Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories

Meet Trumplestiltskin, a vain and gold-obsessed little man who will stop at nothing to become richer and richer. There's Sleeping Brainy, the princess whose only dream is to become Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Gingerbread Kid, who escapes persecution in his home country but struggles to f...

From trips to the seaside and royal balls to fairy tea parties and yummy picnics, celebrate the summer with this short story collection by Enid Blyton. These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and i...

Fin wants to have fun, but he can't run, or fly. What can he do? The penguins are playing hockey. Can they win?

Something strange is happening in the Woods. Cows are being stolen by a weird flying spaceship! Could this be - aliens? Or is it actually Monkey and Skunky up to their usual tricks? Bunny and the gang are going to have to get to the bottom of this.

Four fun-filled adventures featuring the mischievous brothers, Nikhil and Jay.

Connie is stuck up and bossy, so when she comes to visit, Joe, Beth and Frannie are fed up. But they won't let her stop them having fun with their magical friends. Together they climb to the top of the Faraway Tree and visit the wonderful places there.

Horrid Henry loves food, except vegetables! Here are six hilarious stories about food, from the delicious to the disgusting. An irresistible introduction to reading for pleasure, with six stories plus a joke and activity section.

A collection of short stories told from Four's perspective. Each brief story in this collection explores the world of the Divergent series through the eyes of the mysterious but charismatic Tobias Eaton, revealing previously unknown facets of his personality, backstory and relationships.

When Maya and her classmates are asked to write a creepy story with a winter theme, they come up with some brilliant ideas. Rising floodwaters uncover long-buried bodies and ghostly children take to the ice on a frozen canal. But as each of the stories is read out in class, Maya grows more and mo...

Have a ghoulishly spooky halloween with Horrid Henry! This book contains six scary stories about things that go bump in the night, plus tons of fun jokes and activity pages to keep Horrid Henry fans of all ages entertained for hours.