Item category 1: Short Chapter Book

Amy Wild has a secret - she can talk to animals! She and her best friends - a dog, a parrot, and four squabbling cats - love to help out creatures in need. So when a squirrel tells them someone wants to cut down his oak-tree home, they jump into action! Can they come up with a plan to save the tr...

A beautifully illustrated retelling of this favourite African tale. Anansi the spider is a trickster and he will stop at nothing to get Nyame's story box, proving that even the littlest among us can achieve the greatest things. 'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to p...

Ordinary kids with extraordinary powers gather in a secret school to be trained to fight the forces of darkness. Jack, Danny, and Ruby are training for battle with some high-powered fighting robots. But when their opponents go rogue, they soon realise a far deadlier enemy is afoot!

In these stories, a donkey discovers that it's up to him to save Venice from the sea, a boy searching for conkers tries to rescue a half-starved dog, and the demolition of an old barn shows that the birds who nested there were wiser than anyone had imagined.

In the magical land of Friendship Forest, the animals are getting ready for a sports day! But wicked Grizelda wants to spoil everyone's fun. Can best friends Lily and Jess help super-cute kitten Anna Fluffyfoot stop the witch's horrible plans, before the special day is ruined?

Rachel and Kirsty are so excited to meet the Discovery Fairies, who look after some of the most exciting jobs in the world. But when Jack Frost steals Annie the Detective Fairy's magical item, detectives everywhere run out of clues! Can the girls help Annie get it back and help solve mysteries ev...

Tom faces his greatest challenge yet: the legendary first beast, Anoret, has been turned evil by the treacherous witch Kensa. Can Tom defeat an ancient terror before Avantia is ruined?

Antony the ant is tired of being small and wishes he was big enough to be a hero. Then, one day, he climbs to the top of the tallest tree in the jungle and makes an enormous discovery!

This series gives young readers the chance to discover Shakespeare for themselves. Each book includes useful notes on the themes within the stories and a background to the Globe theatre.

Scaredy Pants is an ant who is scared of everything. When his younger sibling gets into a dangerous situation, will Scaredy be able to drum up his courage to save her? Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books.