Titch loves slashing her homemade sword through the air, imagining herself as one of the heroes she has heard about in their historical stories. Life on the plateau in their ...
When called to a family announcement, Finn just hopes it will be over and done with soon. He has gaming on his mind, and it looks as if his teen ...
Lily is excited about seeing her cousins Tama and Olivia arrive from Australia. Watching a plane arrive, she hopes that it’s theirs. With excitement, Lily and her Mum welcome their ...
The little seaside town of Sidford-on-Sea has come alive with the buzz of the famous escape artist Harry Houdini. Friends Glory and Dennis are in the line to see him ...
K.R.A.P – The Karacter Recognition and Promotion Society, wish to correct a wrong doing – namely, the suspicion of unethical practices by respected scientist Professor Ficticious Karacter. They believe publishing ...
English is the most spoken language across our world. Billions of people use it but for most, it isn’t their first language. The history of English is steeped in tales ...
Anna is worried. Her little sister Eva must be kept secret from the Nazis. Eva has special needs and according to the authorities, should be reported, collected and placed in ...
Now that Oliver Wormwood is 13, he must choose a calling. All of his sisters have left home and become a blacksmith, a ranger, a lawkeeper and more, but Oliver ...
Priyanka and her classmates are in their final year before they attend a new school. A special end of year event is organised for those school leavers, and Priyanka has ...
Femi isn’t that keen on travelling with his older brother and father to an island resort named Darlenia. Things have been strained lately between them, but Femi’s mum believes some ...
Spencer at age 11, is used to the terrible treatment from his classmates. He feels for his little sister though aged only 5 years old. She is often in tears ...
Gramps has moved into the Twilight Retirement Home, and his grandson visits him after school every Wednesday. They’ll have a drink, tea and juice, and a biscuit or two as ...
Dilly can’t believe it! She is going to be sailing across the ocean from New York back home to England in a luxury ocean liner named the Masquerade. Her auntie ...
A boy stops to look up at an old elephant in the park. This elephant has a slide over her back, and she looks a little unhappy. “Are you okay?” ...
Snake and Lizard first meet as they seek quiet, sunny spots. They are usually alone when they do this, but when one gets in the way of the other an ...
Kim is used to it by now, but it still annoys him and those around him. His little sister is two years younger at age ten, but everyone knows that ...
Johannes loves to run. He is faster than a rocket, a laser, even the speed of light. He also loves being free, the thought of one of those leash things ...
Marta and her mother are alone, missing their father and husband, and with no idea if he has survived the war. At least Marta’s mum has work as a maid ...
Jordan just wants to leave. He’s in his last year of school, and his worries and fears and way of life for the last seven years can finally be left ...
Have you ever wondered about the famous characters in the fairy tales you heard as a young child? Did you ever wonder how Little Red Riding and her grandmother were ...
Being sent away from her home and brother in England is the last thing Lizzie wants. Sure, she’s going to live with her very wealthy American grandmother in the USA, ...
Max thinks horror movies are stupid. Why would you pay to go to something that frightens you? Not that he would be scared. It’s make-believe. Just a movie. He vows ...
A grand sandcastle stands upon the beach. A crab sits upon a sand throne inside, looking out across his beach domain. Another beach animal slides in low and quiet, but ...
Sarah Matahari Lorelai Piggins is one of 15. Her mother is a great mum, but her siblings not so much. Her 13 sisters are all evilly inclined, and her brother ...
When Frankie’s Mama’s vase breaks, so it seems does her family. Dad left with his belongings and Nan came to stay, tidying the broken pieces away. Frankie knew it was ...
Mrs McGinty and the Bizarre Plant – A grumpy lady in a New Zealand town was a terrible grump. She complained about everything, which gave the local children in her ...
Tawaki is a Fiordland Crested Penguin making his way down to the ocean. His distinctive yellow feathers across both sides of his head give him his name, as Tawaki means ...
Blue and Herschell are great mates, even if they are very different. Herschell is confident and crazy for a console game called Quillhog. Blue is quiet and organised as his ...