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'MY BEST FRIEND IS A GODDESS IS A SINCERELY SWEET AND SERIOUSLY SMART STORY WITH A LOT OF HEART!'-- Danielle Binks - YA author and reviewer Sixteen-year-old Emily and Adriana have been besties since Year One. Way back when Adriana had a gap between her...

An all-time favourite, now in an edition so durable that even Mothball the wombat would have trouble destroying! She sleeps. She eats. She scratches. She is training humans to become better pets. She is Mothball, a wombat with attitude.Award-winning...

More fun adventures from Emily, the girl who was born with an eye on the end of her finger -- which, when you are into solving mysteries, can prove to be very ‘handy' indeed! Emily?parents were shocked when Emily was born with an eye on the end of her...

A change is as good as a holiday but for Selby, the two go hand in hand. to coincide with the summer school holidays, HarperCollins will re-release four Selby favourites with a fresh new look. Selby SpacedogSelby may be keeping mum in front of his...

the girl with the eye on the tip of her finger is back - and looking into some tricky situations!Emily Eyefinger has had four previous adventures, and now she's back for a fifth! When Emily is born with an eye on the end of her finger, her parents are...

Emily solves the mystery of the magically appearing moustaches and parachutes into a desert in search of a rare kind of mouse. then she's off to Egypt to tour the upside-down pyramid of King Inverticheops. Nothing can get by Emily and her wonderful...

A hilarious bedtime story from debut children’s book author Jory John, and Benji Davies, illustrator of Storm Whale. Meet Bear. He's exhausted. All he wants is to go to sleep. Meet Duck, Bear's persistent next-door neighbour. All he wants is to hang out...

Revisit an age-old theory in a fresh new way. Every time Mr Archimedes has a bath with his friends, the water overflows. Somebody must be putting extra water in the bath. Is it Kangaroo? Or is it Goat or Wombat?Whoever it is, Mr Archimedes is going to...

Celebrate life’s ups and downs in this exquisite slipcase and hardback edition of the bestselling Dr. Seuss classic! Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!For more than thirty years, this Dr. Seuss...

Three favourite stories of Paddington, the beloved classic bear from Darkest Peru, brought together in one volume. Paddington is now a major movie star! This special edition brings together three favourite classic adventures – Paddington in the Garden,...

“My name is Harriet Manners, and I will always be a geek.”The fifth book in the bestselling, award-winning GEEK GIRL series. Harriet Manners knows almost every fact there is.She knows duck-billed platypuses don’t have stomachs. She knows that fourteen...

“My name is Harriet Manners, and I have always been a geek.”The fourth book in the award-winning GEEK GIRL series. Harriet Manners knows many things.She knows that toilet roll was invented by the Chinese in 600 AD.She knows that a comet’s tail always...

Pete the Cat loves his four groovy buttons… but can he keep singing without them? Pete the Cat is back in another rock’n’roll story about staying positive no matter what life throws at you. Pete is a rock along, sing along Cat… and with his Four Groovy...

“My name is Harriet Manners, and I’ll always be a geek.”It’s the hilarious third book in the bestselling award-winning GEEK GIRL series! Now in paperback. Harriet Manners knows more facts than most.She knows that New York is the most populous city in...

The ninth book in the original, jaw-droppingly stupendous Skulduggery Pleasant series.Valkyrie. Darquesse. Stephanie. The world ain’t big enough for the three of them. The end will come… The War of the Sanctuaries has been won, but it was not without...

The eighth instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe - and the follow-up to the number-one bestseller, Kingdom of the Wicked… War has finally come.But it's not a war between good and evil, or...

Big Nate is back in the fourth instalment of his own super-funny series. Big Nate is created by Lincoln Peirce, who inspired Jeff Kinney, author of ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’. When you’ve got a head the size of Big Nate’s then losing is not an option. But...

The wonderful Seuss classic now in a beautiful picture book format. Horton the kindly elephant has his work cut out saving the tiny Whos who live on a speck of dust – no one else believes they are there! But Horton eventually convinces everyone that, ‘a...

Fancy Nancy is back again, this time with a dancing theme for all of those tiny tutu-wearing fans! Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree, couldn’t be more excited about their upcoming dance show. After all, it’s all about mermaids and who knows how to...

The Dr. Seuss classic about the irrepressible Fox in Socks gets a brand new look – bringing his hilarious tongue-twisters and rollicking rhymes to a new generation of readers. The classic story from the one and only Dr. Seuss, now with a brand new...

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere in this hilarious exploration of simple concepts from the irrepressible Dr. Seuss. This hilarious exploration of opposites, colours, numbers and nonsense is the perfect gift for...

Ruby Redfort: supercool secret agent, code-cracker and thirteen-year-old genius The fourth book in the scarily awesome Ruby Redfort series, from former Waterstones Children’s Laureate and multi-million-copy bestselling author Lauren Child.This time Ruby...

Watch out! Here comes Duck in a brand new edition of the first book in the million copy bestselling series! This is the tale of a duck in a truck - a truck that was stuck in some yucky brown muck. A sheep in a jeep and a frog in a bush saw the truck...

Hilarious, action-packed new title in the bestselling Duck in the Truck series from highly-regarded picture book creator, Jez Alborough. Make way SUPER DUCK is here!Goat is eager to try out his new kite with the help of friends, Sheep and Frog. But,...

Everyone’s favourite family cat, Mog is loved by children everywhere for her funny and warm-hearted escapades. Mog the Forgetful Cat was first published in 1970 and has never been out of print! The classic picture book story of a very forgetful cat, her...

“From the top of your head to the tips of your toes Learn all about health from a cool cat who knows!” In this delightful book, Dr. Seuss’ famous Cat in the Hat explains to young readers all the different ways to stay healthy. This title and others...

“The T. Rex was strong, with teeth sharp as knives. When most dinos saw him, they ran for their lives!” And so Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Hat introduces young readers to the fiercest of all the many extinct reptiles featured in this exciting exploration of...