Featured Books for 7+ readers

Animal Tales (The Fantastic World of Terry Jones)
Terry Jones
Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011. A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. From a dog being a doctor to an elephant wanting trousers, animals doing extraordinary things  make this a wonderful collection of unusual stories. Terry...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 24/03/2011
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Anna Hibiscus
Atinuke
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2008. Original and understated, this charming depiction of modern-day family life in west Africa is the debut from a fresh, new storytelling voice. Pacy and engaging Anna Hibiscus is perfect for the newly independent...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2007
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Anne of Green Gables
L M Montgomery
This is the story of Anne, a girl who wins a place in everyone’s heart who will appeal to readers both young and old.  A feisty and much-loved heroine. Orphan Anne has always dreamed of being part of a proper...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/08/2007
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Anne Of Green Gables
L M Montgomery
To celebrate the centenary of its first publication, Puffin have produced this most fantastic edition. To coincide they’ve also published a prequel – Before Green Gables. Anne of Green Gables is the story of a girl who wins a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/03/2008
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Another Night Before Christmas
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy’s version of this classic Christmas poem sets aside the sentimentality of Clement Moore’s original, The Night Before Christmas, offering something equally timeless and memorable but crackling with robust wit. There are lots of contemporary references: a satellite...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 10/10/2005
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Ant Attack (S.W.I.T.C.H. 4)
Ali Sparkes
Boy or insect? Twins Josh and Danny survive a series of thrilling adventures after they have been transformed into bug life by the crazy scientist Petty Potts who injects them with a most unusual serum. How insect-loving Josh and insect-hating...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011
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Aquila
Andrew Norriss
Entertainingly written, prize-winning Aquila is an exciting adventure. On a boring school trip, Tom and Geoff discover an ancient flying machine. Determined to find out more about it but also desperate to keep their find a secret, the boys return...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/11/2001
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Araminta Spook: Frognapped
Angie Sage
Araminta Spook is just like most girls of 7 plus – she loves bats, ghosts, werewolves, vampires and the like – so if you haven’t yet tried her out then Frognapped is just as good as her earlier exploits in...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/09/2007
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Araminta Spook: Ghostsitters
Angie Sage
Home alone with two ghosts and her cousin is not something Araminta Spook had in mind when her aunt and uncle headed off just before her birthday. This is a real page-turner with plenty of imaginative characters, twists and turns...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2008
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Araminta Spook: My Haunted House
Angie Sage
The first in a great new series for just fluent readers, this introduces Araminta Spook whose greatest ambition is to meet a ghost. And its being serialised on Radio 4 in November. Luckily she lives in a haunted house with...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/07/2006
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Archaeology Detectives
Simon Adams
A wonderful search back in time, from the ice-age to Titanic, across the globe, this book uncovers some of the greatest archaeological mysteries explaining how they were found and excavated. Fact boxes, reproductions of how some of the sites may...
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Format: Loose-leaf - Released: 01/05/2008
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Are We There Yet? Great Car Games to Keep Families Sane !
Jo Pink
This is a book that is guaranteed to provide hours of entertainment and hilarity on long journeys.  From Spotting Games, Guessing Games, Action Games and Word Games, to Imagination Games and General Knowledge Games there is something her to appeal to every age.  With...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/05/2010
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Art Skills
Fiona Watt
An inspirational guide to over 120 ideas for painting, drawing, printing and creating collage - perfect for your budding artists.  Different art techniques are clearly explained through project-based chapters including watercolour washes, paint splattering effects, simple print-making, sponge painting, oil...
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Format: Spiral bound - Released: 25/07/2008
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Arthur of Albion
John Matthews
This is the ultimate book on King Arthur.  Combining the best known stories about Arthur and his court with fascinating research on who Arthur really was and when Camelot was built, this magnificent edition has been designed and illlustrated to...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2008
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Arthur Spiderwick's Care And Feeding Of Sprites
Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi
Perfect stocking filler. All the books in the Spiderwick Chronicles are truly magical and I now realize why they’ve been such a hit with children from 7-12.   They’re fun and they’re easy to read and this one is a must...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 06/11/2006
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Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi
Shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. What the judges said: A satisfying, quality production with a wealth of detail, which cleverly employs a variety of artistic styles and media to make it appear like the work of more than one...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 03/10/2005
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Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi
Spiderwick fans will adore this gorgeous guide book to the fantastical creatures featured in Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi's spectacular series and now in the sensational movie. Readers will be enchanted to learn all about the fantastical creatures...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/01/2008
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Ask Pippa (Questions and Answers)
Pippa Funnell
An essential, informative and fun guide to all things horse and pony related.  Whether you own a horse, or are just mad about ponies, Pippa Funnell, the eventing world's number one rider, answers all your questions about horse and pony...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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Asterix and Cleopatra
Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
Philip Reeve, June 2012 Guest Editor, chose this book: "The Asterix books, by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, were huge favourites of mine when I was growing up, and they inspired me to start writing and drawing my own comic...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2004
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Asterix At The Olympic Games
Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
Follow usual suspects Asterix and Obelix in another hilarious rampant adventure of Gaulish high jinks. This time they take on Greeks, Romans, and Spartans alike in Athens on the epic stage of the Olympic Games. Surely they cannot lose? However,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 22/07/2004
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Asterix The Legionary
Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
February 2010 Guest Editor Robert Muchamore on Asterix The Legionary Asterix books were contentious stuff. In 1980s Britain, the rivalry between Asterix and Tintin amongst schoolboys was up there with Arsenal and Spurs, or Liverpool and Manchester United. I...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 16/06/2005
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Astrosaurs : Revenge of the Fang
Steve Cole
Astrosaurs Series - No. 13. To save his schoolfriends Teggs must turn against the DSS and deliver top astrosaur secrets into enemy claws...But When Admiral Rosso finds out, Arx, Iggy and Gipsy are ordered to stop him by any means...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/08/2008
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Astrosaurs : The Carnivore Curse
Steve Cole
Astrosaurs Series - No. 14. Captain Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur - he's an astrosaur! On the incredible spaceship DSS Sauropod, along with his faithful crew, Gypsy, Arx and Iggy, Teggs rights wrongs, fights evil and eats a lot of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2009
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Astrosaurs : The Claws of Christmas
Steve Cole
Astrosaurs Series - No. 11. The astrosaurs are on their way home for Christmas when they encounter millions of Christmas presents flying through space. Teggs and his crew are ordered to take the presents back to Santa Claus and his...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 30/09/2010
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Astrosaurs : The Dreams of Dread
Steve Cole
Astrosaurs Series - No. 15. Captain Teggs is no ordinary dinosaur - he's an astrosaur! Teggs has a nightmare about sabre-toothed bananas and can't believe it when he's actually attacked by them in the middle of a mission. Strange things...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2009
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