Interest age: from c 5 years

When you see a coo, you will be tempted to give it a treat. Coos are adorable, peaceful, kind of silly. But don't feed the coo! If you feed one, they will all come. So begins a cautionary tale that details the fallout when a little girl decides to share some bread with a coo (a.k.a. pigeon). From...

When you see a coo, you will be tempted to give it a treat. Coos are adorable, peaceful, kind of silly. But don't feed the coo! If you feed one, they will all come. So begins a cautionary tale that details the fallout when a little girl decides to share some bread with a coo (a.k.a. pigeon). From...

In this environment education story Amara finds out what happens to waste food - what can go in a compost bin and how to reduce the amount of food we throw away. The story is a great resource for helping children understand why we should not waste food. 'Good to be Green' is a series of six envir...

'Dot and the New Thing' sees a new plant arrive in Dot the cat's house, and she is not happy about it. 'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.

It's Christmastime in Crystal Bay - and also in Cobbletown, home of the Pixies and the Glitterbugs. But not everyone is feeling the magic of the festive season, and when Alice and Leo discover that their friend Oliver and his sister Ivy have fallen out, they ask the Pixies for help. Can Dotty the...

Kid reporter Athena Bean is always on the lookout for a story. Her latest scoop takes her to the House of Doughnuts. Athena is determined to reveal the secret ingredient used in the delicious doughnuts, but that sweet secret might be more scary than sweet!

This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). This traditional tale tells the story behind the Chinese proverb 'Draw the dragons, dot th...

This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE). This traditional tale tells the story behind the Chinese proverb 'Draw the dragons, dot th...

There's trouble in store for Unipiggle and Princess Pea when a naughty dragon accidentally magics a dinosaur into Twinkleland. Will the dinosaur crash and bash and smash Twinkleland? Or can Unipiggle and Princess Pea find a way to stop the dino?

Ruby the dragon follows all the rules in her Dragon Rule Book: she steals from everyone, and NEVER shares her treasure with ANYONE! The other animals are desperate - until they come up with a clever plan to change the Dragon Rules.