Children's / Teenage fiction: Short stories

An illustrated gift collection of poetry and stories celebrating trees, and their importance to us and the natural world. Written by author and national treasure Sir Michael Morpurgo and illustrated throughout by award-winning artist Yuval Zommer, this is a joyful treasure trove to dip into time ...

Henry adores scary stories and ghoulish goings-on. Here are six of his most terrible tales about mummies, monsters and more! An irresistible introduction to reading for pleasure, with six illustrated stories plus a joke and activity section.

Britain's national treasure Michael Rosen delivers a silly, mind-fizzing collection of heartwarming true tales perfect for bedtime. These totally true (and very silly) stories are the perfect bedtime reading, either to share together or for newly confident readers to read alone.

Sometimes life isn't fair for Mabel Chase. Like for instance she always comes last at sports day, even though it's not her fault. And her family haven't taken her to one single dog show. And she never gets a good part in the school play. But none of that matters in the end - because Mabel is stil...

A rich mix of folk tales and real stories about London families, told by professional storytellers.

Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns. Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only...

Short story collections.

Short stories.

Take part in the heroic rescue of a fishing boat in trouble, meet a boy who makes an extraordinary discovery in the vegetable patch, and find out how a farm cat forms a very special connection with a young Ukrainian girl. These three uplifting stories capture the wonder, muck and magic of a city ...

'Just Annoying!' places Andy in hilarious situations like setting a new speed record by swinging on the clothes line, being terrorised by a garden gnome and having his imaginary friends taking on a life of their own.