Literature & Fiction

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

Back at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year, Harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors - and then the attacks start....

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....

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....

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....

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....

Magical retellings of three classic fairy tales, read by Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan....

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....

Come with us to an Enchanted Place, a forest where Winnie-the-Pooh lived with Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Little Roo....

Magical retellings of three classic fairy tales....

Victoria Secord, a 14-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs....

A mythical monster, a kingdom in peril, an adventure that will test two children’s bravery to the limit. Discover a brilliantly original fairy tale about the power of hope and friendship to triumph against all odds, from one of the world’s best storytellers....

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

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....

Magical retellings of four classic fairy tales....

Magical retellings of three classic fairy tales, read by Tamsin Greig and Stephen Mangan....

Matilda is the world's most famous bookworm, no thanks to her ghastly parents.... 

Olivia Colman reads E. Nesbit's classic novel. The Railway Children is a masterpiece of children's fiction. It wonderfully evokes a bygone age and is packed with fun, excitement and adventure....

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

A charming portrait of the joys and hardships of the four sisters in Civil War New England....

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....

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

One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet's house to see what Piglet was doing....

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....

Russell Tovey reads the story of the handsome and spirited horse, Black Beauty....

Lucy has stumbled upon a marvellous land of fauns and centaurs, nymphs and talking animals....

Robert, Anthea, Jane, Cyril and the Lamb are on holiday at the White House....