Item category 1: Short Chapter Book

When Isabel takes a fall while out on a ride, she blames River for her injury. Feeling angry and let down, Isabel refuses to fetch River and go to the Masquerade Ball. The trouble is, while she watches her friends having fun without her, someone else is watching the bond between Isabel and River ...

Norman the Norman is at it again! And this time the Duchess of Normandy is determined that her William should have little Norman helping with his 'Conquest thingy'. After all he is Normandy's bravest broadsword swinging hero! But can Norman even make it to the boat on time? Or are there other adv...

Norman, the Norman from Normandy, loves fighting. He gets up every morning wearing nothing but his chainmail and runs around his bedroom waving his sword, then uses it to chop the top off his boiled eggs.

The 'Boys Rule!' series is written just for boys. Each book is an adventure between two friends, written in dialogue to get even the most reluctant boys reading.

Anna Hibiscus and her family are going to the village with Grandfather. They travel by bus through mangrove swamp and rainforest, through scrubland and rivers, over hills and mountains. When they arrive, everyone stays in Anna's family house, which first belonged to her great-grandmother and grea...

Anna Hibiscus is looking forward to visiting her grandmother in Canada, where she will see snow for the first time! But before she goes, she must find suitable clothes to keep her warm in the cold winter weather, and say goodbye to the family she loves.

Anna Hibiscus lives in amazing Africa with her family in a wonderful house in a beautiful garden in a big city. Join Anna as she sings for the president, gets in a terrible tangle with her hair and visits the other side of the city.

The road through No. 1's village is full of holes. There are no cars for No. 1 to spot and no customers for Mama Coca-Cola's roadside cafe. Mama Coca-Cola tries to get the road fixed but she fails. Grandfather says, 'No. 1, you have a No. 1 brain. Use it to fix the road'. What can a small boy do?...

Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is the number one car spotter in the village - maybe even the world! And he is excited when he learns that a factory is being built in his Nigerian village. There will be jobs for the villagers, including No. 1's father. But strange things begin to happen: the goats bec...

The 'Historical Stories' series presents historical events, facts and people in an enjoyable storyform.