Fiction 9+

Celebrating all ethnicities, genders and sexualities, this collection of 17 short stories takes new and familiar fairy tales and reimagines them in contemporary and inclusive light. The collection was originally published in Hungary, where the inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters sparked political cont...

Have you ever wanted Christmas to be different? Turkey and carols, presents and crackers - they all start to feel a bit samey. How about a huge exploding mince pie, a pet abominable snowman, or a very helpful partridge in a pear tree? What if Father Christmas went to work at a zoo, or caused chao...

Meet Trumplestiltskin, a vain and gold-obsessed little man who will stop at nothing to become richer and richer. There's Sleeping Brainy, the princess whose only dream is to become Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Gingerbread Kid, who escapes persecution in his home country but struggles to f...

Something strange is happening in the Woods. Cows are being stolen by a weird flying spaceship! Could this be - aliens? Or is it actually Monkey and Skunky up to their usual tricks? Bunny and the gang are going to have to get to the bottom of this.

Long ago, in the frozen Arctic wastes, an alien army landed. Only now, 10,000 years later, it isn't a story. And the army is ready to attack. New York one of the greatest cities on 21st century Earth. But what's going on in the Museum?

When Maya and her classmates are asked to write a creepy story with a winter theme, they come up with some brilliant ideas. Rising floodwaters uncover long-buried bodies and ghostly children take to the ice on a frozen canal. But as each of the stories is read out in class, Maya grows more and mo...

'From Hereabout Hill' is a collection of Michael Morpurgo's short stories. Meet a ghost, enter the horrors of war, engross yourself in a love story, travel to ancient times. Whatever your mood, there's a story to suit.

Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma's house. All she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn't know about his grandma. She was once an international jewel thief and she has been plotting to steal the crown jewels. No...

From a princess who turned into a pirate parrot, to a procession of Father Christmases being chased down Fifth Avenue by a rackety horse and cart; from the ghost of a crusader's dog, to a captured mermaid in a flying machine, there is something for everybody in this enthralling collection.

Some of the best children's authors have come together to bring you this terrifying collection of spine-chilling stories to make you scream, shiver and gasp. Open if you dare!