Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories

We all know what happens in fairy tales. Little Red Riding Hood meets a wolf. Cinderella loses a slipper. This series lets children tell their favourite tales their own way. Follow Little Red Riding Hood through the path (which path will you choose?) in the woods. Decide what she has in her baske...

This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills.

'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...

A North American tale in which a little turtle needs to get back to the river. '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 bee...

Socks the little wolf cub loves to explore his woodland home - when it's still bright outside. But when Socks spies a mysterious figure in a red cloak, he follows her deep into the woods. Will his new friend help Socks to conquer his fear of the dark before bedtime?

Amy and Liam Bell have been packed off to stay at Gran's house in the wilds of Connemara for the summer. Out for a walk on the first morning of their holiday, they trace the flight of a hawk to a nearby waterfall - only to watch the bird disappear through it. Intrigued, the children follow and so...

When Jason, Piper and Leo crash land at Camp Half-Blood, they have no idea what to expect. Apparently this is the only safe place for children of the Greek Gods - despite the monsters roaming the woods and demigods practising archery with flaming arrows and explosives.

It's been five years since Wendy and her two brothers went missing in the woods, but when the town's children start to disappear, the questions surrounding her brothers' mysterious circumstances are brought back into the light. Attempting to flee her past, Wendy almost runs over an unconscious bo...

A Japanese tale in which a tinker buys a magic kettle. Will it bring him luck? This story is part of the 'Reading Champion' series - carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills.

This 'Read It Yourself' version of 'The Magic Porridge Pot' is 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.