Books published by Walker Books Ltd

Football School Terrific Teams is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations. Perfect for readers 7+ and recommended by the National Literacy Trust, BookTrust, the Premier League and parents and teachers.Discover the incredible true stories behind the most famous clubs in history.Find out the stories behind the most legendary clubs in football history, such as Manchester United, Real Madrid and Liverpool. Explore how these teams have overcome failure and tragedy to win leagues and lift trophies and enter the record books. Also discover fascinating facts about more unknown clubs, including the German team with skull and crossbones logo and the most eco-friendly club in the world. Perfect for fans of Football School: Star Players and Football School: Epic Heroes, this collection of fifty true stories is a must-read for any young football fan.¿We love this book series!¿ Match of the Day Weekly ¿Intelligent, inspiring, funny¿ Head of Education, Premier League Collect the series! Football School Season 1­¿4 Star Players Epic Heroes Football School Terrific Teams 20 Fantastic Football Stories The Amazing Quiz Book The Incredible Joke Book The Ultimate Puzzle Book The Greatest Ever Quiz Book ¿ out in 2022!

Where did life on Earth come from? Out of the blue!Discover the story of life on Earth, and how it evolved from tiny cells in vast oceans into the huge variety of creatures that covered our prehistoric planet. Find out why creatures first emerged from the sea and brought life onto land, in a lively and engaging journey through millions of years of fishes, giant reptiles and mammals. With illustrations from the award-winning Frann Preston-Gannon, this is a gorgeous introduction to the amazing story of prehistoric life.

A new title in the fantastic Where¿s Wally? activity book range. Wally is on an incredible adventure through the pages of a magical story book. Grab your pencils, get creative and bring every scene alive with colour. Includes extra things to find and over 100 incredible stickers. Wow!Join Wally as he steps into the pages of a magical story book. Grab your colouring pencils, get creative and bring the adventure to life! Navigate through a land of dragons, a paradise filled with flowers and fruit, a world of toys and games, a murky mysterious swamp and (if yoüre feeling brave enough) be drawn into a land of fearsome monsters to find some valuable treasure. It¿s a colourful caper!

A lively tale about a fun-loving cat learning to accept change, imaginatively illustrated by the award-winning Petr Horácek.Mischievous Mister Boo loves to give everyone he meets a surprise. He shocks the baby birds, the baby rabbits and the baby owls. BOO! But one day he wakes up without his usual energy and no one seems to take any notice of him. Will Mister Boo learn to accept change and find joy again? A buoyant second collaboration between the acclaimed writer Joyce Dunbar and world-renowned illustrator Petr Horácek.

A wordless picture book for the very young ¿ bursting with green! ¿ which celebrates community, gardening and the power of plants to bring people together.Oscar's mum has to go away, just for a little while. So Oscar has come to stay with his nana. Oscar likes being with Nana in her tower block, but he really misses his mum, too. So, one day, Nana has an idea. Together, they carefully sow seeds ¿ lots and lots of seeds! And then they water them, and wait¿ And the seeds start to grow! And the flowers begin to burst! There are plants everywhere. But, what to do with them all? In a timely silent narrative for the youngest readers ¿ gorgeously illustrated with graphic panels and sweeping spreads that evoke the urban bustle of a busy high-rise ¿ Lauren Tobia shows how each individual, each child, can bring lushness and vitality to a community.

The perfect gift for any young animal-lover, this beautifully illustrated natural history book is an ideal introduction to creatures of the seas.Illustrated in a bright, contemporary style, this modern guide to twenty of the most interesting marine animals from all around the world is packed with information and fun facts ¿ everything you need to know to help you learn about and identify our ocean-living friends. From the little shrimp to the big blue whale, taking in the magnificent narwhal, the beautiful moon jellyfish and the fascinating anglerfish along the way, there is so much to find out. With key facts about size, habitat, diet and population, there are detailed descriptions of each animal and fascinating did-you-know facts

The panye means we are graceful when the load is heavy. We are strong, even when the earth is not. We are family, fed from love.Fallon is going to the market with Maman. She ties her hair in a sun-yellow mouchwa, and places the panye carefully on her head. Fallon's toes tingle, she takes few few steps towards the door, and, BOOM!, the panye falls on the floor. "Little by little the bird builds its nest," Maman says, "not everything is learned fast.¿ As they walk past colourful walls under swirls of blue, cloudless sky, Maman carries the panye still on her head, graceful and strong. At the market, they buy their dinner, filling the panye with all kinds of fruits and vegetables. Then, as the sun dances across the sky, it's time to go home, and time for Fallon to try once again to carry the panye. Will she be able to hold her head, graceful and strong, like Maman?

A teenage girl wonders if she¿s inherited more than just a heart from her donor in this compulsively readable debut.Seventeen-year-old Chloe had a plan: work hard, get good grades, and attend a top-tier college. But after she collapses during cross country practice and is told that she needs a new heart, all her careful preparations are laid to waste. Eight months after her transplant, everything is different. Stuck in summer school with the underachievers, all she wants to do now is grab her surfboard and hit the waves ¿ which is strange, because she wasn¿t interested in surfing before her transplant. (It doesn¿t hurt that her instructor, Kai, is seriously good looking.) And that¿s not all that¿s strange. There¿s also the vivid recurring nightmare about crashing a motorcycle in a tunnel and memories of people and places she doesn¿t recognize. Is there something wrong with her head now, too, or is there another explanation for what she¿s experiencing? As she searches for answers, and as her attraction to Kai intensifies, what she learns will lead her to question everything she thought she knew ¿ about life, death, love, identity, and the true nature of reality.

>> WINNER OF THE SAINSBURYS CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS 2021>> WINNER OF THE CRIMEFEST AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL FOR CHILDREN 2021From the internationally bestselling author of Beetle Boy and the Adventures on Trains series, comes the first book in The Twitchers, a thrilling mystery adventure series celebrating friendship, bravery and the incredible world of birds, starring a birdwatching detective called Twitch!Can a birdwatcher outwit an escaped convict?Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallows nesting in his bedroom and a passion for birdwatching. On the first day of the summer holidays, he arrives at his secret hide to find police everywhere: a convicted robber has broken out of prison and is hiding in Aves Wood. Can Twitch use his talents for birdwatching to hunt for the dangerous prisoner and find the missing loot?Praise for Twitch:¿Leonard knows her audience and the jeopardy comes in flocks ... Find your nest, curl up and enjoy.¿ The Times, Children's Book of the Week"A twist-laden, thriller-like tale of a bird-mad boy, some bullies and an escaped convict hiding in the nearby woods." Observer"A twisty crime drama as well as a persuasive story about friendship and nature." The Sunday Times"Twitch is a good old-fashioned adventure story that feels like a modern-day Secret Seven." BBC Wildlife Magazine"[A] pacy mystery adventure featuring a birdwatching detective hot on the heels of a dangerous escaped prisoner." iNewspaper¿Leonard has crafted an intelligent mystery from unlikely material, with bonus bird facts.¿ Irish Times¿A winged masterpiece.¿ Maz Evans¿Enthralling from beginning to end, it really touched my young bird-loving heart! Just wonderful!¿ Dara McAnulty¿Birds, mystery and fowl play! What more could you want?¿ Gill Lewis¿Glorious! Full of excitement and wonder!¿ Sophie Anderson¿A brave and thrilling new adventure from one of my favourite writers. I honestly didn¿t put the book down until the very last, exciting, page-turn and I¿m twitching for the next adventure!¿ Jasbinder Bilan¿Twitch is an absolute triumph. The perfect blend of mystery and adventure, a winning hero with an eye for ornithological facts and a heart as big as the countryside, plus a cracking whipsmart plot, I think this is M. G. Leonard's best book yet.¿ Christopher Edge¿Cracking characters, beyond pacy plotting and an ending that is almost Bugsy Malone-esque!¿ Phil Earle¿Twitch is a compelling read ¿ an adventure mystery with birds ¿ what more could any reader want?!¿ Stephen Moss¿Adventure, friendship and the pure unassuming beauty of nature ¿ a book that could have been a collaboration between David Attenborough and Roald Dahl.¿ Dr Jess French¿A superb adventure of friendship, bravery and the wonderful world of birds, with a strong, but non-preachy theme of the benefits of connection with the natural world.¿ The Bookseller¿One of those really, really good books ¿ Recommended for readers around 8 to 12 years old, and grown-ups like me who still enjoy the delight of a great adventure story!¿ The BookbagPraise for M. G. Leonard:"An original voice in children's literature." The Times"Truly great storytelling." Michael Mopurgo"Superstar." Guardian"Wonderful." Sunday Telegraph

Third in the AGENTS OF THE WILD series: fun-packed young fiction with wildlife conservation themes. Agnes and Attie ¿ AGENTS OF THE WILD ¿ are off to the Sahara Desert on a mission to rescue rare baby animals from illegal wildlife traders.When a lesser flamingo crashes into Agnes¿s window-box with an urgent message for SPEARS, Agnes is ready for the call. Three rock hyrax pups have been kidnapped from their burrow in Egypt, and other baby animals are missing across Africa. Soon Agnes and Attie find themselves trapped in an ancient Egyptian tomb at the mercy of animal poachers ¿ can they save the animals and themselves?SPECIES IN DANGER? GIRL AND SHREW TO THE RESCUE!

A stunning non-fiction book illuminating the secrets of animal camouflage with a search-and-find twist.Now you see them, now you don¿t. Cloaked in a riot of colour, pattern and texture are a dozen creatures ¿ from chameleons and polar bears to Gaboon vipers and mimic octopuses ¿ that have unique and impressive techniques for staying out of sight. As we travel around the planet, fact-packed pages for each of these twelve animals are interspersed with clever and beautifully illustrated search-and-find spreads that put readers¿ newfound knowledge of each elusive creature and its ecosystem to the test.

¿An enchanting anthology for very young children with gorgeous illustrations.¿ ¿ GuardianEverybody has love. Even baddies. The poems in this book beautifully capture how a four-year-old sees the world ¿ a world of rainbows, glitter and magical boxes; a world of nursery, hometime and cuddles with Mum. They make for joyful reading and, paired with wonderful pictures by Yasmeen Ismail, are an invitation for young readers to join in the fun... By turns funny and charming, gentle and zany, Take Off Your Brave shows that poetry is for everyone ¿ no matter how little you are!

More funny, clever trickster tales from India.Prince Veera's great-uncle, Raja Apoorva, invites the prince and his best friend, Suku, to the summer festival in Peetalpur, where they participate in some of the competitions. Can they make the peahen sing, though peahens can't sing? Or win the painting competition, or even defeat the country's champion wrestler? The boys face each challenge with great wit and wisdom. Back at the palace, they are faced with more challenges. Raja Apoorva enjoys puzzles and presents several to the boys: who was the intruder who dared to pull the Raja's beard? How can the journey to the seaside be shortened? And at court it's Prince Veera and Suku who will decide which neighbour owns the tree that produces the wonderful figs for the palace, as well as solve the mysteries of the holy man and the astronomer.Four stories packed with clever and amusing tricks and puzzles which will delight children from 6 to 8 ¿ and well beyond.

A terrific travel-sized Where¿s Wally? activity book, with searches, mazes, puzzles, spot-the-differences and travel games - the ultimate holiday companion.Wally and the gang are heading off on their holidays! Wally wants to clown around, Woof heads off on a safari adventure, Wenda explores the sights, Wizard Whitebeard travels through magical lands and Odlaw sneaks around spying. Includes instructions for travel games to play with your friends and family at the end of each character-led section, plus game cards and an awesome poster!Whether yoüre adventuring near or far, this is the ultimate holiday companion.

Discover the great outdoors with this beautifully illustrated treasury that celebrates the wonder of nature in four glorious seasons.From vibrant springtime flowers to sweet fruits on summer trees, the falling of autumn leaves and snowdrops in winter, this book of four seasons is the perfect introduction to the big outdoors.Discover why birds fly south in winter, find animal footprints in the snow and learn to make the perfect snowflake; grow a sunflower, find a feather and make a daisy chain. Full of activities, poetry and fun facts to explore, this bumper book is jam-packed with amazing things to see and do outdoors ¿ the perfect gift for every season.

Look at Poojo go! This adorable dog was born without back legs, but that¿s OK ¿ because Poojo's got wheels.What a good dog Poojo is! He¿s a great friend to everyone and everything (pigeons and scooters included). He¿s creative and clever (how many other dogs can pop a wheelie?). And he definitely is fast ¿ look at him chasing that squirrel, or leading his doggie pals in a race through the park! There¿s no stopping this joyful pup, even when he¿s briefly faced with a flat tyre. Poojo can do anything! Inspired by a dog in her neighbourhood, debut author-illustrator Charrow spins a sweet and empowering story of a lovable, determined pup who entered the world with two legs ¿ but with the help of some wheels accomplishes whatever he sets his mind to.