Picture Books for Older Readers

One dark and stormy night, a sinister figure arrives in the little Gaulish village. Prolix claims to be a soothsayer and the villagers believe every word he says, but Asterix sees through his deception.

A strange new philosophy is gaining popularity amongst the Roman soldiers. When its enchanting influence reaches the Gauls, everything they once held dear is turned upside down. Armed with their trademark humour, bravery, and trusty magic potion, can our heroic duo save the Chief's wife and break...

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.

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.

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...

They sound like the Bad Guys, they look like the Bad Guys, and they even smell like the Bad Guys. But Mr Wolf, Mr Piranha, Mr Snake and Mr Shark are about to change all of that - whether you want them to or not! It's a zombie kitten apocalypse! Can the Bad Guys save the world from evil Dr Marmala...

In Chiquito, capital of Palombia, the old Marsupilami in the municipal zoo feels his end coming, and would like to die free, in the legendary Marsupilami graveyard. Warned by an escaped parrot, our Marsu sets off towards the city, along with Bip and Sarah, the two jungle orphans, to free his elde...

The Bad Guys next mission? Rescue 10,000 chickens from a high-tech cage farm. But they are up against sizzling lasers, one feisty tarantula, and their very own Mr. Snake - who's also known as 'The Chicken Swallower.' What could possibly go wrong?

They sound like the Bad Guys, they look like the Bad Guys - and they even smell like the Bad Guys. But Mr Wolf, Mr Piranha, Mr Snake and Mr Shark are about to change all of that - whether you want them to or not!