Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories

There's more to a crocodile than its scaly skin and scary teeth - they stay cool under pressure (in part because they can't sweat) and on a rainy day, they love nothing more than a fast game of Snap! This book is packed with humour and rollicking rhymes that young children readily catch on to. It...

Mango and Brash are the InvestiGators: sewer-loving agents of S.U.I.T. and scourge of supervillains everywhere! In their next big adventure, S.U.I.T. headquarters is under attack, and Mango and Brash are going undercover and underground disguised as city sewer workers to unclog a sticky situation...

Everyone is puzzled when a strange package arrives in the nursery. Little Bear is sure that it's full of treasure, but Duck has his doubts. When the box starts to speak, it is clear that something much more exciting is inside.

Jonty the gentoo penguin longs to find his true home at the South Pole. One night, he sneaks out of the zoo and sets off on an amazing adventure, all the way to Antarctica! Children will love cheering Jonty on his way, in this fabulous story by the creators of 'The Gruffalo'.

Watch out! Avalanche! Join Charlie and Archie in another rip-roaring adventure through Charlie's Park! It's winter in the Mountain Zone, and Lottie the snow leopard is about to have her babies - but no one can find her! Can Charlie and Archie get to Lottie before disaster happens?

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. Piggie cannot wait to play her new instrument for Gerald. But is she ready for his reaction? Mo Willems creates another hilarious escapade ...

An upbeat rhyming story about bees and sustainability, ideal for children practising reading at home or in school. Lola is a bee who loves to boogie, but the rest of the hive thinks her dancing is silly. One day, their meadow is mowed and the bees must go in search of new nectar. Luckily, Lola's ...

'Lost' is the story of a polar bear who finds himself lost, in a big concrete city. He politely asks the city folk for help but everyone is much too busy and impatient to help the newcomer. He finds himself travelling on the subway only to be noticed, finally by a little girl. The girl takes the ...

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...