Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories

Help Little Chick look for Mummy Hen. Lift the felt flaps to see where she is. Which other animals will you find hiding underneath? Perfect for babies, this board book develops the senses, and builds fine motor skills.

Long, long ago, kangaroos were short and stumpy. So how did they end up so tall and jumpy? Find out in this picture book, adapted especially for little children from one of Rudyard Kipling's delightful 'Just So' stories.

Rushy Bay was forbidden territory to Gracie and Daniel. And not just because of the currents; the Birdman lived there. Gracie brings the curse of Samson Island on her own family. It is only the Birdman who can avert the tragedy.

Ever since Jack's dad died, he's had a heavy feeling inside. The pressure keeps building. Looking for release, he starts skiving school and hanging around with a group who like to cause trouble. It's easy to hide his new habits from his mum, an environmental anthropologist, because she's too busy...

In a beautiful, green, wild wild wood lives a gentle mole. But then a 'sold' sign appears in the wood one morning, and Mole decides to write a firmly worded letter to Barry Bristlethwaite of Burnum Buildem Real Estate: their home is not for sale! But when diggers arrive the next morning, Mole and...

Ellie misses spending time with her mum watching the hares play on the common by their house. So when she finds an injured young hare in need of help, will it be her chance to feel close to her mum again?

Will Jakeman is an extraordinary inventor, perhaps the best there has ever been! People come from far and wide to buy his 'Mechanimals' - incredible machines that come to life and perform all sorts of amazing tasks. For example, Steel-Skull the gorilla, perfect for dealing with bullies, and The A...

Bush Baby is so lonely - nobody wants to be her friend. Giraffe thinks she's too small. She's not pink enough for Flamingo. They just can't they see past how she looks. Lion, however, thinks she is just right to be his friend. And he'd never be so rude as to eat a friend. Is Bush Baby very brave,...

Bush Baby is so lonely - nobody wants to be her friend. Giraffe thinks she's too small. She's not pink enough for Flamingo. They just can't they see past how she looks. Lion, however, thinks she is just right to be his friend. And he'd never be so rude as to eat a friend. Is Bush Baby very brave,...

A world of wonders awaits Mole as he emerges from his little underground home one spring day. He discovers the sights and delights of the river aboard Rat's rowing boat. He ventures into the Wild Wood, home to kindly Badger. In the company of fun-loving Toad, he feels the thrill of the open road....