Item category 2: Picture books for older readers

In this sequel to 'Alice in Wonderland', Alice walks through a mirror straight into the topsy-turvy, back-to-front Looking-glass Kingdom. There she meets a collection of even 'curiouser' characters than before; the walrus and the carpenter, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty, the White Knig...

Continuing Alice's adventures, 'Alice Through the Looking-Glass' finds her walking through a mirror in a topsy-turvy world, meeting a host of bizarre characters including Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty and the Red Queen. But is it all a dream?

The topsy-turvy world of Wonderland and its memorable cast of characters - the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts - are depicted with warmth and humour in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Hamilton Squidlegger is fearless! Well, almost. During the day he can triumph over all the frackensnappers, skelecragons and bracklesneeds in the swamp - but at night he quakes in terror. Will his father be able to help Hamilton remain fearless in his own mud all night? Timothy Basil Ering brings...

From an astronaut afraid of heights, to dynamic detectives the Owl and the Octopus, by way of some rusting robots, you will find within this book a short story inspired by every letter of the alphabet. By turns funny, sad, mischievous and surprising, these entertaining mini-tales are accompanied ...

This selection of poetry from Milne's 'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We Are Six' features Christopher Robin and his dear friend, Pooh, with decorations from Pooh illustrator E.H. Shepard, making it the perfect book for those who would like to be six for ever and ever.

Can you find all the Egyptian gods hidden in the scene? Or can you match these Roman busts to the description of famous emperors? Explore precious jewels, mosaics, statues and ceramics from across history and throughout the world and find out more about the incredible ancient civilisations who ma...

Take one obnoxious knight, add a hapless page, a maiden with modern ideas, a barmy army and dozens of dangerous dragons - and you have a recipe for the worst kind of medieval mayham. This book features 12 dragon stories.

On 6th May 1915, Henry Friston, a 21-year-old seaman, rejoined his battleship after ten days in Hell, otherwise known only as 'X Beach', Gallipoli. Henry, ferrying the wounded from the battlefield, had not slept or eaten for three days. Somehow, in the midst of the bombardments he met an unlikely...

In this heart-warming Christmas story, by celebrated author Shirley Hughes, a young boy called Lewis Brown is looking out of a window and wishing that someone might notice him. Then he spots a single golden feather floating down from the heavens and discovers an angel on the roof. And so begins a...