Item category 1: Short Chapter Book

When ordinary boy Marvin wears his super-suit he becomes MARV. A superhero with infinite powers. In this story, the Duck of Doom, manned by new super villain Professor Feather 2.0, crashes into the park intent on destruction. It's time for Marvin to become a superhero - the invincible, unstoppabl...

Meet Mirabelle Starspell. Her mum is a witch, her dad is a fairy and she is a bit of both. She likes casting spells with her fairy wand and flying around on her witchy broomstick, but most of all the thing she really, really likes to do is cause mischief. When Mirabelle and her family are invited...

Mirabelle is special because she is different. Her mum is a witch and her dad is a fairy and she loves getting up to magical mischief. In the hustle and bustle of Witch City, Mirabelle and best friend Carlotta get separated from their school group. What are they going to do? Make mischief, of cou...

Billy's feeling nervous about the village Easter Hat Parade. The Mini Monsters have made him an ENORMOUS hat and he wants to wear it to make them happy, but he doesn't want everyone looking at him. But then something happens to make Billy realize there are even more important things to think abou...

The summer holidays are OVER! Billy is going back to school and he wishes he wasn't. There's so much to worry about - his ENORMOUS uniform, his terrible pencil case, the not-very-friendly-new-boy. But along come the Mini Monsters to show Billy that even when things go wrong, he has the power to m...

Hello! It's me, Ruby Thumb. Me and my dad have loads of amazing adventures in Dinotropolis - an incredible island, full of dinosaurs who live just like us humans do. And when we go there using our special magic Ammonite shell, we turn into dinosaurs too! I can't wait to tell you all about our nex...

Best friends Alice and Leo love making things, and they're never happier than when they're working together in Leo's garden shed, which they've turned into an arts and crafts studio. One day they're transported to a miniature world where magical creatures - the Pixies and Glitterbugs - use their ...

Preeti the Prom Fairy makes sure that every prom goes to plan, but when Jack Frost and his naughty goblins steal her magical objects, school celebrations everywhere start to go wrong. Can Rachel, Kirsty, Gracie and Khadijah help Preeti save the night from disaster?

The Princess in Black may know how to handle all kinds of monsters, but a kitten set on destruction? Me-OW! Duchess Wigtower had heard that pets are fun, but all her kitten has gotten her is nine lives' worth of problems. Eeeeek! It's time for someone else to deal with this catastrophe. Princess ...

This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). Galan does not like visiting the Roman fort of Vindolanda to sell his fruit. The soldiers ...