Children's Collection

Secondhand Children's Books

Buying secondhand children's books is one of the easiest ways to fill a bookshelf without breaking the budget. Every book here was once loved by someone else, and each one is photographed exactly as it is, so what you see in the listing is what arrives on your doorstep. Browse adventure and mystery classics, fantasy and magic, funny and silly stories, real life and growing up, or young adult crossover. 

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

J K Rowling

The one that started it all, and still the book most people reach for first when they want to give a child something they will actually finish. This copy has the sprayed edges, which look lovely on a shelf, and there is a small red mark on the front cover that I have photographed so you know exactly what you are getting.
£3.00 £2.40 20% off
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mary Lennox arrives at a house full of locked doors and finds a key in the soil, and the whole book grows out of that one moment. It is a quiet sort of magic rather than the wands and spells kind, which makes it a good one for a child who likes a slower story. Clean pages, just a little softening at the cover corners.
£2.50 £2.00 20% off
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

Golden tickets, a chocolate river, and four thoroughly awful children getting exactly what they deserve. This is the 2016 Puffin edition with the gold cover, and it came in only last week. There is a bit of creasing to the spine from being properly read, which I always think is a good sign in a Dahl.
£2.00 £1.60 20% off
Max Magic by Stephen Mulhern
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Max Magic

Stephen Mulhern

A signed copy, which is not something I come across often in children's books. Stephen Mulhern's story about a boy who wants to be the greatest magician in the world has sprayed edges and a bright red cover, so it makes a nice gift without looking secondhand at all. There are a couple of stickers on the front, which I have shown in the photos.
£2.50 £2.00 20% off

UK postage from £2.75. Free UK delivery on all orders over £15.

Adventure & Mystery Classics

60 books

Fantasy & Magic

48 books

Funny & Silly

79 books

Real Life & Growing Up

23 books

Young Adult Crossover

11 books

All Children's Books

379 books

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Adventure & Mystery Classics

Timeless tales for budding explorers and detectives.

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Fantasy & Magic

Dragons, wizards and worlds beyond the wardrobe.

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Funny & Silly

Stories guaranteed to get the giggles going.

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Real Life & Growing Up

Honest, heartfelt stories about the world as it really is.

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Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson

Bad Girls

Jacqueline Wilson

Very Good
£2.00 £1.60 20% off

Young Adult Crossover

For readers ready to level up their next chapter.

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The General by Robert Muchamore

The General

Robert Muchamore

Very Good
£2.00 £1.60 20% off
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