Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories

Marnie is having so much fun at Minibeast Academy, a school for bugs tucked into an ancient tree at the bottom of the museum gardens. And it's time for something really exciting - the Great Critter Quest! The Great Critter Quest is a super-tricky competition held each year. Minibug students form ...

Michael is desperate to be a su-paw-star! His newfound talent of mind-reading might be his ticket to Hollywoof, as soon as he can convince the talent show judges that he and his assistant Stanley Big Dog have what it takes. But when they reach Hollywoof, it's not as simple a life as Michael had d...

In this enchantingly illustrated, almost wordless picture book, a story of courage and creativity unfolds when a girl who is afraid of the dark meets a magical moon bear who is afraid of the light.

The elephants want to trick Elmer into thinking they've forgotten his birthday. There's only one problem with the joke they're playing - it's not actually Elmer's birthday at all. Elmer's friends keep trying to warn them but they won't listen!

Little Red Riding Hood - who is not-so-little anymore! - is riding her pony through the woods to visit Granny for a picnic and a surprise. Now that she is bigger, she feels much braver than the last time she went. Until - what was that? Was it the Big Bad Wolf?

October and her dad live in the woods. They sleep in the house Dad built for them and eat the food they grow in the vegetable patches. They know the trees and the rocks and the lake and stars like best friends. They read the books they buy in town again and again until the pages are soft and yell...

After Otto invites one of his friends to share his comfy basket, word quickly spreads around the neighbourhood. Soon he's sharing his cosy bed with all the dogs in the area, even taking in the local strays! Before he knows it, everyone is having the best sleep in his beloved basket: everyone, but...

Who's that flying in the sky? It's SuperOwl! She comes to the rescue, time and again, but is everything quite as it seems? A funny rhyming story, specially written to develop phonemic awareness, starring quirky characters and illustrations. With free online audio to listen to the story.

Antarctic penguins Pablo and Splash are polar opposites and besties for life. Pablo is a home-bird and a careful planner. Splash is easily bored and hungry for adventure. Sick to her flippers of the harsh, freezing weather, Splash persuades Pablo to go on a holiday with her. But far from the luxu...

Pebble the pony lives on a wild and lonely moor. He loves the holidaymakers who come up from the town - especially when they bring picnics and feed him their leftovers! One day, Pebble makes up his mind to see the town for himself, but when he gets there, he finds it's not such a wonderful place ...