New Children's Fiction

Everybody in faraway fairy-tale land is getting ready for a very special party. Except one tiny bridge troll, who is making his own fun - by being extremely rude. With every insult he hurls, with every ego he bruises, he gets bigger and bigger. How will Cinderella, the three little pigs and all t...

Two weeks ago and a few thousand miles away, Della was just a normal teenage girl. She didn't fit in at her posh school in London, she didn't think her crush would ever like her back, and she certainly didn't know anything about a Caribbean royal family. But when a video of her protesting goes vi...

When the hippos challenge the elephants to a game of tug of war, all the animals are excited to find out who will win. But when the teams start to pull, no one moves! Days later, they are still competing and the other animals have lost interest, but luckily Elmer has a plan that will finally end ...

Fionn Boyle and his older sister Tara have been sent to stay with their grandfather on the remote island of Arranmore for the summer. Though Fionn has never met his grandfather before - an eccentric old man who lives in a tiny cottage filled to the brim with candles - he knows he comes from a lon...

There's a mystery at the nearby stables - someone has stolen money and then poor Julie's horse! Can the third form help old girls Bill and Clarissa discover who is behind it?

Gulliver loves his simple life on Mouldy Mountain with his best friend Sid the Slug. But when he climbs the silver pole one day and catches sight of the dazzling Crystal Castle far, far away, Gulliver sets off on an epic journey that will change everything - or so he thinks!

Two cheeky little friends argue over a sweetie - and things get a little out of hand in a flurry of silly name-calling that will have children in hysterics. Will Flippy and Floppy stop being mean to each other and learn to share? A read-aloud treat to return to again and again while absorbing the...

When teenager Mak discovers the whole family is going on a trip to India, his heart sinks. He's happiest at home playing computer games and practising his magic tricks in his room - and he's about to be thrown into the busy, colourful heart of India. When they arrive, his dad suggests a trip into...