Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories

Meet the Burpee Bears! For this modern-day bear family, every day is a new day: a day for adventure and discovery, and true to Joe Wick's ethos, each book in the series will be begin and end with an illustrated warm-up and wind-down exercise routine - perfect for energetic little bears everywhere!

Bob the water beetle lives all alone. So how can he get a hug? He sets off to make friends. But getting a hug isn't as easy as he'd hoped.

Bob the water beetle lives all alone. So how can he get a hug? He sets off to make friends. But getting a hug isn't as easy as he'd hoped.

Mr Buxton is always having a go at Miles and his friends for climbing the trees outside their tower block. Miles thinks he's just a grumpy old man but when he finds a lost little budgie, Miles also discovers that he and Mr Buxton have more in common than he could ever have imagined.

Buddy would do absolutely anything to protect his human, Noah. So when Noah gets into trouble in the water on a trip to the seaside, how can Buddy convince everyone he isn't to blame?

East Prussia, Germany, 1945. War is raging across Europe, and as Russian soldiers close in across eastern Germany, Bruno and his mother must flee if they hope to survive. In the chaos of the attack, Bruno finds himself face to face with a huge black dog. He knows what she is - a weapon, strapped ...

Push, pull and slide the tabs to go on an adventure in the jungle! Discover sleepy sloths, tigers on the prowl and chattering monkeys as you explore the jungle from top to bottom. Children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book.

With lots to see and heaps to do, in 'Busy Garden' young children can really join in by pushing, pulling and turning the tabs to bring the garden to life. Water the flowers, see how high you can go on the swings and discover the insects who make their home in gardens.

A seasonal novelty board book about Easter chicks, with push, pull, turn and slide mechanisms. Recommended by the Good Toy Guide, this gentle rhyming story, with lots to spot, develops fine motor skills and builds vocabulary for youngsters.

Our heroes discover what conditions lead to sudden forest fires, what is causing the planet to hot up and how they can help stop the fires from raging. These illustrated chapter books are perfect for making fascinating science topics accessible to young readers, inspiring a thirst for knowledge a...