Short Stories

In this powerful collection of short stories, children around the world turn eleven and take a step into their futures. Each one is changed in ways both big and small. Annoyed at having to walk his sister's dog on his birthday, Connor heads into an...

Flash is a young foal who likes to explore. His mother warns him not to go too far away, but when he spots a beautiful butterfly, he has to follow it, no matter where he ends up! Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise...

Eleven favourite tales from the Old Testament brought to life in Marcia Williams' vivid comic-strip style.In the beginning there was only God ... then he started creating! The last and most troublesome of all his creations were men and women. God was...

Prepare to meet with witches, ghosts, mad kings and murderers in these retellings of ten of the best-known Shakespeare plays. The moving and tragic events of Romeo and Juliet; the chilling and bloody actions in Macbeth and the unearthly and mysterious...

Bears, wolves and weird tangles of fate, these eight Strange Tales from master storyteller Daniel Morden have it all. In these pages you will meet travellers, tricksters, unlikely heroes, and animals who may not be what they seem... Honed folk and fairy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802580877Author Joyce DunbarFormat HardbackPage Count 36Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 250mm * 200mm * 11mm

Take on the role of the hero and save the world in this fully interactive, choose-your-own-destiny adventure story. YOU are a young wizard who must rescue the prince and heir of your kingdom. He has been kidnapped by the Witch Queen of the White Mountain...

The publication of "Short Stories for Children" celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Walter de la Mare's death. It is also the culmination of a major literary enterprise. For many people, Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) is as great a writer of fiction as...

A new version of this much-loved anthology, with a brand-new story featuring the brand-new Thirteenth Doctor from literary sensation Naomi Alderman!Twelve wonderful tales of adventure, science, magic, monsters and time travel - featuring all twelve...

Robbie is dinosaur mad! When Dad suggests the family go on a dinosaur bone hunt, Robbie and his sister Jen are on the case. Suddenly, they think they've found one ...Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803683850Author IgloobooksFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Igloo BooksPublisher Igloo BooksWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 196mm * 12mm

From creepy school computers to bungling bank robbers; from lost villages to deadly Christmas presents...Funny and serious, exciting and intriguing, here are fourteen wonderful new mystery stories to perplex and amaze you.An unmissable collection of...

Milly-Molly-Mandy lives in a tiny village in the heart of the countryside, where life is full of everyday adventures! Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as she enjoys her first ever visit to the seaside, goes to a concert and has a picnic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645769996Author Archie SuperstarsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Archie Comic PublicationsPublisher Archie Comic Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788129118929Author Ruskin BondFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.Publisher Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788155144Author Anika LillicrapFormat PaperbackPage Count 22Imprint Onwards and UpwardsPublisher Onwards and UpwardsDimensions(mm) 210mm * 210mm * 1mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375865312Author P.D. EastmanFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 811gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645768838Author ArchieSuperstarsFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Archie Comic PublicationsPublisher Archie Comic Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995121003Author Tom E MoffattFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Write LaughPublisher Write Laugh

The Secret of the Purple Lake is a collection of five interlinked stories that take us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Spain to Norway and Thailand. As a minor character from one story assumes a major role in the next, we meet a fascinating cast,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250010179Author Andy GriffithsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Square FishPublisher Square FishWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm * 15mm

Ted Hughes wrote a series of stories for children from the early 1960s through until 1995 about how the world, and the creatures in it, came into being. They are collected here in one volume for the first time.These are richly told tales of sparkling...

A very ordinary boy. Nobody noticed him, he was just like everyone else.But Fred knew he was different.He just didn't know quite how different.And when he did....Well, what then?A bewitching short story; a Metamorphosis for young readersAbout the...

Drawing on hundreds of years of Irish folklore, there are tales of magic and mystery, of the mayhem caused by the "little people", together with stories of love and heroism, some familiar and some less so. There are stories of great giants, clever...

YOU are the Blue Unicorn, and you live in the Rainbow Isle. Evil Empress, Yin Yang, wants to steal all the colour from you world, and she's captured your friend the Red Unicorn. You have to find a way to stop her wicked plans!This is a title in the...

Milly-Molly-Mandy lives in a tiny village in the heart of the countryside, where life is full of everyday adventures! Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as she acts for the movies, dresses up with her friends and celebrates Guy Fawkes Day -...

Milly-Molly-Mandy lives in a tiny village in the heart of the countryside, where life is full of everyday adventures! Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as she has a tea-party, looks after a baby hedgehog and helps to thatch a roof -...

Discover six new tales of wit, courage and power in this new treasury from Ladybird Books.Join six kings, queens and warriors from around the world as they battle for crowns, vanquish dark forces and claim their thrones in this colourful illustrated...

Join the Mr Men and Little Miss for a day at the Winter Wonderland Christmas Market! Mr Tickle can't wait to visit the Winter Wonderland Christmas Fair. There will be plenty of treats, ice skating and sleigh rides...

A gorgeous picture book to delight all little readers, featuring sparkling showers and chilly spells. Collect the whole series for a year-round library of beautiful books. Follow a little fawn as he hides from the rain and a pixie looking for shelter in...

Moses' mother tries to save her son from danger by hiding him amongst the bulrushes of the Nile. Luckily, he's discovered by the kindly Pharaoh's daughter. The much-loved Bible story is charmingly retold with delightful illustrations by Barbara Bongini...

Be enchanted by this magical Christmas story featuring the Mr Men and Little Miss! It's the night before Christmas and all through the Mr Men houses not a creature is stirring, but in the sky overhead there are some...

Chosen and introduced by Neil Gaiman, this thoroughly beguiling collection of short stories is inhabited by an amazing menagerie of creatures from myth, legend and dark imagination The griffin, the sunbird, manticores, unicorns - all manner of...

Oscar Wilde's stories for children display the lively wit and wisdom for which his famous plays are celebrated. This beautiful collection brings together six poignant tales of love, loss, riches, poverty, hope and happiness. It includes The Nightingale...

This collection of eight French contes collected by Charles Perrault in the last decade of the seventeenth century, contains perhaps the most famous fairy stories of all time - 'Cinderella', 'The Sleeping Beauty', 'Puss in Boots', 'Blue Beard' and of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780151007158Author Hilaire BellocFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Harcourt Brace InternationalPublisher Harcourt Brace International

A fun story of bad behaviour and its consequences. A small pet fish is flushed down the toilet by a very naughty boy. Once the small fish journeys out to sea we then see, one by one, small fish become the dinner for bigger ones. Eventually a...

Joy Cowley's wordplay and humour shine in this landmark collection of stories, rhymes, nonsense and poems. The Gobbledegook Book collects favourites like 'Faster Faster' and less-known treasures alongside the much-loved classics 'Greedy Cat' and...

Exciting, choose-your-own-destiny adventure story in which YOU are the hero!In Knight, you must be prepared for battle as the evil sorceress Morgan Le Fay tries to destroy the company of the round table. Will your decisions help you to save Camelot? It's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735268210Author Anne MichaelsFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press