English children's books

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I say oh, you say no

There's something I need your help with. When I say "boo," you say "hoo." Are you ready? Boo is a little ghost who lives in a haunted house, and he is afraid of the dark. In "I Say Boo, You Say Whoo," readers must...

There's something very important I want you to remember. When I say "Oh," you say "Ah." Let's try. "Oh, the donkey has lost his pants." Readers need to help him find them! In this picture book, young readers help promote the story by responding...

A boy loves nudity. He wanders around his house naked and free, until he enters his parents' closet, which inspires him to dress up. He tries on his dad's clothes at first, but they don't fit quite right. Then he tries on his mom's,...

Bad day for the bear

Bear is back! The lovable hero of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize-nominated *The Bear Who Stared* gets into more trouble in this delightful installment of the Duncan Bede series. Winter is approaching, and it's time for Bear's long sleep... but the more he tries...

Isaac plays in his favorite pool on the mountainside. As the rain begins to fall, he empties his little jug of water into the pool and races with the shimmering streams as they cascade over waterfalls, flow through rushing rivers, and then empty into...

Cassie watches a swift bird dive and swoop in the still air. As the sun rises, the world seems to hold its breath. Then a gentle breeze stirs the leaves, and as the wind picks up, a whiff of danger sends tiny creatures scrambling...

This is the story as told to me by the great Leandro. For four hundred years, the Earth was a wasteland. The human survivors scrabbled their living in the harsh town of Pocatel or wandered alone into the wilderness, teeming with wandering spirits and...

Once upon a time, a girl named Petra Benya lived, and her only ambition was to be a storyteller, like her grandmother. But Petra's world is about to end. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their...

In the Mental Strength Guide, you will discover: How is mental strength different from courage (most people mistakenly think they are the same thing) Top 7 Traits Mentally Strong People Embrace to Overcome Any Problem They Face How mental strength is closely related to...

Mo Merry Drew, the fifteen-year-old British Vampire Queen, has found a way to make a living (and that'll be a mini Battenberg, please). Becoming the Vampire Queen wasn't easy, but she's happily getting used to it now that she has Luka by her side...

It was shortlisted for the 2021 Carnegie Medal, shared the 2021 Book of the Year Award, and won the Warwickshire Schools Library Award. Mizuki, a Japanese teenager, is concerned for her grandfather, who is clearly deeply troubled by something. He says he has never...

Amani and Hoda, two best friends, are nervous about their GCSE exams and their future after school, something they're completely unprepared for. Shy and quiet, Amani has a seemingly perfect family—a successful TV presenter father, a loving mother, and a doting younger brother—while she's...

Anxiety and depression, or what she calls "chaos," had taken over the life of sixteen-year-old Mehreen Mia to the point where she could no longer bear it. So, she joined a website that connects people with their life partners and arranges a time and...

There's a price on Robin's head, a price that has attracted a gang of ruthless mercenaries determined to track him down and deliver him to Guy of Gisborne. So Robin hides out on the seashore, but trouble finds him. Soon he's helping rescue refugees...

Robin Hood is alive... When Claire Gisborne and Little John returned to school after the Locksley riots, rebellion reigned, and Robin Hood's name was etched on every wall. The balance of power had shifted—instead of being a feared bully, the daughter of Locksley's most...

City. Forest. Hero. You can't get far without superhuman intelligence and bending the rules in a place like Loxley. After the closure of the massive car factories, this once-thriving town has become a wasteland of derelict houses, toxic land, and families on the brink...

If you could live your life over again, what would you do differently? After a near-fatal family disaster and an unexpected romantic turmoil, Adelaide Buchwald finds herself thrust into a summer of wild possibilities, where she'll fall in and out of love a thousand...