Children's / Teenage fiction: Short stories

Here is a collection of short stories about our favourite fluffy friends, from national treasure Enid Blyton. Enjoy 30 charming tales about cats, dogs, budgies, rabbits and other adored family pets in this fantastic new bumper collection.

Ellen gets a shock when her double appears out of the bathroom mirror - and Mirror-Belle is a double with a difference! She is a princess, and a very mischievous one at that.

'Princess Mirror-Belle and the Magic Shoes' contains five delightful stories that children will come back to again and again. Ellen's life is turned upside down by the hilarious Mirror-Belle, a spirited princess who claims to be from somewhere mysterious and far away. She appears out of mirrors t...

From Julia Donaldson, the bestselling author of 'The Gruffalo', comes 'Princess Mirror-Belle and the Magic Shoes'. Illustrated by Lydia Monks, the book contains five stories that children will come back to again and again. Ellen's life is turned upside down by the hilarious Mirror-Belle, a spirit...

Join in the fun with these three funny, festive stories about Father Christmas and his bonkers family - nothing goes to plan when the Christmases are about! Perfect for newly confident readers or for the family to enjoy together, Sue Mongredien's 'The Real Family Christmas', featuring gorgeous il...

A collection of original stories from today's bestselling children's authors, re-imagining Lewis Carroll's Wonderland.

What is rewilding? It means bringing wildlife back to the places it once thrived. Humans have been polluting the Earth and damaging wildlife for many centuries. Now, it's time to let our world heal. We can do this by helping some of the animals that have been left behind. In this book you'll disc...

Rainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true. In her first short story collection 'Scattered Showers', she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories.

As a result of their mother's honeymoon wish, Mark and Harriet Armitage have a fairy godmother, a pet unicorn, and are prepared for anything life can throw at them (especially, but not always, on a Monday): hatching griffins in the airing cupboard, Latin lessons with a ghost, furious Furies on th...

A collection of spine-chilling tales by Joan Aiken, author of 'The Wolves of Willoughby Chase'. From a mysterious traveller who leaves an injured horse with a stranger, to a garden plant that slowly creeps into a house during a thunderstorm and a man who comes across two angry forces in the middl...