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A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2015 You would like being friends with Leo. He likes to draw, he makes delicious snacks, and most people can't even see him. Because Leo is also a ghost. When a new family moves into his home and Leo's efforts to welcome them are...

Luna is the only one to mourn the death of her grandfather Old Man Moon - the rest of her family couldn't be happier to see the back of the bad-tempered old miser. But as they celebrate his demise with a giddy jig, Aunt Summer vanishes ... only to reappear as a painting. While Luna is convinced...

The third tall-but-true tale in the darkly comic new series SKELETON KEYS from the award-winning duo behind STITCH HEAD. Greetings! My name is Skeleton Keys and these fantabulant fingers of mine can open doors to hidden worlds... Join me for the curious tale of Gap-tooth...

The fourth tall-but-true tale in the darkly comic series SKELETON KEYS from the award-winning duo behind STITCH HEAD. Greetings! My name is Skeleton Keys and these fantabulant fingers of mine can open doors to hidden worlds... Join me for the terrifying tale of the Nobody - a...

"Greetings! To the imaginary and the unimaginary! To the living, the dead and everyone in between, my name is Keys... Skeleton Keys. And these fantabulant fingers of mine can open doors to hidden worlds and secret places ... doors to the limitless realm of all the imagination." Ben can't...

The fifth tall-but-true tale in the darkly comic series SKELETON KEYS from the award-winning duo behind STITCH HEAD. Greetings! My name is Skeleton Keys and these fantabulant fingers of mine can open doors to hidden worlds... Join me for the puzzling tale of Lucky - an...

The Wizard of Oz meets Monsters Inc in this MONSTROUSLY funny stand-alone story from bestselling author phenomenon, Steve Cole. I'm Bob, a human boy stuck in a land of MONSTERS. I'm trying to get out with the help of three - count them, three - incredible creatures. There's...

Greta Woebegone did not believe in ghosts until the day she was knocked over by a car and almost died. Then everything changed... Now Greta can not only see the spirits that haunt her ancestral home - she can talk to them too, from her grumpy Grandpa Woebegone and Percy the poo...

The world's largest collection of deadly and dangerous books just got better! Our popular series The Library of Doom is back with a new name and longer stories. More drama and adventure await you in these hi/low novels. Return to the Library of Doom, where the librarian's exploits merge heart...

A young woman finds a bizarre book on a crowded bus. After reading a few pages, she becomes trapped inside the book itself. The pages spread out like an endless plain. A mysterious stranger known only as the Librarian offers to guide her to safety. But even he is vulnerable to the pages' most potent...

The world's largest collection of deadly and dangerous books just got better! Our popular series The Library of Doom is back with a new name and longer stories. More drama and adventure await you in these hi/low novels. Return to the Library of Doom, where the librarian's exploits merge heart...

The world's largest collection of deadly and dangerous books just got better! Our popular series The Library of Doom is back with a new name and longer stories. More drama and adventure await you in these hi/low novels. Return to the Library of Doom, where the librarian's exploits merge heart...

The complete story and original illustrations of MONSTERS: AN OWNER'S GUIDE by Jonathan Emmett and Mark Oliver have been specially re-designed into a smaller early reader format. Created with expert advice from a literacy consultant, this new version offers children a natural next step on from...

  A wildly entertaining, page-turning, enjoyably scary story for fans of Goosebumps, Gremlins,and Night at the Museum. When Olive and some of her year 6 friends find themselves locked overnight inside Flatpack - a new IKEA-style superstore - they quickly realise that...

Ten years after its original publication, behold the bewitching anniversary edition of the classic children's novel The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, featuring spellbinding illustrations from Chris Riddell and an exclusive new introduction by Margaret AtwoodWINNER of the 2010 CILIP...

Book Band: Turquoise (Ideal for ages 6+) An appealing adventure story, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in school. From Hook a Duck and dodgem cars to teapot rides and roller coasters, there's lots of fun to be had at the...

Now available in paperback - an extraordinary story about friendship and betrayal, revenge and retribution, but also redemption. Ideal for 11+ readers who enjoy Stranger Things. Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration in 2023.<...

"Genuinely chilling... Kids are going to absolutely love it." Jennifer Killick, author of Dread Wood"Boarding school and spookiness - Malory Towers gone rogue!" Lesley Parr, author of When the War Came HomeWelcome to Shadowhall Academy, where spirits haunt the school halls. A brilliantly spooky new...

The second in a deliciously spine-tingling, spooky series. Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones!Aveline is thrilled when she discovers that the holiday cottage her mum has rented for the summer is beside a stone circle. Thousands of years old, the local villagers refer to the...

The third thrilling, chilling mystery in this frightfully spooky series. Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones!Aveline is determined to discover the truth behind her uncle's mysterious disappearance when she travels to his home with Mum and Aunt Lilian. After years of hoping...

A wickedly funny tale about the granny from Hell by the creator of Alex Rider.Anthony Horowitz, creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series has written a wickedly funny story, with hilarious illustrations by Tony Ross. Twelve-year-old Joe has an unbelievably evil Granny. Not only is Granny...

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spookyCrater Lake. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine's Goosebumps and Stranger Things! It's summer term and time for a school trip with a difference! Year 8 are on a boat off the coast of France, learning...

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spooky Crater Lake. Perfect for fans of R.L.Stine's Goosebumps. Angelo and his friends know that together they can handle any pretty much anything - including giant mutant spiders or snake-like parasites that...

Listen ... can you hear it? There's a creepy noise ... 'Welcome!' smiles Mr Bones. 'Meet the spooky girls and boys.' At Skeleton School they howl in assembly, fly broomsticks in the library and learn how to float through walls!...

Dean, the ghastly ghost, has made friends with Baggie Maggie, the local witch. Now her plastic-bag magic has made Dean a real boy - and nastier than ever. Can Duncan and the gang get that ghost to go - again.

"I am a hopeless case - everything I do always does go wrong in the end." Mildred Hubble may be the worst witch at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, but she's the best friend you'll ever have. ----- Summer term has...

Mildred Hubble is a trainee at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, but she's making an awful mess of it. She keeps getting her spells wrong and crashing her broomstick. And when she turns Ethel, the teacher's pet into her worst enemy, chaos ensues... Written and illustrated by Jill Murphy when...

The Worst Witch All At Sea is the fourth of Jill Murphy's classic, much-loved The Worst Witch series, the original story of life at a magical boarding school, perfect for readers aged 5-9. Lovable but disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is possibly the worst witch ever to go to Miss Cackle's...

Summer term at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches has just begun and disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is in deep trouble again - all because of the new girl, Enid Nightshade, who isn't nearly as placid as she looks . . .

Rebecca Strand was just sixteen when she and her father fell to their deaths from the top of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Just how they fell--or were they pushed?--remains a mystery. And their ghosts haunt the lighthouse to this day ... Gabe tells this story...

BOO! It's Halloween, and the school is having a spooky school disco to celebrate. But who, or what, is haunting the school hallways? There's a spooky mystery at school, in the sixth hilarious case in the award-winning Anisha, Accidental Detective series, from World Book Day 2026 author...

Discover the weird and wonderful world of Maudlin Towers - brilliantly written and illustrated throughout by Chris Priestley in this striking and funny package. Mildew and Sponge don't think much of Maudlin Towers, the blackened, gloom-laden, gargoyle-infested monstrosity that...

'We shall be detectives, Sponge!' exclaimed Mildew. 'We shall solve the Mystery of the School Spoon!' Mildew and Sponge don't think much of Maudlin Towers, the blackened, gloom-laden, gargoyle-infested monstrosity that is their school. But when somebody steals the...

Mildew and Sponge don't think much of Maudlin Towers, the blackened, gloom-laden, gargoyle-infested monstrosity that is their school. But when they are told the school might close, our heroes realize being apart and somewhere else could be even worse! What starts out as a secret hunt...

Join Marcus and friends as they solve another mystery in The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Movie Monster. This spooky adventure is the seventh exciting book in the series by England International footballer and bestselling author Marcus Rashford MBE. Inspired by Marcus's own...

Join Marcus and friends as they solve another exciting mystery in the fifth spooky adventure by England International soccer player, child food-poverty campaigner, and author Marcus Rashford MBE, inspired by his own experiences growing up. There's only a week to go before the...

Dive into the first Breakfast Club Investigators mystery with Marcus and friends! This spooky adventure is the first exciting book in the series by England International footballer and bestselling author Marcus Rashford MBE. Inspired by Marcus's own experiences growing up! ...

Join Marcus and friends as they solve another mystery in The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Ghoul in the School. This spooky adventure is the second exciting book in the series by England International footballer and bestselling author Marcus Rashford MBE. Inspired by Marcus's own...

Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Ada Goth and friends in the second book in Chris Riddell's award-winning Goth Girl series. Preparations for the Ghastly-Gorm garden party and bake off are under way. Celebrity cooks are arriving at the hall for the big event and, true to...

Winner of the 2013 Costa Children's Book Award Nominated for the 2013 National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Nominated for the 2015 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Goth Girl with the first book in the Chris Riddell's...

Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Ada Goth and friends as they solve a musical mystery in the fourth book of Chris Riddell's award-winning Goth Girl series. Lord Goth is throwing a music festival at Ghastly-Gorm Hall, with performances from the finest composers in the...

The third beautifully illustrated book in the series, Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death is a funny, spooky adventure from the Costa Award-winning author of the Ottoline books, Chris Riddell. People are flocking to Ghastly-Gorm Hall from far and wide to compete in...

Winner of the 2011 Blue Peter Book of the Year Award, DEAD MAN'S COVE is the first book in a gripping adventure series about eleven-year-old ace detective, Laura Marlin, from award-winning author Lauren St John. When orphaned Laura Marlin moves from a children's home to...

The evil dummy comes to life to tell his own twisted tales and scary stories! Devin and his sister Violet are visiting their Uncle Jack for the summer. He lives in an old house by the seashore. Jack was a sailor and he has collected strange and fascinating items from the sea. Exploring a back room,...

  The infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps charactersare out on the loose and they're coming after you! Catch them all, undead or alive! It doesn't take long for Tommy to find out he's in big trouble. His whole family is...

Not long ago, Luke and Lizzy Morris dared to spend one scary day at HorrorLand. They thought that NOTHING could lure them back, but their travel plans are about to change... Who - or WHAT - is summoning ordinary kids to HorrorLand and trapping them there? Luke and Lizzy are determined to find out....

THEY'VE GOT A REAL HEAD START. Everyone knows about Hill House. It's the biggest tourist attraction in town. That's because it's haunted. Haunted by the ghost of a thirteen-year-old boy. A boy with no head! Duane and Stephanie love Hill House. It's dark. And creepy. And totally scary. Still, they've...

  From the series that has been spooking children for decades! Noah Bienstock can't help being so shy and nervous; he's always been like that. His best friend, Lissa Gardener, lives in the same building, but aside from her, Noah isn't very popular. So when he...

A new colour reissue of three of the best Goosebumps stories - in graphic novel form! - along with a brand new Slappy story by acclaimed artist Dave Roman. And it comes out just in time for the Goosebumps film starring Jack Black! Stories included: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DUMMY by Dave Roman ONE DAY AT...

The evil dummy comes to life to tell his own twisted tales and scary stories! It's bad enough Ian Barker has to spend his twelfth birthday with his sister and their two annoying cousins. The four of them can't ever hang out without getting into trouble. Vinnie and Jonny always want to play with Ian...

  IT'S A MATCH MADE IN HORROR! When Slappy, the world's most evil ventriloquist dummy, shows up after being abandoned by his previous owner, things start to go wrong around the house. But this time Slappy may have met his match. There's another bad doll who loves...

A brand new Goosebumps series is coming―prepare to be scared like never before! From the delightfully twisted mind of R.L. Stine comes a fresh new vision for the fan-favorite brand. This new series will feature an ALL NEW line-up of...

  JUST CALL HIM PRUNE FACE! Steve Boswell will never forget Carly Beth's Halloween mask. It was so gross.So terrifying. But this year Steve wants to have the scariest costume on the block. So he gets a mask from the same store where Carly Beth got hers. It looks like a...

  Sammy Baker is a quiet kid who wishes he wasn't so shy and timid. He is frightened but eager to prove he can be brave. On Halloween night, he follows his friends to the Marple House, an abandoned mansion on the other side of town. Just past midnight, he feels a cold...

Robby and his sister Karla beg their parents to take them to a big carnival that has opened on the other side of town. When they arrive, the two kids are delighted by the rides, the sideshow, the interesting displays, and the great food booths. They wander away from their parents and find themselves...

The funny, exciting, action-packed sequel to The Dragon in the Library.

There's a storm raging in Eerie-on-Sea. Has the mighty Gargantis come back from the deep...? When an ancient bottle is found washed up on the beach after a ferocious electrical storm, all the residents of Eerie-on-Sea seem to want it ... but should they in fact fear it? Legend has it that the bottle...

The scariest legends are about to come true!Molly Thompson has lots of questions. Questions like, is her Aunt Carol an undead fiend who drinks the blood of the living? Is she secretly lurking in the attic? And is Molly's friend Lowry a descendant of a long line of Kroglin werewolves?Serious young...

Travel to the Nights Realmwhere the sky is always black and the evil Magician rules. Billy has found himself trapped there. But, despite his desperate fear of the dark, Billy seems to be the only child who can resist the Magicians spells. Its up to him to defeat the Magician and save everyone.

Book band: Gold (Ideal for ages: 6+) Quizzed for Accelerated Reader A warm-hearted adventure starring a monster called Max, ideal for children practising reading at home or in school. Max is a monster with yellow eyes,...

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