Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage)
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A Children’s Literary Treasury
£20.00A Children’s Literary Treasury
Great stories ignite a child’s imagination and can fill a childhood with unforgettable characters, wondrous places and superb illustrations. They also allow young readers to explore, and to understand, their different feelings and experiences. In her second compilation for the British Library, children’s author and commentator Anna James delves deep into the collections to present stories for comfort, inspiration and adventure as well as touching tales to make you laugh or sometimes cry.
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A Girl Called Owl
£6.99A Girl Called Owl
The moon seems to urge me onward, onward, and my feet fly faster and faster as the world around me sparkles silver with new frost . . . it’s like being in a snowglobe, my very own little world, all of ice.
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A Vanishing of Griffins
£7.99A Vanishing of Griffins
Join the brave friends Patch, Wren and Barver for another adventure of magic and music! Thrill as they meet the Pirates of the Eastern Seas! Marvel as they venture to the only city where dragons and humans live side by side! Gasp as they journey high into the snowy peaks, where the greatest secret of the griffins lies hidden! And tremble as they come face to face once more with the increasingly powerful and evil Hamelyn Piper.
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A world full of winter stories
£14.99A world full of winter stories
Get ready for the coldest season with A World Full of Winter Stories, a beautifully illustrated anthology of magical winter stories from around the world.
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Aladdin
£4.99Aladdin
This Ladybird edition of ‘Aladdin’ is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The story is sensitively retold, following the young boy’s adventures with a wicked magician, a beautiful princess and two amazing genies.
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Anansi and the Golden Pot
£6.99Anansi and the Golden Pot
Award-winning author of ‘Ghana Must Go’, Taiye Selasi, reimagines the story of Anansi, the much-loved trickster, for a new generation. Kweku has grown up hearing stories about the mischievous spider Anansi. He is given the nickname Anansi by his father because of his similarly cheeky ways. On a holiday to visit his beloved Grandma in Ghana, Anansi the spider and Anansi the boy meet, and discover a magical pot that can be filled with whatever they want. Anansi fills it again and again with his favourite red-red stew, and eats so much that he feels sick. Will he learn to share this wonderful gift? This charming retelling of a West African story teaches readers about the dangers of greed, and the importance of being kind.
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Ash Boy
£6.99Ash Boy
A wonderfully warm and funny reworking of the Cinderella story, from an accomplished writer of retellings and myths. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 7+
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Axel Scheffler’s nursery rhymes
£7.99Axel Scheffler’s nursery rhymes
Climb up the waterspout with Incy Wincy, help the king’s men try to put Humpty Dumpty back together again and dance along with the cat playing his fiddle! Brought to life with Axel Scheffler’s stunning illustrations, this collection of beloved nursery rhymes such as Twinkle Twinkle and Mary Had a Little Lamb, is the perfect bedtime read.
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Aziza’s Secret Fairy Door and the Magic Puppy
£6.99Aziza’s Secret Fairy Door and the Magic Puppy
The fifth title in an inclusive magical adventure series inspired by world mythology from debut author Lola Morayo. Perfect for young readers of 6-8.
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Aziza’s Secret Fairy Door and the Mermaid’s Treasure
£6.99Aziza’s Secret Fairy Door and the Mermaid’s Treasure
The fourth title in an inclusive magical adventure series inspired by world mythology from debut author Lola Morayo. The Secret Fairy Door pulls Aziza and her friends into a fun underwater holiday adventure. Perfect for young readers of 6-8.
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Beowulf
£6.99Beowulf
Rosemary Sutcliff recount’s Beowulf’s most terrifying quests: against Grendel the man-wolf; against the hideous sea-hag; and, most courageously of all, his fight to the death with the monstrous fire-drake.
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Bibi and the box of fairy tales
£14.99Bibi and the box of fairy tales
Bibi doesn’t believe in fairies. But when she meets her fairy godmother, the tiniest of hopes flickers in her mind. Seven quests to seven lands that will open a magic box and grant her a wish – could it, just possibly, be true? Whisked away with her trusy companion, Sylvestro the cat, Bibi quests with giants, dragons, princes and princesses, wizards, witches, water sprites and sea elves, unicorns, trolls and gnomes. Can Bibi earn the keys to open the box – and unlock her belief in fairy magic?
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Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms
£6.99Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms
Cameron Battle grew up reading The Book of Chidani, cherishing stories about the fabled kingdom that cut itself off from the world to save the Igbo people from danger. Passed down over generations, the Book is Cameron’s only connection to his parents, who disappeared one fateful night two years ago. Ever since, his grandmother has kept the Book locked away, but it calls to Cameron. When he and his best friends, Zion and Aliyah, decide to open it again, they are magically transported to Chidani. Instead of a land of beauty and wonder, they find a kingdom in extreme danger, as the queen’s sister seeks to destroy the barrier between worlds. The people of Chidani have been waiting for the last Descendant to return and save them. Is Cameron ready to be the hero they need?
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Catfish rolling
£14.99Catfish rolling
Magic-realism blends with Japanese myth and legend in an original story about grief, memory, time and an earthquake that shook a nation.
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Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
£7.99Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
Marcia Williams retells Chaucer’s popular tales in comic-strip style. As the pilgrims each tell their tales in turn, discover what happened when old John the carpenter took a young and flirtatious wife, how the students gave the thieving miller his come-uppance, what all women desire, and more.
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Collected folk tales
£9.99Collected folk tales
From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service
The definitive collection of traditional folk tales, selected and retold by the renowned Alan Garner.
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