A Fish Called Goldie

Goldie loved her life with Mrs Tilley! The goldfish bowl was right near the window in the lounge room, and Goldie just smiled so much. She was so happy to be living there! Mrs Tilley was very kind. She gave her lots of tasty flakes to eat, rocks and reeds for Goldie to play around and put a cloth over her bowl at night to keep her warm. But one day an ambulance came and took Mrs Tilley away. Goldie was alone.

When Mrs Tilley’s son took Goldie to a pet shop to sell, Goldie wondered what would happen to her. Find out what happens to Goldie next. Do you think smiling would help Goldie find a new home?

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A Fairy for Penny

What would you do if you discovered that fairies live in your garden? Wouldn’t you want to keep them with you forever? Every night, Penny loses herself in the fairy tales her mother reads to her at bedtime. Little does she know that a tiny fairy, named Gloob, listens to the stories too, perched unnoticed on her windowsill. Gloob lives in the hidden city of Silgree at the bottom of Penny’s garden. But what happens when he stays on one night to keep the little girl company? Does Penny befriend him, or does she capture him and expose him to the world? Pam Bertram’s A Fairy for Penny is a magical tale of friendship and innocence that will melt your heart. 

A Dog Called Ruffy

Ruffy is a lonely little dog who lives by the seaside and sustains himself with scraps from the rubbish bins along the beach car parks.

One morning when he decides to beat the heat and take a dip in the ocean, he hears a voice across the water calling for help. He barks as much as he can to try and get people to see the little boy in trouble but nobody takes any notice. The crashing waves are too loud and everyone is playing games and laughing!

Find out what happens next! Will Ruffy end up alone again by the rubbish bins, or will he get a new home and a warm kennel?

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A Cumbrian Prince

David struggles to live up to his father’s expectations. After losing his family, David goes on a journey of discovery that influences his future and the future of his country.

A Cat Called Cookie

Cookie was a little black cat who was always exploring the house, the backyard and the trees around the house he lived in with Mrs Prentice.

When he was chasing a fat mouse one day, Mrs Prentice put her straw broom in his way and told him to stop chasing the mouse! Cookie wanted to tell Mrs Prentice that the mouse was running into the kitchen to eat her breakfast toast on the table, but she didn’t give him a chance to give his side of the story?

Find out what happens next. When Mrs Prentice walked back into the kitchen, what do you think she saw? Did she then understand what Cookie was trying to tell her before?

Join Cookie to find out about being fair.

A Book of Birds and Verse for Young and Old

A Book of Birds and Verse is a collection of good-humoured verse fused together with illustrations of some of our best-loved wild birds; birds that we may see every day in our gardens, towns and countryside.

The writer and wildlife artist Joseph Johnson has combined his talents of painting and writing to bring the reader a presentation of a number of Britain’s favourite wild birds, each one introduced through rhyming verse.

Joseph has enjoyed a lifelong love of the natural world and is a keen conservationist. He has written this collection of short illustrated poems with a humour which will introduce, entertain and perhaps educate the young reader as well as the maybe not so young to many of the characteristics of the subjects.

Our fine feathered friends are a blessing to us all and the author hopes that the readers of this book may come to see some of them in a new and fresh light together with a smile.

A Bird Called Swoopy

Swoopy is a black and white magpie who lives high up in a gum tree with his Mum and Dad, just near a golf course.

One day when his parents are away finding food, he sees a pretty pink golf ball plop along the green grass below their nest. He flies down, picks it up, and takes it back up into the nest. He hears a man shouting something but doesn’t think anything’s wrong?

When his parents come home, they tell him it is wrong to take things that don’t belong to you, and they push the ball back out of the nest down onto the ground. But the next day, Swoopy sees another ball, and he can’t resist! What happens next?

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A Bear Called Bruno

Bruno is a big, old, kind and handsome bear who has six children and two grandchildren!

They all live in the wilderness amongst hundreds of trees and bushes alongside a fast-flowing river. Life is good until one day when Bruno sees his granddaughter, Coco, looking sad, standing alone on the riverbank.

When she says everything is OK, Bruno goes about his day as usual. But later that afternoon when he passes by the river again, he notices Coco is still there, and has salt marks coming down from her eyes.

He knows something is wrong! It’s not until he visits Coco’s school that he finds out Coco is being bullied. After Bruno speaks with her teachers and with the parents of the naughty bears, school life returns to normal for Coco… and for the bullies.

Join Bruno to learn about why bullying is wrong.