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. 

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

Featured Children's Books

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

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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

Jacqueline Wilson

Very Good
£2.00

Young Adult Crossover

For readers ready to level up their next chapter.

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What Our Customers Say

29 Aug 2026

A treasure of a shop

What an incredible find! As a teacher, I always find it hard to update our class reading area and keep within a reasonable price. Often, cheap books are battered and in poor condition, but not here. Thank you so much for helping restock our classroom with exciting new books that the children had asked for! I will definitely be back again for more!

— Lauren O’Donnell

25 Aug 2026

Variety of Books

Arrived quickly in great condition. Children's books I ordered were generally less than £1 and the grown-up fiction books I purchased were only a small percentage of the number of books available. I bought a sweet valley high novel. Hadn't seen them in years. They were a favourite when I was a child.

— Fiona Johnson

15 Jul 2026

Great service

I was so pleased to receive six books very quickly after ordering. They were all in good condition and I am looking forward to reading them

— Jean Skelly

From the Bookshelf

News

Never Miss Your Favourite Author Again

Tell me who you love to read and I'll email you the moment a book of theirs turns up in the shop.

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Blog

Found in a Book: The Things Previous Owners Leave Behind (Part 1)

From a Red Cross bookmark to a Garfield gift tag, these are the unexpected things found tucked inside secondhand books. Part 1 of an ongoing series.

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Blog

How to Tell a First Edition from a Reprint (Without Being a Collector)

Not a collector but curious about an old book? Learn how to spot a first edition from a reprint using the copyright page, number line and a few simple clues.

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