Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories

A retelling of the favourite Irish fairytale 'The Children of Lir'. Aife marries Lir, a chieftain with four children by his previous wife. Jealous of his affection for his children, the witch Aife turns them into swans for 900 years. Retold through the voice of Aife, 'Savage Her Reply' is unsettl...

Traditional Scottish tales of magic and shape-shifting in a wonderful illustrated storybook.

Though Skylar's old friends felt sorry for her, they were too afraid to talk to her. Yakov's old friends were far away, blown across continents by war. Skylar is longing for the grandfather she had before his stroke and trying to survive the school bully when she meets Yakov. He is just desperate...

Having woken the sleeping prince, Briar Rose, Fi and Shane still have a curse to break, and a terrifying foe to face: the Spindle Witch. If they can defeat her, the land of Andar will be free again. The three journey to the secret city of Everlynd, and all the while Fi is fighting her feelings fo...

Years ago, Mr Wolf would dress up as a sheep and try to be their worst friend but now, the sheep's clothing is far too small for him, so he'll have to find new ways to get his dinner. A hilarious herd of sheep are constantly one step behind Mr Wolf, until he takes one step too far.

This 'Read It Yourself' version of 'Sleeping Beauty' is a level 2 title and so suitable for children who can read short, simple sentences with help. The story is told simply, with frequent repetition of the main story words and phrases.

This is a beautiful billingual English-Polish edition of 'Sleeping Beauty'. An accessible introduction to modern languages, these billingual readers introduce the best loved fairy tales with parallel text in English and Polish. Stories are told in approximately 400 words and are supported by mode...

This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). 'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce...

The classic fairy tale. When the evil queen's magic mirror says Snow White is the fairest in the land, Snow White is sent to the forest. There she finds the seven dwarfs, who promise to look after her.

One of the world's greatest fairy tales is re-told in a graphic-novel format. Once upon a time, an evil queen possessed a powerful mirror. It spoke only the truth, which often pleased the queen. But when the mirror reveals that the queen is no longer the fairest lady in the land, her heart grows ...