Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories

Jo Kwan is a teenager growing up in 1980s Coventry with her annoying little sister, too-cool older brother, a series of very unlucky pets and utterly bonkers parents. But unlike the other kids at her new school or her posh cousins, Jo lives above her parents' Chinese takeaway. And things can be t...

The Burpee Bears are always ready, steady for a fun family adventure - especially at Christmas time! While they count down the days until Granny Bear visits, the little bears enjoy building a snow bear, making snow angels and going ice skating together. But on Christmas Day, there is so much snow...

Christmas is joy that is overflowing. It's sparkling eyes and faces glowing. Christmas is sharing the laughter and fun and being with family, old and young. Christmas is peace, stars twinkling above. A night of sweet dreams and a heart full of love. This is Emma Dodd's joyful celebration of this ...

Christmas is joy that is overflowing. It's sparkling eyes and faces glowing. Christmas is sharing the laughter and fun And being with family, old and young. Christmas is peace, stars twinkling above. A night of sweet dreams and a heart full of love. Emma Dodd's joyful celebration of this wonderfu...

Rowan starts to embrace her gifts as a magical wildsmith who heals and speaks to animals. But saving a young pegasus brings difficult decisions. Danger comes closer than ever, threatening her family and even Rowan's own life. When she is betrayed, which friends can she trust? With her family divi...

Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother ...

Wings? Check. A super-cool, super-secret past? Check. An impossible mission to save the world from a super evil enemy? Check. When Tunde's parents take him to a top-secret testing facility called The Complex, he's nervous about meeting others like him who have super powers. But trying to make new...

Poor Stacey. She just moved to a new town, is still coming to terms with her diabetes, and is facing baby-sitting problems left and right. Fortunately, Stacey has three new friends - Kristy, Claudia, and Mary Anne. Together they're 'The 'Baby-sitters Club' - and they will deal with whatever's thr...

Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, and Stacey are best friends and founding members of The Babysitters Club. Whatever comes up - cranky toddlers, huge dogs, scary neighbours, prank calls - you can count on them to save the day. Claudia has always been the most creative kid in her class - until Ashley Wy...

Buckle up for an always exciting (and sometimes surprising) road trip through the American South with Scoob, an eleven-year-old boy who is about to discover that things aren't always what they seem - his Grandma included.