Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories

Dog wants to play. Can Dog play with Frog, Frog, and Frog? The frogs hop - but Dog just FLOPS. Will the frogs ever play with Dog? Then a hungry bear comes along! Can Dog find a way to help the frogs?

Ever wondered why sharks have such a bad reputation? Are they dangerous, human-munching monsters? Or have we got it all wrong? In fact, only six people get attacked by sharks every year across the whole world. And how many sharks are eaten by humans every year? One hundred million! So maybe shark...

There is nothing frivolous about the way a Hawthorne man loves. An amnesiac playboy and the woman with every reason to hate him. A daredevil, his favorite heiress, and three nights in Prague. An unlikely pairing between a cowboy and a goth. Four brothers with an inescapable bond, strengthened by ...

'Gangsta Goat'. Gaz is a goat, but he wants to be a gangsta goat. It turns out being a gangsta goat is not that easy. 'The Big Moo'. A fox tells Pam that the Moon is made of cheese, and that if she does a loud moo, it will fall from the sky. Pam is feeling peckish, after all.

In 'Get the Hat', we follow Pat - Pat loves his hat. But so does the rat. Can Pat get the hat back from the rat? In 'Dad Has a Nap', Tim and Tom try to find out how much stuff you can put on a sleeping Dad. It is a fun game - but don't wake Dad!

From a princess who turned into a pirate parrot, to a procession of Father Christmases being chased down Fifth Avenue by a rackety horse and cart; from the ghost of a crusader's dog, to a captured mermaid in a flying machine, there is something for everybody in this enthralling collection.

There are still countless tales of the Scythedom to tell. Centuries passed between the Thunderhead cradling humanity and Scythe Goddard trying to turn it upside down. For years humans lived in a world without hunger, disease, or death with Scythes as the living instruments of population control.

Teenage superhero Spider-Man has enough on his plate keeping New York City safe from the likes of Sandman, Vulture and Kraven the Hunter, but when you add in his life as high-schooler Peter Parker, things get really stressful. Luckily, Spidey's got web-shooters, spider-sense and a knack for creat...

Peg Leg Bill needs a new leg! Where will he go? The captain tells Bill, Bess and Jon to walk the plank! But why?

Greta the Earth Fairy's special magic helps fairies and humans everywhere care about the environment. But when Jack Frost steals her magical objects, everyone forgets to recycle, uses too much plastic and starts having really long showers! Can Rachel, Kirsty, and Greta get the magical objects bac...