Full Story Catalogue
The Old, Rough Stone and the Gnarled Tree
An old stone is annoyed when a tree takes root beside him.
By Johnny Gruelle
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Classic, Illustrated, Original Reading time: 01 - 05 minsI’m a Spring Onion
Helena must fix her costume for the Christmas play AND shop for the disco. There’s no time for both.
By Dorothy Massey
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Christmas, Modern, Original Reading time: 01 - 05 minsThe Tailor of Gloucester
Story about a tailor whose work on a waistcoat is finished by the grateful mice he rescues from his cat
By Beatrix Potter
Age range: 0 to 2, 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Classic, Illustrated Animals: Cat, Mouse Reading time: 10 - 15 minsMother Holle
A hard-working girl get a great reward but when her lazy step-sister tries to follow suit, it doesn’t quite go to plan.
By Brothers Grimm
Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Classic, Fairy Tale Reading time: 05 - 10 minsDick Whittington
Dick Whittington goes to London where he has heard the streets are paved with gold. When he leaves after finding that not true, he hears the bells calling him back.
By Joseph Jacobs
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Classic, Folk Tale, Historical, True Animals: Cat Reading time: 10 - 15 minsA Child of Light
A re-telling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Matchseller set in modern times. It is the story of a child without a family who finds an older woman living on the streets and befriends her on Christmas Eve.
By Jan Fenimore
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12, Teen Tags: Christmas, Classic, Modern, Original Reading time: 05 - 10 mins
Winnie is Clever
This is a modern-day schoolgirl story involving the theft of jewellery and the clever action of a landlady.
By Martin Gleeson
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Illustrated, Modern, Original Animals: Cat Reading time: 01 - 05 minsRide a Cock-Horse
Classic nursery rhyme – try bouncing your child on the foot of a crossed leg to simulate the horse ride!
Penguin and the Fig Tree
The true story of mysteriously missing figs and Dulce’s uncle’s dog who went by the name of Penguin!
By Dulce Rodrigues
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Funny, Modern, Original, True Animals: Dog Reading time: 01 - 05 mins, 05 - 10 minsThe Adventures of Bird
Bird is his name. And he is a bird. Large, a little ugly and clumsy, but lovable. Eats too much junk food so has lost the ability to fly. Is befriended by two children and they embark on an adventure together.
By Bob Harding-Jones
Age range: 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Funny, Modern, Original Animals: Bird Reading time: 05 - 10 minsFind Kids Books on Amazon
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