Collection: Children's fiction

'Reading Champion' offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills. Original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, enco...

Meet the Gruffalo and all your favourite characters from the deep dark wood in this fun book shaped like the Gruffalo himself! Based on the bestselling classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. With sturdy shaped card pages and colourful illustrations, 'All About the Gruffalo' i...

Mr and Mrs Large are getting ready for the office dinner-dance. But with Lester, Laura, Luke and the baby around, they'll be lucky to get out of the house all in one piece. This is a modern picture-book classic - there's never a dull moment with the Large family! Mr and Mrs Large are getting read...

'All the Nonsense in my Teeth' is a dream-like story about brushing your teeth, that takes readers on a journey into the narrator's imagination and encourages good personal hygiene and following a daily routine. The charming artwork and sing-song rhyme scheme take readers on an adventure filled w...

With gentle rhymes and warm, loving scenes, this is a perfect, snuggle-up book to welcome a new baby, or share with a young child. Discover love and laughter, reassurance and encouragement on every page, as you explore familiar scenes, like playing in the park - and fantastical adventures, like f...

When the captain of a cruise ship is found drifting at sea, the search begins for his missing ship and passengers! Did it sink? Was it boat-napped? Are supernatural forces at play?! Can the Mango and Brash unravel this maritime mystery before a second ship befalls a similarly unfathomable fate?

Babies can be sleepy, noisy, adventurous, cuddly and so much more - and though they can be hard work, there's nothing better than seeing them grow. Discover the ultimate inclusive celebration of babies, from late-nights and food fights to bathtime, nappy-changes and beyond.

Watch scurrying beetles, squirming bugs and fluttering butterflies - but look out for the creepy crawlies as they leap off the page! This pop-up book introduces young children to the world of bugs and insects, describing how they live in their natural setting.

When Winnie and Wilbur decide to grow vegetables in their garden, they get more than they bargained for - giant beanstalks, colossal cabbages, and an enormous pumpkin perched on the roof! But what can Winnie do with her huge pumpkin when only the shell is left? Prepare to be amazed!

In this heart-warming Christmas story, by celebrated author Shirley Hughes, a young boy called Lewis Brown is looking out of a window and wishing that someone might notice him. Then he spots a single golden feather floating down from the heavens and discovers an angel on the roof. And so begins a...