Item category 2: Picture books for older readers

Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Since then their lives have never been quite the same, for ordinary things become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is involved.

Offers a gentle introduction to the concept of reducing the use of plastic for young children. In this humorous story, Croc shows her love for plastic. She loves drinks and snacks that come packaged in plastic, and she isn't very careful about throwing the plastic away after she has used it. Can ...

This is a follow up to 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', which won the 1998 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. Harry Potter is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and this year promises to be just as eventful as the last.

Harry Potter lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt and Uncle's house. He is bullied by them and his spoilt cousin, and lives a very unremarkable life. But then Harry is transported to a world of magic and excitement.

Featuring magical and mythical creatures and monsters from all over the world, this book will tell you where these creatures dwell, how to spot one, and how to keep yourself safe.

'Leopard Doesn't Waste Food' offers a gentle introduction to the concept of not wasting food for young children. In this humorous story, Leopard often throws food away. He sometimes takes too much, or he doesn't store it carefully and then doesn't want to eat it. But after a day on the farm and W...

Steg has a tantrum because his parents won't let him out on his own. He stomps off with his friends but gets angry with them too. They see a rocky path up a mountain and Steg leads the way, even though the friends are scared. At the top, one of his friends slips down the mountainside but luckily ...

Barap is finding it hard to share things with his twin sister and with his friends. He wants to have all the food and fun things to himself. But soon he finds out that not sharing isn't quite as good as he thought.

In this illustrated edition of the classic Swedish folk tale, Nils is shrunk to a tiny size by a dwarf, and is carried off across Sweden by a flock of wild geese to their summer home in the far north.