Short Stories (Children's/Teenage)

How do you survive a mermaids curse? Where lurks the immortal cat? Who cooks old boots in a stew? Is treasure really buried down under May Hill? Di...

From the author of The Norfolk Story Book comes this book of delightful stories. Set sail for adventure on the stormy seas of Yarmouth, discover en...

Where in Yorkshire can you walk on a dragons backbone? Who goes dancing at the Spot Bottom Hops? Which very old story gives advice about loading a ...

Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the leading illustrators from the golden age of British book illustration. Fairy-tale and fantasy were his fo...

India is particularly rich in colourful folkore. These stories, told by parents to their children for many generations, make a rich and dazzling co...

Being on home dinners gives Aidan the chance to make some money... A bridesmaid and a page chase a runaway wedding cake... Mia and her Dad turn det...

Ten incredible trips into the unknown await you Blast off with: Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo an all-new and exclusive tale from...

'Joan Aiken's invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon' PHILLIP PULLMAN'One of the mos...

From the time he was a boy living with his grandparents in Dehra; surrounded by an assortment of odd animals; people and relatives; to when he gets...

The story of Snow White and Rose Red is one of the lesser-known fairy tales, collected by the Brothers Grimm in Germany in the 19th century. This r...

Spring Term is here and if Bobby Dean thought his adventures were over, he couldn''t be more wrong! He''s going to have to deal with a giant Easte...

Orse to the rescue. Banjo and his group of huskies are in great danger and need to be rescued. Orse is called upon to save Snowvilles ice hockey te...

With lively illustrations, poems, riddles, jokes, and interesting facts, Loreen Leedy takes readers on a prehistoric tour beginning with the format...