Children's / Teenage general interest: People & places

From breakfast to dinner, dusk to dawn, children will love spending the day with this bouncy joey to learn all about life in the outback.

Considered as one of the greatest players of all time, Brazilian striker Pele holds the Guinness World record for most goals scored, with a total of 1,283 goals in 1,363 matches. Raised in poverty in the state of Sao Paulo, Pele was taught to play football by his father - as they could not afford...

Peppa and her family have won a trip to Hollywood to star in Super Potato's new film, Vegetables in Space! On their way, they go to New York and the Grand Canyon before finally arriving at the film studio in Hollywood. In the film, hundreds of carrots are zooming down from space and destroying th...

A sudden gust of wind sets off a marvellous London adventure for the Queen, the Queen's men and one very special hat. So let's follow one determined, daredevil queen through the zoo, over Tower Bridge and up Big Ben - just where will that hat land?

Small lived in a small house. She had a small room with a small window and at night she slept in a small bed with a too small blanket. Despite being small, Small had BIG dreams. In Small's world, everything is small - her shoes, her bed, everything. But her dreams are big. And Small discovers tha...

Martha was raised on her nana's stories. Even if no one else believes them, Martha knows that they're magic. Now those stories are helping Martha hold things together when everything around her is falling apart - out-of-towners moving into her family's old house, her nana's mysterious illness, an...

A story of hope and resilience, this gentle, inspiring picture book tells the tale of Charlie, a little boy who was taken into care when he was very small. Charlie dreams of finding his forever home to share with his sisters. Sometimes he feels scared. Sometimes he wants to scream and cry (and he...

From school girl to global superstar, this is the story of Taylor Swift's amazing journey to become a pop icon. Find out how a young girl from Pennsylvania grew up to become one of the bestselling music artists of all time.

Annika has lived a life of comfort and luxury as the Princess of Kadier - but now, after the death of her mother, she's weighted under the looming threat of a loveless marriage arranged by her cold father. Far outside the palace walls, on the outskirts of the land Annika's family has long ruled o...

Here is a collaboration that brings together giants of the picture book world to create a funny, anarchic picture book. Hilda Snibbs had three little monkeys. Their names were Tim and Sam and Lulu. They were very lively.