Join our brave young knight Sir Charlie Stinky Socks in his bestselling super duper picture book adventure series – oh my! And so begins the next adventure – an adventure in which Sir Charlie Stinky Socks embarks on a truly terrifying quest to bring back...
M.G. Leonard, internationally bestselling author of Twitch, Beetleboy and Adventures on Trains, is back with another thrilling wildlife mystery for birdwatching detectives The Twitchers! >> Twitch won the Sainsburys’ Children’s Book Award for Fiction 2021>> Twitch won the CRIMEFEST Award for Best Crime Novel for...
Lift the flaps and join in the winter fun with Squirrel’s Snowman, a new story in the Tales from Acorn Wood preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo – perfect for sharing at Christmas!It’s snowing in Acorn Wood, and Squirrel...
Things are FREAKY and about to get even FREAKIER in the sleepy American town of Sticky Pines. Weirdness mounts upon creepiness to create a riotously funny potion in The Valley of the Strange, the latest explosive instalment of the cult sci-fi series for children. Lucy...
Stuff the Bustard and other poems is Sue Kemp’s record of the entertaining and unusual topics that have featured on BBC Wiltshire’s Breakfast radio show over the past couple of years. Always light-hearted, this book will rekindle memories for the regular listeners to Wiltshire radio....
A Super Happy Magic Forest chapter book packed with illustrations and plenty of humour-this is the perfect read for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants (6+). The Super Happy Magic Forest is the friendliest, most frolic-filled place in all the world, but very occasionally...
Stanley is a normal little boy, whose dad just happens to be the greatest superhero on the planet. Six days a week, Dad saves the world from disasters, aliens, and bad guys. Friday is his day off and he always spends it with Stan. But...
Join Supertato and the gang in this hilarious, colourful caper from bestselling picture dream team, Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet! It’s carnival time in the supermarket and the veggies are feeling festive! But someone is out to spoil the fun – with a devious device...
Look out for the next spook-tacular new adventure in the bestselling, blockbuster Supertato series, from Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet! Perfect for Halloween – and, of course, for Supertato fans EVERYWHERE! It’s fright-time in the supermarket, and the veggies are seriously spooked! Strange shapes, weird...
Join Supertato and the gang for more hilarious supermarket silliness in the bestselling series from picture book superstars, Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet! Meet Supertato! The supermarket superhero with eyes everywhere. It’s Sports Day in the supermarket and all the veggies are in training. Everyone...
The slapstick sequel to the bestselling Supertato, by picture book geniuses Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet – guaranteed to have children rolling around with laughter!The Evil Pea is back on the loose and there’s anarchy in the supermarket aisles again! Can our supermarket superhero divert...
Join Supertato, the veggies and a certain Evil Pea on a super-fun supermarket adventure in the bestselling SUPERTATO series by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet! When a game of hide-and-seek turns into an EPIC treasure hunt, the veggies must face fearsome foes, the impassable Cactus...
The brand new adventure in the bestselling, blockbuster Supertato series, from Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet! Perfect for even the most reluctant of bathers – and, of course, Supertato fans EVERYWHERE! It is night-time in the supermarket, and it’s the veggies’ weekly bath. But…what’s this?...
Christmas has come to the supermarket, but not everyone is hap-pea about it in this fabulously festive Supertato adventure! From bestselling, award-winning duo Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet comes the story of the much-loved Supertato’s nemesis – The Evil Pea. There’s jingling in the aisles...
An illuminating and infectiously enthusiastic guidebook to a town that many imagine is uninteresting and unattractive. Angela Atkinson’s popular blog, ‘Born Again Swindonian’, shows how wrong this impression is, and she has now produced a full colour description and guide to prove it. Her words...
Early photographs have an undeniable power, providing a window to our past with an immediacy that is hard to match – documenting change and capturing history. Museums, archives and local studies libraries, therefore, continue to build extensive photographic collections to preserve this important visual record...
The borough of Swindon embraces not only one of the largest towns in central southern England; it includes also large tracts of chalk downland and much of the upper Thames valley. The rapid pace of development across this area has resulted in a wealth of...
A thrilling and hugely entertaining adventure story’ – David Walliams on The Highland Falcon Thief, the first journey in the Adventures on Trains series. The bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series embarks on a thrilling sixth adventure as Harrison Beck and Uncle Nat climb aboard...
Eventful and colourful history of the Arundell family, landed gentry based at Wardour Castle, south-west Wiltshire (UK), from the 16th to 20th century, engagingly written for the general reader but fully referenced for the scholar.
Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones!Aveline is thrilled when she discovers that the holiday cottage her mum has rented for the summer is beside a stone circle. Thousands of years old, the local villagers refer to the ancient structure as the Witch Stones,...
Dive into an exciting and mysterious adventure full of fun-filled friendships, fantastical creatures and incredible investigations by the #1 bestselling author Marcus Rashford!The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Beast Beyond the Fence is the first fiction book by England International footballer, child food-poverty campaigner and bestselling...
The hilarious new sequel to The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by the bestselling creator of Hurrah for Gin. Lottie Brooks is back for spring term at secondary school and ready to face anything. No more trying to impress mean girl Amber. And absolutely...
An explosive YA thriller from international bestselling author of One of Us is Lying. The Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four...
The next amazing book in THE DREAM TEAM series!Praise for Jaz Santos vs. The World:’Exciting, original and heart-warming’ – Jacqueline Wilson’Priscilla Mante is an author to watch’ – Aisha Bushby—A heart-warming, inclusive and funny new story about three big F’s: friends, following your dreams and...
Lottie Brooks is 11 3/4 and her life is ALREADY officially over. Not only is she about to start high school without any friends or glamorous swooshy hair, she’s just discovered she’s too flat-chested to wear A BRA!She might as well give up now and...
A spellbinding supernatural teen drama – and sequel to All Our Hidden Gifts. Maeve and her friends have revealed their powers and banded together as a coven: Roe can pick locks, Lily sends sparks flying, Maeve can read minds and Fiona can heal any injury....
Secrets. Lies. Promises. Sometimes keeping things inside is dangerous. Callie, Ted, Zara, and Nico are best friends. More than friends – they’re like family to each other. But since being embarrassed at school in a practical joke gone wrong, Ted has stopped talking to the...
The Jurassic Coast, A Poet’s Journey, is the author’s second book of poetry, and as the title suggests, is a voyage in verse around the Dorset and South Devon coast in England. In 2001, the Jurassic Coast became England’s first natural World Heritage Site, to...
Who is The Knock-Knock Man? A ghost, a killer, or the figment of a frightened boy’s imagination? It is a question that continues to haunt disgraced New Salstone police officer, Ali Davenport, fifteen months after the devastating case that changed the course of her life....
An unforgettable journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human. The incredible Newbery Medal-winning novel from Donna Barba Higuera. “Gripping in its twists and turns, and moving in its themes – truly a beautiful cuento.”- NEW YORK TIMESHabia una vez...
Full length biography and study of influential English poet and Wiltshire clergyman, setting him in his literary context, and among his circle of friends and acquaintances
Princess Sara is scared of EVERYTHING: storms, the dark and especially the Twinkleton Dragon. She’s hoping her new pet Starpuff can protect her!But when cuddly, cute Starpuff turns out to be more afraid of everything than Sara is, Sara realises it’s going to take a...
No magical creature has a problem too big for Ava and her Dads to solve!Unicorns with tummy trouble. Dragons with broken wings. Sneezy centaurs and mermaids with measles. Everyone in town knows just who to see when they are feeling poorly: Ava and her dads,...
Lottie Brooks is BACK for more extremely embarrassing adventures as she goes on holiday and gets her very first boyfriend!THINGS THAT ARE RUBBISH IN MY LIFE:* Have the most disgusting little brother in the entire world* Have to get braces when am on the brink...
Winner of the Honour Award for Fiction, KPMG Irish Children’s Book Awards, 2021. ‘A magnificent, shadowy, gothic adventure full of heart’ Emma Carroll, author of Frost Hollow Hall. Sometimes the monsters take us. Sometimes we become the monsters. Mirabelle has always known she is a...
Just one more sleep before EID! Safa is so excited for Eid-al-Fitr. She loves drawing henna patterns on her hands, decorating her home and munching on biryani, kebabs and samosas. It is the perfect day. Then the best part comes: she gets to open her...
Sensible, serious Norbert Norris knows ALL the important things: dinosaurs, planets, shapes and sums. But when the Museum of Marvellous Things is in trouble, Norbert doesn’t know what to do. Only MAGIC can save it – and he knows nothing about magic!Norbert must learn to...
A gorgeously illustrated picture book edition of the beloved classic children’s story about overcoming fears. Plop, the baby barn owl, is like every barn owl there ever was, except for one thing – he is afraid of the dark! Mrs Barn Owl sends him down...
A powerful novel of the era of young free love and its problems in a conflicted society. It’s the winter of 1970 and Northern Ireland is smouldering with the unresolved hostilities of its ancient sectarian tribes, with Belfast a hotbed for trouble. In the heart...
Grace’s family are wardens of the incredible Griffin Map, using its teleport technology to fight crime across Moreland. Right now it’s all systems go at Griffin HQ, where Grace, her mum and her brother have their hands full answering a huge number of calls for...
An exquisite, thought-provoking book to help children understand the idea of ever-changing emotions. Rowan loves the river; it’s just like he is. On some days, it’s quiet and calm, on others it’s light and playful, and then there are the days when it roars along,...
Celebrate thirty years of Percy the Park Keeper and his animal friends with this funny story in the classic series from award-winning author and illustrator Nick Butterworth! It’s a beautiful spring morning and a perfect opportunity for Percy the park keeper to trim the overgrown...
Hilarious, pitch-perfect stories where everyday school life becomes completely extraordinary! By a brilliant author/illustrator team with laughs on every page!Izzy’s school is being merged with St Bartholomew’s Primary, their greatest rivals! What will happen when the new kids join, in their too-shiny shoes and with...
A heart-warming story of kindness, courage and love in all its forms. Perfect for 9+ readers and fans of Elle McNicoll, Lisa Thompson and Onjali Rauf. Bea’s family are happy. Like, really happy. Like, kind of gross but also cute happy. So when they visit...
There was a single trail of footprints, the first I’d seen all morning. They were fresh tracks, I saw, the edges of the impressions in the snow quite hard. Small feet. Like mine. Someone my age. Then they stopped. When mysterious footprints appear in the...
Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) was a naturalist, novelist and social commentator, born near Swindon and always associated with the north Wiltshire countryside. A perceptive observer of human and animal life, in countryside and town, his sensitive, exquisite writing has always been cherished and admired. In 1883,...
Only the most powerful and honorable will be chosen in this breathtaking, Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the author of the New York Times-bestselling Cemetery Boys. Teo, a seventeen-year-old Jade semidios and the trans son of the goddess of birds, isn’t worried about the Trials...
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