Fiction 5+

When Sidney spots a wishing well in the long grass on his way to school, he thinks he might have found the answer to the problems he's having with his friend Billy. If he can just wish for exactly the right thing, then surely Billy will want to be friends with him again? But as Sidney makes his w...

Best friends Sidney and Carrie are really excited about having a joint birthday party! But excitement turns to disappointment when they can't agree about the invitations, the entertainment or even the kind of cake they'd like to have. Will the birthday party be a disaster or can the two friends f...

Ben is the new fish in class and introduces everyone to his friend Stan. But no one can see Stan, so they think he is imaginary. Ben keeps insisting Stan is just shy but the other fish think otherwise. When they all play a game of hide and seek, it seems that Tom, one of the fish, thinks he has w...

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). 'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce...

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). When Bindi has to take something to school for 'Show and Tell', Dad has a brilliant idea -...

Prem crashes on a little red planet. She is shipwrecked! Prem is all alone. Or is she?

Sadness has come to live with me and I am building it a shelter. I am building a shelter for my sadness and welcoming it inside. A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness, a safe space where Sadness is welcome, where it can curl up small, or be as big as it can be, where it can be noisy or qu...

Sadness has come to live with me and I am building it a shelter. I am building a shelter for my sadness and welcoming it inside. A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness, a safe space where Sadness is welcome, where it can curl up small, or be as big as it can be, where it can be noisy or qu...

William the lamb is cast out of Sheep School due to his constant singing and dancing. But when the whole flock comes under threat from the Big Bad Wolf, it's William's artistic talents that save the day.

Oh no, there's a shark in the park! Or is there? This entertaining story for beginner readers has simple rhyming text and colourful illustrations by Stephen Cartwright - and you can also listen to the story online. A delight to share with young children, or for beginner readers to read themselves...