Short Stories

A collection of four linked stories about family life set in modern west Africa.Anna Hibiscus lives in amazing Africa with her family in a wonderful house in a beautiful garden in a big city. Join Anna as she sings for the president, gets in a terrible...

Another exciting tale from the Really Useful Engines on the Island of Sodor. This time, it's all about Murdoch.Book InformationISBN 9781405234900Author EgmontFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Egmont Books LtdPublisher Egmont UK Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368080545Author Lucasfilm PressFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Disney LucasFilm PressPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.

A collection of eight quirky, bizarre, and very funny short stories from the brilliant Paul Jennings.About the AuthorPaul Jennings worked as a special-education teacher before becoming a full-time writer. He has been voted 'favourite author' by children...

Children will be spellbound by the amazing characters in this fabulous collection - a greedy king, a very bad giant, a fairy queen and lots more...Perfect for eight-year-olds to share or read alone.This brilliant collection is re-issuing with a gorgeous,...

Help to teach Alligator an important lesson with lots of finger puppet fun! Alligator is always too busy to help Crocodile to do the chores. When - and how - will he learn that there is a time for work and a time for play? A fun introduction to the...

Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series.The Famous Five are on their way to the cinema when Timmy spots a cat and tears after it, taking the gang on a detour to an...

***Waterstones Book of the Year 2015***From an award-winning designer comes an original fable about need and lossOnce there was a Fox who lived in a deep, dense forest. For as long as Fox could remember, his only friend had been Star, who lit the forest...

A collection of three wonderfully festive stories from Eva Ibbotson, the bestselling author of Journey to the River Sea. With a beautiful cover by Joe Wilson and inside illustrations, The Christmas Star is a wonderful gift to treasure at Christmas and...

Celebrate The Best Bear in all the World with this official sequel to the beloved classic children's stories by A.A.Milne. With brand-new stories from some of the most beloved children's authors writing today: Paul Bright, Brian Sibley, Kate...

Celebrate The Best Bear in all the World with this official sequel to the beloved classic children's stories by A.A.Milne. With brand-new stories from some of the most beloved children's authors writing today: Paul Bright, Brian Sibley, Kate...

Enthralling children's fiction for everyone who loves Robin Steven's Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries and Frances Hardinge's The Lie Tree. Twelve mysteries. Twelve authors. One challenge: can YOU solve the crimes before...

The alphabet is gloriously brought to life by international best-selling picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers. This beautiful paperback edition is based on Once Upon an Alphabet which won the CBI Book of the Year Award. From an astronaut...

Meet Amelia Jane! She's a mischievous rag doll and she's about to enchant a whole new generation of readers! This big bumper edition contains over 20 short stories by the world's best-loved children's author, Enid Blyton.Amelia Jane has an uncanny knack...

How did the leopard get his spots? Why won't cats come when they are called? And why do the tides ebb and flow? These delightful tales of porcupines and cats and kangaroos and camels were originally bedtime stories told by Rudyard Kipling to his daughter...

Tom is a Tooth Fairy in trouble! He's spent so much time playing he has forgotten to collect teeth and the Fairy Boss is not happy ... does Tom have time to go back?Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce...

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 retelling of the story, originally published by Ladybird in 1969, is one of the best-known versions of Snow...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739265526Author Princess BookerFormat PaperbackPage Count 38Imprint Nine Mile BabiesPublisher Nine Mile Babies

The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Little Miss Tidy is great at tidying things away - she's just not that great at remembering where she tidied them! The Mr Men and Little Miss have...

The Secret Seven are siblings Peter and Janet, and Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. Together they are The Secret Seven - ready to solve any mystery, any time - in Enid Blyton's classic series of 15 mystery novels.A big fight has broken out, and the...

Little Miss Giggles and Little Miss Shy are going to a festival! The friends are so excited about their first trip to a festival where there'll be music, face painting, fun activities and food. They pitch their tent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781991161703Author Tom E MoffattFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Write LaughPublisher Write LaughWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 15mm

The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Mr Forgetful can't remember anything. Anything at all! If Mr Forgetful had a dream he couldn't remember what it was about. The Mr Men and Little...

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The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Mr Nosey liked to know about everything that was going on. He was always poking his nose into other people's business. As you might imagine, Mr Nosey was not...

Who would believe that a kid at a sleepover could be a spy? CHERUB: Dark Sun is a short novel aimed at new readers to CHERUB, originally written for World Book Day and now made available in print again by popular demand! To go with it are three stories...

The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Mr Chatterbox was one of those people who simply couldn't stop talking. He used to talk to anybody and everybody about anything and everything, going on and...

A beautiful gift edition of Aesop's Fables featuring eight classic stories, charmingly retold in rhyming verse with stunning illustrations.Bringing together the incredible talents of award-winning illustrator and Booktrust Time to Read favourite, Marta...

The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Mr Impossible could do the most amazing things. For instance, Mr Impossible could jump over a house and he could make himself invisible. He can even sleep...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995467118Author Neil, Gearon, Janice BowenFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Peripeteia PressPublisher Peripeteia Press

When the bell rings and school is finished for the day, the walkers are finally set free. For ten blocks they have no-one telling them what to do; they can talk about bogies, skateboard, plan dramatic escapes, make jokes, face bullies, and hear about the...

The original Aesop Fables, introduced by award-winning author Marcus Sedgwick.Over two hundred familiar tales from 'Look Before You Leap' and 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' to much less familiar tales, each with its own sharply pointed moral.Puffin Classics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398470453Author Tessa-Kate CurtisFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

'No matter whether it’s day or night, it’s always a good time for a story. And the very best stories you’ll ever hear – are true. They’re unfolding right now, in nature all around.'Kids will be amazed by these incredible stories of people coming together...

The legendary enchantment of Rip Van Winkle in the Kaatskill Mountains; the gruesome end of Ichabod Crane, who met the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow; the spectre bridegroom who turned out to be happily substantial; the pride of an English village...

The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Little Miss Quick doesn't like to take her time about things. She loves helping out, but will she end up being TOO quick? The Mr Men and Little...

Short and Shocking! is full of stories with a twist in the tail - each surprising and stimulating in its own way. Over forty stories in one book - all of them very, very short! None of the stories are more than two pages long, but each of them is...

Wartime William is still up to mischief!William is always ready to offer his services to his country. But why is it that his enthusiastic contribution is so seldom appreciated? William is determined to do his bit, but unfortunately no one else thinks...

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this epic edition of Myths of the Norsemen.The great Norse sagas...

Everyone loves little Mrs Pepperpot. This collection contains fourteen Mrs Pepperpot adventures.Mrs Pepperpot can't choose when she will shrink to the size of a pepperpot - it just happens. But whatever she does, whether it's swimming with a frog,...