Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories

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). Original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has...

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). Original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has...

Being stuck in an eternal summer is not fun. Especially when you're Jack Frost's daughter. Owl's friend Alberic - who also happens to be the Earl of Autumn's son - is missing. Determined to find him and end the perpetual summer, Owl and her best friend Mallory embark on an adventure that will tak...

Garion did not believe in the storyteller's tale of magic doom. Brought up on a quiet farm, how could he know what was in store for him? For a while his dreams of innocence were safe, untroubled by knowledge of his strange heritage.

The iconic song is now a picture book! Celebrate fifty years of Cat Stevens' timeless anthem with this joyfully illustrated picture book filled with hope, love, and the celebration of all cultures and identities.

Prince Pete isn't ready for marriage - he's only 11! And this peculiar business with the pea is the daftest thing he's ever heard. Mother reckons she can find him the perfect royal bride and thinks the pea is one true test. But when scruffy-looking Patsy comes along, claiming to be a princess, Mo...

Who could tell the original stories of the gods of Olympus better than a modern-day demigod? In this whirlwind tour of Greek mythology, Percy Jackson gives his personal take on the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and reveals the truth about how they came to rule the world.

Demigod Percy Jackson tells the stories of twelve of the original Greek heroes in all their gory, bloodthirsty glory. Want to know who cut off Medusa's head? Which hero was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus, the winged horse? Percy has all the answers.

Peter's grandfather warns him about a wolf that lives in the dark forest. What happens when Peter goes to play in the meadow?

Twelve-year-old Pinch Perkins lives on Tricky Dragon Lane, deep in the heart of London's magical quarter. But when her mum is struck by a curse, and nobody seems to have a clue what to do, Pinch knows it's down to her to find a cure. Racing the clock on Midsummer's Eve, Pinch will face the terrif...