There was once a town alongside a river. It was a prosperous trading town and its people were content. At .....
Rowan is helping her older sister paint her room. After moving Ash’s furniture to reach a wall, Rowan finds a .....
Compulsive worrier Limpet (real name Liam but you’ll have to read the 1st Shop of Impossible Ice creams to know .....
Esquire Fox isn’t like any other fox. She’s a snazzy dresser for one with her tweed coat and immaculate grooming. .....
Claire is looking forward to the weekend. She and her boyfriend are going to join her best friends Kat and .....
It’s the last day of school and Archie Coombes is looking forward to his summer break with his friends, Chris, .....
Chelsea knows she’s got it good being Granger’s girl. Without him taking a liking to her, then calling her his, .....
Jem is the kind of boy who can’t sit still. His feet and body want to be busy and without .....
They shouldn’t have opened the crate. Dad did tell them to leave it alone until he returned from work at .....
Show and Tell is always hard for Lily. Other kids have exciting objects or exotic animals to bring along to .....
In a time long before pakeha strode Aotearoa, 12 year old Te Kawenga is busy fetching water from a nearby .....
Hex (Hector), doesn’t know why he does the stupid things he does. They just happen – without thought or planning. .....
Tennessee USA has been the target of a serial kidnapper since June 1 2001. Boys are taken, but miraculously returned .....
Faith’s first view of their new home of Vale is through grey fog shrouding the island. When on land, they .....
Jack is looking forward to his summer break – weeks of hanging out with his best friend Bunny, playing baseball .....
Phoenix lives with his four siblings, their Gran and long-suffering aunt Josie who isn’t impressed at being lumbered with her .....
Oh oh! Two workers have left their truck on the beach while they have lunch. The sand is a lot .....
Cherry and her four older, rowdy brothers love being on a hideaway beach they found years before. Their family has .....
Let’s go! Ms Whiskersniff (Ms Whisk when in a hurry), is taking her class 2B off for an adventure into .....
Pou has done his homework and his chores around Nan’s house, which means screen time is waiting for him. But .....
Lhakpa lives high in the hills of the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. His Sherpa village is celebrating with a Tibetan .....
When Īhaka answers the loud knocking on the front door, the last person he expects is the Māori god of .....
Brynn never thought she’d come back to her home town of Sturgis. After all, so many teens her age dream .....
Annabelle is helping her teacher clean the school house now that the summer holidays have arrived. She’s still thinking about .....
Melati has kept her head down the last year at school. Nobody knows the trouble she caused in Year 9, .....