Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories

Be inspired by the lives of trailblazers past and present in this fun and factual biography series! Find out how this gymnast toughed it out in training and went on to win four Olympic gold medals.

Geraldine McCaughrean's best-loved novels all have an historical theme and her passion for history is evident in this collection of gripping short stories. Each of these five tales is set in the past at a moment of scientific or historical significance.

It's holiday time in Enchanted Valley! Best friends Emily and Aisha are delighted when they're whisked away for a magical trip to Holiday Island with Sparklebeam the Holiday Unicorn. But when the evil unicorn Selena steals Sparklebeam's lockets, everything starts to go wrong: the ocean's waves ar...

Miles Morales has finally started to feel like he has a handle on all this Spider-Man stuff. So of course, he suddenly falls through a portal and into a brand new multiversal adventure! Wait, wasn't the Web of Life and Destiny destroyed? Maybe not, True Believer. But who spun this new web? And wh...

All-ages fun featuring the wild and crazy kid counterparts of Marvel's greatest heroes - as illustrated by brilliant cartoonist Chris Giarrusso! Spidey gets the paperboy blues as he risks his life trying to deliver to the Green Goblin's house, struggles to make his fellow heroes pay their bills, ...

Year 2 at Wigglesbottom Primary is never boring. They don't expect to run a race against a chicken at Sports Day, or eat green toxic slime at lunch (it's halloween custard!) or that Anne Marie Moor is an ant queen and one of her subjects is called Lady Gaga - but they love every minute of it! Thi...

'Five Nights at Freddy's' fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night.

A collection of spine-chilling tales by Joan Aiken, author of 'The Wolves of Willoughby Chase'. From a mysterious traveller who leaves an injured horse with a stranger, to a garden plant that slowly creeps into a house during a thunderstorm and a man who comes across two angry forces in the middl...

From fairies hiding in flowers to toy trains having a secret meeting, this fun collection is filled with magic, mischief and more! These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length ...

'Stories From Moominvalley' is a beautiful collection of three classic Moomin stories, based on Tove Jansson's original works. Join Moomintroll, his charming family and his eclectic band of friends on a series of adventures in a picturesque land where anything can happen: a father can be washed a...