Item category 2: Picture books for older readers

Iggy Peck and Rosie Revere have earned their places among the most beloved children's characters, and they have inspired countless kids and adults to follow their dreams and passions. Now in her own charming and witty picture book, determined Ada Twist, with her boundless curiosity for science an...

It's time to clean Adi's room! If only a computer could do it for her! That gives Adi and her best friend Gabi an idea - think like a coder! These scientific thinkers put on their computer coding caps and make cleaning up easy by sorting with variables!

Best friends Adi and Gabi love to play with Adi's toy train. Round and round it goes - choo choo! Watching it loop around the track gives the girls an idea. These scientific thinkers use their computer coding knowledge to put the train to work!

Set in beautiful Moominvalley, this is a colourful collection of nine adventure stories about Moomintroll and his family - in which the Moomins and their friends encounter the hattifatteners, capture a dragon, unexpectedly move house, and meet the mysterious Groke.

Told in lively comic-strip style, this book relates the tale of Robin and his merry band. Youngsters can read how Robin becomes an outlaw, gets a ducking from Little John and encounters a disguised Maid Marian.

A beautifully illustrated and rhyming retelling of a selection of Aesop's Fables.

The pirate crew of the Golden Duck are excited about going into Port Pegleg to spend their gold coins. However, no-one listens to Captain Cod's warning about his old enemy, Captain Blackears and his Horrid Pirates, who want to steal the pirate crew's treasure and hold the pirates for ransom. Has ...

Philip Pullman's wry wit and award-winning talent brings much to this rich, dark and uplifting story. With magic and mischief in equal measure, it is sure to captivate readers everywhere.