Featured Books for 7+ readers

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Michael Morpurgo
Award-winning former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo is an excellent storyteller and here he is at his best. Seen through the eyes of two children, he captures the greed of the wealthy, the abject poverty of the poor and the terrible...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 15/09/2011
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Not Bad for a Bad Lad
Michael Morpurgo
If you loved War Horse, you'll love this... This wonderful story was inspired by a conversation that Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman had about a prison at Hollesley Bay in Suffolk that Michael Foreman remembered from growing up nearby. Into this...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/02/2012
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Homecoming
Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo, former Children’s Laureate and the award-winning author of War Horse, has written a beautifully evocative story which celebrates the beauty of a place and the pain it creates when that beauty is under threat. Michael always liked...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2012
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Little Manfred
Michael Morpurgo
June 2012 Book of the Month. Award-winning author and illustrator duo Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman have created a touching story about the way lives become entangled during conflict and how, unexpectedly, those ties can lead to enduring friendship. When Alex...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Who's a Big Bully, Then?
Michael Morpurgo
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+. How do see off the school bully? Sick of being picked on and called ‘chicken’ the narrator of this story thinks up a dare to show up Darren Bishop, the school bully. A farm...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/08/2012
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Fox Friend
Michael Morpurgo
Interest Age 7-12 Reading Age 7+  From the multi award-winning and bestselling author, a beautifully re-packaged, 4u2read version, of this moving story of a girl and an injured fox cub.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/11/2012
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Little Manfred
Michael Morpurgo
January 2013 Book of the Month Award-winning author and illustrator duo Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman have created a touching story about the way lives become entangled during conflict and how, unexpectedly, those ties can lead to enduring friendship. When Alex...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Where My Wellies Take Me
Michael Morpurgo, Clare Morpurgo
Winner of the English Association 2013 Prize (Fiction 7-11) September 2012 MEGA Book of the Month.Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo’s touching story of a young girl’s exploration of the countryside provides a lyrical link for this rich and varied collection of poems...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2012
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December Boys
Michael Noonan
Long acknowledged as an Australian classic The December Boys is a marvellous coming of age story, full of vividly drawn eccentrics and unforgettable scenes, redolent with change, friendship and hope.  Daniel Radcliffe’s portrayal of Maps, the oldest of the boys...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2007
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Even Stevens F.C.
Michael Rosen
For anyone who loves ‘The Beautiful Game’ and who has ever dreamed of playing in an F.A. Cup Final then this is the perfect book. Even Stevens F.C. are a non-league side from Hackney who by extraordinary circumstances end up...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2008
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Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection
Michael Rosen
Age 7+. Favourite classic poems are included in this hugely satisfying and handsomely illustrated collection. Among my favourites are the familiar nonsense of Edward Lear, Shelley’s mysterious and hauntingly beautiful Ozymandias and Edward Thomas’s Adlestrop. Others will find their own...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2009
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Michael Rosen's Big Book of Bad Things
Michael Rosen
Age 7+. Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen brilliantly entertaining poems capture all kinds of moments of childhood – funny, sad, outrageous, tender, serious – many of which happened in his own childhood. Through them he charts some terrible things he did...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2010
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Fluff the Farting Fish
Michael Rosen
Perfect for every child who’s just beginning to read alone, this hilarious tale is a roller coaster ride of fame and fortune and the possible resulting disasters. Elvie longs for a dog but gets a goldfish instead! Undeterred from following...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2013
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Night Flight
Michaela Morgan
This is a wonderfully evocative piece of writing that is both an incredibly emotional read but also an uplifting one to anyone who has ever experienced bullying or torment. Danni is a boy with a new life, in a new...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/08/2008
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Walter Tull's Scrapbook
Michaela Morgan
Born in Kent, Walter Tull (28 April 1888 - 25 March 1918) became one of Tottenham Hotspurs' top players. When he joined the Footballers' Battalion during the First World War, his leadership and courage won him a commission and a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/10/2012
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Goodnight Mister Tom (Puffin Modern Classics)
Michelle Magorian
Chosen as the Puffin Modern Classic 1980 - 1989 A wonderful debut novel from an author who is now widely acknowledged as one of the great children’s novelists of our time. A storyline that will pull on the heartstrings more than...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/06/2010
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The Secrets of Stonehenge
Mick Manning
April 2013 Non-Fiction Book of the Month  The incredible story of the building of the mighty Stonehenge is brought to life in the action-packed illustrations to this book. How such a feat was achieved without the help of any technology...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/04/2013
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Tail-end Charlie
Mick Manning, Brita Granstrom
Shortlisted for the 2010 Blue Peter 'Best Book with Facts' Award. Nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2010. As a boy, Mick Manning listened to his father's hair-raising tales about life as an RAF airgunner during the Second World War. Now, years...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 10/09/2009
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Nature Adventures
Mick Manning, Brita Granstrom
Nature Adventures is a treasure trove of activities, information, observation, pictures and poetry, featuring habits from town and city, woodland and hedgerow to ponds and rivers, moorland and seaside.  This unique and inspirational book will encourage families everywhere to go...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/03/2011
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Charles Dickens Scenes from an Extraordinary Life
Mick Manning, Brita Granstrom
The eventful ups and downs of  the life of Charles Dickens, the best-selling author of his day, are told in words and pictures in this excellent introduction to the man and his works. Many of the scenes that Dickens includes...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 27/10/2011
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Nature Adventures
Mick Manning, Brita Granstrom
Nature Adventures is a treasure trove of activities, information, observation, pictures and poetry, featuring habits from town and city, woodland and hedgerow to ponds and rivers, moorland and seaside.  This unique and inspirational book will encourage families everywhere to go...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012
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Taff in the WAAF
Mick Manning, Brita Granstrom
Winner of The English Association 4-11 Book Awards - Key Stage 2 Non-Fiction A companion to the successful and innovative Tail-End Charlie, about Mick's father's life in the RAF in World War II, Taff in the WAAF tells his...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2013
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The Ultimate Survival Guide (with an intro by Ben Fogle)
Mike Flynn
Embrace a new way of life! Loads of practical tips on how to survive outdoors - and all without the aid of any electronic devices. Learn how to plot a map, leave tracking signals, build a shelter and navigate by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2010
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RSPB: Nature Guide
Mike Unwin
Fantastic fun-filled year round ideas and activities for all the family to enjoy, like how to track foxes, making your own wormery, designing your own seashell wind-chime, growing your own salad and making a home for a hedghog.   The emphasis...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 15/03/2009
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Why Eating Bogeys Is Good For You
Mitchell Symons
Winner of the 2010 Blue Peter 'Best Book with Facts' Award. Why can’t you tickle yourself? What is the best way to cure hiccups? Why do buses travel in threes?  Loads of questions with some highly entertaining answers fill this...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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Why You Need a Passport When You're Going to Puke
Mitchell Symons
An amazing collection of extraordinary facts of all kinds and from all places jostle together in this well-packed book to create a deep mine of useless – and useful information!
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/04/2010
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Do Igloos Have Loos?
Mitchell Symons
Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2011: Best Book with Facts The place to go to find answers to out of the ordinary questions is none other than the author Mitchell Symons and his terrific series of books, of...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 30/09/2010
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Why You Need a Passport When You're Going to Puke
Mitchell Symons
An amazing collection of extraordinary facts of all kinds and from all places jostle together in this well-packed book to create a deep mine of useless – and useful information!
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011
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That's So Gross! Animals
Mitchell Symons
9+. What’s the worst thing you can think of about an animal? How about “Toads only eat prey that moves” or “Turkeys will peck to death members of the flock that are physically inferior or different.” Even the nicest animals...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2011
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That's So Gross! Creepy Crawlies
Mitchell Symons
Loads of facts about about all manner of creepy crawlies -an ant with Dracula fangs, spiders eating their own webs, musclebound caterpillars and why fleas would be champions at the high jump.  The science that underpins it is good making...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2011
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