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Alex Rider
Access this site for highly classified information on the brilliant teenage MI6 agent Alex Rider.
http://www.alexrider.com

An Awfully Beastly Business
Join the RSPCB....Werewolves, dragons, giants feature in this great new series!
http://series.simonandschuster.co.uk/An-Awfully-Beastly-Business

Asterix
Visit the Virtual Village, send e-cards, find out all about Asterix.
http://www.asterix.com/

Barnaby Grimes
Barnaby's a tick tock boy - a highstacker. He delivers goods the quick way, across the rooftops, leaping from gutter to gable, roof to roof. Great website with games.
http://www.stewartandriddell.co.uk/barnaby/index.php

Captain Underpants
Learn all about the Captain Underpants series, plus go to Fun Stuff for amazing downloadable activity sheets - learn how to draw the Captain himself, colouring in and more.
https://pilkey.com/series/captain-underpants

Charlie and Lola
Have lots of fun with Charlie and Lola, playing games, sending e-cards and finding out about the books and TV programmes.
http://www.charlieandlola.com/

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again
Find out all about Frank Cottrell Boyce's sequel to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by visiting this fab website!
http://uk.chittyfliesagain.com/

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Find out all about this popular new series and its author, Jeff Kinney.
http://www.wimpykid.com/

Fun With Humphrey
A great website about Humphrey the Hamster featuring pet pictures, news, downloads and games!
http://www.bettybirney.com/funstuff.html

Gruffalo
Lots of fun things to do, quizzes and downloads. All the latest news about the Gruffalo.
http://www.gruffalo.com

Hidden Goblins
Find out about the books by David Melling, including Goblins and Knight in training, and many more. View the books and follow his blog.
http://www.hiddengoblins.co.uk/

Horrid Henry
The site we have all been waiting for and Horrid Henry is being just as horrid as usual!
http://www.horridhenry.co.uk

Hugless Douglas
Includes author details, stories, video, books'send a hug' and fun stuff too.
http://www.huglessdouglas.co.uk/books.html

Humphreys Corner
Find out all about Humphrey, his family and his stories. Lovely illustrations.
http://www.humphreys-corner.com

Jane Blonde
Check out Jane's sensational spy tips, play the game and see if you can be a spylet too!
http://jillmarshallbooks.weebly.com/janeblonde.html

Jimmy Coates
Latest info on Jimmy Coates, part spy, part human, part terminator! With inside information on the books, the plot, the author and more...
http://www.jimmycoates.co.uk/

Judy Moody
Find out who's who, join the fan club and do some way-not-boring fun stuff!
http://www.judymoody.com

Lemony Snicket
Find out (if you must) about the afflicted author and read extracts from his unfortunate books. Also includes games, news and seek advice from Lemony Snicket.
http://www.lemonysnicket.com

Mr Gum
Find out about Mr Gum and his author, have fun and games and enter the competition.
http://www.mrgum.co.uk/

Nina Fairy Ballerina
Lots more fairy fun for fairy fans - here is Nina and the chance to re-style her. (Will need to login to site)
http://www.gahe.com/s/Nina-Fairy-Ballerina-Dress-Up-games

Oliver Moon, Junior Wizard
Downloads, colouring sheets and fun facts about that young wizard, Oliver Moon.
http://www.suemongredien.co.uk/

Percy Jackson
Half boy, half god and all hero! Find out about this great series.
https://rickriordan.com/series/percy-jackson-and-the-olympians/

Pokemon
The official website of the computer game. Games, cartoons, news, films and picture gallery.
http://www.pokemon.com

Rainbow Magic
Learn all about the Rainbow Magic Books, plus find your fairy and download amazing activity sheets and challenges.
https://orchardseriesbooks.co.uk/rainbow-magic/

Redwall
Check here for the latest on the Redwall and Brian Jacques.
http://www.redwallabbey.com/

S.W.I.T.C.H.
Meet the characters, find out about the bugs and some great games to play on this fantastic website celebrating the new series by Ali Sparkes
http://www.alisparkes.com/

Scream Street
Learn all about Scream Street and its unusual residents. Read short stories and subscribe to the Terror Times for the latest news!
http://www.screamstreet.co.uk/

Sequels - children's book series
Every wondered which order a series was written in or are you dying to find out what the next Alex Rider or Rainbow Fairy is? Here are the answers!
http://www.childrensbooksequels.co.uk/

Sesame Seade Mysteries
A series of Mystery adventures of Sesame Seade who finds lots of mysteries to solve in Cambridge. Written by the young french author Clementine Beauvais.
http://sesameseade.com/thebooks.html

Silverfin
Find out more about James Bond's school days thanks to Charlie Higson who has written Silverfin the first in a series of five books. Help James escape Hellebore's lab on this interactive website.
http://www.youngbond.com

Skulduggery Pleasant
Join Mr Bliss's Munchkin Army and help defend the world from the Faceless Ones and their disciples!
http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/

Super Soccer Boy
Check out the latest footie facts, brain benders and quizzes and find out about this fantastic series of books
http://www.supersoccerboy.com/

The Brilliant World of Tom Gates
Be sure to check out this hilarious blog from the popular book character!
http://www8.scholastic.co.uk/tomgatesworld/my-world/

Treasure Island
Treasure Island written by R L Stevenson. This site has information about the book and author, plot and character, as well as things to do.
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure

Vampirates
A web site which enhances the Vampirates series by Justin Somper. Books characters, and downloads a plenty 'me hearties!'
http://www.vampirates.co.uk/

Young Samurai and Bodyguard
Chris Bradford's series of novels, includes, tweets, books, media, events resources and author biog.
http://www.chrisbradford.co.uk/about.html

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