Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories

Mr Buxton is always having a go at Miles and his friends for climbing the trees outside their tower block. Miles thinks he's just a grumpy old man but when he finds a lost little budgie, Miles also discovers that he and Mr Buxton have more in common than he could ever have imagined.

After George visits the Museum of Wildlife with Grandad, all he can think about is bugs. The very next day he goes out hunting, but he soon finds there are no more insects left in the garden, and the ones he has captured in jars don't look very happy. George is about to learn exactly why bugs are...

Ever since Margot was born, it's been just her and her mother. No answers to Margot's questions. No history to hold on to. Just the two of them, stuck in their run-down apartment, struggling to get along. But that's not enough for Margot. She wants family. She wants a past. And when she finds a p...

Meet the Burpee Bears! For this modern-day bear family, every day is a new day: a day for adventure and discovery, and true to Joe Wick's ethos, each book in the series will be begin and end with an illustrated warm-up and wind-down exercise routine - perfect for energetic little bears everywhere!

Zoe loves living at her uncle's rescue zoo because there's always something exciting going on. And Zoe also has an amazing secret. She can actually TALK to the animals! Buster the new beaver is determined to build a dam before his friend Betty arrives at the rescue zoo. But when he runs out of wo...

With lots to see, in 'Busy Park' children can join in by pushing, pulling and turning the tabs to experience a day out at the park. Visit the playground, spots lots of different animals and have a picnic.

Tilly dreams of having a pony of her own. One that only she can ride to stardom. Will her wishes come true when she joins Silver Shoe Farm Stables? Oh Buttons, what a naughty pony! He's disobedient for everyone at Silver Shoe Farm, until he meets Tilly. She has some clever ideas for turning this ...

Rob had it all - friends, a near-guaranteed lacrosse scholarship to college and an amazing family - but all that changed when his dad was caught embezzling funds from half the town. Now he's a social pariah. Maegan always does the right thing. But when her sister comes home from college pregnant,...

Leo has spent his life dreaming of performing on the West End. His love of dancing is getting him through the heatwave, but his selective mutism means he is unlikely to be able to perform in public and puts his spot in the end-of-summer dance show on the line. When chatty Richa moves in next door...

Camila is ready to be a football star, but her football team, Las Estrellas Fugaz, has lost three games in a row. When it comes to football, it takes teamwork to become stars. How will Camila and the other shooting stars come together to win their first match?