Stories for 6 Year Olds
A classic collection of tales for young readers of about six, featuring beloved characters and lively stories by P.L. Travers, Jill Barklem, Michael Morpurgo and others, chosen by children’s book expert, Julia Eccleshare. The Banks family are searching for a nanny; Macaw the parrot helps out at the fish and chip shop and a stonecutter […]
Stories for 7 Year Olds
A classic collection of stories by P.L Travers, Penelope Lively, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen, Alexander McCall Smith and others, specially chosen for young readers of around seven by children’s book expert, Julia Eccleshare. Mary Poppins takes Jane and Michael on a gravity-defying tea party on the ceiling; Meet the boy who rescues a beached dolphin: […]
Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls From the Greek Myths
Beautifully illustrated myths featuring brave, bold and empowering heroines. Brave and Brilliant Girls from the Greek Myths celebrates heroines from Circe to Psyche, from Athena to Artemis, re-telling their stories to inspire and empower a new generation of readers. Watch as Penelope cunningly outwits her suitors and discover how Artemis defeats two giants. See Circe […]
Skulduggery Pleasant: Armageddon Outta Here
The ULTIMATE story collection for Skulduggery Pleasant fans. Featuring two AMAZING novellas and fourteen GRIPPING short stories – including three new stories written exclusively for this edition. We all know that doors are for people with no imagination so smash the glass, climb through the window and enter the awesome world of Skulduggery Pleasant with […]
Barney the Horse and Other Tales From the Farm
Full of friendship and adventure, this charming story collection from Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees is perfect to read together, and celebrates the way the countryside and its animals can leave an impression on a child’s heart forever. Join in the daring rescue of a lost lamb, meet a boy who loves butterflies […]
Greek Myths for Little Children
A beautifully illustrated story collection, perfect for reading aloud Five famous Greek myths, specially selected and retold for younger children. Meet foolish King Midas, the wise goddess Athena and the musician Arion, find out what was inside Pandora’s box and discover how the hero Heracles cleaned some VERY smelly stables.
Watching Women and Girls
When you look at a woman, who do you see? ‘Every aspect of her body or personality was up for inspection: too big, too small, too available, too hidden, too much, not enough.’ A wedding day brings back memories of sisterhood and betrayals; a motorway service station burger bar is the site of explosive violence, […]
The Memory Librarian
In The Memory Librarian music, fashion, film and activist icon Janelle Monáe returns to the Afrofuturistic world of her critically acclaimed album, Dirty Computer, to explore how different threads of liberation – queerness, race, gender plurality, love – become tangled in a totalitarian landscape… and to discover costs of unravelling them. Whoever controls our memories […]
Mary and Marcus: The Crazy Dance and Other Stories
Hook them on reading for life, with the fully illustrated adventures of Mary and Marcus. Contains five hilarious and silly stories, perfect for emerging readers! Mary is the happiest panda in the world. She loves to sing and dance and play the ukulele. But sometimes things get out of hand! Lucky she has her best […]
