Children's / Teenage fiction: Animal stories

Jonty the gentoo penguin longs to find his true home at the South Pole. One night, he sneaks out of the zoo and sets off on an amazing adventure, all the way to Antarctica! Children will love cheering Jonty on his way, in this fabulous story by the creators of 'The Gruffalo'.

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. Piggie cannot wait to play her new instrument for Gerald. But is she ready for his reaction? Mo Willems creates another hilarious escapade ...

Marnie is having so much fun at Minibeast Academy, a school for bugs tucked into an ancient tree at the bottom of the museum gardens. And it's time for something really exciting - the Great Critter Quest! The Great Critter Quest is a super-tricky competition held each year. Minibug students form ...

The elephants want to trick Elmer into thinking they've forgotten his birthday. There's only one problem with the joke they're playing - it's not actually Elmer's birthday at all. Elmer's friends keep trying to warn them but they won't listen!

Pebble the pony lives on a wild and lonely moor. He loves the holidaymakers who come up from the town - especially when they bring picnics and feed him their leftovers! One day, Pebble makes up his mind to see the town for himself, but when he gets there, he finds it's not such a wonderful place ...

At the start of the summer, Tia is excited to see all the visitors arriving for their holidays on Gull Haven Island, and she's delighted to make a new friend. But Tia's feelings change when some selfish tourists upset a newborn seal pup and its mother, and then she sees how people are carelessly ...

Relatable, funny, and heart-wrenchingly honest, Saving Sunshine is the poignant story of Muslim American siblings learning how to build each other up in a world that is too often unkind.

Peppa and her friends are decorating the clubhouse for Halloween! They have spiders, bats and witches' hats - perfect to make it a spooky clubhouse! But they don't want to make it too scary, just a little bit scary! Happy Halloween!

It's Halloween and Spot is getting ready for a spooky party! Toddlers will love pulling the tabs to help Spot find the perfect costume, hang up decorations and bake tasty treats for his friends!

Trixie the witch's cat is a very happy cat. At least, most of the time. There is only one thing that really makes Trixie's fur prick up - her snowy white paw. How can Trixie be a real witch's cat if she's not pitch-black all over? And how can she be truly spooky with one white paw ?