Featured
Monthly
Need to send a gift?
Click to buy book vouchers
Click to buy book vouchers
Books of the Month - May
All Books in this genre
This month's Featured Books in this genre
Order by: Release date (recent first) Title A-Z Title Z-A Author A-Z Author Z-A
Page 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
The Devil Walks
Anne Fine
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Award-winning former Children’s Laureate Anne Fine is a brilliant teller of stories of any mood. Prepare to be terrified in this chilling story of a stalking evil and the devastation it...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/07/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Anne Fine
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Award-winning former Children’s Laureate Anne Fine is a brilliant teller of stories of any mood. Prepare to be terrified in this chilling story of a stalking evil and the devastation it...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/07/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Dead (The Enemy Series 2)
Charlie Higson
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers Book Award 2011 Charlie Higson packs a punch with the second in his gripping adventure series set in a dystopian future in which adults have ceased to be protectors. England has been struck by a deadly...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Book Awards | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Charlie Higson
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers Book Award 2011 Charlie Higson packs a punch with the second in his gripping adventure series set in a dystopian future in which adults have ceased to be protectors. England has been struck by a deadly...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Book Awards | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Dead (The Enemy Series 2)
Charlie Higson
Charlie Higson packs a punch with the second in his gripping adventure series set in a dystopian future in which adults have ceased to be protectors. England has been struck by a deadly disease which takes out young people as...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 16/09/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Charlie Higson
Charlie Higson packs a punch with the second in his gripping adventure series set in a dystopian future in which adults have ceased to be protectors. England has been struck by a deadly disease which takes out young people as...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 16/09/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Dark
Lemony Snicket
April 2013 Book of the Month Possibly destined to be THE TOP PICTURE BOOK of 2013. Bestselling Lemony Snicket gives an original, delightful and empowering take on the familiar theme of being scared of the dark. Laszlo is afraid of...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/04/2013
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Lemony Snicket
April 2013 Book of the Month Possibly destined to be THE TOP PICTURE BOOK of 2013. Bestselling Lemony Snicket gives an original, delightful and empowering take on the familiar theme of being scared of the dark. Laszlo is afraid of...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/04/2013
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Court Painter's Apprentice
Richard Knight
This gripping psychological thriller captures the power of a young apprentice portrait painter to see deep into the character of those he is painting. When Johann’s talent is spotted by master painter Hugo he has little idea of his capabilities....
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2012
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Richard Knight
This gripping psychological thriller captures the power of a young apprentice portrait painter to see deep into the character of those he is painting. When Johann’s talent is spotted by master painter Hugo he has little idea of his capabilities....
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2012
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Comet of Doom
Karen Wallace
How the collapse of the Aztec kingdom was predicted by a young boy with skills as a soothsayer makes a strong story, rich in historical detail. Chantico has the gift of prophecy and when he sees the strange comet in...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2009
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Karen Wallace
How the collapse of the Aztec kingdom was predicted by a young boy with skills as a soothsayer makes a strong story, rich in historical detail. Chantico has the gift of prophecy and when he sees the strange comet in...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2009
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Clumsies Make a Mess of the Big Show
Sorrel Anderson
Hilarious chaos is created by the resourceful Clumsies who have a wish to be helpful but a habit of making everything go very badly wrong. This time, to help Howard out of having to make a fool of himself, the...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Sorrel Anderson
Hilarious chaos is created by the resourceful Clumsies who have a wish to be helpful but a habit of making everything go very badly wrong. This time, to help Howard out of having to make a fool of himself, the...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Cloud Hunters
Alex Shearer
November 2012 Book of the Month In this thrilling and thought provoking adventure fantasy set in a world without water, the Cloud Hunters are vital for the community’s survival. Setting out on their missions, they track down the clouds...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2012
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Alex Shearer
November 2012 Book of the Month In this thrilling and thought provoking adventure fantasy set in a world without water, the Cloud Hunters are vital for the community’s survival. Setting out on their missions, they track down the clouds...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2012
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Claws of Evil (The Battles of Ben Kingdom)
Andrew Beasley
March 2013 Book of the Month An action-packed plot drives this exciting thriller set in the dark and dangerous streets of Victorian London. Ben Kingdom is just a small street urchin but, when he becomes the owner of a mysterious...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books for Boys | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2013
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Andrew Beasley
March 2013 Book of the Month An action-packed plot drives this exciting thriller set in the dark and dangerous streets of Victorian London. Ben Kingdom is just a small street urchin but, when he becomes the owner of a mysterious...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books for Boys | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2013
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Christmas Eve Ghost
Shirley Hughes
Shirley Hughes, who has created favourite picture book characters including Alfie and his little sister Annie Rose, goes back in time in this warm-hearted and evocative picture book. Life is hard for Bronwen and Dylan’s mum. She makes her living...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Shirley Hughes
Shirley Hughes, who has created favourite picture book characters including Alfie and his little sister Annie Rose, goes back in time in this warm-hearted and evocative picture book. Life is hard for Bronwen and Dylan’s mum. She makes her living...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Cat and the Fiddle A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
Jackie Morris
With over forty traditional nursery rhymes, personally chosen by the illustrator and laid out in colour-drenched double spreads, this is a beautiful collection of rhymes that has the makings of a classic. The pictures contain lots of detail to pore...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Jackie Morris
With over forty traditional nursery rhymes, personally chosen by the illustrator and laid out in colour-drenched double spreads, this is a beautiful collection of rhymes that has the makings of a classic. The pictures contain lots of detail to pore...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
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...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2013
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
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...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2013
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Case of the Deadly Desperados
Caroline Lawrence
July 2012 Book of the Month. Fast, furious and funny, meet 12 year old P K Pinkerton who believes he can be a Wild West Private Eye and a good one too. With the help of his newly found friends...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books for Boys | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Caroline Lawrence
July 2012 Book of the Month. Fast, furious and funny, meet 12 year old P K Pinkerton who believes he can be a Wild West Private Eye and a good one too. With the help of his newly found friends...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers | Books for Boys | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Carrie Diaries 2 : Summer and the City
Candace Bushnell
May 2012 Book of the Month. Meet teenage Carrie Bradshaw as she hits the bright lights, big city of New York for the very first time! Find out how Carrie transforms from country girl to super-cool fashionista in the second explosive Carrie...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Candace Bushnell
May 2012 Book of the Month. Meet teenage Carrie Bradshaw as she hits the bright lights, big city of New York for the very first time! Find out how Carrie transforms from country girl to super-cool fashionista in the second explosive Carrie...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Cardturner Audio CD
Louis Sachar
The worldwide bestselling author of Holes takes readers on a journey right into the extraordinary and obsessive world of bridge. Don’t be put off by this central theme before having a read of the extract on Lovereading4kids. Alton Richards is...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/06/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Louis Sachar
The worldwide bestselling author of Holes takes readers on a journey right into the extraordinary and obsessive world of bridge. Don’t be put off by this central theme before having a read of the extract on Lovereading4kids. Alton Richards is...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/06/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Cardturner
Louis Sachar
The worldwide bestselling author of Holes takes readers on a journey right into the extraordinary and obsessive world of bridge. Don’t be put off by this central theme before having a read of the extract on Lovereading4kids. Alton Richards is...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/06/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Louis Sachar
The worldwide bestselling author of Holes takes readers on a journey right into the extraordinary and obsessive world of bridge. Don’t be put off by this central theme before having a read of the extract on Lovereading4kids. Alton Richards is...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/06/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Carbon Diaries 2017
Saci Lloyd
Laura’s witty diary entries cleverly combine the important events in her own life – managing her boyfriend and dealing with her attempts to be in a successful band – with the major and serious issues of climate change in a...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Saci Lloyd
Laura’s witty diary entries cleverly combine the important events in her own life – managing her boyfriend and dealing with her attempts to be in a successful band – with the major and serious issues of climate change in a...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Cabinet of Curiosities
Paul Dowswell
A powerful historical drama full of political intrigue and rich in the trickery of alchemy, this is a fascinating and original story about one boy’s role in saving a great kingdom. Orphaned Lukas is summoned to Prague by his uncle,...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Paul Dowswell
A powerful historical drama full of political intrigue and rich in the trickery of alchemy, this is a fascinating and original story about one boy’s role in saving a great kingdom. Orphaned Lukas is summoned to Prague by his uncle,...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/02/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Cabinet of Curiosities
Paul Dowswell
Intrigue and mystery lie at the heart of this story set long ago in Prague at the time of Rudolph 11. Lukas is summoned to the palace to be apprenticed to the physician of the Holy Roman Emperor. Following a...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/07/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Paul Dowswell
Intrigue and mystery lie at the heart of this story set long ago in Prague at the time of Rudolph 11. Lukas is summoned to the palace to be apprenticed to the physician of the Holy Roman Emperor. Following a...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/07/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
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...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
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...
Featured in: 7+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/04/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Book of a Thousand Days
Shannon Hale
Recorded as a highly readable diary, this is an original retelling of a fairy tale that gives a taste of the traditional while adding original and unexpected elements to make it anything but an ordinary fairytale and you certainly won't...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Shannon Hale
Recorded as a highly readable diary, this is an original retelling of a fairy tale that gives a taste of the traditional while adding original and unexpected elements to make it anything but an ordinary fairytale and you certainly won't...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2009
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Bonehill Curse
Jon Mayhew
May 2012 Book of the Month. An evil djinn released from a bottle is a very, very dangerous thing as Necessity Bonehill is soon to discover! Miserable at her stuffy boarding school, Necessity is delighted to receive the sealed bottle from...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Jon Mayhew
May 2012 Book of the Month. An evil djinn released from a bottle is a very, very dangerous thing as Necessity Bonehill is soon to discover! Miserable at her stuffy boarding school, Necessity is delighted to receive the sealed bottle from...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Bone Magician
F E Higgins
A wholly compelling dark tale of mystery and intrigue with some terrifically witty turns of phrase as orphan Pin Carpule meets the Bone Magician and gets drawn into a world of the secrets surrounding bone magic and its powers. The more Pin discovers, the more...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2009
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
F E Higgins
A wholly compelling dark tale of mystery and intrigue with some terrifically witty turns of phrase as orphan Pin Carpule meets the Bone Magician and gets drawn into a world of the secrets surrounding bone magic and its powers. The more Pin discovers, the more...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2009
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Bog Baby
Jeanne Willis
A tender story with a big message. Two sisters playing by the pond find a magical tiny being complete with wings. It’s a bog baby and the two girls decide to take the best care of it that they can....
Featured in: 3+ readers | Book Awards | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2008
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Jeanne Willis
A tender story with a big message. Two sisters playing by the pond find a magical tiny being complete with wings. It’s a bog baby and the two girls decide to take the best care of it that they can....
Featured in: 3+ readers | Book Awards | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2008
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Bloomsbury Nursery Treasury
Patricia Borlenghi
Ten favourite stories including Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and The Ugly Ducking are prettily illustrated in this attractive gift book. Lovely to read aloud, this is an ideal introduction to classic stories.
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Patricia Borlenghi
Ten favourite stories including Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and The Ugly Ducking are prettily illustrated in this attractive gift book. Lovely to read aloud, this is an ideal introduction to classic stories.
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
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...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/11/2008
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
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...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/11/2008
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Big Snuggle-up
Brian Patten
Age: Baby +. On a cold winter's night one animal after another invites himself into a house and by the time it's bedtime there's all manner of animals and scarecrow tucked up by the fire. Some delightful close-up and colourful...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month | Poetry
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Brian Patten
Age: Baby +. On a cold winter's night one animal after another invites himself into a house and by the time it's bedtime there's all manner of animals and scarecrow tucked up by the fire. Some delightful close-up and colourful...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month | Poetry
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Big Sneeze
Ruth Brown
This is a wonderful new edition of a Ruth Brown classic, in which a chain reaction is set off when a farmer sneezes! The farmer is snoozing on the hay in his barn, surrounded by his dozy animals, when the...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Ruth Brown
This is a wonderful new edition of a Ruth Brown classic, in which a chain reaction is set off when a farmer sneezes! The farmer is snoozing on the hay in his barn, surrounded by his dozy animals, when the...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
The Big Book of Words and Pictures
Ole Konnecke
Nominated for the 2011 German Youth Literature Prize (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis). A gorgeously simple ‘naming’ book, this book lists loads of the familiar things a small child comes across at home and outdoors. Each of the attractive illustrations is small and instantly...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Board book - Released: 07/10/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
Ole Konnecke
Nominated for the 2011 German Youth Literature Prize (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis). A gorgeously simple ‘naming’ book, this book lists loads of the familiar things a small child comes across at home and outdoors. Each of the attractive illustrations is small and instantly...
Featured in: 3+ readers | Baby and Toddler | Books of the Month
Format: Board book - Released: 07/10/2011
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
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...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/10/2009
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
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...
Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/10/2009
Info Extract Wishlist Compare Price Buy
