Short stories (Children's / Teenage)

  • Beti and the little round house

    £12.99

    Beti lives in a little round house in the woods with Mam, Tad, Baby Jac, her cheeky goat Naughty and many other farm animals. Written in Atinuke’s rhythmic, heartfelt style and brought to life by Emily Hughes’ illustrations, this collection of four stories centred around a strong-willed little girl is a celebration of having adventures with our friends in the lush wild with each changing season.

  • Rewild the world at bedtime

    £14.99

    Rewild the World at Bedtime is a collection of calming bedtime rewilding stories that show children the power of nature to heal itself when given what it needs.

  • Cautionary tales

    £9.99

    Written for children, enjoyed by grown-ups, Belloc’s hilarious and irreverent cautionary tales and poems have entertained for generations.

  • Katerina the cat and other tales from the farm

    £6.99

    A charming story collection from Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees – full of friendship and adventure, and perfect to read together

  • Mobs in the mansion!

    £5.99

    Emmy and Birch go on an adventure to explore a woodland mansion in this Young Reader book and the only official levelled reader series based on Minecraft, the world’s best-selling video game!

  • A treasury of ballet stories

    £16.99

    A unique and richly illustrated gift book featuring four classic stories from the ballet.

  • The wicked wood

    £6.99

    Princess Minna lives in Castle Tall-Towers with the King and Queen, Raymond the Wizard and her best dragon friend, Lorenzo. There are often mix-ups and mishaps in the kingdom and Princess Minna loves to sort them out! In ‘The Wicked Wood’, the King and Queen have DISAPPEARED! The townsfolk saw them and Lorenzo the dragon disappearing into the Wicked Wood and they haven’t come back. One by one, Minna’s friends set off to find them. But they don’t come back either! So Minna takes a deep breath and heads into the middle of the Wicked Wood, where she finds everyone eating the gingerbread walls of the house of the Wicked Witch! Quick – everyone must get home before nightfall! But how can they fly home when Lorenzo has eaten so much gingerbread that he can’t get off the ground.

  • Where magic grows

    £20.00

    Have you heard the story about the bird that turned to stone? Did your parents warn you about the extra-specially-super-deliciously-fantastically naughty boy who got a frog stuck in his throat? No? Well, never fear: Onjali Q Raúf is here to entertain you with her sparkling collection of never-before-told fables for kids who want to make the world a better place.

  • The night train

    £6.99

    With a shrill whistle the Night Train is off, delivering its passengers to children’s dreams. But when the train comes to an unexpected halt it’s a race against time to get it moving again. Can the yeti, the ballet dancer, the friendly monster and the princess work together to reach their dreams before midnight?