Item category 1: Short Chapter Book

Horrid Henry reads Perfect Peter's diary and improves it. He goes clothes shopping with Mum and tries to make her buy him some Rootatoot trainers. He is horrified when his old enemy Bossy Bill turns up at school. And he tries by any means, fair or foul, to win the class football match and defeat ...

In this story, Horrid Henry makes sure he gets the presents he wants for Christmas, sabotages the school sports, day, runs away from home, and thinks of a brilliant way to get rich quick - by selling off his little brother!

Jane wants a dog but for a long time she has to make do with an imaginary friend called Henry, a Great Dane. Eventually she gets a real live Henry but there's always a suspicion that the old lady Mrs Garrow has had a hand in the whole affair.

Rome's greatest general, Julius Caesar, returns to the city celebrating a glorious victory. But among the cheering crowds a group of conspirators are determined to prevent Caesar becoming king.

A storm has hit the Island and left Amy with a problem - a playful ginger cat who has lost his home and his memory. Amy is determined to look after the mystery cat, but with her family gearing up for the grand opening of their tea room, the last thing she needs is his naughty antics getting her i...

Meet Harriet Houdini, a young rabbit with lots of attitude, as she settles into life with her new family. Soon Harriet finds herself scouted by the producer of hit TV show Superpets and starts her career on the showbiz ladder. From daring backflips to thrilling escape attempts Harriet really is a...

Trixy, Tammy and Trig are three little girl pirates who live aboard the Lucky Lobster with their pets Mullet the dog, Kipper the cat and a parrot called Gulliver. The three little pirates have lots of adventures on the salty seas, but they're about to face their most dangerous mission of all!

Superman, the Man of Steel, defeats aliens and super-villains, and rescues Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. Featuring new stories, with original art by DC illustrators, the books in this series bring the adventures of DC's ultimate hero to a younger readership.

Suitable for children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and complex stories, this title tells the doomed love story of Cathy and Heathcliff as seen through the eyes of a neighbor, Mr Lockwood, and the old nurse, Nelly Dean.

Get the giggles with Yuck in two special Christmas adventures from the series. The volume features lots of yucky fun for first readers.