Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy & magical realism

Discover a whole new world of dragons in this beautifully illustrated book on the scaliest of magical creatures. From every detail of their wings to the history of their treasure, you'll learn about famous dragons from around the world. The latest research into dragon culture will be revealed, an...

Discover a whole new world of dragons in this beautifully illustrated book on the scaliest of magical creatures. From every detail of their wings to the history of their treasure, you'll learn about famous dragons from around the world. The latest research into dragon culture will be revealed, an...

A magical collection of short stories from double Carnegie Medal winner Margaret Mahy. A wizard's house with coloured windows that look into worlds of treetops and deserts, cloud-castles and diamonds. Two riddles that, once solved, will stop Shock Forest from burning. A flute-playing bear and a b...

Geraldine McCaughrean's best-loved novels all have an historical theme and her passion for history is evident in this collection of gripping short stories. Each of these five tales is set in the past at a moment of scientific or historical significance.

It's holiday time in Enchanted Valley! Best friends Emily and Aisha are delighted when they're whisked away for a magical trip to Holiday Island with Sparklebeam the Holiday Unicorn. But when the evil unicorn Selena steals Sparklebeam's lockets, everything starts to go wrong: the ocean's waves ar...

From fairies hiding in flowers to toy trains having a secret meeting, this fun collection is filled with magic, mischief and more! These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length ...

'Stories From Moominvalley' is a beautiful collection of three classic Moomin stories, based on Tove Jansson's original works. Join Moomintroll, his charming family and his eclectic band of friends on a series of adventures in a picturesque land where anything can happen: a father can be washed a...

Meet the magical, mystical, and miraculous! This visual guide is not for the fainthearted, bringing you up against fire-breathing dragons, shapeshifting beasts, and much more. How do you create a chimera? Can you spot a kappa from a kraken? Why do banshees scream at night? And where do real drago...

Join best friends Emily and Aisha for a springtime adventure in a secret world full of unicorns, magic and friendship. This bumper special features three stories in one. Journey with them to the wonderful land of Enchanted Valley, where the beautiful Queen Aurora rules kindly over the unicorns an...

Journey into the Hinterland, where every page tells a wondrously terrible adventure. In this brutal and beautiful world a young woman spends a night with Death, brides are wed to a mysterious house in the trees, and an enchantress is killed twice - and still lives. But it's not safe inside these ...