Featured Books Age 0 - 5 Years

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The Snowman The Snowman Raymond Briggs This is one of the all time favourites of any nursery and certainly a book to turn back to time and time again whether you’re a child or an adult. No words, just the most wonderful pictures telling a ... Download free opening extract
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Daydream Dan Daydream Dan Sarah Garson This is a debut picture book from an exciting new talent.  A delightful book that both parent and child will warm to as the plotline is something that both will relate to.  That dreaded 'I'm not day dreaming' as your child is quite ... Download free opening extract
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The Way Back Home The Way Back Home Oliver Jeffers This is an absolutely delightful book that is sure to capture the imagination of toddlers.  Jeffers’ illustrations are an absolute delight and together with the text tell an extraordinary and original story about friendship and home. ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 5+ readers

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Barefoot Book of Earth Tales Barefoot Book of Earth Tales Dawn Casey This stunning collection of stories from around the world, which celebrate the importance of the world we live in, is supported by inspiring hands-on activities to encourage all to protect and preserve our world as much as we are able. ... Download free opening extract
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Tumtum and Nutmeg: Pirates' Treasure Tumtum and Nutmeg: Pirates' Treasure Emily Bearn The enchanting and delightful mice Tumtum and Nutmeg are back for a third adventure. This time the two home lovers are off on a camping trip but soon things begin to go very wrong as they get swept down the ... Download free opening extract
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Winnie The Twit Winnie The Twit Laura Owen Fun to read and well-matched by their illustrations, these four short stories tell of yet more dramatic and hilarious adventures for Winnie the Witch and her cat Wilbur. Winnie variously tries to find the perfect pet, to fix things with ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 7+ readers

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The Amazing Adventures of Curd The Lion and Us! in the Land at the Back of Beyond The Amazing Adventures of Curd The Lion and Us! in the Land at the Back of Beyond Alan Gilliland Reminiscent of the writing of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, this brilliant debut children's novel is completely unputdownable as well as being almost uncategorisable.  The author has succeeded in delivering on a book that incorporates a terrifically funny yet mysterious story, full ... Download free opening extract
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Secret Garden - Illustrated Edition Secret Garden - Illustrated Edition Frances Hodgson Burnett This absolute classic has entranced children the world over since its first publication in 1911.  In this remarkable new hardback gift edition from Walker Books, Inga Moore’s beautifully observed illustrations capture the wonder of the garden coming alive again, bringing ... Download free opening extract
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Fungus The Bogeyman Fungus The Bogeyman Raymond Briggs This is a book that is enduringly funny, wonderfully poignant and at times quite rude. Beautifully described through stunning illustrations and hand written text is the story of the bogey men – and in particular Fungus - who live ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 9+ readers

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Ribblestrop Ribblestrop Andrew Mulligan In this quirky and original debut there’s never a dull moment.  Even before the student’s turn up to the school, you can tell is no ordinary place. The building is semi-ruined (some dormitories don’t even have a roof ), the ... Download free opening extract
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The Well Between the Worlds The Well Between the Worlds Sam Llewellyn From the pen of a very talented author whose writing is of the highest quality comes a book that is full of magic and intrigue, myth and environmentalism in a land that was once green and pleasant but whose land ... Download free opening extract
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Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones Derek Landy Prize winning Skulduggery Pleasant is back for a third thrilling adventure. Along with his side-kick Stephanie, Skulduggery, the skeleton detective, must stand up to the Faceless Ones in a typically dramatic, dangerous and funny new adventure. The world of Skulduggery ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 11+ readers

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Skellig - TV tie in edition Skellig - TV tie in edition David Almond This is a wonderfully eerie and magical story about believing in something extra special and why it may make a difference.  It’s full of happiness and sadness but ultimately it’s incredibly fulfilling. 'Touched with a visionary intensity, this strange life-affirming tale exercises every ... Download free opening extract
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Dragonfly Pool Dragonfly Pool Eva Ibbotson A wonderful, magical adventure spins out of a school story with a difference. Tally doesn’t want to leave her father and her aunts and go away to boarding school. But Delderton Hall is a very special school with interesting staff and pupils and ... Download free opening extract
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Unique Unique Alison Allen-Gray This debut novel, published back in 2004 has only just hit our radar screen at Lovereading4kids with the publication of her second novel Lifegame. We've been so blown away by the brilliance of Unique that we just had to tell ... Download free opening extract

Featured Books for 14+ readers

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Gone Gone Michael Grant  STOP PRESS - Read the whole book here online now  (book is available free from 8 - 22 April) or just click the download extract button above to get a cliff-hanger taster from the first two chapters.   Gripping from the first ... Download free opening extract
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Beautiful Dead: Jonas Beautiful Dead: Jonas Eden Maguire This is the first of a proposed series of 4 books in the increasingly popular area of paranormal romance.  Fans of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series will love the intrigue, the excellent writing style, compelling characters coupled with a powerful mystery.  ... Download free opening extract
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Falling Falling Sharon Dogar Falling is a dark and dangerous multi-layered love story between an Asian girl and a white boy, in which the past and present collide. It's the gripping second teenage novel from Sharon Dogar, the critically acclaimed author of Waves.  Intensely ... Download free opening extract