Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories

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  • Bird boy

    £7.99

    After the tragic death of his mother, eleven year old Will is sent to temporarily stay with his uncle in the mountains. After years trapped in a high-rise flat, with only birds for company, Will doesn’t know how he’ll survive a place like this, but he soon finds solace in the woods, when he’s surrounded by birdsong. With his new friend Omar – a refugee from Afghanistan – Will discovers an osprey nest, with two small chicks inside. He forms an unbreakable bond with the birds, especially the smallest chick, who they name Whitetip. But when tragedy almost strikes again one stormy night, and Whitetip is knocked out of the nest – breaking a wing, Will is determined to save her. Smuggling her down from the mountain, he finds a way to keep her alive. As Will helps Whitetip to grow and to heal, he finds a strength inside himself that he never knew he had.

  • A llama called Lightning

    £7.99

    Jasmine’s dad is a farmer, and her mum is a large-animal vet, so Jasmine spends a lot of time caring for animals and keeping them out of trouble. Unfortunately, this often means she gets into hot water herself. When Lightning escapes his lonely field to follow Jasmine home, she’s determined to find a place for him on her farm. Jasmine is convinced that he’ll make a perfect guard llama for the sheep and their newborn lambs! But Lightning is young, and there’s a fox on the loose. When the lambs face mortal danger, can Lightning rise to the challenge?

  • Bedtime

    £7.99

    Boots come off. Pyjamas on. Uh-oh, Niko! Your slipper’s gone. Help little Niko change into pyjamas and get tucked into bed in this interactive board book packed with push-and-pull sliders and flaps.

  • Lola and Larch Fix a Fairy Forest

    £7.99

    Lola can’t believe her luck – the rabbit she’s rescued is actually a fairy in disguise. Now she has her very own fairy! There’s just one problem. Larch, the rebellious fairy she’s rescued, is convinced that Lola is her human. But while Larch and Lola discuss the merits of snail slime for breakfast and try to decide who should be in charge, there’s a bad fairy on the loose. Evil Euphorbia Spurge wants magic, and Larch is full of it. Soon it’s a battle of wits, wands and fairy wings as the new friends take on the wildest fairy in the woods.

  • Hercules

    £7.99

    The funny, highly illustrated diaries of a boy called Hercules andhis mission to find popularity and his mysterious (maybe even magical)dad! Inspired by Greek mythology, perfect for readers of8+ and fans of Louie Stowell’s Loki.

  • There’s a tiger on the train

    £7.99

    Off to the seaside they go on a rather EXTRAORDINARY train journey. But will Dad ever look up from his phone? A boy and his dad board the train. Dad is stuck into his phone and misses the fact that a tiger boards the train too. and so does a family of hippos, and a band of crocs, and a mum with her piglets, and a pug in a boa – or two. On the way to the seaside pandemonium ensues, and then the tiger roars. Has he finally had enough? And what will dad say? Will he even notice?

  • The Swifts

    £8.99

    On the day they are born, each Swift is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name and a definition, and it is assumed they will grow up to match. Unfortunately, Shenanigan Swift has other ideas. So what if her relatives all think she’s destined to turn out as a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can be whatever she wants – pirate, explorer or even detective. Which is lucky, really, because when one of the Family tries to murder Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, someone has to work out whodunit. With the help of her sisters and cousin, Shenanigan grudgingly takes on the case, but more murders, a hidden treasure and an awful lot of suspects make things seriously complicated. Can Shenanigan catch the killer before the whole household is picked off?

  • Private Peaceful

    £7.99

    Heroism or cowardice? A stunning story of the First World War from a master storyteller

  • Dear Dork

    £7.99

    Enter the adorkable world of Nikki Maxwell as she tells all about her not-so-fabulous life in the international bestselling series Dork Diaries!