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Rigby Star (154 books)

About Rigby Star Books

A great collection of fiction and non-fiction titles written by much loved authors, full of lively illustrations and familiar characters. Includes books from two new series Pirate Cove and Clinker Castle.

A Hat Full of Gold

A Jumper for James

A Look at Pets

A Special Treasure

A Toy for Vik

Abracadabra

All About Hair

All Fall Down

Amazing Whales

Amber's Big Dog

Animal Babies

Animal Coats

At the Park

At the Vet

Bananas for Breakfast

Barker

Bedtime for Bear

Ben's Brilliant Birthday

Big and Little

Big Bad Wolf?

Big Monster is Running Away

Bones the Sea Dog

Brother Love

Busy Lizzie

Castle Clothes

Castles, Knights and Dragons

Catching Sea Monsters

Clean-Up Day

Curly and the Big Berry

Curly and the Log

Day and Night

Dirty Dog

Elvis and the Scooter

Face Painting

Feeding Time

Feelings

Fish Colours

Fish Facts

Flea Treat

Fruit Salad

Furball to the Rescue

Georgina and the Dragon

Get Me Out of Here!

Go and Get It!

Goodnight

Grandma on Board

Granny Gadget

Greedy Giant

Hairem Scarem

Happy Birthday Josie

Hare and Tortoise go to School

Helter-Skelter

Home Sweet Home

How Moon Tricked Sun

How the Elephant Got Its Trunk

How to Make a Clown Costume

I Don't Want To!

I Like Cars

I Love Rocks

I Wish I was a Bat

Ice Cream Dream

Josie and the Bully

Josie and the Cake Sale

King Crab is Coming

Last Minute Rescue

Lessons from Lester

Life Cycle of a Swan

Look at Me!

Look Out - Minibeasts About!

Look Out!

Looking at Materials

Max's New Friend

Minibeasts

Mister Wolf's Plans

Mrs Bean

My Cushion

My Wild Woolly

Night Animals

On Safari

Otto's Lunchbox

Pasta

Perfectly Princess

Pirate Party

Pirate Ships

Presto's New Pet

Quiet in the Library

Red Beard the Pirate

Royal Trouble

Ruby Red and Sky Blue

Scruff

Sharks

Shoo

Slug Makes a House

Slurp! Burp!

Snap Happy

Sniffy

Something Fishy

Space Boots

Space Race

Spike the Dragon

Sports Day

Super Car!

Supermarket on Mars

Sydney the Kangaroo

The Beaver's Tail

The Brave Knight

The Chain of Giving

The Cobsdown Cat Case

The Cow Jumped over the Moon

The Frog Princess

The Great Tree Mouse Adventure

The Horse Prince

The Hungry Dragon

The Hungry Sea Monster

The Jumping Jester

The Lost Prince

The Missing Mermaid

The Mixed-Up Wishing Well

The Mystery of the Missing Mystery ...

The New Babysitter

The Nutcracker

The Perfect Pet

The Pesky Parrot

The Prince of Horrors

The Princess and the Dragon

The Princess Won't Laugh

The Rat Princess

The Royal Mix-up

The Saturday Adventure

The Tale of Sir Spiffing Biffing

The Ugly Duckling

Then and Now

Tim and the Tooth Fairy

Time for Bed

Time for Lunch

Too Many Pets

Up the Tree

Weird Weather

Welly Dancing

What a Catch!

What a Clown!

What Damian Didn't Know About Dino ...

What is in the Box?

What is it?

What's That Noise?

When I Grow Up

When I was a Baby

Where is Little Bo Peep?

Who Will Marry Maisie

Whoops!

Why Bears Have Short Tails

Why Cats Hunt at Night

Why Islands Don't Swim

Your Body Up Close

Engage (197 books)

About Engage Books

Engage Literacy is a lovely new reading scheme from Raintree with engaging stories, beautiful illustrations and interesting non-fiction topics, to motivate and support young readers. All titles are precisely levelled, with new vocabulary being introduced and reinforced throughout the levels. Each title includes really useful parent / teacher information and helpful questions to check comprehension. It is hard to put a finger on exactly why Engage is so likeable – but it is just a beautiful, gimmick free reading series.

A Baby Panda is Born

A Big Box of Bananas

A Deep-Sea Diving Adventure

A Dog Called Prince

A Go-Kart at School

A School Map

A Special Kimono

All About Muscles

All About Teeth

Along the Silk Road

Amazing Insects and Spiders

Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Animal Migration

Animal Rescue Shelter

Animals With Fins, Animals With Fu ...

Baby Dinosaur Can Play

Baby Dinosaur is Hiding

Baby Dinosaur is Lost

Baby Farm Animals

Backstage at the School Play

Bananas in My Tummy

Big Balloon

Big Cats

Big Green Crocodile

Birthday Around the World

Boats

Bobby Brown's Cat

Buddy and the Lobster Boat

Can You See It?

Captain Ross and the Old Sea Ferry ...

Captain Russy

Chief of the Fire Brigade

Chocolate Banana Pops

Circus Tricks

City Life, Farm Life

Clean up Shelly Beach

Cooking Pancakes

Dinosaurs

Dress-up Day

Etta's Baby Lamb

Farms Around the World

Flip, the Tree Frog

Frogs

Go-Kart Surprise

Gold Rush Adventure

Government around the World

Grandpa's Farm

Growing Up

Happy To Be Me

Healthy Foods

Here is a Robot

Here is the Flower

History of Gold

Holly's Three White Mice

Hot and Cold

Houses Around the World

I Am Big

I Can Help My Grandma

I Go Up

In My Car

In The Playhouse

In the Sea

In The Water

Kela's Bridge

Lea Can Help

Lea is Hungry

Lea Wants a Rabbit

Leadership

Lea's Birthday

Lea's New House

Let's Dance

Letter to Sam

Little Caterpillar is Cold

Little Seahorse and the Big Crab

Little Seahorse and the Big Storm

Look At Me

Look at the Animals

Look at the Bee

Look at the Picture

Looking After the Ocean

Looking For Kate

Lost in Space

Magnetic Race Car

Make a Monkey

Make a Secret Playhouse

Make Two Crocodiles

Making Music Festival

Mammals

Mapping

Marvin and the Monarch Butterflies ...

Materials

Max and the Balloons

Max Jupiter

Me, Too!

Meat-eating Plants

Meeting Milly

Min Monkey

Minibeasts

Moon Phases

Morvena the Mermaid

Mouse Visor

Mrs Magee's Unusal Plants

Mrs Pot's Animal Shelter

Musical Instruments

My Big Sandcastle

My Big Sandwich

My Birthday

My Day

My Dinosaurs

My Family

My House

My Little Toys

My Real Name is Princess

My Rock Pool

My Shopping

My Toy Box

Night Time Noises

No Scooter for Scott

Not All Birds Fly

Off To The Movies

Our Baby

Our Special Rock Pool

Owls

Penny and the Peas

Pepper's Travels with Marco Polo

Pirate Lessons

Planet Robonica

Playing Team Sports

Playtime Ball Sports

Princess Writes A Play

Properties of Light and Sound

Puppy School Newsletter

Racing CD Rocket

Rainforests

Recycling

Rico to the Rescue

Rocky the Robot Helps Out

Scooter Fun

Shopping For Socks

Silly Old Pirates Look for Treasur ...

Simple Machines

Sleepover Safari

Sleepy Little Caterpillar

Snorkelling with Nana

Sofia and the Quetzal Bird

Something is Watching

Space and Our Solar System

Special Celebrations Around the Wo ...

Stella the Spider

Strawberry Storm

Stuck at the Top

Summer at Oak Tree Cottage

Surprise Pancakes for Mum

Team Spirit

The Amazing Continent of Africa

The Aquarium

The Banana Spider

The Big Mud Puddle

The Birthday Party

The Castle

The Emperor's Panda

The Football Pitch

The Jobs People Do

The Littlest Clown

The Lost Sock

The Monkey and the Ladybird

The Nature Garden

The School Garden

The Secret Tree House

The Senses

The Sounds Around Us

The Team

The Tortoise and the Birds

The Volcano Sand Hill

The Zookeeper

To the Rescue!

To The Shops

Toys that Float

Training Pablo

Ukulele Liam

Underwater World

Unusual Deep-Sea Creatures

Up and Down

Up Here

Volcano Bubbles

Voting

Ways We Come to School

Weather Watch

Welcome To The Farm

What is the Matter, Mrs Long?

Wheels

Where is Sid the Snake?

Whirly Bird

Wibbly Wobbly Tooth

Wild Savannah Zoos

Working Animals

World Civilizations

Tree Tops (119 books)

About Tree Tops Books

Follows on from Oxford Reading Tree series for junior readers. An inspiring collection of stories and intriguing non-fiction topics written by top authors.

A Guide to Revolting Rome

A Kitten in Daisy Street

Amazing Brain

An Odd Job for Bob and Benny

And so to Bed...

Animal Parents

Animal Trainer

Bigboots the Spider

Billy's Luck

Black Dan

Blackbones Saves the School

Bones!

Breaking News: Shipwreck!

Captain Comet and the Dog Star

Captain Comet and the Purple Plane ...

Cat out of the Bag

Celebrating Black History

Clive keeps his Cool

Cool Clive

Cool Clive and the Bubble Trouble

Cool Clive and the Little Pest

Cornflake Coin

Dads Win Prizes

Dangerous Trainers

Dexter's Dinosaurs

Did You Know That?

Do Monsters Exist?

Doohickey and the Robot

Doughnut Dilemma

Dustbin

Fast Frog

Further, Faster, Higher

Great Blunders

Half Price Hero

Hamper's Great Escape

Hard Work

Here Comes Trouble

Horrid Heroes and Magic Monsters

I wish, I wish

It's Chaos!

It's Magic

Janey's Giants

Jellyfish Shoes

Jem Stone Genie and the Crash

Jungle Shorts

Kid Wonder and the Half-Hearted He ...

Kid Wonder and the Sticky Skyscrap ...

Kid Wonder and the Terrible Truth

Let's Look at Adverts

Lost and Found

Making Music

Me and My Newt

Messy Ella

Micro the Metal Dog

Monsters from the Deep

Moving Pictures

Mr Stofflees and the Painted Tiger ...

My Dad goes Belly Dancing

Noisy Neighbours

Oh, Otto!

Pass the Ball!

Pet Squad

Picture This!

Princess Pip's Holiday

Purple Buttons

Robbie Woods and his Merry Men

Robot Childminder

Robo-Vac

Save Our Coasts!

Scrapman

Scrapman and Scrapcat

Scrapman and the Incredible Flying ...

Seeing the Stars

Shelley Holmes Ace Detective

Snooty Prune

Spooky!

Stages through the Ages

Star Struck

Stinky Street

Stupid Trousers

The Anti- Bully Machine

The Big Chance

The Big Little Dinosaur

The Boss Dog of Blossom Street

The Case of the Smiling Shark

The Cowboy Next Door

The Fabulous Food Machine

The Fame Game

The Flick of a Switch

The Ghost Ship

The Goalie from Nowhere

The Goalies Secret

The Great Spaghetti Suit

The Lie Detector

The Luckless Monster

The Masked Cleaning Ladies Meets t ...

The Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om

The Masked Cleaning Ladies Save th ...

The Monster in the Wardrobe

The Personality Potion

The Quest for the Golden See-Saw

The Revenge of Captain Blood

The Spooks

The Squink

The True Diary of Carly Ann Potter ...

The Ultimate Trainers

The Unexplained

The Wrong Letter

To Infinity and Beyond

Under The Volcano

Visual Vikings A-Z

Waiting for Goldie

Walrus Joins In

What Can You See in This Cloud?

What in the World are Fairies?

What is Time?

What's Strange About Saturday?

Winning Words

Wonderful Things

Project X (168 books)

About Project X Books

An exciting new scheme especially developed to appeal to boys – but is just as good for girls! Includes a fascinating collection of non-fiction titles and also many adventures involving a group of characters who can shrink to micro-size.

A Dog's Day

A Home for Ted

A Matter of Life and Death

A Nasti Surprise

A New Home

A Wild Ride

Air Scare

Alien Invasion!

An A-Z of Record Breakers

Animal Conflicts

Animal Magic

Ant and the Baby

Ant and the Break-bot

Ant Attack

Ant Meets the Queen

Ant Storm

Ants at Home

Ant's Bug Adventure

Atlantic Adventure

Attack of the Centipede

Attack of the X-bots

Battle of the Monster X-bot

Be Quiet!

Ben and Paul

Big and Small

Big Car, Small Car

Blackbeard's Ship

Body Invaders

Bug Hunt

Building Wembley

Buzz Off!

Charge!

Charlie Smith, Superkid

Click! Bang! Pop!

Computer Games

Cool Buildings

Cuckoo Trouble

Dangerous Creatures

Dinosaur Safari

Divided We Fall

Don't Look Down

Downhill Racers

Dr X'x Top 10 Villains

Dragon Hunter

Ducks

Escape Artists

Escape From Colditz

Escape of the Giant Chicken

Escaping Slavery

Extreme Exploring Machines

Fee Fie Fo... Mum!

Finding Things

Flying High

Flying Machines

Game On!

George's Bright Idea

Get Me Out of Here!

Go Away, Molly!

Go To Bed!

Going Underground

Hamster on the Run

Hamster Rampage

Heroes or Villains?

Heroine in Hiding

Hide and Cheat

How Do They Do That?

Human Body Adventures

I'm the Leader

Imprisoned

In a Spin

In the Bin

In the Home

Incredible Journeys

Is Dad in Here?

It's Your Call

Jake Jones v Vlad the Bad

Jamie and the Chameleon

Journey to Mars

Let's Form a Band!

Let's Play and Other Things Animal ...

Lone Wolf

Look Closer

Making a Splash

Making a Stand

Making Things That Fly

Masks in Film and Theatre

Max the Detective

Message in an X-bot

Micro Man Makes Big News

Mr Grim's Tower

My Cat Moggy

My Family

My Pet

Nasty Nate's Pirate Adventure

On the Wing

Otters at Home

Paco's Pet

Pet Play

Pickles' New Home

Pirates

Power Racers

Rainbow

Revenge of the X-bots!

Riding the Waves

Robo-Rex

Robot Rampage

Round-up

Rubbish!

Run Cat, Run!

Safe Behind a Mask

Sam's Flood Plan

Sandcastle

Sharks on the Loose!

Shiver Me Timbers!

Shoo Mouse, Shoo!

Snow Spoons

Spectacular Film Stunts

Stage Fright

Stop Pot, Stop!

Strong Defences

The Balloon Team

The Beautiful Team

The Big Story

The Birthday Cake

The Chase

The Deadly Boomslang

The Deep

The Fun Run

The Gingerbread Micro-man

The Knockits of Knockity Hoo

The Missing Statue

The Monster of the Deep

The Noisy Day

The Phoney Mob

The Play Park

The Race

The Rainy Day

The Silver Box

The Snow Den

The Super Skateplank

The Thing in the Cupboard

The Water Cycle

The Witness

The Wow! Award

The X-bots are Coming...

The X-machine

Tiger's Discovery

Tiger's Drum Kit

Tiger's Family

Top of the Table

Top Speed

Treasure Hunt

Trouble in the Rockies

Turn it Off!

Under Attack!

Underwater Adventure

What a Day!

What a Waste!

What Do Bugs Eat?

What's for Lunch?

What's on the Box?

What's That Noise?

What's the Weather Like Today?

When Animals Invade

Where's Woody?

Wow! Magazine

Yum!

Zak and Zee

Bug Club (163 books)

About Bug Club Books

These ‘kid-cred’ books include a superb selection of fiction and non-fiction titles including some comic style books and also well known characters such as Dr Who! The earlier readers introduce phonemes in alignment with ‘Letters and Sounds’ and introduce tricky words gradually.
(Earlier reading levels will be in stock soon!)

101 Ways to Beat Boredom

101 Ways to Save the Planet before ...

A Daring Rescue

A Friend in Need

A Volcano Wakes Up

About Earth

All About Mummies

All At Sea

All Gone!

Animal Self-Defence

Animals To The Rescue

Artists

At the Vet's

Awesome Animal Adventures

Beowulf and the Beast

Beowulf Meets His Match

Best Birthday Ever!

Big Cats

Big Giant, Little Bear

Birds

Birds of Prey

Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs

Blood Buns and Scarecrows

Bugs in our Homes

Bumblebees, Sweets and a See-Throu ...

Buried Treasure

By Air

Can You Do This?

Caring for Exotic Animals

Cars, Cars, Cars,

Changing Places

Chase in New York

Chasm of the Killer Bees

Chocolate

Colourful Creatures

Come Down, Golden

Daredevils

Dead Gorgeous

Dead Losses

Dinkin Dings and the Double From D ...

Dinkin Dings and the Frightening T ...

Dino-sitting

Dino-soaring

Dino-splashing

Doctor, Doctor!

Dog Alert

Double Trouble

Earth's Amazing Environments

Escape in Egypt

Exploring London

Extreme Living

Finding a Friend

Flash The Dog Bounces In!

Flash The Dog Dives In!

Flint the Inventor

Flips and Spins

Fossils

Fright at the Fair

Frog Fight

Fun Festivals

Goha and the Shoes

Going into Space

Goldilocks and the Big Mess

Goldilocks and the Clever Plan

Goldilocks and the Porridge Proble ...

Gorillas Vs The Leopard Men

Gross Things: From Your Head To Yo ...

Haunting Histories

Heading for Glory

Hit And Miss

How Animals Smell, Taste and Touch ...

How Do Lobsters Stay Young?

How Do They Make Bikes?

How Do They Make Costumes?

How to Be a Sports Star

How to be an Explorer

I Want a Unicorn

Just the Job

Learning The Ropes

Lickety Kwick and the Mixed-Up Fix ...

Little Red Riding Hoody

Living in a Castle

Looking for Invisible Clues

Lost in Egypt

Mae in the Middle: Music Master

Mae in the Middle: Super Sleuth

Marian To The Rescue

Meany Screamy Dancing

Meena the Monster Minder

Mixed-Up Myths

Mona the Moaner

Monkeys

Monkeys and Monsters

Mountain Tales of Norway

Moya the Luck Child

My Life as a Roman Slave

My Life as a Tudor Schoolboy

My Skateboarding Scrapbook

One-Way Ticket To Mars

Pet Finders On The Case

Pet Finders Underground

Pizza at the Double

Poptropica The Ultimate Guide

Quest For Treasure

Rat Island

Robbie Ravenbeak

Rocket Ronnie and the Bleekoids

Rocket Ronnie and the Vortex of Do ...

Rocky and the Wolf Cub

Rocky Runs Away

Run in the Rainforest

School Quiz

Set Sail For School

Sick As A Parrot

Snow White - The Hex Factor

Sports Day Snack Attack

Stage Fright

Step Inside a Story

Stop That Dog!

Strawberries at School

The Amazing Adventures of Erik

The Best Bet

The Billy Goats Gruff

The Cloud Rider

The Fish in the Tree

The Great Escape

The Hare and the Tortoise

The Howling Hole

The Magic Storm

The Malice Family

The Noises Next Door

The Not-So Merry-Go-Round

The Omnitrix

The Powerful Potion

The Quigleys Have Got Talent

The Quigleys Wild Life

The Summer Explorers

The Train Man

The Transmodulator

The Truth About Fish and Chips

The Valley of Diamonds

The Very Smelly Dragon

The Wrong Jumper

The Wrong Pong

Tick,Tock Unfix the Clock

Time To Time Travel

Tricking Our Eyes

Tricking the Tiger

Watching Comets

Weird Weather

Welcome To The Circus

What's Out There?

When Animals Attack

When I Was Your Age

Where, oh Where is Mrs Brown?

Why Does Lightning Flash?

Wicked Baba Yaga

Wizards, Spiders and Castles

Work! Work! Work!

You Can Try This At Home!

Yun and the FIre Demon

Yun and the Giant Bird

Yun and the Ice Spirit

Ginn Pocket Reads (65 books)

About Ginn Pocket Reads Books

A superb collection of pocket sized fiction and non-fiction readers. Pocket Tales are beautifully illustrated stories from big-name authors. Pocket Facts and Pocket Worlds are manageable reads where children can discover new facts, learn about people, places and cultures around the world.

Abu and the Crown of Egypt

Amy's Dragon

Ancient Athletes

Battles BC

Beast Hunt

Ben's Fantastic Plant

Beware!

Body Bugs

Brave Mouse

Children Up Chimneys

Cut-Throat Kevin

Cyclops and the Greenbeans

Daisy and the Diva

David's Diary

Fabulous Flying Machines

Fabulous!

Feebleman

Getting Rid of Aunt Mildred

Grandad Briny and the Seaweed Gard ...

Great Ice Race

Gurgle!

Internet Invention

Killer Creatures

Mighty Migrations

Mighty Mummies

Monster Mysteries

Mr Willoughby's Wallaby

Mucky Medicine

Mythic Heroes

Nature's Nightmares

No Limits!

Old Sticky

Penguin Parade

Pet Idol Down Under

Peter Cheater

Plant Attack

Poster Pete

Read This!

Risky Record Breakers

Rory the Story

Scavengers

Super Sharks!

Super Strikers

Survival

Tara the Ditch Cat

The Broomstick that Wouldn't Start ...

The False Tooth Fairy

The Fantastic Tale of King Loofah

The Fridge Monster

The Genie of the Bottle Bank

The Gools

The Greedy Snapjaw

The Green Bug

The Really Rotten Pirates

The Sea Monster

The Wickedest Teacher In The World ...

Tops and Bottoms

Tudor Travellers

Turkey Thieves!

TV Sam

U.N. Lucky

Up, Up and Away!

Water Worlds

What on Earth Is It?

Where in the World is Woolloomoolo ...

Alphakids (144 books)

About Alphakids Books

Alphakids is a fantastic collection of beautifully illustrated fiction and non-fiction titles covering a broad range of text types and topics. The AlphaExplore series is the latest addition of inspirational non-fiction books designed for children in the early junior years.