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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.

Popular Categories

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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Get Kids off Tech and into Text

Time Tokens : The Squabble-free Way to get Kids Off their Devices - Amanda Bucknall

How it works? Colourful card tokens are traded for screen time (just like pocket money).

Kidspick a Time Token, set the custom app timer, enjoy their screen time, and turn off when the timeruns out.

It's that simple. No more squabbles! Each set includes everything you need to make getting kids off their devices as easy as possible. Including: 16 Time Tokens, access to a custom-built countdown...

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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.

Top Recommended Title

Heartstopper Volume 5 : The bestselling graphic novel, now on Netflix! - Alice Oseman

*Now an acclaimed live-action Netflix series!*Boy meets boy.

Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fifth volume of the much-loved HEARTSTOPPER series. 'Absolutely delightful. Sweet, romantic, kind. Beautifully paced. I loved this book.' RAINBOW ROWELL, author of Carry OnNick and Charlie...

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