The British Army is circling the stronghold of the King of Abyssinia. Its mission is to rescue the British Envoy, held prisoner. Watching with terror and awe is the king's young son, Alamayu. He knows that his father is as brave as a lion, but the fighting is cruel and efficient. By the time it is... More Info

Patrick wants a dog! But when he asks his mum, she doesn't hear him and his dad is always too busy to say yes. So Patrick decides he'll just have to go and find a dog himself. But he gets more than he bargains for when he comes across a monster instead . . . A funny and warm story of friendship and... More Info

Let's get reading with Macmillan early readers! Let's Read! books help make reading easy. The complete story and original illustrations of bestselling children's books by favourite authors including Julia Donaldson and Chris Riddell have been specially designed as an early reader to help and... More Info

Zoe has found a guinea pig at the bottom of the garden. And a tortoise, and a chameleon, and now there’s a noisy parrot! Where have they all come from? The hole in the fence could be a clue, but who lives on the other side?  More Info

Let's get reading with Macmillan early readers! Let's Read! books help make reading easy. The complete story and original illustrations of bestselling children's books by favourite authors including Julia Donaldson and Chris Riddell have been specially designed as an early reader to help and... More Info

Let's get reading with Macmillan early readers! Let's Read! books help make reading easy. The complete story and original illustrations of bestselling children's books by favourite authors including Julia Donaldson and Chris Riddell have been specially designed as an early reader to help and... More Info

Let's get reading with Macmillan early readers! Let's Read! books help make reading easy. The complete story and original illustrations of bestselling children's books by favourite authors including Julia Donaldson and Chris Riddell have been specially designed as an early reader to help and... More Info

Let's get reading with Macmillan early readers! Let's Read! books help make reading easy. The complete story and original illustrations of bestselling children's books by favourite authors including Julia Donaldson and Chris Riddell have been specially designed as an early reader to help and... More Info

When a curious little crab tip-taps out of her rock pool to explore the big blue sea, she discovers a world full of wonderful creatures. But after she's counted everything from one noisy seagull and two sleepy sea lions to nine silent sharks at the bottom of the sea, the little crab soon realizes... More Info

There's harmony in the air when the animals get together for a concert with a difference! Koala's playing his flute, Badger's bashing away on the drums and Squirrel's strumming on the guitar. Sing and dance along – you’ve never seen a show like it! With trademark Julia Donaldson rhyming text... More Info

Step inside Fancy Feathers Talent School, the most exciting school in town! Coco Crocodile is rehearsing her song and Billie and Pig has a dance to perfect - and all in time for the evening show! But the Fox Clowns are in a muddle and Albert the Magician has made his assistant vanish, COMPLETELY!... More Info

A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, but then a very real pair of scissors threatens. A stunning, rhythmical story of childhood, memory... More Info

It's lunchtime for one little girl, but she's just not hungry. A visiting crocodile, bear and wolf, however, are starving. It's just as well that children taste revolting! A beautifully illustrated tale of food, friendship and fun.  More Info

Zoe has found a guinea pig at the bottom of the garden. And a tortoise, and a chameleon, and now there’s a noisy parrot! Where have they all come from? The hole in the fence could be a clue, but who lives on the other side?  More Info

A moving and memorable book about the very special relationship between an elderly grandfather and his adoring grandson, this unique look at old age through the eyes of a young bear is big-hearted, poignant and beautifully observed. A stunning picture book debut from Marta Altés, an exciting new... More Info

William longs for it to snow. Maybe if he makes a wish on Grandpa's snow globe it will really happen. But disaster strikes when William drops the globe and breaks it! How can he say sorry to Grandpa, and will his wish ever come true? A sparkling story of magical winter wishes.  More Info

No one knows who lives in that house on the corner, but when all those seagulls fly onto the roof, Sam Turner says it must be pirates! In fact, Sam Turner tells his friends all sorts of things: that they mustn't look at the pirate washing or they will turn into jellyfish, that at night the whole... More Info

Liam is a piglet who wants to be the Easter Bunny when he grows up, but no one believes he can do it until, with a lot of practice and some help from his grandparents, he shows them all.  More Info

Zoe knows exactly what she wants for Christmas, and to make sure Father Christmas does too, she and Beans take a trip across the Arctic all the way to the North Pole. But with a baby polar bear to rescue and a swirling snowstorm to contend with, will they ever make it?! A wonderful Christmas story... More Info

It's nearly Cedric the dragon's bedtime -- there's just time for his mum to read him his favourite book. Unfortunately for her, Cedric likes the story so much that he wants to hear it again . . . and again . . . and again . . . with incendiary consequences! A typically clever and irresistible book... More Info

"We are undergoing a historical transformation in the way we create and disseminate energy. Together, Internet technology and the reality of renewable energy are creating a new type of electrical grid, one in which energy is stored and distributed on an individual basis. Soon, hundreds of millions... More Info

"Juan Mâendez has experienced human rights abuse first hand. As a result of his work with political prisoners in the late 1970s, the Argentinean military dictatorship arrested, tortured, and held him for more than a year. During that time, Amnesty International adopted him as a "Prisoner of... More Info

Take your seat in the front row and watch in wonder as three cheeky little circus pigs make a wild wolf jump (literally) through hoops (literally), endure feats of astounding daring-do, and even withstand perilous games of dress-up. Safe in the thought that Wolf Won't Bite! they even put their... More Info

Meet the anteater with big ambitions . . .And an even bigger nose! Norma Snows is amazing! Endlessly helpful, a superb pianist, a brilliant gymnast and a successful athlete, there seems to be no end to her skills. But Norma is worried. What if she does run out of talents? Shed better start... More Info

Each of the birds has laid an egg--except for Duck. So when Duck finds a beautiful egg of his own he's delighted--even though the other birds make fun of it. But everyone's in for a big surprise when his egg finally hatches. Full color.  More Info

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Now available in board book format, the utter simplicity of this beautiful book is breathtaking. By rearranging just four words, Emily Gravett creates a series of playful images which are a sheer joy ' and intensely satisfying. The loose energy of the pencil and watercolour pictures will be... More Info

Celebrates each child's unique individuality, symbolized by a crown that each are born with and which will always be there.  More Info

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A founding editor of Kwani? and winner of the Caine Prize traces the story of his middle-class youth in Kenya, marked by his mother's religious period, family trips and his love of reading before a writing award compelled his literary career. 15,000 first printing.  More Info

This never-before-told story of the auto magnate's attempt to recreate small-town America, along with a rubber plantation, in the heart of the Amazon details the epic clash between Ford and the jungle and its inhabitants, as the tycoon attempted to force his will on the natural world. By the... More Info