Fairy Tales & Folklore

Another spellbinding tale in the Mr Men Magic series. When Mr. Happy finds a book of spells, he decides to use the spells to make people happier. But things don't work out quite as he planned. Find out what happens...

In this delightful retelling of Aesop's well-known fable, children's-book-award winner Melanie Williamson captures the story of the slow and steady tortoise and the overly-confident hare. In this delightful retelling of Aesop's well-known...

A girl loses her beloved brothers when they are turned into swans by her wicked stepmother. She embarks on a vital quest with one purpose: to find them and turn them back into boys again.But the task is complicated. She must pick nettles with her bare...

Miss Mallow has decided to put on a musical show to celebrate the opening of the new school hall. Poppy and her class are all very excited especially when they get to vote on which show to perform. But things start to go wrong during the auditions when...

Based on the classic fairy tale. Taken from her parents by a witch, Rapunzel is shut up all alone in a tower. Can she escape and live happily ever after with a kind prince?Rapunzel is from Confident Reader Level 3 and is perfect for more confident...

Hans Christian Andersen was the profoundly imaginative writer and storyteller who revolutionized literature for children. He gave us the now standard versions of some traditional fairy tales-with an anarchic twist-but many of his most famous tales sprang...

Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan...

Gods of Thunder retells two myths about gods. The first features the Norse god, Thor, who finds that someone has stolen his magic hammer and he needs to get it back before the ice giants invade! The second is about the Roman god, Vulcan, who is thrown...

Storyteller is storiwr in Welsh. The old word is cyfarwydd. And this book is a sneaky peek into a storyteller's repertoire.Meet the rowdy mermaids and drowned lands of Cardigan Bay, an ancient tree with a door into the otherworld, and the wise old toad...

Here is a bunch of dung-dropping, sweet-stealing, luck-jinxing villains!Four stories about young Prince Veera, who, along with his friend Suku, helps his father, the king, solve some of the problems he is having with his subjects. Trickster tales with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789768184481Author Beulah RichmondFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint LMH PublishingPublisher LMH PublishingWeight(grams) 136g

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781536234855Author Leigh HodgkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm)...

There is everyday magic in the tales of London. Some stories are swirling in the waters of the Thames; some are hidden in the old stones that lie beneath our modern pavements. In London Folk Tales for Children Anne and Sef have gathered stories from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845278854Author Jane BurnardFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Gwasg Carreg GwalchPublisher Gwasg Carreg GwalchDimensions(mm) 198mm * 128mm * 12mm

Relive the thrilling live action film release, Cruella, in this deluxe movie novelisation that features 8 pages of colour inserts from the filmBook InformationISBN 9781801080033Author Elizabeth RudnickFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Autumn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841357270Author Charles PerraultFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Award Publications LtdPublisher Award Publications LtdWeight(grams)...

Grendel prowled in, hating all men and all joy and hungry for human life. So swift was his attack that no man heard an outcry; but when the dawn came, thirty of Hothgar's best and noblest thanes were missing.Only Beowulf, foremost among warriors, has the...

From classics like "Puss in Boots" and "Goldilocks" to obscure gems like "The Boy Who Drew Cats," Fairy Tale Comics has something to offer every reader. Seventeen fairy tales are wonderfully adapted and illustrated in comics format by seventeen different...

"This is fantasy at its best." Daily Telegraph"A tale that sparkles with frosty magic." Thomas Taylor A gorgeous, snowy adventure, set in the wilds of Siberia, full of magic and wonder, for junior readers.A world of magic is only a whisper away... Born...

There was an old giant who swallowed a clock. He had such a shock when he swallowed that clock! But then he swallows his knitting to muffle the clock, and swallows some moths to munch through his knitting! Will he ever stop? With a riotous rhyming...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780763690809Author Edward LearFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Candlewick Press,U.S.Publisher Candlewick Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 292mm...

A little old lady bakes a gingerbread man. But this little man does NOT want to be eaten, and he runs away as fast as he can!This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills,...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Princess Sabra has a simple happy life until her kingdom is attacked by a fierce, fire-breathing dragon. As she struggles to find a way of saving the land and the...

An atmospheric and beautifully written adventure, from the award-winning author of the Ingo series. Morveren lives with her parents and twin sister Jenna on an island off the coast of Cornwall. As Morveren and Jenna's relationship...

Princess Scallywag and the Queen are back in a brand new rollicking adventure, taking on no-good pirates on the high seas in their hilarious, take-no-prisoners style! Everybody's favourite Queen and not-so-princessy Princess are setting sail...

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that...

A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2022 Everyone knows how "Little Red Riding Hood" goes. But Grandpa keeps getting the story all wrong, with hilarious results!"Once upon a time, there was a little girl called...

Here, beautifully illustrated and presented in both English and Japanese, are 12 of the best Japanese folktales--shared with generation after generation of Japanese children. These charming tales engage your imagination as you're carried on turtle-back...

IPPY Award Winner From nonsense to lessons learned, these 45 rhymes include the very well known (Itsy Bitsy Spider) and the somewhat familiar (Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen). The truly fantastic pictures speak more than a thousand words as artist Scott...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789768184344Author Peter-Paul ZahlFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint LMH PublishingPublisher LMH PublishingWeight(grams) 258g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486417110Author W.Jenkyn ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dover Children'sPublisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 275gDimensions(mm)...

Deep in the forest, the Wildwood elves live happily in their little village, making pottery, chopping wood and growing vegetables. But when a friendly seagull makes a flying visit, they are astonished to hear of a mysterious thing called 'the sea'... and...

Twig Verginix has gained a formidable reputation as the young sky pirate captain who dared to sail over the Edge. But far out in open sky a storm is brewing. In its path lies Sanctaphrax - the great floating city tethered to the land by a massive chain...

The bestselling, New York Times Top 10 Best Illustrated title, Yummy!, now available as new stunning picture book editions."Where are you going, Little Red Riding Hood?" asked the wolf.The old man pulled and pulled the enormous turnip.....

Introduce your baby to fairy tales and first words with sturdy Ladybird Little Pop-Ups.Based on the popular tale of Hansel and Gretel, this simplified story with sturdy, integrated pop-ups is perfect for parents and toddlers to explore the magic of...

A retelling of the Sufi parable, "The Conference of the Birds", a poem written in the thirteenth century, in which the birds of the Earth face seven invisible monsters in order to save the world.Book InformationISBN 9781906289089Author Anne BaringFormat...

The lonely old woman and the lonely old man decide to bake a girl this time, but when they open the oven, she runs off like her brother did. Never fear, this smart cookie has a plan to outfox the fox. Will it work? Let's just say that the ending is sweet...

When poor orphan boy Oliver becomes a sorcerer's apprentice, he enters an incredible new world. He learns wonderful magic spells, the secrets of nature, and how to make healing potions and oils from his kindly new master. But one day the sorcerer goes on...

The first man and woman are lonely. What to do? They decide to fashion children out of clay. As they are baking the little figures in their fire, they're constantly interrupted by visits from the sky-god, Nyame. As a result, some of the children are pale...