't wait to start magical classes but her first day takes a turn for the worse when Heidi discovers her roommate (or "broommate" as they are known here) is none other than her old rival, Melanie Maplethorpe. Melanie is less than thrilled too, and the two find themselves engaged in an epic prank war. But when magic enters the mix, will the reluctant roommates go too far? Join Heidi and her friends for pranks, potions and magical misahaps in this bestselling series!

<p>This is the story of women who fought during WWI, but not as nurses or ambulance drivers.</p> <p>In 1917 sixteen-year-old Jean McLain is working as a post-office assistant in England. But when she wins a national Morse code competition, the British army makes a request Jean cannot refuse – to take a secret position as a signaller in France.</p><p>If Jean can keep the signals flowing between headquarters and the soldiers at the Front, Britain might possibly win the war.</p><p>But the British army are determined to hide its desperation – and will go on to burn every document that showed how women and girls were working behind the scenes, in the trenches and even in battles during World War I.</p><p>Decades later, an old woman tells the story of 'the telegraph girl': the friends she lost, the man who loved her, and the happiness she so surprisingly found again.</p><p>Based on true events, this story of adventure, courage and unshakable loyalty restores women and girls to their place in history that the authorities tried to erase.<strong>AWARDS</strong></p><p>Longlisted - 2024 Book Links Award for Children's Historical Fiction</p>

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is now a major motion picture from Netflix, starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, and many more! A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure for those who prefer fairytales with a twist… The first in the bestselling series. Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to the School for Good and Evil, the fabled institution where they become fairytale heroes or villains. With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she'll join the ranks of past students like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White at the School for Good. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black dresses and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil. But the two girls soon find their fortunes reversed – Sophie's dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School for Good, thrust among handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication. But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are?

Discover the bravery inside you in a magical Robin Hood reimagining from author, comedian and actor Ben Miller. Lonely at school, Charlie prefers to escape into a world of books. But when she finds herself on the other side of the library in a place of outlaws, queens and knights, she is welcomed as the hero who will save the forest from the dastardly sheriff. Learning to use a bow and arrow and stand up against the bullies is harder than it looks, but there might just be some friends to help her with her quest . . . Turn the page, share the adventure in a hilarious and magical story for all the family, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli.

An epic story of determination and love, about one family’s escape from the Allied bombing of Dresden in the Second World War ‘Captivating’ Telegraph It’s 1945, and the bombing of Dresden is imminent. Before the bombs start to fall, Lizzie’s zookeeper mother brings home the one animal she can’t bear to lose: Marlene, the elephant. When Lizzie and her family join the thousands of other refugees fleeing the city, they end up with more than one unusual companion . . .

A heartwarming tale of courage, set against the backdrop of the Second World War, about a deserted village, a lifelong friendship and one very adventurous cat! ‘A master storyteller at his best’ Sunday Times It’s 1943. Lily lives in a seaside village and her life is scarcely touched by the war. Until one day when the villagers are all told to move out of their homes. Soon, the whole area is out of bounds, as the allied forces prepare to invade France. But Tips, Lily’s cat, has other ideas – and returns to the forbidden area. Lily decides to enter the danger zone to look for Tips herself . . .