Fiction 5+

This engaging, eye-catching series makes learning phonics fun. Each story introduces beginner readers to a wide variety of phonemes in a friendly, rhyming tale. Illustrations by Stephen Cartwright bring the stories to life, encouraging young readers to return to them time and time again.

Benji the penguin would like to win the South Pole bowling contest. Unfortunately, his bowling's all over the place and he only manages to hit one of the tenpins! But perhap she's won a different competition, without even realising it?

Adi takes Teddy to the park, but after a few mishaps he doesn't recognise it.

Unique and accessible stories that feature a wide variety of characters from different backgrounds and include beautiful illustrations to inspire and provoke engagement.

There once was a little girl, born a princess. While she was still a young woman, she became a queen, our Queen Elizabeth. Now, seventy years later, her reign as the longest serving female monarch in history has seen her stand steadfast through triumph and tribulation, and through the monumental ...

Every year, a ship with black sails visits the city of Athens. Fourteen young people are chosen to go to the island of Crete, but they never return. One year, prince Theseus is determined to travel with them and defeat the Cretans' fearsome monster, the Minotaur. He is helped by the princess Aria...

Tensions are running high in the scout hut this evening. Things have started to go missing, but who is the thief?

We all know kids who carry a book everywhere they go. Kids who can't stop reading, even if it's long after bedtime. Kids who love nothing more than sitting quietly in the corner, turning page after page. This book is a love letter to all the other kids. The ones who wouldn't dream of asking for a...

Don't read this story. It has gone completely wrong inside. All the pages are mixed up, and the main character is missing. Someone has messed it up. If I were you, I would go and read a normal book.

Thorfinn is a nice, polite young Viking. How will he catch a poisoner who is out to kill the king of Norway?