Item category 1: Picture Books for Older Readers

The Romans have invaded Britain but one village still holds out against them. At his British cousin Anticlimax's request, Asterix and Obelix set off to help with a barrel full of magic potion.

Asterix and Obelix meet a Corsican chieftain who has been taken prisoner and accompany their new friend Boneywasawarriorwayayix back to Corsica to help help him foil the evil designs of the corrupt Roman Praetor Perfidius.

Asterix the Gaul, together with his friend Obelix and his faithful pup, Dogmatix, journeys to Spain to cause trouble for the mighty Roman Empire.

Quaestor Vexatius Sinusitus turns up in Gaul to investigate the creative accountancy of Governor Varius Flavus. When the quaestor is poisoned, he turns to Getafix the druid and the other Gauls for help.

In this adventure, Getafix the druid is captured by the Romans, who want him to make some of his magic potion. Asterix goes along to rescue Getafix, and the two Gauls have some fun before returning to the village for the traditional feast.

In this adventure, Asterix the Gaul and his friend Obelix travel to Rome to rescue their bard, Cacofonix. Whilst there, they manage to become gladiators, performing in front of Caesar himself.

Asterix and Obelix enlist in the Roman army, to rescue Tragicomix, the forcibly conscripted fiance of the beautiful Panacea.

Screech! Some major interference is coming through on Walden's hearing aid. But it's not the local radio station - it's a cry for help from the alien colonists called Arrok! Their home has been blasted apart by an asteroid. Can Mr K and his students help? Will the same thing happen to Earth? And ...

Chump the chimpanzee was always being silly. He would make rude noises from BOTH ENDS, pick his nose with his little toe, and eat the skins of bananas, hurling out the tasty part inside. NASA's scientists thought he'd be the PERFECT chimp to send into space. Little did Chump know that he had been...