Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories

A big sister is horrified when she can't fit into her swimming costume.

'I fear nobody.

"e;You're a frog, Ryan James, you're a frog.

Rob's sister Chloe lies in a coma after a riding accident, trapped in a forest of dreams between life and death.

It is deep autumn and William, Mary and Alice Constant have returned to Golden House for the half-term holidays.

Rosie finds a beautiful spiral shell in Great-aunt Rosamund's castle and notices that it has young girl looking anxiously towards a smoking volcano drawn on it.

While she's getting ready for an Egyptian-themed party at her friend's house, Rosie spots a papyrus painting on a wall in Great-aunt Rosamund's castle.

Rosie's just had her first day at her new school in Scotland, after moving to live in her Great-aunt Rosamund's castle.

Rosie gets an amazing postcard from her Great-aunt Rosamund in Africa, and she can't wait to look up a map of Kenya and find out exactly where it is.

Unlike her little brother, Luke, Rosie doesn't believe that mermaids actually exist.

Rosie and her little brother Luke are exploring the maze in the grounds of Great-aunt Rosamund's Scottish castle and Rosie discovers a carved and painted totem pole in the centre.

Rosie finds a mosaic in a passageway in Great-aunt Rosamund's old castle.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' is the best known work of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898) - better known by his pen name, 'Lewis Carroll'.

This book is a wonderful collection of stories and poems from various authors illustrated by Hilda Cowham.

'The Greek Heroes - Stories Translated From Niebuhr' presents a collection of thrilling stories about five Greek Heroes; 'The Argonauts, 'The Prowess of Hercules', 'The Heraclidae', 'The Story of Perseus', and 'The Story of Theseus'.

Originally published in 1924, this collection The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen is illustrated with the magnificent Art Nouveau colour illustrations of Kay Nielsen.

This collection of 'Hans Christian Andersen Stories' contains eleven of Hans Christian's most well-loved tales, and is illustrated by the charming plates and black and white line drawings of Anne Anderson.

Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

The famous sequel to Alice in Wonderland.

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 .

Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales is a classic fairy-tale collection to treasure.

There's been a robbery in Tale Town!

For Rapunzel, being a princess has been nothing but fun.

What starts as an adventure ends in disaster when Rapunzel, Anansi and Jack and his talking chicken, Betsy, are captured by a wicked witch and locked up in a tower!

Jack (of the beanstalk fame) and his magical talking chicken, Betsy, have always been great at making new friends.

The world is made safe by a woman .

Following Abandon and Underworld, Awaken is the final part to Meg Cabot's breathtakingly passionate The Abandon Trilogy.

Goddess is the final book in Josephine Angelini's heart-stopping trilogy inspired by Greek mythology, Starcrossed.

A story of love, destiny and feuding families with extraordinary powers, descended from the heroes of ancient Greece, Dreamless is the second book in the heartstopping Starcrossed series by Josephine Angelini.

A collection of five bite-size myths from across the globe, Tricks and Transformations by Anthony Horowitz includes astonishing tales from Greek, Japanese and Chinese mythology.

A collection of five bite-size myths from across the globe, The Wrath of the Gods by Anthony Horowitz includes exciting tales from Greek, Norse and Inuit mythology.

A collection of five bite-size myths from across the globe, Death and the Underworld by bestselling author Anthony Horowitz includes the tales from Greek, Indian and Norse myth.

A fun collection of five bite-size myths from across the globe, Heroes and Villains by Anthony Horowitz includes gripping tales from Greek, Polynesian and English mythology.

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

The first book in Josephine Angelini's internationally-bestselling series, Starcrossed is a passionate love story that began thousands of years ago in a world of Gods and mortals.

Last year, Pierce died - just for a moment.

This volume contains the complete fairy tales of the legendary Brothers Grimm.

This collection, Hans Andersen Fairy Tales contains twenty-two of Hans Christian's most well-loved tales, and is illustrated by the charming colour and black-and-white drawings of Milo Winter.

Originally published in 1916, Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, is illustrated with the magnificent colour and black and white illustrations of Harry Clarke.

This beautiful collection of Hans Christian Andersen's 1932 fairy tale anthology is illustrated by the masterful Arthur Rackham.

'Alice in Wonderland' is the best known work of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), better known by his pen name, 'Lewis Carroll'.