Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories

Claude and Sir Bobblysock just happen to wander accidentally into the royal palace on a very special day indeed - the Queen's birthday! Unfortunately the royal nanny, Nanny Stern-Bloomers, has had to take herself off for a lie-down and there's no one to make sure the royal children stay neat and ...

When Clyde the Bear decides to ditch his safe and peaceful life in Cubville and head off for the mean streets of Grizzly City he learns, with the help of a reformed juvenile delinquent butterfly, the Bad Life isn't always so great, and there's something to be said for helping your friends and fam...

'Usborne Phonics Readers' make learning phonics fun. Each title introduces beginner readers to a wide variety of phonemes in a lively, rhyming tale.

A fun farmyard rhyming book about Colin the cockerel who couldn't tell the time. With help from his farmyard friends will he ever get the time right?

Welcome to Puppy Club! Join Jaya, Willow, Daniel, Elsa, Milo and Harper as they all navigate the ups and downs of life with a brand-new puppy! Elsa loves her gorgeous puppy Coco but her family's two cats aren't so welcoming. They chase the terrified pup all over the house! And to make things wors...

1940. Britain is at war with Nazi Germany. 11-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo. And there's one animal in particular he loves: Gertrude the gorilla. With bombs falling all over London, Eric must rescue Gertrude. Together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper...

1940. Britain is at war with Nazi Germany. 11-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo. And there's one animal in particular he loves: Gertrude the gorilla. With bombs falling all over London, Eric must rescue Gertrude. Together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper...

The Squirrels are painting in Duggee's favourite colouring book today, but they don't have all the colours they want. Can Duggee show them how to mix different colours together to create new ones?

When Aunty Hess opens a riding school for the summer, Issie & her pony-club friends go along to help out. Issie gets to know Comet, a naughty but talented pony with real showjumping promise. But can she train him in time to compete at the Horse of the Year show?

Cow is putting on a magic show for her friends and is trying to produce the ever-elusive rabbit from various places. Each spread features a half page which, when turned, reveals how the trick has gone wrong. Cow, of course, eventually perfects the trick.