Short stories (Children's / Teenage)
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Beti and the little round house
£12.99Beti and the little round house
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.
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Fearless Fairy Tales
£9.99Fearless Fairy Tales
Meet Trumplestiltskin, a vain and gold-obsessed little man who will stop at nothing to become richer and richer. There’s Sleeping Brainy, the princess whose only dream is to become Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Gingerbread Kid, who escapes persecution in his home country but struggles to fit in in his new one. You won’t forget the lingering stench of Mouldysocks – a boy obsessed with staring at his iPad but rather less obsessed with personal hygiene – and you’ll be rooting for Rap-Unzel when she gets the chance of fame by appearing on Kingdom’s Got Talent, but at what cost? Packed with stories about boys who aren’t afraid to cry and rhymes about girls who refuse to kiss frogs, this collection shakes up dusty, old-fashioned (and, to be honest, rather sexist) bedtime stories and totally reinvents them for the 21st century.
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Five-minute summer stories
£7.99Five-minute summer stories
From trips to the seaside and royal balls to fairy tea parties and yummy picnics, celebrate the summer with this short story collection by Enid Blyton. These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.
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Just William
£7.99Just William
A joyful edition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first publication of Richmal Crompton’s bestselling, much-loved classic Just William. As brimming with fun and adventure as when it first published in 1922.
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Noel Streatfeild’s Holiday Stories
£7.99Noel Streatfeild’s Holiday Stories
A new collection of holiday-themed stories by the author of ‘Ballet Shoes’. There are stories for every reader in this delightful collection – exciting crime-solving adventures; nervous young actors in the spotlight for the first time: unforgettable holidays and unlikely friendships.
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Only children
£7.99Only children
A Sunday Times Best Book for Children 2023
From million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel comes a laugh-out-loud collection of three short stories for readers of 8 and up, brilliantly illustrated by Jim Field and Steven Lenton.
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Proud
£8.99Proud
The fifth anniversary edition of a moving, funny, important anthology of YA stories, poems and illustrations on the theme of pride – by much-loved and new LGBTQ+ authors and illustrators.Â
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Serendipity
£8.99Serendipity
The secret admirer. The fake relationship. The matchmaker. From stories of first love, unrequited love, love that surprises, love that’s been there all along, ten of the brightest and award-winning authors writing YA have taken on some of your favourite romantic tropes, embracing them and turning them on their heads. Readers will swoon for this collection of stories that celebrate love at its most humorous, inclusive, heart-expanding and serendipitous.
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Stories for 4 Year Olds
£7.99Stories for 4 Year Olds
A classic collection of tales to tell children of about four, featuring beloved characters and lively stories, by Michael Bond, Jill Barklem, Anne Fine amongst others, chosen by children’s book expert, Julia Eccleshare.
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Stories for 6 Year Olds
£7.99Stories 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.
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Stories for 7 Year Olds
£7.99Stories 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.
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The Big Bad Snowy Day
£6.99The Big Bad Snowy Day
Princess Minna loves to sort out mix-ups and mishaps in the kingdom! In this full-colour, illustrated chapter book, join her on a funny, exciting adventure to help Granny and her friends, and still have time for a snowball fight!
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The Enchanted Forest
£6.99The Enchanted Forest
Princess Minna loves to sort out mix-ups and mishaps in the kingdom! In this full-colour, illustrated chapter book, join her on a funny, exciting adventure to wake a sleeping prince and much more – all in time for tea. 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! She can tame unicorns, kiss frogs and fight dragons (apart from Lorenzo) and she is very good at fixing things before it’s time for bed.
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The sports day chicken
£6.99The sports day chicken
Year 2 at Wigglesbottom Primary is never boring. They don’t expect to run a race against a chicken at Sports Day, or eat green toxic slime at lunch (it’s halloween custard!) or that Anne Marie Moor is an ant queen and one of her subjects is called Lady Gaga – but they love every minute of it! This book is aimed at newly-independent readers.
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The Very Merry Murder Club
£7.99The Very Merry Murder Club
A collection of wintery crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in children’s books today!
Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series.
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To Liberty!
£6.99To Liberty!
This is an exciting adventure set in revolutionary France which tells the true story of a swashbuckling hero Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, whose mother was an enslaved African woman and whose father was a French noble. Alex is happy living with his brothers and sister on his father’s farm on Haiti but his father wants to go back to France and can’t afford to take his mixed-race children with him. Soon, Alex must fight for his freedom – and that of France.
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