Featured Books for 7+ readers

The Badness of Ballydog
Garrett Carr
Can a town be full of badness? When Ewan is moved there against his will he can feel the force of something coming. Something unknown but something to be feared. May knows it too, and Andrew. Will anyone believe the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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The Banana Bunch
Dawn Carroll
This is a delightful picture book for everyone - to be shared with children and will be enjoyed equally by the adults who share it with them. Full of humour it features a cast of monkeys whose mishaps and mischievous...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2012
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The Barefoot Book of Ballet Stories (Book and Audio CD)
Jane Yolen, Heidi Stemple, Helen Cann
This sumptuous collection of ballet stories will enchant young dreamers and would-be ballet dancers alike.  The seven jewel-like stories – from The Nutcracker to The Sleeping Beauty - feature magic and comedy, drama and adventure, and are accompanied by a...
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Format: Mixed media product - Released: 01/11/2009
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The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems
Jackie Morris
Age 7+ Whether you’re 5 or 105 this is a real dream of a book; a collection of poems that reflect every facet of life with a thoughtful blend of humour and playfulness, poignancy and nostalgia. It’s a collection to...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2006
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The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales
Dawn Casey
This stunning collection of stories from around the world, which celebrate the importance of the world we live in, is supported by inspiring hands-on activities to encourage all to protect and preserve our world as much as we are able....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 30/04/2013
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The Beastly Best Bits
Terry Deary
2013 is the twentieth anniversary of Horrible Histories.
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/03/2013
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The Bed and Breakfast Star
Jacqueline Wilson
Elsa longs to be a star and she makes her life sound very glamorous indeed to try to make her wish come true. The reality is very different. As her family moves from one dump to another, Elsa creates a...
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Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 01/01/1995
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The Best of Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren
Pippi Longstocking is as popular as ever, with dedicated fans all over the world. She's funny, feisty and incredibly strong and has the most amazing adventures! Here's a chance to read three books about Pippi in one volume - Pippi...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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The Best of Times
Michael Morpurgo
Beautifully told and exquisitely illustrated, this is a gem of a book. Michael Morpurgo weaves a magical story about the unusual way a prince finds to make his princess happy and so to save her life. Emma Chichester Clark’s illustrations capture the subtle...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/10/2009
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The BFG
Roald Dahl
This is a delightful, funny and exciting story about a special friendship between two people from different worlds – a giant and a child. As the story develops it shows how trust and love develops between them. It also shows...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2007
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The BFG 30th Anniversary Edition
Roald Dahl
This is a delightful, funny and exciting story about a special friendship between two people from different worlds – a giant and a child. As the story develops it shows how trust and love develops between them. It also shows...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Big Sticky Bun (Early Reader)
Vivian French
Three short stories will delight early readers as they capture incidents from Jason and Daisy’s childhood which will strike a familiar chord.  Jason’s good behaviour earns him the bun he wants while his attempts to get Daisy to grow by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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The Birthday Book
Michael Morpurgo
This is a sumptuous collection of stories and verse compiled by Michael Morpurgo, beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake and published in aid of The Prince's Foundation for Children and Arts and to celebrate the Prince of Wales's 60th birthday. It's...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/11/2008
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The Bloomsbury Christmas Treasury
Sally Grindley
Savour the excitement of Christmas with this perfect family treasury.  A bright and irresistible bedtime collection for young children with original stories by the brilliantly imaginative Sally Grindley and illustrated by a plethora of fine contemporary illustrators including among others...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/11/2009
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The Borrowers
Mary Norton
Carnegie Winner in 1952. An enchanting classic that will fire up a child’s imagination as the storyline unfolds of little creatures living under the floorboards and borrowing everything they need from the humans above the boards.  The author...
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Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 28/10/1993
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The Boy In The Biscuit Tin
Heather Dyer
A delightful story that is both refreshing, funny and exciting. When two boys get up to some mischief with some magic, one of them is magically miniaturised and ends up, yes, in a biscuit tin!!! Coupled with some quite zany...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/08/2007
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The Boy in the Dress
David Walliams
Shortlisted for Roald Dahl's Funny Prize 2009. Touching, funny and full of insight, this tender story tells how Dennis decides that everyone does not have to be the same. Bravely, he decides to do something completely different. Taking a risk...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 25/06/2009
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The Boy who climbed into the moon
David Almond
Author of the classic Skellig, and winner of the incredibly prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award, David Almond is a wholly original writer of magical and unusual stories that make anything and everything seem possible. Packed full of wonder and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2010
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The Boy Who Cried Horse
Terry Deary
A great introduction to the famous story of the Trojan Horse. Acheron is such a liar that no one believes him when he warns the people of Troy to be wary of the giant wooden horse which the Greeks have...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2007
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The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas
David Almond
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2013 - Best Story  Award-winning David Almond tells a deliciously funny and refreshingly original story of Stanley, a boy who takes off on a journey of enlightenment and discovery after his uncle,...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2012
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The Boy With The Lightning Feet
Sally Gardner
How chubby Timmy Tinkle goes from being teased and bullied about his weight to being a superstar football. Helped by his grandfather, Sheriff the parrot and May an absolute fitness fanatic, Timmy surprises everyone by discovering that, far from being...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2006
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The Boy With The Magic Numbers
Sally Gardner
A great travel story filled with adventure. Billy Pickles dad has left home and has given Billy a money box, unbeknownst to Billy the money box is magic but it’s only when Billy travels to New York to find his...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2003
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The Boyhood Of Burglar Bill
Allan Ahlberg
Sixty-six boys, two footballs, two sets of shirts, one madman and a whistle – that’s the basis of the Malt Shovel Rovers. They’re a football team put together to try their luck in the Coronation football competition. A wonderful story...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/03/2008
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The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
Liz Pichon
Winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2012 (Younger Readers Category). Winner of 7 - 14 category of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011. A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. "These two books are master classes in how...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2011
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The Bumper Book of London Everything You Need to Know About London and More...
Becky Jones, Clare Lewis
A fact-packed introduction to all aspects of London. There is a wealth of well-expressed information about history, geography, culture, animals, food and much, much more. Everything is clearly introduced which makes browsing easy. Additionally, there’s an excellent index for looking...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2012
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The Butterfly Lion
Michael Morpurgo
The inspiring magic of a white lion brings friendship and hope to a lonely ten year old. Miserable at his boarding school, Bertie runs away. He is rescued by a kind old lady who tells him of how another Bertie,...
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Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 07/05/1996
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The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events 9)
Lemony Snicket
This bestselling series (in fact in the top five of bestsellers of the last decade), now at long last available in paperback. More terrifying than a mob, and almost as ill-tempered, this is the seventh in the series.  The miserable...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2010
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The Case of the London Dragonfish
Joan Lennon
This is the first in an intriguing new series featuring Slightly Jones, a little girl with red hair, lots of freckles and a flyaway temper who is determined to become the next Sherlock Holmes.  When a fossil goes missing from...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2010
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The Case of the Stolen Sixpence
Holly Webb
May 2013 Book of the Month  The super-sleuthing qualities of a great girl detective make a gripping story line in the first of this brand new series. Maisie Hitchin is always busy running errands for her demanding Grandmother but she...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2013
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The Case Of The Vanished Sea Dragon
Gareth P. Jones
This detective series has become wonderfully addictive so if your children have yet to experience it then do take a serious look and dip into one of the extracts.  This, likes its predecessors is brilliantly plotted, suspenseful, fast-paced and just...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2008
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