Item category 1: Picture Books for Older Readers

The Jolly Postman has a new and most surprising adventure in the Ahlbergs' third story about him - and meets many familiar characters en route. Children and adults alike will delight in following him on his journey, with the aid of a magnifying glass.

Hi'iaka wants to make the forests of Hawaii safe for travellers. But she'll have to battle an evil lizard named Pana'ewa and his army to do it. With a little help from her sister and some special powers, she's ready for a great battle. With engaging text and easy-to-follow panels, books in the 'D...

A small girl listens to her sister complaining about her bottom, but she thinks it looks lovely. Noses, mouths, ears and eyes are all different sizes - and so are bottoms. Big bottoms are useful for crash landings and sitting on thrones all day, and small ones are good for detecting peas in beds.

When Fionna rescues a feral flame boy from a pack of wild fire lions, it starts her on a quest she'll never forget.

Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of hand-wringing bays, influenza, mystery-mold, nu-chauvinism, and the willful, unwanted intrusion of "academia," ...

When a great dam was built by the Kielder Water in Northumberland, the valley below slowly filled with water. But just before this, when the villagers had been moved out, two musicians went back to the abandoned valley. They tore down the boards over the houses, stepped inside and started to play...

The gods have created a world: they've built mountains, a sea and a sky and now their days are filled with naps (and tea and cake). That's until Harry, Sue and Ben begin to fill the gaps of the world with a mousy thing, a chirpy thing and a twisty legless thing.

Every night, tiny stars appear out of the darkness in little Sandy's bedroom. She catches them and creates wonderful creatures to play with until she falls asleep, and in the morning brings them back to life in the whimsical drawings that cover her room. One day, Morpie, a mysterious pale girl, a...

Twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield have always been inseparable, but starting a new school means a chance for new beginnings. Elizabeth is excited to write for the school newspaper, but Jessica is more interested in joining the exclusive Unicorn Club. What will happen when the twins realise th...

Don't miss this original canon story set in the world of the Emmy Award-winning Netflix animated series 'The Dragon Prince', with story by the creators of the series and of 'Through the Moon'. This action-packed tale features a young Rayla and takes place several years before season one of the se...