Explorer
£8.99A thrilling story of adventure, friendship and survival in the Amazon, The Explorer is an unmissable, Costa Award-winning modern classic from internationally bestselling author Katherine Rundell
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A thrilling story of adventure, friendship and survival in the Amazon, The Explorer is an unmissable, Costa Award-winning modern classic from internationally bestselling author Katherine Rundell

It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer – tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk – but Stella really, really didn’t want that to happen, just the same. Join Stella Starflake Pearl and her three fellow explorers as they trek across the snowy Icelands and come face-to-face with frost fairies, snow queens, outlaw hideouts, unicorns, pygmy dinosaurs, and carnivorous cabbages.

With irresistible pink and black artwork throughout by author/illustrator Harriet Muncaster and a totally unique heroine with an out-of-this-world family, this is a beautiful, charming, and funny series of first chapter books.In this story Isadora goes on a school trip to a spooky old castle, where she discovers a surprising new friend.

Hiccup Haddock Horrendous III was a truly extraordinary Viking hero. The warrior chieftain and awesome sword fighter was known as ‘the Dragon Whisperer’, on account of his power over these terrifying beasts. But it wasn’t always like that, and this is the story of his rise to fame, in his own words.

Emma Jane zooms off in her aeroplane around the cities of the world. Along the way she makes a crew of animal friends who save the day when the little plane gets into trouble. A rhyming narrative with a light touch and a zingy female protagonist, this tale is perfect for little explorers everywhere.

New cover reissue of this magical story from award-winning international bestselling picture book creator of Lost and Found, Oliver Jeffers.

Jamie’s dad is an astronaut. This is a good thing because how cool is that? And a bad thing because he’s going to be orbiting the Earth for several months and Jamie already misses him badly.

Jay, Summer, and Dylan are headed for six weeks of boot camp at uber-glamorous Rock War Manor, where a film crew will follow them day and night as they make friends, work on their music, and party, party, party! As well as all the glitzy premieres and performances at music festivals, the teenage contestants have plenty to deal with in their personal lives too. As the live showdown approaches, Jay, Summer, and Dylan must give everything to lead their bands through to the next round of competition.

Narrated in the all-knowing matter-of-fact voice of Death, witnessing the story of the citizens of Molching. By 1943, the Allied bombs are falling, and the sirens begin to wail. Liesel shares out her books in the air-raid shelters. But one day, the wail of the sirens comes too late.

Isadora Moon is special because she is different. Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and Isadora is a bit of both. So when they all go camping at the seaside some things might happen that are not quite normal . . .

Zog is the keenest dragon in school. He’s also the most accident-prone,flying into trees and even setting his own wing on fire.Luckily, a mysterious little girl always comes by and patches uphis bumps and bruises. But will she be able to help Zog with histoughest test: capturing a princess?

Demigod Percy Jackson tells the stories of twelve of the original Greek heroes in all their gory, bloodthirsty glory. Want to know who cut off Medusa’s head? Which hero was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus, the winged horse? Percy has all the answers.

Eleven brilliant books in one! A glorious, playful celebration of the joy of books and reading.


An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day.

Who could tell the original stories of the gods of Olympus better than a modern-day demigod? In this whirlwind tour of Greek mythology, Percy Jackson gives his personal take on the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and reveals the truth about how they came to rule the world.
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