Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories

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

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?

Those who have loved the Katie Morag picture books will be delighted to see that Struay's endearing heroine is back in this collection of three ilustrated stories for older children - ideal for building reading confidence.

Darcey Bussell, everyone's favourite ballerina, has put together a collection of her favourite ballet stories that will delight budding ballerinas everywhere.

Yellow Cake brings together another ten short stories from this extraordinarily talented writer - each of them fiercely original and quietly heartbreaking.

One of the most remarkable short stories in Janni Howker's BADGER ON THE BARGE is THE TOPIARY GARDEN, currently under option for filming It is the evocative, timeless story of Sally Beck, and the circumstances which led her to become Jack, the gardener's boy, working amongst the topiary bushes of a great country house garden.

There's something for everyone in this collection of funny short stories.

Strange objects have been appearing across the Earth, and then people start disappearing.

A deadly virus is sweeping across the country that could make all humans extinct.

Mayday!

You're on trial for a crime you didn't commit, but it seems no one is ready to believe you.

The news isn't good: 347 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Kandahar.

The Taliban launch a deadly attack in the first step of their new offensive.

When a Predator drone is hijacked by Taliban forces and used to kill US marines, Major Nathan Connor and his Delta Force unit are deployed to destroy it.

Oliver Twist is the classic tale of a poor orphan boy who runs away from an abusive master, only to fall in with thieves and robbers on the cruel streets of 19th-century London.

Professor Arronax and his men are kidnapped and held aboard the submarine Nautilus, piloted by the mysterious Captain Nemo.

When Dr Kate Shawcross is kidnapped by a Taliban leader - Masud - he plans to hold her hostage.

Who would believe that a kid at a sleepover could be a spy?

The Moon Shines Down by Margaret Wise Brown Illustrated by Linda Bleck Forgotten for decades in a dusty, tucked-away trunk, The Moon Shines Down brings to life once more the unmistakable voice of Margaret Wise Brown.

The Moon Shines Down by Margaret Wise Brown Illustrated by Linda Bleck Forgotten for decades in a dusty, tucked-away trunk, The Moon Shines Down brings to life once more the unmistakable voice of Margaret Wise Brown.

Now in the strange realm of Allyra, the Seven young lordsconfront a traitor in their midst, a creature-infested forest, teenage fearsand doubts, inexplicable mysteries .

A touching story of a young boy who befriends a Christmas angel.

Cutting-edge art paired with stories of fantastical adventure and biblical fact make the all-new Toby Digz series a must-have for young readers.

United under the banner of flash fiction, this is a collection of stories, or little 'cells', complete in themselves but connected by the overarching themes of betrayal and revenge.

This book contains a story and several other things.

Six fabulous tales - vividly imagined and powerfully told.

A mesmerising episode from the universe of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust, giving us an extraordinary insight into this world and its characters.

Time out of time, people call it, but they're wrong.

Twelve incredible Doctor Who stories for the long winter nights featuring an exclusive extra story in the Time Lord Victorious arc!

A brand new series of adventures for the Doctor and her TARDIS team!

A brand new series of adventures for the Doctor and her TARDIS team!

A new spine-chilling collection of twelve short illustrated adventures packed with terrifying Doctor Who monsters and villains, just in time for Halloween!