Family & Home Stories Books

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDALKatya Balen's October, October is a very special new addition to the shelf and deserves classic status...

Very funny, very touching, very truthful - a total delight to read.' Jacqueline Wilson 'Amazing' Noel Fielding A laugh-out-loud, against-all-odds t...

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 swoosh...

The hilarious tale of a family coming to terms with its ghosts - literally. Greta Woebegone did not believe in ghosts until the day she was knocked...

The Blues, Reds and Yellows lived in harmony. Reds were the loudest, Yellows the brightest and Blues were the coolest. However when one of the colo...

Carry on camping with dream team Julian Clary and David Roberts! It's the summer holidays, and the hairiest family in Teddington decide to take ...

Reema runs to remember the life she left behind in Syria. Caylin runs to find what she's lost. Under the grey Glasgow skies, twelve-year-old refu...

A big-hearted story that's as sweet as it is awesome. -R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder "An honest, emotionally rich take on disability, family, and ...

Becket Rumsey is all at sea. His dad has run away with him and his brother Billy in the middle of the night. And they've left everything behind, in...

I'm Dan Hope and deep inside my head I keep a list of things I want to come true. For example, I want my sister, Ninja Grace, to go to university a...

From the funniest voice in young fiction today, the seventh in this irresistible series for young readers about imaginary friends in hilarious rhym...

A glittering trip back in time to the 1920s!'Wild glamour, class conflict, buried secrets and a cameo appearance by Hetty Feather are all delivered...

AS SEEN ON CBBC!Inspired by Susan Coolidge's classic What Katy Did, read Jacqueline Wilson's modern day take on the story about the feisty tomboy h...

From the bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Their Stars, a beautiful tale of love, loss and not so fool proof mathemat...

The second book in the wickedly funny series for ages six and up from the creator of Where Bear?, Pass It On and the Pom Pom series, with colour il...

For readers who loved Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time this extraordinary debut will make you laugh and cry. A story th...

Nine-year-old twins Grace and Jack run the Forever Homes rehoming service. Whether it's a cheeky puppy or a shy kitten, they're determined to pair ...

Welcome, readers, to the imaginative brain of Omar! You might not know me yet, but once you open the pages of this book you'll laugh so hard that s...

A new addition this modern classic series. Generations of readers have followed the adventures of lighthouse keeper Mr Grinling, his wife...

The eleventh title in the bestselling series, from the brilliantly talented Liz Pichon. Here's my EXCELLENT PLAN to make MY band the BEST band in t...

A story about finding friendship when you're lonely - and hope when all you feel is fear. Twelve-year-old Matthew is trapped in his bedroom by crip...

Being a big sister to a new baby brings big responsibilities. Sona Sharma's house is full of people who joke often and argue sometimes. Relatives...

Jacqueline Wilson's FUNNIEST, FIERCEST and most BELOVED new heroine JESS BEAKER returns for another AMAZING ADVENTURE. Jess and Tracy Beaker have...

Charlie McGuffin has an incredible secret . . . He can change into animals. All sorts of animals: a flea, a pigeon, even a rhino. Trouble is, he ca...

Half vampire, half fairy, totally unique! Isadora Moon is special because she is different. Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and she is ...

This is the story of 12 year-old Sade and her brother Femi who flee to Britain from Nigeria. Their father is a political journalist who refuses to ...

Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over sixty years. To ...

; Pagination: 208 pages; Date of Publication: 03/05/2022

An ordinary boy in an ordinary world. With no words, only illustrations, Small Things tells the story of a boy who feels alone with his worries, bu...

Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/legs zoom/down field/eyes fixed/on the checkered ball/on the goal/ten yards to go/can't nobody stop you/can...

This bestselling and critically acclaimed series is now a feature-length anime--and now, readers can experience the entire fantastical tale in stun...

The extraterrestrial girls meet their match when they arrive The School forExtraterrestrial Boys!The extraterrestrial girls are back! With their fo...

<p><b>Lenny Henrys brilliant first novel for readers of 9 to 12, illustrated throughout by Keenon Ferrell. Includes an exclusive comic ...

Fred and Barney reunite for Mark Russell's modern take on Hanna-Barbera'smost famous stone-age family! This new series starring the first family of...

Could your worst week be funny too? Start Monday with a bang in the hilarious new series taking the world by storm. Justin Chase is having the WOR...

From bestselling author, Gale Galligan, comes a fun, high-energy Graphic Novel about friendship, family, and school! Cory's dance c...

Lincoln and Hudson Dupre are brothers with what grown-ups call "active imaginations". Link and Hud hunt for yetis in the Himalayas and battle orcs ...

; Pagination: 208 pages; Date of Publication: 03/05/2022

The second book in the global bestselling, laugh-out-loud, fully-illustrated Diary of Wimpy Kid series - now available with a special movie tie-in ...

In this modern graphic novel retelling of Anne of Green Gables from graphic novelist Kathleen Gros, foster kid Anne Shirley finally lands in a lovi...

It's game time! Press start on Into the Game, the awesome-packed, New York Times bestselling graphic novel adventure by YouTube's favorite family o...

A modern-day graphic novel adaptation of Little Women that explores identity, friendships, and new experiences through the eyes of thirteen-year-ol...

The story of Mia, and her family and friends at the Calivista Motel, continues in this powerful, hilarious, and resonant sequel to the award-winnin...

From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a middle-grade road-trip story through American race relations past and present, perfect for...

A white supremacist group and its violent leader targets teenage Josh, who is struggling to cope with his father's recent death at the hands of ter...

'I could feel it coming. War, I mean. Creeping up on us, into our town, down our street, into our house. Smiling like a friend, like it was Batman ...

The third book in a wonderfully sparky, funny and warm series: THE BOY WHO GREW DRAGONS was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize'I...

The sixth book in the hilarious Magnificent Mabel series, highly illustrated throughout and with three short stories - perfect for newly-confident ...