Fiction

Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive....

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition....

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him....

When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter....

As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind....

When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why....

There are few characters in literature more iconic than J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Now, actress Lily Collins brings new, youthful energy to Peter's magical adventures....

Sure, some parents are embarrassing - but they’re nothing on this lot. These 10 tales of the world’s most spectacularly silly mums and deliriously daft dads will leave you rocking with laughter....

Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennigton-Jones can't wait to start boarding school....

Visiting France to view some famous medieval bibles, Cyril Bonhamy mistakes the most dangerous criminal in France for the director of the Bibliothèque.....

Jenna-Louise Coleman reads The Secret Garden, one of the best-loved stories of all time....

Gemma Arterton reads Lewis Carroll's all-time classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland....

The Boy lives in a cottage with his mother and father, and the Dragon lives in a cave on the Downs....

One morning, Steve finds that Zombies have attacked the villagers. The Zombies have also turned the village blacksmith into a Zombie, leaving Steve without a place to get swords....

When Mollie and Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present, they discover the most extraordinary thing: a chair that can fly and grant wishes....

Here are four fantastic stories, full of magic and fun, that young children are sure to love!....

Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell....

In the middle of the Enchanted Wood you can hear the trees whispering "Wisha-Wisha" and amongst the thick forest is the most enchanted tree in the world - the magic Faraway Tree....

Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher....

Follow what happens when three children discover their very own enchanted wood and meet new friends Silky the Fairy, Moon-Face, and the Saucepan Man, who all live in the magical Faraway Tree....

 Think your teachers are bad? Wait till you meet this lot....

I look like a normal kid. Only there's a difference. Poseidon, God of the Sea is my dad. Which sounds cool, but actually means there is usually someone (or something), somewhere, trying to kill me.... 

Magical retellings of four classic fairy tales...

August 1611. Jack Fletcher is shipwrecked off the coast of Japan. Rescued by the legendary sword master Masamoto Takeshi, Jack's only hope is to become a samurai warrior....

Andy and Terry live in a 13-storey treehouse. They've also got a new book to write, but there's a problem. A BIG problem. Well, quite a few big problems actually...

Thrills, spills, and cheating death are just part of an average day on a not-so-average summer vacation for these two smarty-pants siblings....

A set textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since publication, Newt Scamander’s masterpiece has entertained wizarding families through the generations....