Item category 2: Picture books for older readers

At the far reaches of Earth, high upon a mountaintop, a bustling city is under attack by a - cute little furball? Wait, what?! That's not right. The author wrote this book about a 'ferocious beast', not a cuddly creature. Turns out, the book's illustrator has other plans. Page by page, these clas...

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 ...

There are creatures that live on the very edges of our imagination. In the heart of a forest, in the deepest sea, on the highest mountains of the world and in the darkest caves, these mythical beasts, fierce monsters and helpful spirits have inspired countless legends.

In this humorous story, Lemur is always wasting energy. She forgets to switch off the light, she lets all the hot air out of the front door and all the cold air out of the fridge. But when a big energy bill arrives, Lemur wants to make a change!

'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...

Mabel lives with her parents in The Mermaid Hotel, by the sea. Mabel likes to keep an eye on the comings and goings of all the guests, particularly their most interesting guest and Mabel's best friend, Madame Badobedah. Madame Badobedah has pirouetted through pyramids, skated across rivers, swum ...

Eugène Handschuh was a Jewish member of the Resistance in occupied Paris. After he was captured by the Nazis, he was placed on a convoy to Auschwitz. Against all the odds, with the help of strangers and fellow members of the Resistance, Eugène and his father escaped the convoy and survived - wh...

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.

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...