Children's / Teenage general interest: People & places

It's Hennie's birthday, but the Squirrels have forgotten to get her a present. Can Duggee save the day and help the Squirrels surprise Hennie with an amazing gift?

Charlie LOVES to play football. In fact, it is his life. He practises at every opportunity - morning, noon and night - and eventually, all his hard work pays off when he's offered a spot on a Junior Premier League football team. It's a dream come true - and he soon becomes their top scorer! Howev...

Halima is a young Black girl who overcomes her self-doubt, rooted in feeling different from her white friends, and discovers her inner superhero princess. This is an empowering story about inner belief and self-expression from the author of 'I Will Swim Next Time'.

The year is 2507. The oceans have risen. A new dawn of piracy has begun. Jacoby Blunt and Jasmine Peacock are students at the elite Pirate Academy. This is no ordinary school! Lessons range from Knots Class and Sailing to Combat Workshop. The teachers are all pirate legends. The pressure is alway...

Old MacPumpkin had a farm. Eek! Ahh! Eek! Ahh! Ohhh! And on that farm she had - a cat, a bat, a spider, a skeleton, a witch, a ghost and a MONSTER! Old MacPumpkin is too busy taking care of the farm animals to notice, until - Knock! Knock! Who's that at the door?

Martha was raised on her nana's stories. Even if no one else believes them, Martha knows that they're magic. Now those stories are helping Martha hold things together when everything around her is falling apart - out-of-towners moving into her family's old house, her nana's mysterious illness, an...

From school girl to global superstar, this is the story of Taylor Swift's amazing journey to become a pop icon. Find out how a young girl from Pennsylvania grew up to become one of the bestselling music artists of all time.