Short Stories

Introduce little ones to Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella and the Princess and the Pea in this gorgeous book. With simple...

Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish. Burton's lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness...

A delightfully warm, brand-new Christmas story, starring Jacqueline Wilson's beloved Victorian foundling, Hetty Feather. Are you longing for Christmas? Can't wait to warm yourself by the fireplace, drinking hot cocoa...

Wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable, this outstanding collection features short stories by great 19- and 20th-century writers from America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Western Europe. Included are Hemingway's "A Clean,...

Yates was cautiously lifting a cooked and curried crescent to his mouth. He stopped and looked at Pettit. 'It's a cockroach,' he said. 'I'm going to eat it.' 'What in...

Every book tells a story And the 70 titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality that formed part of the original Penguin vision...

A thrilling collection of myths, legends and ghost stories from War Horse author and Britain's best-loved storyteller Michael Morpurgo. Since the beginning of time, strange and mysterious things have happened...

Feed your imagination in only 5 minutes with this delightful collection of illustrated stories about magic and mystery.

Relive adventures from across the last 100 years of Disney in this storybook celebration

Join the Avengers for a storytime packed with action, excitement and teamwork as the heroes battle giant insects

NOW A #1 BLOCKBUSTING FILM. The Sun is dying. Earth will perish too , consumed by the star in its final death throes. But rather than abandon their planet, humanity...

Horse Stories The Horse and the Colt features beautiful stories of friendship, bravery and adventure from around the world. With wonderful illustrations throughout, this book is the perfect introduction to...

'Signs and Wonders' documents a couple's divorce after twenty-six years of marriage; in 'Robbing the Cradle', a teacher desperate to conceive resorts to the most extreme measures imaginable; and 'The...

Critics often comment on the importance of landscape in Wuthering Heights , and in this edition, Christopher Heywood locates the text more precisely than previous editions amid Yorkshire's limestone north...

One minute I'm lying on the floor reading a book, the next minute I've got my granny's teeth clamped to my bum. Yoweeeee! But that's only the start of the...

Right round the edge of the Australian continent, we re all lining up shoulder-to-shoulder to get our bit of land with a water view. And at every opportunity we throw...

Here s another collection of Andrew Daddo s hilarious short stories that sold straight through their first print run for Christmas 2001, and generated a fantastic publicity campaign. Anyone who...

I'm uncovered... I try to hide my nakedness with my hand. But it doesn't work. Everyone can see. Also on show... Bad rabbit habits. Rapt - in toilet paper. Birds...

Dare you enter the world of MONSTERS? The beloved World's Worst series has captivated millions of readers. You've met the world's worst children, the world's worst parents, the world's worst...

Twelve incredible Doctor Who stories for the long winter nights . . . Christmas can mean anything . . . For Missy, it's solving murders in 1909. For a little...

In this collection of Lake Wobegon stories, Keillor takes his readers back to that world, the place that is everybody's home town 'where all the women are strong, all the...

An array of original stories from around the world bring a new and exciting twist to one of the most beloved figures in fiction: witches. Witches! Whether you know them...

A collection of novellas and stories from one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the fantasy genre, Robin Hobb. Including work written under her pseudonym, Megan Lindholm. Long before...

What makes a warrior? This gutsy collection of original short stories offers a variety of answers to the question with thoughtfulness, heart and the occasional wink. The characters in these...

A teenage girl finds unexpected sexual freedom on a trip to Amsterdam. A woman trapped at a dinner party comes up against an ugly obsession. The stories in Free Love...

Fall in love with someone out of this world. If love transcends all boundaries then paranormal romance is its logical conclusion. From the biggest names around, here are 24 tales...

Joy Williams offers ninety-nine illuminations on mortality as she brings her powers of observation to Azrael, the Angel of Death and transporter of souls. Balancing the extraordinary and the humble,...

Joy Williams offers ninety-nine illuminations on mortality as she brings her powers of observation to Azrael, the Angel of Death and transporter of souls. Balancing the extraordinary and the humble,...

Britain's national treasure Michael Rosen delivers a silly, mind-fizzing collection of heartwarming true tales perfect for bedtime. For kids aged 6 to 106! These totally true (and very silly) stories...

"Morse had solved so many mysteries in his life. Was he now, he wondered, beginning to glimpse the solution to the greatest mystery of them all... ?" How can the...

An unmissable collection of three How to Train Your Dragon stories, featuring new and exclusive short story WHEN THE WINDWALKER CHANGED. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking...

An unmissable collection of three How to Train Your Dragon stories, featuring new and exclusive short story WHEN THE WINDWALKER CHANGED. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking...

A stunning collection which brings together one hundred of the best-loved stories ever told, from elegant retellings of Grimm and Andersen to lively folk tales from around the world An...

For fifty years prize-winning novelist Jane Gardam has been writing glorious short stories, each one hallmarked with all the originality, poignancy, wry comedy and narrative brilliance of her longer fiction....

Growing up in a family that valued the art of storytelling and the power of oral history, Thomas Steinbeck now follows in his father's footsteps with a brilliant story collection...

I hear someone coming. It has happened before . . . Rooted in the elemental landscapes of Sussex, Brittany and the Languedoc, here are tales of ghosts and spirits seeking...

Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894) was one of the few nineteenth-century women writers considered the equal of her male peers. Harper & Brothers was so enamored of her work that the...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents a novella featuring Violet Bridgerton along with a collection of "second epilogues" to her Bridgerton series-her beloved Regency-set novels featuring her...

If you enjoyed A Minecraft Movie , you'll love this book! Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn't just help you craft, it's essential to survival! Four misfits...

'Brinkley's sentences are daggers' RAVEN LEILANI 'Extraordinary ... moving, compelling and virtuosic' OBSERVER 'A triumph' COLIN BARRETT An electric collection of stories set in contemporary New York, from the award-winning...

In Immortal- Love Stories With Bite, edited by New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series P.C. Cast, seven of today's most popular YA vampire and contemporary...