Topping & Company Booksellers

CHILDREN’S

Our Children's section is an entire bookshop-in-miniature, catering to the tastes of all: from the most discerning young reader, to the child who has not (yet) developed an voracious appetite for books.

Within these pages are whole worlds that your child will step into, fall in love with, and never want to leave. But when the book is closed - never fear - our booksellers will always have another recommendation to keep them going. With that in mind, our booksellers reflect below on the books that have inspired in them a lifelong love of reading - or discovered more recently in the bookshop themselves!

Is This A Plum?

Dan Ojari and Finn Ojari

This delightfully clever picture book is full of visual tricks and rhyming reveals to inspire wonder while making you chuckle – brought to life by an Oscar-nominated animator and based on his seven-year-old son’s original idea and drawings.

Through the hole in the page, you might see a plum … or a spider … or a spoon. But turn the page to see the full picture and – SURPRISE! – it’s something unexpected: the moon, a tiger, even a hippo’s bum!

Children's Picture Books

The Magic Feather

Julia Donaldson

The Mole and the Mound

Will Hamilton-Davies

The Bridge Beyond the Stars

Cornelia Funke

The Turtle Who Turned the Tide

Rachel Bright

Is This a Plum?

Dan Ojari and Finn Ojari

The Fisherman and the Mermaids

Diana Marciano

Llama Library

Holly Ryan

The Magic Scarf

Em Cosh

Tiger, Don't Worry!

Daishu Ma

Wild

Katya Balen

Broken

X. Fang

Hank Meets Frank

Maudie Powell-Tuck

A Home for Spark the Dragon

Michael Sheen and Jess Webb

Boots and Cats

Hazel Gardner

Come What May

Debi Gliori

The Dangerous Pet Lover's Guide to Sea Monsters

Lindsay Hirst

Gozzle

Julia Donaldson

Monkeypig

Huw Aaron

Once Upon a Journey

Nick Butterworth

OOPS!

Simon Philip

Our Islands

Phoebe Roze

Sticky Mildred

Alastair Chisholm

A Surprise for Snail

Petr Horácek

Unexpected Guests

Mariajo Ilustrajo

Where is Pierre?

Emma Clarke

A Better Best Friend

Olivier Tallec

The Big Journey

Michael Rosen

Bunnies in a Rocket

Philip Ardagh

The Lost Gemstone: A Tale from the Isle of Begg

Helen Kellock

Actually, the Alligator . . . (PB)

Kael Tudor

Ant Party

Ross Montgomery

Bear and Bird: The Cloud

Jarvis

Chicken vs Egg

Gareth P. Jones

Elmer and the White Bear

David McKee

Grandad's World

Michael Foreman

The Great Unicorn Escape

Diane Ewen

I am Dandy the Dormouse

Pam Ayres

Mission: Bedtime

Tracey Corderoy

Our Tree

Jessica Meserve

The Perfect Pet

Hazel Gardner

Put Your Records On

Corinne Bailey Rae

Rumpelstiltskin

Mac Barnett

Super Mr Panda

Steve Antony

Taking The Long Way Home

Jake Hope

Ten Tiny Squirrels

Kael Tudor

We Grew a Dragon

Emma Chinnery

When Tad Kicked Vlad

Julian Gough

You Can Do It, Bert!

Ole Könnecke

Absolutely Fine

Emma Chichester Clark

Bear Worries

Natalia Shaloshvili

The Best Dog Ever

Smriti Halls

Dalmartian

Lucy Ruth Cummins

The Dog Who Was (Almost) Perfect

Jack Kurland

Don't Do It, Doug

Maudie Powell-Tuck

Do You See the Tiger?

Philip Ardagh

The Dreamies

Iona Campbell

The Found Things

Petr Horácek

The Ice Cream Crocodile

Mariesa Dulak

Luna Loves Sport

Joseph Coelho

Meanwhile Back on Earth

Oliver Jeffers

My Friend, Billy Whiskers

David Litchfield

Once Upon a Time in the Woods

Anthony Browne

Pandora and the Story Forge

Gaynor Andrews and Marie-Alice Harel

Seahorse is Furious

Morag Hood

Solo

Neil Clark

Supertato: Despicable Bean!

Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet

Super Uma

Rashmi Sirdeshpande

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher Picture Book

Beatrix Potter

Whack a Moley

Bethan Clarke

Where Are My Massive Flying Wings?

Sarah Tagholm

Where Are You, Eddie?

Michael Rosen

Wiggling Words

Kate Rolfe

Will You Be My Friend?

Sam McBratney

Big Bear Is Coming!

Anuska Allepuz

The Chase

Jenny Bloomfield

Cliff

Gareth Hopkins

Come Back, Gosling

Anne Booth

Diggers, Dozers, and Dumpers

Ole Könnecke

Frank and Bert: The One Where Bert is Scared of Frogs

Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

Go Go Dodo!

Huw Lewis Jones

It's (Not) MY Cookie (PB)

Kael Tudor

Mrs Owl’s Forest School: The Treasure Hunt

Ruth Symons

Next Door There is a Dinosaur

Saskia Gwinn

One Amazing Story

Richard Jones

Our Love

Fátima Ordinola

The Panda-Badger

Ben Cajee

A Rainy Day

Nick Butterworth

Rock and Roll

Ruby Amy Thompson

Safe at Last

Richard Jones

Ten Little Rabbits

Maurice Sendak

This is London

Miroslav Sasek

A Tree to Call Home

Helen Docherty

Ug Want Hug

Nancy Leschnikoff

The Very Noisy House

Sally Nicholls

Zog and the Flying Doctors 10th Anniversary Edition

Julia Donaldson

100 Goats and Granny!

Atinuke

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Dragonborn: The Twilight Child

Struan Murray

Having discovered her true identity as a dragon, Alex Evans must embark on a dangerous quest to stop Drak Midna and his war against humanity.

When tragedy strikes the island of Skralla, Alex and her friends journey north to the magical heart of Scotland, where dark plots are in motion, and humans and dragons fight side-by-side against a rising storm of ancient demons.

Children's Fiction: 8-12 Years

The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks

Katie Kirby

Signed first edition

The Poisoned King

Katherine Rundell

We Are Dragon

Alastair Chisholm

Skandar and the Spirit War

A.F. Steadman

Paper Dragons: The Race to the Cloud Sea

Siobhan McDermott

Which Way To The Future

Cressida Cowell

The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away

Sophie Anderson

Alice With a Why

Anna James

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess (Book 19)

Jeff Kinney

The Impossible Gladiator

M. G. Leonard

A Heist Before Bedtime

Richard Coles

Hidden Treasure

Jessie Burton

Riley Wright is Always Wrong

Mel Taylor-Bessent

The Adventures of Portly the Otter: Untold Tales from the Wind in the Willows

M.G. Leonard

Dragonborn: The Twilight Child

Struan Murray

The Green Kingdom

Cornelia Funke and Tammi Hartung

The Lions' Run

Sara Pennypacker

The Sky Ship

Sarah Driver

A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe

Derek Landy

Wolf Mountain

Alice Roberts

The Blockbusters!

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Dexter Procter and the Case of the Disappearing Doctor

Adam Kay

Scare B’n’B

Catherine Doyle

Crow: Thief of Magic

Fiona Dixon

The Galileo Heist

Sam Sedgman

Greenwild: The Forest in the Sky

Pari Thomson

Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass

Philippa Leathley

Rory Sparkes and the Elephant in the Room

Hugh Bonneville

Serial Chillers: Monster in the Mines

Jennifer Killick

Silverborn

Jessica Townsend

Vanya and the Wild Hunt

Sangu Mandanna

You and Me and the Peanut-Butter Beast

Andy Griffiths

Alex Abbott is Undead

Louise Austin

Bim Blake’s Hot Takes: My Pencil Case Doesn’t Define Me

Tolá Okogwu

Entangled

Emma Rea

The Fate of Podkin One-Ear

Kieran Larwood

Geomancer: The Ship of Strays

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

A Heart Full of Hatred

Derek Landy

Renegades: The Magic Awakens

Erin Hunter

Welcome to Weird Street

Stephen Mangan

Where the Dragon Waits

Tom Moorhouse

The Blitz Sisters

Judith Eagle

Dragonborn

Struan Murray

Holomonsters

Lee Newbery

Murder at the Ivy Hotel

Emily Hourican

Quill and the Last Generation

C. M. Lewis

Tadpole Summer

Catherine Bruton

The Time Engine

Lindsay Galvin

Dante N. Ferno: Camp Catastrophe

Brian Gordon

The Girl Who Raced the World

Nat Harrison

Hedgewitch: Stonewitch

Skye McKenna

If the Invader Comes

Tom Palmer

The Lost Dragon of Roar

Jenny McLachlan

The Ministry of Manners

David Solomons

The Missing Magic of Sparrow Xia

Leia Ham

The Mizzy Mysteries: The Shadow on the Wreck

Claire Hatcher-Smith

The Mythmakers

Tamzin Merchant

Peregrine Quinn and the Mask of Chaos (Volume 2)

Ash Bond

Prince Kal vs the Salivator Alligator

Ross Welford

The Unchosen One

Amy Sparkes

Artezans: The Last Spellbreaker

L.D. Lapinski

Bigg School: Dare Devil

Lisa Williamson

Finn's Epic Fails

Phil Earle

A Girl's Guide to Spying

Holly Webb

Grimwood: Rock the Vote!

Nadia Shireen

Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories

William Yamaguchi Dobson

The Last Wolf

Rob Biddulph

The Monsters at the End of the World

Rebecca Orwin

Murder at Hotel Marvelo

Ruth Lauren

Postman Planet

Ben Davis

Rialto

Kate Milford

Too Many Tims

Henry White

When the World Ends

Joanna Nadin

The Whisperwicks: The Impossible Trials

Jordan Lees

Anya and the Light Above the Ocean

Amelia Giudici

Boy vs Reality

James Fox

Dragon Girl and the Awakened Flames

Jenny Moore

Feather Vane

Beth O’Brien

Glam and Beardy: Volume I

Ruby Clyde and Rachel WD

Hari Kumar, Ultimate Superstar

Rashmi Sirdeshpande

Hercules vs the Minotaur

Tom Vaughan

I am Ray's Imaginary Friend

Brian Moses

Race to Rumble Ruin

Mel Taylor-Bessent

Relic Hamilton, Genie Hunter: The Door of the Dead

Joseph Coelho

Silverbrook: Yumna and the Golden Horse

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Skandar and the Unicorn Thief

A.F. Steadman

Stories for Birthdays

Enid Blyton

The Wicked Ship

Amelia Mellor

Wide Eye

Jennifer Liss

Wonka

Roald Dahl, Sibéal Pounder, Paul King and Simon Farnaby

Advice from a 12-Year-Old Nobody

Helen Rutter

A Mermaid's Diary

Chris Riddell

Battle of the Besties

Emily-Jane Clark

Beetle Boy (reissue)

M.G. Leonard

Black Ice

Andrew Lane

Bridge of Storms

Philip Reeve

The Castle of Adventure

Enid Blyton

A Clock Strikes Murder

Michelle Harrison

The Dad Trap

Ian Eagleton

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Bear and Bird: The Cave & Other Stories

Jarvis

Bear and Bird are best friends! And while they don’t always understand each other, they both agree: all they want is to make the other happy.

So, when neither of them can remember why they’ve circled today in red in the calendar, they each think they’ve missed the other’s birthday and scramble to surprise each other with a party! And when Bear accidentally loses the ball while playing Boing Boing, he has to summon up all his courage to go into the Creepy Cave to get it back.