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Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme With Love and Squalor, will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is fully of children. The hero-narrator of THE CATCHER IN THE RYE is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, ho

The beautifully packaged paperback edition of this delightful story about the Gruffalo's child, who ventures out into the deep, dark wood, ignoring her father's warning of the Big Bad Mouse. Axel Scheffler's stunning illustrations bring Julia Donaldson's classic story to life again. Readership level: 3+.

Publisher's description:
One dark night the Gruffalo's child disobeys her father's warnings and ventures out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist, does he?

Do you knowwho sent the very first Christmas card? Or what people eat for Christmas dinner in Brazil? Or why we decorate trees? You can find out in this book, as you enjoy the magical traditions of Christmas all around the world. * Christmas customs, festive food, present-giving, songs and traditional stories from around the world with easy-reading text for children who have just started reading alone. * Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Pages: 48 pages Dimensions: 196 x 130mm

An original lift-the-flap book An exciting time is had by Spot on his very first walk as he encounters many new sights, sounds and smells. “The fantastically popular spotted dog takes his first walk in a lifetime of adventure. Easy to read along with and great fun as well.” The Independent on Spot’s First Walk

Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish. Burton's lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and tragedy of a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children - hopeful, yet hapless beings.

Suze has gotten used to ghosts. She's a mediator, after all, and communicating with the dead is all in a day's work. So she certainly never expected to fall in love with one: Jesse, a nineteenth- century hottie. But when she discovers that she has the power to determine who becomes a ghost in the first place, Suze begins to freak. It means she can alter the course of history ... andprevent Jesse's murder, keeping him from ever becoming a ghost -- and from ever meeting Suze. Will Jesse choose to live without her, or die to love her?

The new high-concept thriller from the number one bestselling author of The Righteous Men and The Last Testament. Tom Byrne has fallen from grace since his days as an idealistic young lawyer in New York. Now he'll work for anyone -- as long as the money's right. So when the United Nations call him in to do their dirty work, he accepts the job without hesitation. A suspected suicide bomber shot by UN security staff has turned out to be a harmless old man: Tom must placate the family and limit their claims for compensation. In London, Tom meets the dead man's alluring daughter, Rebecca, and learns that her father was not quite the innocent he seemed. He unravels details of a unique, hidden brotherhood, united in a mission that has spanned the world and caused hundreds of unexplained deat

A girl called Fern loves a litte pig called Wilbur. Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful grey spider, saves Wilbur from the usual fate of nice fat pigs, by a wonderfully clever plan (which no one else could possible have thought of). Illustrated by Garth Williams

When Eragon finds a polished stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy - perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realises that he has stumbled on a legacy nearly as olk as the Empire itself. Overnight, his simple life is shattered and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands.