A rich and varied selection of heart - warming animal stories by some of the very best writers for children. Perfect for reading alone or reading aloud - and for dipping into time and time again.
Stories include:
Elephant Big and Elephant Little
Mr and Mrs Pig's evening out
The dog who frightened the sea
Milly - Molly - Mandy's hedgehog baby
Sarah Squirrel's big test
A brand new young fiction series by TV broadcaster and intrepid explorer Ben Fogle, inspired by his real-life animal experiences…
Co-written with best-selling children’s author Steve Cole.
You can always count on Mr Dog to help an animal in trouble…
When a mother rabbit is captured in a trap, he ends up playing bunnysitter…
But someone wants rid of All the rabbits, not just this one, and time is running out for Mr Dog to save them…
Baby Owl is back in this follow-up to the highly successful I'm Not Cute and I'm Not Scared. Baby Owl is taking a Christmas Eve stroll through the woods with his sledge, when Baby Hare mistakes him for Santa. ""I'm not Santa!"" Baby Owl insists, and a comic Christmas tale unfolds.
As the snow begins to fall just days before Christmas, Grandad helps Sara build an igloo in the garden with a small snow bear to watch over it. And when Sara wakes in the middle of the night, it looks very different outside. She sets out on an enchanted journey through a world of ice, but will she ever find her way home...
This heroic tale was inspired by a true story that took place over 500 years ago. It tells of Katje the windmill cat who lives happily with Nico, the miller, in a Dutch village by the sea. But when Nico brings home his new bride, everything changes. Katje is shooed away by Lena as she sweeps the house or when she finds Katje playing with the new baby. Eventually poor Katje leaves her home and moves into the windmill. But when a storm breaks the dike that holds back the sea, Katje performs a feat of extraordinary courage that makes her forever welcome in the house.
Three heart-warming classic stories full of animal antics by Jill Tomlinson.
Plop is a baby barn owl. He is perfect in every way - except for one thing. He's afraid of the dark!
One day Suzy the cat finds herself flying away in a hot-air balloon. How is Suzy going to find her way home?
Hilda is a small, speckled hen. When she makes up her mind to visit her new cousin chicks nothing can stop her!
Filled with gentle humour and comfort, Jill Tomlinson’s animal stories have been enjoyed by children who want to snuggle down with a good read for decades. This edition containing The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, The Cat Who Wanted to go Home and The Hen Who Wouldn’t Give Up is stunningly illustrated by Paul Howard – making it a terrific collection of stories for young readers.
The sixth animal in the hilarious AWESOME ANIMALS series – awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife.
The otterly bonkers Brown family are HUGELY excited, as today’s the day they move to their new home. But when they get there they find the beastly Black family have got there first!
This riverbank ain’t big enough for the both of them, so there’s only one thing for it: war. Well, not REAL war. Otters are more into playing than fighting, so instead they decide to hold a giant sports day – and may the best otters win! Whether that’s the Browns or the Blacks, only time will tell, but one thing’s for sure, it’s bound to be OTTER CHAOS!
A heartwarming canine adventure series for boys and girls aged 6+. Perfect for fans of Holly Webb and Michael Morpurgo.
This is the story of one brave dog's journey home.
Rascal is hungry and tired, and missing his best friend, Joel – but when he finds three little abandoned puppies, he knows that he needs to look after them. Can he keep them safe and still find his own way home to Joel?
Packed with entertaining illustrations from James De La Rue. Fans of Morpurgo's Shadow will love this.
Have you collected all of Rascal's adventures?
Rascal: Lost in the Caves
Rascal: Trapped on the Tracks
Rascal: Running for his Life
Rascal: Facing the Flames
Rascal: Swept Beneath the Waters
Rascal: Racing Against Time
Chris Cooper is the pen name of Paul Shipton, who grew up in Manchester and went to university in Cambridge. He spent several years teaching English as a foreign language and lived in Istanbul for a year.
Paul then moved into publishing, working on science activity books and primary school English materials. He published his first book, Zargon Zoo in 1991. Four years later, he published Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear, and relocated with his family to Wisconsin, United States where he works as a freelance writer and editor. He, his wife and two daughters, now divide their time between Cambridge, England and Madison, Wisconsin.
