Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories

Long ago, Old Bear (with his scruffy hair and threadbare paws) was packed away in a box and taken up to the attic. And there he stayed until Bramwell Brown remembered him.

An enchanting treasury of teddy bear tales from Jane Hissey's beloved BAFTA award-winning Old Bear and Friends series! This beautifully illustrated compendium of classic picture books features five of Jane Hissey most-loved stories.

Old Macdonald loves his phone: it helps him organise his farm. But when the animals each get one of their own, they are soon on their phones all day - 'Here a tweet, there a chat, WhatsApping the farm cat' - and before they know it, no work is getting done! What can Old Macdonald do? Sing along t...

Old Macdonald loves his phone: it helps him organise his farm. But when the animals each get one of their own, they are soon on their phones all day - 'Here a tweet, there a chat, WhatsApping the farm cat' - and before they know it, no work is getting done! What can Old Macdonald do? Sing along t...

Have you ever wondered why the Mean Old Witch is mean? Or why the Big Bad Wolf is bad? They weren't always that way. The Big Bad Wolf used to be small and sweet. But when a witch was mean to him, everything changed. The Mean Old Witch used to be young and kind, singing to the birds and picking up...

A powerful mother-daughter drama that explores the fault lines between love and control.

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.