Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories

Everyone's favourite troublemaker is back causing mayhem!

William Brown returns and is up to his usual tricks in this centenary anniversary edition of William the Outlaw, with ten classic adventure stories by Richmal Crompton - updated for a new generation of readers.

Everyone's favourite troublemaker is still up to mischief!

Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back in Richmal Crompton's William's Happy Days, a hilarious collection of classic Just William stories - with a contemporary cover illustrated by Steven Lenton and an introduction by Outnumbered actor Daniel Roche.

Everyone's favourite troublemaker, William Brown, is back in Richmal Crompton's William, a hilarious collection of stories from the classic Just William series - with a gorgeous cover illustrated by the award-winning Lauren Child and an introduction by actress Bonnie Langford.

Everyone's favourite troublemaker is back in Richmal Crompton's William the Bad - with a fun and contemporary cover illustrated by Chris Garbutt and an introduction by writer Anne Fine.

Everyone's favourite troublemaker is back!

Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as Milly-Molly-Mandy goes for a picnic, rides a horse, and has an adventure - whatever Milly-Molly-Mandy and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around!

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series.

*BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR* EasternEyePicked as as one of STYLIST'S *BEST AUTUMN READS OF 2020* 'A much-needed escape into a lyrical world'Let her be a little less human, a little more divineGive her heart armour so it doesn't break as easily as mineOne girl's wild journey of strength, beauty and growth as she discovers who she really is.

A SHADES OF LONDON exclusive World Book Day storyOn a cold night, Stephen Dene went to the Eton boathouse to perform a desperate act.

Twelve-year-old Hannah Barnes is just like all the other girls in her small Georgia town, except for one little detail.

The Big Bend of Texas is a mysterious place in 1869.

Noah is pretty happy at school - he's in a friendly class, he's got a best mate, Jack, and he's one of the youngest to be picked for the school football team.

The multi-million-copy bestseller WONDER showed how choosing kindness and empathy can change the lives of those around you.

Do you believe in magic?

Malorie Blackman brings together the best teen writers of today in a stunningly romantic collection about love against the odds.

The Young Dread lives outside the stream of time: frozen for vast stretches, centuries old yet inhabiting the form of a teenage girl.

A brand-new story starring the unlikely best friends of The Butterfly Club, published specially for World Book Day 2017, from much-loved and bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson.

Captain the Honourable Sir Herbert Stephen Ernest Boring-Tristram-Boring (known to his friends as Bill) is very rich but very bored.

Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle, and all of King Arthur s knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies.

Everyone thinks they know what it's like, going to school.

A digital exclusive short story starring Quint, from Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's bestselling Edge Chronicles.

Birthday-present burglars, a Tooth Fairy mystery, and an abandoned puppy - no adventure is too great for Maxine, also known as Girl Wonder!

When Rose meets Elmer she's humming a tune, a tune she just can't get out of her head.

Two bored gorillas decide to play a game of dares.

1914: war has broken out across Europe and beyond.

You over there come a little closer.

Enjoy four very special days out this World Book Day, in this collection of fun short stories from Jacqueline Wilson.

Jamie is just an ordinary boy dealing with ordinary struggles: trying to fit in and avoiding his overbearing mother.

In 'Allie/Alma', Alma is a very good girl who volunteers with the elderly in her free time.

First published by Macmillan in 1894, The Jungle Book is the classic collection of animal tales that shows Rudyard Kipling's writing for children at its best.

Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as Milly-Molly-Mandy does the gardening, goes to a party, and has a seaside adventure - whatever Milly-Molly-Mandy and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around!

I asked myself lots of questions, like what happened in Hamelin after the children vanished?

I asked myself lots of questions, like what did Hansel and Gretel say to their father when they finally made it home?

Often, I found things were not quite as they first seemed.

Here is Cinderella, who so much deserved her fairy godmother.

Here are the twelve dancing princesses, who drove the Old King to distraction by wearing through their slippers every night.

Rumpelstiltskin - all my life I have been troubled by the injustice with which he was treated .

Here is brave, loyal Elsa, who wove the nettles in silence for seven long years.

I asked myself lots of questions, like why did the Piper's son steal the pig?

I asked myself lots of questions, like how could Snow White have left those seven kind dwarves?

Here is lovely Rapunzel, free from her tower, although perhaps not so free from her fears .

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me .

Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as Milly-Molly-Mandy keeps house, makes a cosy and goes carol-singing - whatever she and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around!

Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as Milly-Molly-Mandy rescues little rabbits, makes a garden and goes for a picnic - whatever she and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around!

Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as Milly-Molly-Mandy writes letters, gives a party and goes motoring - whatever she and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around!

Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as Milly-Molly-Mandy cooks a dinner, helps thatch a roof and goes to a wedding - whatever she and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around!

Are you brave enough to find out what happens when a spoilt girl is spiteful to a giant hungry worm?

Is there a barrier that divides the dark unknown from the everyday world around us?