Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories

Dolly likes to lay her egg in a different place each day, to give her boy a challenge. But on this particular day she's chosen a place to roost that takes her far from home and puts her in lots of danger. Will Dolly manage to get home in time to meet her boy from school?

The Burpee Bears are always ready, steady for a fun family adventure - especially at Christmas time! While they count down the days until Granny Bear visits, the little bears enjoy building a snow bear, making snow angels and going ice skating together. But on Christmas Day, there is so much snow...

Christmas is joy that is overflowing. It's sparkling eyes and faces glowing. Christmas is sharing the laughter and fun and being with family, old and young. Christmas is peace, stars twinkling above. A night of sweet dreams and a heart full of love. This is Emma Dodd's joyful celebration of this ...

Christmas is joy that is overflowing. It's sparkling eyes and faces glowing. Christmas is sharing the laughter and fun And being with family, old and young. Christmas is peace, stars twinkling above. A night of sweet dreams and a heart full of love. Emma Dodd's joyful celebration of this wonderfu...

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 ...