Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories

Dragged from her bed in the middle of the night and forced to leave her beloved puppy behind, Natasha has no idea if she'll ever return home. Growing up in the shadow of the ruined nuclear power plant, pups Misha and Bratan need to learn how to live wild - and fast. Creatures with sharp teeth, sc...

Dragged from her bed in the middle of the night and forced to leave her beloved puppy behind, Natasha has no idea if she'll ever return home. Growing up in the shadow of the ruined nuclear power plant, pups Misha and Bratan need to learn how to live wild - and fast. Creatures with sharp teeth, sc...

Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have outgrown them. Chance, a real dog, has been in Dogtown since his owners unwittingly left him with irresponsible dog-sitters who skipped town. Metal Head is a robot dog who dreams of being back in a ...

Jasmine's dad is a farmer, and her mum is a large-animal vet, so Jasmine spends a lot of time caring for animals and keeping them out of trouble. Unfortunately, this often means she gets into hot water herself. When Jasmine learns that Mr Hobson has grown too old to take care of his pet donkey, M...

When you see a coo, you will be tempted to give it a treat. Coos are adorable, peaceful, kind of silly. But don't feed the coo! If you feed one, they will all come. So begins a cautionary tale that details the fallout when a little girl decides to share some bread with a coo (a.k.a. pigeon). From...

When you see a coo, you will be tempted to give it a treat. Coos are adorable, peaceful, kind of silly. But don't feed the coo! If you feed one, they will all come. So begins a cautionary tale that details the fallout when a little girl decides to share some bread with a coo (a.k.a. pigeon). From...

Mikey the T. rex loves donuts, but he doesn't like sharing. When Mikey's delicious donuts start to disappear one by one, he thinks the reader is taking them, but he is too busy worrying about his donut dilemma to see what's right behind him. Will Mikey ever learn to share?

Dormouse is sniffing and snuffling - being ill is hard! But with some help from Doctor Stoat and a visit from her friends as she snuggles up at home, she soon starts to feel better. What will cheer her up? Lift the flaps to find out, then join Dormouse and her friends for a fun trip to Acorn Fair.

'Dot and the New Thing' sees a new plant arrive in Dot the cat's house, and she is not happy about it. 'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.

There's trouble in store for Unipiggle and Princess Pea when a naughty dragon accidentally magics a dinosaur into Twinkleland. Will the dinosaur crash and bash and smash Twinkleland? Or can Unipiggle and Princess Pea find a way to stop the dino?