What is war really like? Here are stories of sacrifices and massacres, of battles fought on horseback and in the trenches, at sea and on land. Find out about the savage school teacher who betrayed...

Buried treasure, treacherous buccaneers, a young hero and a one-legged villain, ‘Treasure Island' has all the ingredients of a classic adventure story.

From the outset at the Admiral...

The Tangle is a long, narrow stretch of derelict land, a wilderness of weeds and rubbish with an old railway tunnel yawning blackly at one end. No-one – not even bullying Gary Deacon – dares...

A classic fable from Rudyard Kipling’s 'Just So Stories', read by Johnny Morris.

Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn...

Shakespeare's history of the most famous ruler of ancient Rome, his murder by Brutus and a group of conspirators, and the ensuing chaos and civil war is searingly retold by award-winning author...

When Nat Carver takes home a strange and smelly mutt, his life is changed for ever. Woody is the last of his kind, a Wolven, thought only to exist in legend.

Then Nat discovers Woody...

'Ginger's New Home':

Amy can’t believe it when her parents say she can have a kitten. She falls in love with Ginger straight away and is determined to be the best kitten-mummy ever!...

One day, I, Cordelia Codd, am going to be the greatest costume designer in the history of cinema. I will live in exotic places, have fabulous friends and spend my days relaxing at the spa. But for...

Bethany's hamster, Hammy, is a genius - and he loves to learn new things. So when Bethany's little brother brings back a big brass trombone from school, Hammy can't wait to have a go!

During the Second World War Carrie and her brother become evacuees, sent to live in a tiny coal-mining town in South Wales. They are taken in by the kindly Miss Evans and her stern shopkeeper...

Poor Anthony is a dog with a problem – he just can’t stop scratching, and bits of his skin keep dropping off! The dogs and cats in the neighbourhood are hardly sympathetic, and neither is the...

Some children can waggle their toes, some can waggle their ears, but Lucy King has extra-special powers. She shimmers, she crackles and she zooms through the air like a streak of lightning!

Jeremy James was worried. He liked having his hair. If he didn’t have his hair, he would be bald. And he didn’t want to be bald.

As well as saving his hair, Jeremy James has to...

'The Borrowers' are a tiny race of people who live hidden away in houses or other safe, convenient places, and own nothing except what they borrow from ‘human beans’.

The last...

A truly creepy band of ghosts has been conjured up in this unusual and compelling collection of tales. In New York, Zia Tisna’s weird dolls keep watch over a pair of young lovers, while out of...