Fiction

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive....

Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors - and then the attacks start....

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him....

As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind....

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition....

When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why....

A set textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since publication, Newt Scamander’s masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations....

From the phenomenal number-one best seller David Walliams comes another collection of more hilariously horrible children....

When Mollie and Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present, they discover the most extraordinary thing: a chair that can fly and grant wishes....

The brilliant follow-up to David Walliams' best seller The World's Worst Children! Ten more stories about a brand-new gang of hilariously horrible kids....

In the middle of the Enchanted Wood you can hear the trees whispering "Wisha-Wisha" and amongst the thick forest is the most enchanted tree in the world - the magic Faraway Tree....

You’re probably wondering just how Andy and Terry met....

When Nazi soldiers come to the orphanage Felix decides to escape and make his way home....

Follow what happens when three children discover their very own enchanted wood and meet new friends Silky the Fairy, Moon-Face, and the Saucepan Man, who all live in the magical Faraway Tree....

Hiccup was a truly extraordinary Viking Hero, Warrior chieftain, awesome sword-fighter and amateur naturalist. He was known throughout Vikingdom as 'the Dragon Whisperer'....

Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that, while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't fiction....

Percy Jackson has had a quiet year. Not a single monster has set foot in his New York school. But when a game of dodgeball turns into a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants, things get . . . well, ugly....

From the world's favourite author, David Walliams, 10 cautionary tales and a delightfully dreadful cast of characters, all hilariously read aloud by the author himself....

Raphael is a dumpsite boy....

The seventh laugh-out-loud and wacky adventure in the world's most awesome treehouse! Join Andy and Terry in their now 91-storey spectacular treehouse....

It's the last Friday before the winter holidays but Percy Jackson isn't at school: he's battling the fearsome Manticore (half human, half lion), which in itself isn't ideal....

From number one bestselling author David Walliams comes another heartfelt but hilarious hoot of an adventure....

Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny captions, illustrate his hilarious explanations....

Join the witch and her cat for a broomstick adventure. Helpful animals who join the grateful witch and her cat on their travels. But there may not be room on the broom for so many new friends....

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo....

The Browns first met Paddington on a railway station - Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat....

A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from the author of The Boy in the Dress and Mr Stink....

Inside magic grandpa tree, Lucy's mother has just appeared to Lucy and Will to tell them that Lucy will not have to return to the hatedorphanage where dragon Sister Margaret is the head nun, and where there is bullying and unhappiness. Unfortunately, time in Lucy's mother's sphere is a little different from ordinary time on earth, and Lucy must go through more trials first. Her mean stepfather, released from jail, kidnaps her when she is in the woods helping a wounded baby deer and takes her back to his house, where his fierce dog keeps guard.

A heartwarming story from the Great Depression. Queenie Peavy is the worst troublemaker at school and the best shot in Georgia - with her father in jail, why shouldn’t she be angry? But Queenie wonders what would happen if she tried to behave herself, just for one day.

Grandpa reads exciting stories to adventure-loving Bert and Beth.