Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories

Unleash your magic. Save your home. A spectacular magical adventure steeped in Arthurian legend. Fablehouse is a children's home like no other. Housed in a crumbling mansion that perches on a cliff and backs on to ancient mysterious woodland, this is the home for many of Britain's Brown Babies, c...

The Queen of Hearts is hosting a baking competition and Fairyland is buzzing with excitement! From Rapunzel to the Three Bears, absolutely everyone is busy baking tasty treats and Kittie is just as busy helping her clients look their best for the big event. Red Riding Hood knows her Granny is sur...

In this Scandinavian traditional tale, a greedy ogre demands the farmer's crops. Can the farmer think of a way to trick him? 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...

Fola Oduwole is your average teen, with a head for numbers, an eye for the camera, but she's heartbroken over her brother Deji's cancer treatment. The last thing she needs is more on her plate. But when she's transported into Folkshore, a hidden part of London, she finds her plate runneth over. T...

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).

Mother Duck's five little ducklings just can't resist swimming off to explore. Find out what they get up to in this charming retelling of the well loved rhyme. Not only perfect for cosy bedtime reading, this story book will also help build very young children's awareness of simple numeracy.

Mother Duck's five little ducklings just can't resist swimming off to explore. Find out what they get up to in this charming retelling of the well loved rhyme. Not only perfect for cosy bedtime reading, this little board book will also help build very young children's awareness of simple numeracy.

At the edge of the woods, there is a great tree. Peep through the branches and you might just see some little people who stand as tall as your thumb and have heads the size of hazelnuts. Sylvia prefers to be alone rather than play noisy games with the other Tree Keepers. But one day, she finds a ...

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). A traditional Aesop fable is retold as the story of Fox and Goose, who try to be friends, ...

Fox just loves playing tricks, but his friends don't always find them funny. Can Stork help Fox to be kind?