Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories

It's Christmas Day and it's the perfect weather for a family swim. Bluey has a new toy - meet Bartlebee! How will Bartlebee handle his first Heeler Christmas? Attacked by a crocodile, Dad broke his arm and then Nana jiggled it all about. Bartlebee's first Christmas is eventful but full of love. W...

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, save - CHRISTMAS TREE MOUSE! And she's on an important mission. A mission to help Santa! Every Christmas Eve, this tiny mouse brushes away Santa's snowy footprints, nibbles up the mince pie crumbs, and - most...

Master storyteller Patrick Ness turns to middle grade in a hilarious adventure about a mismatched group of animals attending school together, brought to life by funny illustrations. Zeke and Daniel have just been made hall monitors by Principal Wombat. This has nothing to do with the fact that th...

The Sahar Peninsula lies just beyond the horizon, but it isn't the easiest place to get to. No maps will take you there, nor can it be charted by gazing up at the stars, or down at a compass. Farah is a Moonchild with a very special kind of magic and a jinni of her own. But although she loves her...

Claude and Sir Bobblysock just happen to wander accidentally into the royal palace on a very special day indeed - the Queen's birthday! Unfortunately the royal nanny, Nanny Stern-Bloomers, has had to take herself off for a lie-down and there's no one to make sure the royal children stay neat and ...

Claude and Sir Bobblysock just happen to wander accidentally into the royal palace on a very special day indeed - the Queen's birthday! Unfortunately the royal nanny, Nanny Stern-Bloomers, has had to take herself off for a lie-down and there's no one to make sure the royal children stay neat and ...

When Clyde the Bear decides to ditch his safe and peaceful life in Cubville and head off for the mean streets of Grizzly City he learns, with the help of a reformed juvenile delinquent butterfly, the Bad Life isn't always so great, and there's something to be said for helping your friends and fam...

'Usborne Phonics Readers' make learning phonics fun. Each title introduces beginner readers to a wide variety of phonemes in a lively, rhyming tale.

A fun farmyard rhyming book about Colin the cockerel who couldn't tell the time. With help from his farmyard friends will he ever get the time right?

Welcome to Puppy Club! Join Jaya, Willow, Daniel, Elsa, Milo and Harper as they all navigate the ups and downs of life with a brand-new puppy! Elsa loves her gorgeous puppy Coco but her family's two cats aren't so welcoming. They chase the terrified pup all over the house! And to make things wors...