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Children's Books

Here’s our showcase of the best books for children. You’ll find bestselling children’s books, new releases, pre-order titles and lots of popular children's book categories. Browse titles from popular authors including David Walliams, Jeff Kinney and Julia Donaldson as well as classics by Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton and A.A. Milne. You’ll also discover books by children's authors and illustrators your child might not have read before, and we’re featuring our Children’s Book of the Month too.

Looking for something for older children and young adults? Check out our range of Young Adult fiction.

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Baby Books

Baby Books

Picture Books

Picture Books

Fiction Books

Fiction Books

Activity Books

Activity Books

Film & TV

Film & TV

Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction

Education

Education

Young Adult

Young Adult

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Popular Children's Authors and Illustrators

Popular Children's Authors   Children's Illustrators   The YouTube Generation   Classic Children's authors
Julia Donaldson
Books include: The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man
Chris Riddell
Books include: the Goth Girl series, the Ottoline series and Muddle Earth.
Pewdiepie
The debut musings from the biggest YouTuber with This Book Loves You.
Judith Kerr
Books include: The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat.
David Walliams
Books include: Gangsta Granny, Mr Stink and The Boy in the Dress.
Quentin Blake
Books include: Mister Magnolia, Zagazoo and Fantastic Daisy Armitage.
Zoe Sugg
Zoella's two novels are right here: Girl Online and Girl Online: On Tour 2.
Roald Dahl
Books include Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and George's Marvellous Medicine.
Jacqueline Wilson
Books include: The Suitcase Kid, The Story of Tracy Beaker and Dustbin Baby.
Sarah McIntyre
Books include: Dinosaur Police, There's a Shark in the Bath and Jampires.
Carrie Hope Fletcher
The online agony big sister with her book about growing up, All I Know Now.
Dick King-Smith
Books include The Sheep-pig, The Hodgeheg and The Swoose.
Cressida Cowell
Books include: The How to Train your Dragon Series, and The Emily Brown Series.
Oliver Jeffers
Books include: Once Upon an Alphabet, How to Catch a Star and Lost and Found.
Tyler Oakley
Binge out on Tyler all you want here with his book.
A. A. Milne
Books include Winnie-the-Pooh, Now We Are Six and When We Were Very Young.
Eric Carle
Books include: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?.
Rebecca Cobb
Books include: Aunt Amelia, The Something and Missing Mummy.
Alfie Deyes
Get Alfie's Pointless Book and its follow up, Pointless Book 2 here.
Enid Blyton
Books include: Famous Five, Secret Seven and Malory Towers.

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Pre-Order Children's Books

Foxlight : from the winner of the YOTO Carnegie Medal - Katya Balen

From the author of October, October, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and heart-warming story about sisterhood, found family and accepting love in the most unusual and unknown places. Fen and Rey were found curled up small and tight in the fiery fur of the foxes at the very edge of the wildlands.

Fen is loud and fierce and free. She feels a connection to foxes and a...

£7.99

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