ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Contemporary & Classic Fiction Crime & Mystery Fantasy Graphic Novels & Comics Browse more Fiction categories
Non-fiction
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Essays, Memoir & Biography Nature & Travel History & Archaeology Science & Technology Browse more Non-fiction categories
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Children's Fiction Children's Non-Fiction Board Books, Picture Books & Activity Books Children's Poetry & Anthologies Browse more Children’s, Teenage & Educational categories
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Giovana Medeiros Illustrator & Author

Peep Inside How a Recycling Truck Works cover

Peep Inside How a Recycling Truck Works

Lara Bryan - Board book

£8.99

Peep Inside How a Helicopter Works cover

Peep Inside How a Helicopter Works

Lara Bryan - Board book

£8.99

First Festivals: Easter cover

First Festivals: Easter

Ladybird - Board book

£5.99

Hero Academy Non-fiction: Oxford Level 1, Lilac Book Band: Get Well Soon! cover

Hero Academy Non-fiction: Oxford Level 1, Lilac Book Band: Get Well Soon!

Selma Knight - Paperback

£4.80

Rock Legends Who Changed the World cover

Rock Legends Who Changed the World

Ashley Marie Mireles - Board book

£6.99

Read Write Inc. Phonics: Beth's chip shop (Green Set 1 Book Bag Book 7) cover

Read Write Inc. Phonics: Beth's chip shop (Green Set 1 Book Bag Book 7)

Adrian Bradbury - Paperback

£5.30

My Family, Your Family cover

My Family, Your Family

Laura Henry-Allain - Hardback

£12.99

The Magic Music Box cover

The Magic Music Box

Katie Dale - Paperback

£6.99

Lia & Luís cover

Lia & Luís

2 authors - Paperback

£6.99

Lia & Luís cover

Lia & Luís

2 authors - Hardback

£14.99

What Makes Our World so Very Special? cover

What Makes Our World so Very Special?

Rachel Moss - Hardback

£10.00

Write Your Own Family History cover

Write Your Own Family History

Jane Bingham - Spiral bound

£12.99