Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories

Arlo the lion is exhausted. He just can't drop off, no matter what he tries. It's either too hot, or too cold; too loud or too quiet. But then he meets Owl. She can sleep through the day, which isn't easy when most other animals are awake! Will Arlo ever get any rest? Perhaps his new friend has s...

Sleepy Armadillo receives a late night visit from a fairy. But he soon gets carried away with the wishes she grants. A fun rhyming story, specially written to develop phonemic awareness, with wonderful illustrations by David Semple. This book is ideal both for reading aloud and for children who a...

Meet the Heelers - there's Bluey, Bingo, Bandit, and Chilli! Learn all about the Heeler family, explore their home and discover games they like to play in this fun shaped board book for kids of all ages.

Join Zookeeper Hu as he searches for a cheeky monkey. Slide the pages to find where the monkey is hiding and meet lots of other wild animals.

Maggie McKay is not happy that her mum has decided to move from their flat in Leicester to a house in Knobbly Bottom (the most boring village ever invented). Knobbly Bottom has got no soft play centres, no toy shops and no horse that her mum had (sort of) promised her. There are just fields, chur...

The children are so excited! They are going to stay at Aunt Amelia's house. They always have a brilliant time with her, and can't wait to see what she has in store. But when they arrive, there seems to be no time for games. Instead Aunt Amelia has a long list of chores to do. But from the gardeni...

Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and have amazing adventures together! That's what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on beautiful Unicorn Island.

Axolotl longs for adventure. One day, she finds an old bottle with something amazing inside. What could it be? A fun rhyming story, specially written to develop phonemic awareness, with wonderful illustrations by David Semple. This book is ideal both for reading aloud and for children who are beg...

Mum tells Bluey a lovely baby story - about how Bluey first learned to walk! Baby Bluey could roll, shuffle and even crawl backwards - but Mum was worried that she was never going to learn how to walk. This hilarious picture book is about how we all grow up in different ways.

If there's a wild animal in trouble, the Animal Adventure Club is here to help! When Isla, Buzz, Gracie and Lexi find three lost baby squirrels, they must conquer their worry and work together to rescue them.