Children and young people

100 Hugs is a gorgeous collection of hugs from Children's Laureate Chris Riddell is the perfect gift for a loved one, or to cheer yourself up on a dark day. The beautiful full-colour illustrations from three-time winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Me

If you thought that it was a man's world, think again! 100 Women Who Made History is the exciting story of the women who changed the world, from Anne Frank to J.K. Rowling.

A beautiful garden charts the magical experience of one little Australian girl Megan, also 10 who has lost her mum in a scuba diving accident.

One day a large egg is left in a forest. It hatches out a chick who needs care and love. But his mother isn't there! So a wonderfully unlikely assortment of foster parents take over the job of trying to bring that chick up ...

One morning it appeared, out of nowhere, sitting right outside Stella's house - a broken, old bus. On the front, held up with packing tape, is a hand-painted sign: "Heaven". How did it get there? Everyone wonders ... but no one knows.

It's Christmas Eve and all the staff in the department store are on their way home for Christmas. All except one . . . Clawdia, the department store's security cat!

Featuring top Young Adult authors and introducing a host of exciting new voices, this anthology of stories and poetry from BAME writers on the theme of change is a long-overdue addition to the Young Adult literature scene.

Master storyteller Michael Foreman has created a timely and moving story of a child creating a garden of hope in the midst of poverty and war.

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways.

'Once, a long time ago, in a town called Nazareth, a little donkey was born.' As the wonderful events of the Nativity unfold, Brian Wildsmith tells of the journey of a little girl and a donkey to Bethlehem. Christmas s