Children's stories, English

Thunderbolt, Benny, Bridie and Sharky Bob are a mixed bunch of vagabonds and urchins who come together to form the New Cut Gang in two comic tales of stolen silver, skullduggery and desperadoes.

Mollie and Peter find a wishing chair in an old antiques shop whilst looking for a present for their mother. It takes them on many adventures where they meet and rescue Chinky, a little pixie who was enslaved by a cruel giant.

When Mollie and Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present, they discover the most extraordinary thing: a magical wishing-chair! The Wishing-Chair takes them on some wonderful adventures - to a giant's castle to rescue a new pixie friend, to the Land of Dreams, and even to a disappearing isl...

Whizz off on three magical adventures from the world's best-loved children's author, Enid Blyton.

A beautifully illustrated and rhyming retelling of a selection of Aesop's Fables.

Enjoy a rich collection of folktales, myths and legends from all over Africa and the Caribbean, re-told for young readers.

magine living in the heart of Africa. Imagine living in a place where the sun rises every morning over blue mountains. Akimbo and his parents live on the edge of an African game reserve. It's his father's task to protect the thousands of amazing animals who make it their home, and wildlife-loving...

In these three stories set on a Kenyan game reserve, Akimbo tries to stop poachers killing elephants; Akimbo's father traps a lion cub; and Akimbo must save John the Crocodile Man when he is attacked.

Akimbo loves learning all about the snakes in Uncle Peter's snake park. And then a green mamba is spotted in the wild! When a lady comes to study the baboons, Akimbo is keen to help. But being close to the baboons isn't always easy.

Aladdin is tricked into becoming a magician's apprentice. In 'The Elves and the Shoemaker' a perfect pair of shoes appears overnight. In 'Thumbelina' a poor peasant woman wishes for a child.