Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories

A retelling of the classic nursery rhyme. Join the charming woodland animals as a twinkly star guides them home to bed.

Two little dicky birds are sitting on a wall until they fly away - will they come back?

Two little dicky birds are sitting on a wall until they fly away - will they come back?

'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ab...

This 'Read It Yourself' version of 'The Ugly Duckling' is a level 1 title and so suitable for children who are beginning to learn to read. The story is told simply, using short sentences and a small number of frequently repeated words.

What if Wonderland was in peril and Alice was very late? Eighteen-year-old Alice is very different to the other ladies in Kexford. She enjoys spending afternoons with her trusty camera, while ignoring pressure from her sister to become a 'respectable' member of society. But when the familiar face...

'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, enco...

Twelve-year-old Jess and Jude live a dream life on a yacht, sailing from one exotic destination to the next with their guardian, Captain Gabe Carter. But when Gabe vanishes one night after an argument with a stranger, the twins are left alone, facing an incoming storm and an unknown enemy. Surviv...

In this Japanese traditional tale, a little white hare longs to see the world, and he wants to trick a crocodile into helping him.

Silverthorne is a place of secrets. A forest of twisting paths and tangled thorns. A castle with locked towers and whispers of tragedy. A village trapped between terrors known and unknown. But something is stirring in the leaves. Wild Rose, raised by wolves, refuses to live hidden within the conf...