Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories

Come with storytellers Xanthe and Robin on a journey throughout Sussex and meet some of the strange and magical creatures that live here. Did you know that if you're walking the cliff tops you may spot a fiery-eyed stranger? Or that if you're dancing in the forest and hear a singing in the wind, ...

A collection of cherished Hindu stories, including tales of creation, the birth of the gods and the arrival of humans. Come on a journey with master storyteller Jamila Gavin as she writes of great floods, romance and epic battles between good and evil.

Featuring re-tellings of ten of Shakespeare's plays, and written with Michael Morpurgo's warm, accessible and inimitable style, this collection offers a new generation of readers the chance to discover the magic of Shakespeare.

The classic counting rhyme is brought to life by a bedful of charming animals, as they snuggle down to sleep. Once they've all rolled over, who'll be left with the bed to themselves? A QR code on the back cover provides a link to an audio recording of the rhyme.

From 'We Need Diverse Books', the organisation behind 'Flying Lessons & Other Stories', comes a young adult fantasy short story collection featuring some of the best own-voices children's authors. 15 award-winning and celebrated diverse authors deliver stories about a princess without need of a p...

Here are eight captivating fairy tales featuring adventurous, intelligent and daring girls. Once known, now largely forgotten, these fantastic stories have been brought together to inspire and empower a new generation of readers.

Decades after her divorce, a lady returns to the village of her tumultuous marriage. A railway carriage hosts a charged schoolboy encounter. A murder raises fears of blackmail. A woman waits anxiously in a cafe before eloping to Paris. Another steals a friend's kitchen knife. In these bittersweet...

Sit back, get comfortable and delve into this illustrated collection of 50 beloved nature stories from every corner of the globe. This rich resource collects together folk tales from home and legends and myths from distant lands to commemorate the animals, plants and the changing seasons that mak...