‘I pretend I am a princess, so that I can try and behave like one’

Without her beloved father and miles from home, it is very...

You might think I'd have grown out of getting myself into scrapes now that I'm half past sixteen. But between being vexed by my...

'It's a million times nicer to be Anne of Green Gables than Anne of nowhere in particular, isn't it?'

My dislikes: Being an...

"You saved your mistress's life, Beauty! yes, you saved her life"

Black Beauty is the prettiest young horse in the meadows,...

‘Wait, wait! Save us! What’ll we do?’

Simon is determined to become a painter when he grows up so he sets off to London to...

Rebecca Solnit retells 'Cinderella'. A Fairy Tale Revolution is here to remix and revive our favourite stories.

'She looked...

'I am Dracula. And I bid you welcome to my house'

He is deathly pale. His fingernails are cut to sharp points. His teeth...

'Password Emil!'

Emil is excited to be taking the train on his own for the first time. He doesn't like the look of his fellow...

'Two Surface-dwellers. Two! He's a Fattypuff and you're a Thinifer. There's no doubt about it!'

This is the tale of two...

Read the ultimate classic comforting coming of age fantasy story.

'Don't you know a sand-fairy when you see one?'

I dare...

'As they sat together in the twilight, talking over their small plans, the future always grew so beautiful and bright'

Meg,...

'Hold your noise! Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat!'

Little orphan Pip scarcely imagines how a...

Haroun: What's the use of stories that aren't even true?

I asked that question and the Unthinkable Thing happened: my father...

'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink...'

This is the diary of Cassandra Mortmain, which tells of her extraordinary family...

'My dear girls, stop your mud-pies and hear the news!'

Ten years after Little Men, the boys that Jo raised are all grown-up....

'For God's sake, hold on!'

On a stormy night off the coast of Scotland, young David Balfour faces his most terrifying test...

'We always allow one pillow-fight Saturday night'

Did you ever wonder what happened to Jo March from Little Women? She grew...

'Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another'

Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and...

'Look here! Here's a jolly life! What's the odds where it comes from?'

Meet the Artful Dodger, as roistering and swaggering a...

Come Away! Come Away!

The Darling children are tucked up in bed when Peter Pan bursts in to their nursery. Peter and his...

'Most generally there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you keep hunting long enough to find...

Welcome to Redwall Abbey. Inside its enormous doors, mice live in peace, helping those in need and throwing epic feasts for the...

'It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at...

Read this 19th-century childhood adventure story that confronts the reality of racism in America.

'There comes a time in every...

If you love Noel Streatfeild's Ballet Shoes,you'll adore The Bell Family.

'Well, little people, what's the news?'

Meet the...

'If we were in a book it would be an enchanted castle - certain to be'

When Jerry, Jimmy and Kathleen are forced to spend...

'On the contrary, my dear Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see'

Herein lie the...

'Only one thing was clear and certain - that at all costs he was going home, home to his own beloved master...'

The Hunter...

‘Traitor! Now is your death-time upon you!’

You may think you know all about King Arthur, the young boy who plucked the sword...

A New Translation by Michael Morpurgo, Author of War Horse

If a little fellow comes along, if he laughs, if he has golden...