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One night, away from his family, Eric finds a golden seal. People want to shoot golden seals for their beautiful fur. Eric’s father is one of those men. A stranger arrives in a boat. What does he want? Eric loves the seal. He wants her to live. But what can he do?

Black Beauty is an amazing and emotional story of a horse that grows up surrounded by kindness and affection. But when Black Beauty grows up, life changes.

The country is wild and dangerous. Mountains are high, rivers run fast, and there are strange animals in the woods. But three family pets, two dogs and a cat, begin a long, long walk through western Canada. They miss their family and they are trying to get home. But will anyone see them again?

Three children, Wendy, John and Michael fly off with Peter Pan and Tinkerbell to Neverland. Only children live in Neverland and, of course, the pirate Captain Hook. Do Wendy and her brothers like it there? Do they decide to stay?

Moonfleet is a quiet village in the south of England, but John Trenchard knows its secrets: smugglers and a famous stolen diamond. A classic tale of adventure.

Amy and Jack are on vacation. They are visiting Max. It is dark. They cannot sleep. Suddenly, Amy points, Look!, she says, what are they? Bats, birds, butterflies, moths...? Learn about animals of the night!

Gwendolen thinks that she loves Ernest. Cecily thinks that she loves Ernest too. But who is Ernest really? What kind of man is he? This is a wonderfully funny play by one of the greatest writers of his time. This book is written in a play script format.

Three bears live in a small house. When they go for a walk, Goldilocks comes to the house. What does she do there? What happens next?

There are old homes, new homes, mobile homes, “green” homes, intelligent homes, and strange homes, too! There’s a home made from bottles. A treehouse made from glass. Palaces for kings and queens. And people living in rocks! So, what is a home, and what are homes made of?

Tom is as small as a thumb. He is so small he can ride on a butterfly. It takes him to a palace where he meets a princess. What do they do there? How does Tom help her?

The Doctor and Clara have to save a Viking village from space warriors from the future, the Mire. Without the villagers’ best fighters, or the technology of the Mire, how can they win? And why is the Doctor so interested in one Viking girl?

The houses in Newton Road are small, but people are very happy there. Then a civil engineer wants to knock down the houses and build a new road. The people of Newton Road are very angry. But can they win the battle?

When they are hunting, or when they are prey, lots of different animals hide in different ways. An octopus changes color, insects look like sticks. Seahorses hide in coral and lizards with two heads! Can you think of any more animals that use camouflage?

Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed forever by two very different meetings, one with an escaped convict, and the other with an eccentric old lady and the beautiful girl who lives with her. And who is the mysterious person who leaves him a fortune?

Ebenezer Scrooge is rich but he is a mean old man with no friends. It is Christmas Eve but he’s still in his office counting money. He doesn’t like Christmas – it costs too much! Later that night, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. They show him scenes from his life. They show him the present, Christmas Eve in Victorian England where both rich and poor are enjoying Christmas with family and friends. They show him a frightening, lonely future. In this famous story by Charles Dickens, Christmas brings a surprising change in Ebenezer Scrooge…

Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London. Then he makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. The result is a crazy, exciting race against time across Europe, Asia and America. There are many dangers along the way, and a detective who wants to arrest him!

Tim loves his toy rabbit and plays with it every day. Then Tim gets sick and his mom puts all his toys in the garden. Poor toy rabbit! Poor Tim! Does Tim find his toy rabbit again?

This book tells the business success stories of five remarkable women: Coco Chanel, Hanae Mori, Anita Roddick, Oprah Winfrey and Madonna.

Mahatma Gandhi is famous for his protests without violence. He fought for change in South Africa and then at home in India. Read the inspirational story of the man who changed the world.

From the earliest times, people have looked up at the stars, the moon and the planets, so now, we know more about them than we ever have. Today, people can train to be astronauts, work in space, or join a future mission to Mars. Did you know that the first astronauts were animals? That for astronauts working in space, the sun rises 15 times in 24 hours? Do you know how you might train to become an astronaut? Or where astronauts might explore next?

There is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera. People are dying and a beautiful, talented young singer has disappeared. Is this the work of the Opera ghost? Is the ghost a man or a monster? And what else will he do to get what he wants?

Hannah is a scientist and she studies animals. She wants to show you two animals with amazing life cycles: a butterfly and a frog. The Peacock butterfly lives in Europe. The Red-eyed tree frog lives in the rainforests of Central and South America. Which one hibernates? Which one is nocturnal? Let’s take a look...

A witch takes Rapunzel from her parents and keeps her at the top of a tall tower. There are no doors in the tower. Rapunzel is a prisoner. The witch climbs up Rapunzel’s long hair to come inside. How can Rapunzel get out?

In a restaurant, Mr. Bean doesn’t like his food. He tries to hide it in very strange places. At the laundromat, Mr. Bean loses his trousers. Two hilarious stories about Mr. Bean.