Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories

In 'The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg' it is man's greed that leads him to kill the goose that gave him his wealth. In the Jataka fable of 'The Tortoise and the Geese' Tortoise never stops talking. When his friends, the Goose Brothers, leave to fly South Tortoise wants to join them but to do so ...

Join the Gruffalo and all your favourite picture book characters in this search-and-find activity book. With 17 super scenes to search and over 120 things to spot! Explore the deep dark wood with the gruffalo, escape a hungry dragon with the witch, and journey around the world with the snail and ...

It's Christmas in the world wide waters! Narwhal is spreading his trademark good cheer and warm waffles, but also news of the amazing Merry Mermicorn, part mermaid, part unicorn. Jelly isn't feeling the festive spirit - or excitement about the mermicorn - quite as much until he receives a mysteri...

'Happy Stories for Animal Lovers' is a collection of uplifting animal conservation tales to delight and inspire young readers.

The monkey is swinging through the trees, a pretty butterfly is fluttering in the sky and a deer is racing through the trees. Can you trace each felt pattern? Gently rhyming text explores different animals and how they like to move, in this delightful board book. A felt layer between each page, e...

Who will you find in the woods today? Take a wonderful woodland walk and guess the animals hiding under peek-through flaps. Toddlers will love exploring the forest through each season, finding all the hidden animals, and listening to the fun rhyme.

Roll up! Roll up! And meet the incredible, the colossal, the world-famous Jumbo! Our story begins in 1860, in the mountains of East Africa, where a baby elephant struggles to his feet and takes his first shaky steps. This is the deeply touching story of an elephant who captured the world's imagin...

Mowgli, the wolf-child, is famous around the world. Read Kipling's original story and meet beloved characters such as Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther and Shere Khan the tiger. Follow Mowgli as he tries to discover where he belongs. Plus, become immersed in Kipling's other jungle stories; mee...

Take part in the heroic rescue of a fishing boat in trouble, meet a boy who makes an extraordinary discovery in the vegetable patch, and find out how a farm cat forms a very special connection with a young Ukrainian girl. These three uplifting stories capture the wonder, muck and magic of a city ...

Toddlers will love lifting the flaps to discover five different endangered animals in their natural habitats. With a special fold-out ending that shows what a difference conservation has made to whales, 'Look After Us' has a positive message about how to look after our world and the animals that ...