Books of English fiction - Children's stories

  • The Elves and the Shoemaker: Based on the Story by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

    The Elves and the Shoemaker: Based on the Story by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

  • The Elves and the Shoemaker
    The Elves and the Shoemaker
    By Audrey Daly, Jacob Grimm

    The story of a poor shoemaker who works hard but does not prosper until he has only enough leather left to make one pair of shoes.

  • King for Ever!
    King for Ever!
    By Cyprian Ekwensi

    “ Just Bujama Hill , the bridge over the river and we are nearly home , ' said Pa Mininda . The car started down the long , steep hill . The driver braked to slow the car . The brakes did not seem to work . He pumped the brakes harder .

  • A Bear Called Paddington
    By Michael Bond, Peggy Fortnum

    First published in 1958, A Bear Called Paddington is the first novel by Michael Bond, chronicling the adventures of this lovable bear.

  • The Body on the Beach
    The Body on the Beach
    By Joyce Hannam

    Nobody in the hotel liked Spiros. But who could hate him enough to murder him? Alex sets out to discover the truth, and finds that the islands of Greece can be both beautiful and deadly.

  • Blackbeard the Pirate
    By Victor G. Ambrus

    Far out in the Spanish Main, Blackbeard sails in search of buried treasure.

  • The Money Game
    The Money Game
    By Barbara Kimenye

    In this story Joshua makes some money by collecting illegally at a church meeting. Then Martha steals it from him.

  • Cannonball Simp
    Cannonball Simp
    By John Burningham

    A small dog, abandoned near a trash dump and captured by a dog catcher, finds a place for herself when she is befriended by a circus clown whose act needs improving.