Children's / Teenage fiction: Short stories

Join Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Carter and Sadie Kane as they do battle with an ancient Egyptian magician determined to become a god. Against impossible odds, the four demigods and magicians team up to prevent the apocalypse.

Horrid Henry loves food, except vegetables! Here are six hilarious stories about food, from the delicious to the disgusting. An irresistible introduction to reading for pleasure, with six stories plus a joke and activity section.

When Maya and her classmates are asked to write a creepy story with a winter theme, they come up with some brilliant ideas. Rising floodwaters uncover long-buried bodies and ghostly children take to the ice on a frozen canal. But as each of the stories is read out in class, Maya grows more and mo...

From a princess who turned into a pirate parrot, to a procession of Father Christmases being chased down Fifth Avenue by a rackety horse and cart; from the ghost of a crusader's dog, to a captured mermaid in a flying machine, there is something for everybody in this enthralling collection.

With an introduction from bestselling author Sharna Jackson, 'Happy Here' features stories and poems by 10 Black British authors for readers aged 7+. Exploring themes of joy, home and family through a wide range of genres and styles, each author has been paired with a different illustrator to spo...

'Happy Stories for Nature Lovers' presents a collection of uplifting narrative non-fiction tales of endangered animals and nature being brought back from the brink.

Some of the best children's authors have come together to bring you this terrifying collection of spine-chilling stories to make you scream, shiver and gasp. Open if you dare!

Irish fairy tales portray a rich and unpredictable world of enchantment and adventure. Witches and shape-changers, beautiful princesses and noble heroes, giants with untold strength and little people who play tricks wherever they go these are some of the characters in the traditional stories of I...

'Just Annoying!' places Andy in hilarious situations like setting a new speed record by swinging on the clothes line, being terrorised by a garden gnome and having his imaginary friends taking on a life of their own.

Take part in the heroic rescue of a fishing boat in trouble, meet a boy who makes an extraordinary discovery in the vegetable patch, and find out how a farm cat forms a very special connection with a young Ukrainian girl. These three uplifting stories capture the wonder, muck and magic of a city ...