Item category 1: Picture Books for Older Readers

Gangsters, Cowboys, Indians and the Big Apple all await Tintin when he travels to America. He soon finds himself in terrible danger - but with Snowy to help him, he faces it head on...

A wordless look at our changing environment, featured on the QCA's Key Stage 2 Schemes of Work list for geography, under 'What I Can See Through My Window'.

As Lenny's father goes off to fight in WW2, he gives his son a brass badge with a lion and a unicorn on it. Lenny keeps it with him when the bombs are dropped on his street and when he has to be evacuated to a big house in the country.

Everything in Burglar Bill's life is stolen, from the toast he has for breakfast to the bed he sleeps in. When one of the boxes he steals turns out to have a baby inside, Burglar Bill is faced with all sorts of new problems.

This poignant and illustrated story re-imagines history, portraying a brave young girl named Sara whose intuitive grasp of right and wrong leads her to discover that no act is too small when confronting injustice.

"The Mousehole Cat" was the winner of the British Book Award for the Illustrated Children's Book of the Year and the British Design Production Award (Children's Books). It was also shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Children's Book Award.

"The Mousehole Cat" was the winner of the British Book Award for the Illustrated Children's Book of the Year and the British Design Production Award (Children's Books). It was also shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Children's Book Award.