Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are on the run from Princess Buttons, the scariest street cat in the Big City. They flee for Grimwood, expecting to find refuge in the peaceful countryside. Instead, they are met with thieving eagles, dramatic ducks, riotous rabbits and a whole host of unusual characters. Grimwood is […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Rejacketed new release of this hilarious novel about how to fit in when you don’t want to conform, with brilliant illustrations throughout by Gemma Correll. Perfect for fans of Louise Rennison and Holly Smale. Petunia Perry has decided to write her memoirs. She wants the world to know what it’s like to […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “This funny, moving novel brilliantly combines humour and empathy to give children a realistic but hopeful depiction of parental depression that they can understand and discuss with others.” BfK 5-star review A record-smashing, feel-good adventure packed with heart, humour and Guinness World Records from Costa Award-shortlisted Jenny Pearson, and Kid Normal illustrator […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Hilarious, illustrated school-based antics where everything that happens leads to drama and running around and even some fainting! Izzy and her friends are on a school trip to a big lake. Gary Petrie is excited because the lodges where they’re staying have robes and slippers! The lake is dark and deep and a bit scary. But […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A funny, big-hearted story about family, friendship and how far one boy will go to get a laugh. For thirteen-year-old Carmichael Taylor, life is one big joke – in a good way. He just can’t understand why no one else seems to find everything as funny as he does. When Car accidentally […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Rex’s parents have split up and, to make matters worse, he has to spend his summer holiday on a remote and rainy Irish island – with only unruly sheep for company. The only upside: he’ll be staying with his strange and brilliant Uncle Derm. Thenhttps://www.waterstones.com/book/the-summer-i-robbed-a-bank/david-odoherty/9780241362235 Rex discovers Uncle Derm is about to execute his […]
Scarlett Fife has BIG feelings. And she’s about to get into BIG trouble. From the bestselling Maz Evans comes a heartfelt and hilarious new series, perfect for fans of Roald Dahl’s Matilda. Scarlett’s in big trouble after a BIG FEELINGS episode leads to a runaway hamster getting into the vicar’s trousers at her aunty’s engagement […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop These are the memoirs of ME, Holly Hopkinson, aged almost ten, except without any of the rubbish adults usually put in, thank you very much. My dad just lost his job, which means me and the rest of my family have to leave London and move to the middle of nowhere, which is […]
Times Children’s Book of the Week 15 May 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Stan is going on holiday to Italy with his (fifth) best friend Felix and a load of strangers. Stan is absolutely terrified. Luckily, his mum’s given him an emergency list that includes how to survive a shark attack, and what to do if he gets […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A funny, rhyming picture book with a simple phonics-based text, just right for developing early reading skills. Alarm-a-Llama bolts awake and bashes his poor head. Pyjama-Llama rubs his eyes and climbs out of his bed. Banana-Llama grabs some food. He’s ready for the day! Farmer-Llama starts his truck and heads out to […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The start of an exciting new series full of Billie’s laugh-out-loud observations and doodles! There is a new girl at Billie’s school, and Billie takes it upon herself to show her around, teach her the Biscuit Laws, and remind her that yes, two women can get married (after all, Billie’s mums’ wedding […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 9 Apr 2021 Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Month April 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Gafferty Sprout is a Smidgen. A Smidgen looks like a human, sounds like a human, and loves chips with curry sauce like a human – if humans were three inches tall. If you took a human […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A deliciously funny series from new talent Gianna Pollero, illustrated by the award-winning Sarah Horne. Ten-year-old Grace likes doughnuts and cakes as much as the next kid – but they are also her secret weapon. Grace is a monster hunter who owns a bakery – and everyone knows how much monsters LOVE […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop When ten-year-old Stella wakes up to discover a world full of BLANK screens, her family, the whole town—in fact the whole world—seems to have been thrown into chaos. And what about poor Grandma who is stranded at the other end of the country? Cue a rollicking madcap road trip, full of driving disasters and family […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Yusuf’s older sister is getting married. He’s ready for the delicious food, the fun with his cousins and the many presents… but he’s NOT ready to take her place as the responsible one. His only option: cause some chaos and ruin the wedding. The first book in a new series from Knights […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 1 Apr 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A laugh-out-loud, against-all-odds triumph of a story. Billy Plimpton is an eleven-year-old boy with a big dream. He wants to be a stand-up comedian when he grows up, delivering pinpoint punch-lines and having audiences hang on his every hilarious word. Surely an impossible ambition […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 30 Mar 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A laugh-out-loud picture book that explores our emotions and reassures toddlers that having the wobbles is OK. Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, Jelly on a plate When Jelly is entered into the ‘Best Food Competition’, it makes him wobble with worry. Everyone loves chicken nuggets […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Crammed with wisecracking corvids and outrageous wordplay, it’s engagingly light-hearted, Pratchettesque comic fantasy.” GUARDIAN The first in a wickedly funny new series about an aspiring pacifist in a brutal kingdom! On Brutalia violence is a way of life. Ravenous ravens circle overhead, monstrous grot bears cause chaos and the streets are bulging […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 18 Mar 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A new anthology of humorous children’s poems from Macmillan, curated by Brian Moses, who has been a Macmillan children’s poet for many years. Check out Lost Magic: The Very Best of Brian Moses, a collection which includes performance stalwarts such as ‘Walking with My Iguana‘ […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 8 Mar 20201 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Big thick bumper edition – super value! This brand new remastered book collects together Bunny vs Monkey 3: The Stench and Bunny vs Monkey 4: The Wobbles for the first time. Since he crash-landed to Earth in a rocket, Monkey has been causing absolute […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Laurie’s home-made beauty recipes are no secret. The secret is that her eco-warrior family get their ingredients from the bin. Laurie loves her family and she wants to join them in making the world a better place, one home-made bath bomb at a time. But right now, she doesn’t want to be […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 18 Feb 2021 Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month February 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookseller ‘One of the most joyful books you’ll read this year.’ – The Bookseller Things aren’t going great for Archie Albright. His dad’s acting weird, his mum too, and he all he wants is for everything to […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 10 Feb 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Shama and Bahama Llama can’t wait for winter – skating, snowballs, hot chocolate . . . and best of all, the Winter Woolly Party! But when The Big Freeze suddenly arrives they discover that their jumpers are in a sorry state! Cue a MAJOR […]