Short Stories for Children

Online Only! Get more for less with The Work’s expertly hand-picked Book Bundles. These are a collection of great quality products, grouped together to give you amazing value. This collection of 10 books will delight children as the lovable pup, Kipper, celebrates his birthday, learns to look after a new pet and gets a little scared in the dark. Kids are sure to love these stories, their gentle charm and instinctive understanding of a child’s world make them the perfect tales to grow up with. Included in this title: • Kipper • Kipper’s New Pet • Hide me Kipper • Kipper’s Birthday • Kipper’s Toybox • One Year With Kipper • Kipper’s Beach Ball • Kipper’s Monster • Kipper’s Snowy Day • Kipper’s Little Friends 10 of our favourite kids picture books are reduced from £2, to only £1 each, as part of this fantastic bundle! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781444950731 • Author: Mick Inkpen • Publisher: Hachette Children’s Books • Format: Book Collection - Paperback

This colourful box set full of amazing animal tales contains ten levelled readers designed to help children excel at reception level. Each animal-themed book features simple text to aid reading fluency, as well as a mix of bright photography and lively illustrations. The readers also come with helpful parent notes and a comprehension quiz that encourages children to engage with the text. Includes: • At the Zoo • Playful Puppies • The Pig Can Fly  • I Spy • What Am I? • I Am Bigger • What a Sight I Saw Last Night • Chameleon Can • I Saw a Dinosaur • Noisy Farm Includes ten levelled readers, a reward chart, 2 sticker sheets and an activity page in each book which encourages children to engage with the text and learn relevant sight words. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781805443254 • Author: Make Believe Ideas • Publisher:  Make Believe Ideas • Format:  Box Set

This colourful box set full of funny, furry tales contains ten levelled readers designed to help children excel at school. Each humorous book features simple text to aid reading fluency, as well as bright and bold illustrations. The readers also come with helpful parent notes and a comprehension quiz that encourages children to engage with the text. Includes: • Meet the Farmers • Meet the Dragons • At the Beach • Who Lives Here? • I Can Swim  • Bedtime for Ted • Llamas busy week • Dance Party • The Little Old Lady Who Interested Ally • When Dinosaurs Ruled Includes ten levelled readers, a reward chart, 2 sticker sheets and an activity page in each book which encourages children to engage with the text and learn relevant sight words. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781805443261 • Author: Make Believe Ideas • Publisher:  Make Believe Ideas • Format:  Paperback

'I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet . . .' Young children will love lifting the flaps to discover the animals the zoo has sent – a monkey, a lion and even an elephant! But will they ever manage to send the perfect pet? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529074932 • Author: Rod Campbell • Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books • Format: Board Book • Pages: 14 • Dimensions: 17.7 x 17.7 x 1.5cm

Little People, Big Dreams provides an introduction to five iconic groundbreaking musicians! Learn more about Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Prince, Stevie Wonder & Dolly Parton! Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780711289529 • Author:  Little People Big Dreams • Publisher:  Quarto Publishing • Format:  Box Set

Join Morgan, Ash, Harper, Po and Jodi on an exciting adventure through the Minecraft world. The Woodsword Middle School crew have discovered magical headsets that actually transport them into Minecraft. At first it’s exciting, but then they realise this is more than just a game… This chunky slipcase contains all six books from the Woodsword Chronicles series, so readers can follow the journey from beginning to end.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780008491277 • Author:  Nick Eliopulos • Publisher:  Farshore • Format:  Book Collection • Pages:  864 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 6.9 x 19.8 cm

A brilliantly funny story of what happens when a galactic princess moves in next door and almost brings about the end of the world. Exciting new fiction from the bestselling, award-winning author of My Brother is a Superhero. Gavin's got a new neighbour and she's really annoying. Niki follows him everywhere, bosses him about, and doesn't care that her parents will obliterate Earth with their galactic warships if she doesn't stop running away from them. Can Niki and Gavin sort out the alien despots (aka Mum and Dad) and save the planet? Possibly. Will they become friends along the way? Doubtful... Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780857639936 • Author: David Solomons • Publisher:  Nosy Crow Ltd • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  336 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm

Bunny and his friends Weenie the Squittel, Pig (the pig), Action Beaver, and Skunky the Inventor live peacefully in the woods. Until one day, when the chaotic force of nature Monkey is fired into their midst by the British Space programme! (They were aiming for the Moon).  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781788451772 • Author:  Jamie Smart  • Publisher:  David Fickling Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  256 • Dimensions:  14 x 1.6 x 21 cm  

What makes the perfect villain? Is it their skilful sorcery, brutish betrayals or their devilish deeds? You decide... Unleash the sinister side of thirteen of the best baddies in Disney history, including the Evil Queen, Jafar, Ursula and Maleficent. Each villain's profile recounts their side of their infamous stories - from vanity to wealth to extraordinary power. Dare to take a peek inside the darkest corners of their minds to determine... who is the evilest of them all?  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781839030024 • Author:  Rachael Upton • Publisher:  Autumn • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  104 • Dimensions:  15.6 x 1.4 x 21 cm

Badgers are best. Or so badger thinks… “If it’s not black and white then it’s just not right!” But what if he’s wrong? A book about acceptance, difference and learning to say sorry. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781848699403 • Author: Stella J. Jones • Publisher: Little Tiger Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 25 • Dimensions: 26 x 25.9 x 0.4cm

Join the Disney and Pixar heroes for seven exciting tales in this amazing storybook! Whether it's the Incredibles catching criminals, another magical day at the Encanto or Peter Pan battling Captain Hook once more, there's something for everyone to enjoy in this collection of awesome stories.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781837713097 • Author:  Walt Disney • Publisher:  Autumn • Format:  Hardback • Pages:  142 • Dimensions:   24.2 x 1.5 x 24.2 cm

Black Panther. Ruler of Wakanda. Avenger. This is his destiny. But right now, he's simply T'Challa - the young prince. Life is comfortable for twelve-year-old T'Challa in his home of Wakanda, an isolated, technologically advanced African nation. When he's not learning how to rule a kingdom from his father - the reigning Black Panther - or testing out the latest tech, he's off breaking rules with his best friend, M'Baku. But as conflict brews near Wakanda, T'Challa's father makes a startling announcement: He's sending T'Challa and M'Baku to school in America. This is no prestigious private academy - they've been enrolled at South Side Middle School in the heart of Chicago. Despite being given a high-tech suit and a Vibranium ring to use only in case of an emergency, T'Challa realises he might not be as equipped to handle life in America as he thought. Especially when it comes to navigating new friendships while hiding his true identity as the prince of a powerful nation, and avoiding Gemini Jones, a menacing classmate who is rumoured to be involved in dark magic. When strange things begin happening around school, T'Challa sets out to uncover the source. But what he discovers in the process is far more sinister than he could ever have imagined. In order to protect his friends and stop an ancient evil, T'Challa must take on the mantle of a hero, setting him on the path to becoming the Black Panther.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781801080965 • Author: Ronald L. Smith • Publisher:  Autumn Publishing • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  272 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm

1940. The world is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. Enter May Wong: courageous, stubborn, and desperate to help end the war so that she can go home to Hong Kong (and leave her annoying school, Deepdean, behind forever). May knows that she would make the perfect spy. After all, grown-ups always underestimate children like her. When May and her friend Eric are turned away by the Ministry, they take matters into their own hands. Masquerading as evacuees, they travel to Elysium Hall, home to the wealthy Verey family - including snobby, dramatic Nuala. They suspect that one of the Vereys is passing information to Germany. If they can prove it, the Ministry will have to take them on. But there are more secrets at Elysium Hall than May or Eric could ever have imagined. And then, someone is murdered...  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241429877 • Author: Robin Stevens • Publisher:  Puffin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  416 • Dimensions:  19.6 x 2.5 x 12.6 cm

The funny adventures of everyone’s favourite bear, Paddington, now a major movie star! Nothing is ever straightforward where Paddington is concerned. Whether he’s going to school, visiting the seaside or attempting to keep fit - one thing always leads to another. For nearly sixty years, Paddington Bear has touched the hearts of adults and children worldwide with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780006753773 • Author: Michael Bond  • Publisher:  HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  160 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 1.2 x 19.8 cm

Relive tales of friendship from across the last 100 years of Disney in this storybook celebration! Whether it's Mike and Sulley working as a team, Woody and Buzz learning to get along or Ariel's friendship with Flounder, Sebastian and Scuttle, there's something for everyone to enjoy in this collection of amazing stories.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781837713080 • Author:  Walt Disney • Publisher:  Autumn • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  142 • Dimensions:  24.2 x 1.5 x 24.2 cm

What happens when you have everything to lose... but even more to gain? On the surface, 16-year-old Iduna is a simple Arendellian village girl and aspiring inventor. Her best friend is Prince Agnarr, soon to be King, after the tragic demise of his father in the battle between the Northuldra and the Arendellian people. The mystery surrounding the now Enchanted Forest has cemented the hatred between the two peoples, and Iduna's true identity as Northuldra must be kept secret at all costs. However, Iduna and Agnarr's friendship soon becomes something much more - will they risk everything for true love? Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781801080620 • Author:  Mari Mancusi • Publisher:  Autumn • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  352 • Dimensions: 14.5 x 2.2 x 19.3 cm

It all started with the school rabbit… Snowflake is the school rabbit, and Snowflake is TROUBLE. At least that's what Tommy thinks. And when Snowflake unexpectedly comes to stay just before Christmas and EVERYTHING starts to go wrong, it looks like Tommy might be right. With a sick sister left in bed, a snobby actor left with suspiciously damp trousers, and no rabbit anywhere to be seen, Tommy and his family may just be DOOMED. Is Tommy suffering the curse of the school rabbit? Or can all this bad luck turn good in the end? A fantastically funny and exquisitely illustrated young fiction title from much-loved author and illustrator Judith Kerr.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780008352622 • Author: Judith Kerr • Publisher:  HarperCollins Publishers • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  82 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 19.8 x 1.2 cm

Thirteen-year-old T'Challa can't wait to go back to America to visit his friends Sheila and Zeke in Beaumont, a small Alabama town, over their summer break. He's thrilled to be on holiday away from his duties as the Prince of Wakanda. But as T'Challa begins to explore the town, he finds that a man who goes by the ordinary name of Bob happens to be everywhere he is - and T'Challa begins to think it's no coincidence. When residents of the town begin flocking to Bob's strange message, and a prominent citizen disappears, the Young Prince has no choice but to intervene. Before long, T'Challa and his friends find themselves caught in a plot involving a rare ancient book and a man who's not as he seems. Swept up in a fight against an unexpected and evil villain, T'Challa, Sheila and Zeke must band together to save the people of Beaumont... before it's too late. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781801080996 • Author: Ronald L. Smith • Publisher:  Autumn Publishing • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  256 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm

Do you like superheroes? Do you like pandas? Do you like really brilliant adventures? Then this is the book for you! When world famous superhero Dr Extraordinary gets blown up inside a giant robot, twelve-year-old Sonny Nelson is devastated. A world without heroes is totally rubbish! But things take an even more extraordinary turn when Dr Ex returns and is invisible to everyone except Sonny!  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241470527 • Author: Greg James & Chris Smith • Publisher:  Puffin • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  352 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 2.1 x 12.9 cm

Full of black-and-white illustrations by Lydia Monks, Princess Mirror-Belle is perfect for fans of this bestselling picture-book team and who are beginning to read on their own. It contains six delightful stories that children will come back to again and again. Ellen's life is turned upside down by the hilarious Mirror-belle, a spirited princess who claims to be from somewhere mysterious and far away. She appears out of mirrors to tell Ellen magical stories and take her on exciting escapades. From battling with Dragon Pox to helping out with the local pantomime, celebrating birthdays, having fun at the fair and starting at a new school, there are always adventures to be had! Stories Included: • Dragon Pox  • Ellen's Castle • Snow White and the Eight Dwarfs • Party Hoppers • Wobblesday • Love-Potion Crisps  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781529096743 • Author: Julia Donaldson • Publisher:  Macmillan Children's Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  176 • Dimensions:  12.9 x 19.8 x 1.6 cm