'I'm not going with you, Aunt Dete!' Heidi cries.
'Oh yes, you are!' Dete answers.

Heidi loves her home in the Swiss...

When the Emperor calls every man to join the army and fight the enemy, Mulan's father is old and ill, and cannot go. Wearing...

Medusa is a she-monster with snakes for hair. Can Perseus find and kill Medusa? And what happens after he goes back to...

'Bring me something new and exciting. Bring me a BIG story!' says Rosie's editor at The Record newspaper.

And, when she leaves...

'What's your job?' Yukio asks.
'I'm a sorcerer,' the old man smiles, 'and I need a young apprentice.'

One day, Yukio - a...

It's a cold winter's day, and a poor little girl can't sell any of her matches. She remembers her kind grandmother, now sadly...

Tristan and Isolde are in love, but Isolde must marry King Mark. So a happy love story seems impossible... The lovers meet every...

Ali Baba finds a thieves' treasure cave, and he is suddenly rich. Then his brother Kasim visits the cave, and things go...

One day, Yukio leaves his sister in the country and looks for a job in the town. He finds interesting work there, as a sorcerer's...

The men and the woman in this book - William Tell, Tom Blood, Lord Bao, King Matthias, Johnny Appleseed, and Lady Godiva - are...

'My name is Victor Frankenstein.'

On a ship in the Arctic, Victor Frankenstein - ill and tired - tells the story of his sad...

When ship after ship goes down in the Atlantic, Dr Pierre Aronnax and his servant, Conseil, journey from Paris to learn more....

Ozkan... , Hearn Paul

When Jake Stevens goes to work for some months in Ireland, he feels happy. He loves travelling, and talking about his job -...

Jemma is very excited when she joins an expedition to the island of Kamora. She hopes to learn about doing scientific research,...

'He's great, Vera,' said Angie.

When Viktor Sarav takes a job at Ballantine's, Angie and her brother Don - the young owners...

There are things happening in Alkmeenon that Conan does not understand - strange, terrible things.
Will Conan get the jewels, or...

What does a poor young woman do when she loses her boyfriend or wants to find one? What little lies do we tell to make ourselves...

Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, clever and rich. She lives alone with her father, and spends a lot of her time thinking about future...

'Conan!' cried Valeria. 'What are you doing here?'

When Conan the Barbarian follows Valeria the Pirate south, he surprises...

Over the years hunters, poachers, and war have killed many of the gorillas of central Africa. But there are still a few hundred...

The year is 1757. The English and the French are at war in North America. Two sisters - Cora and Alice - want to visit their...

Miss Mary Morstan has a strange story to tell.
Since her father disappeared, she has received a large pearl through the post on...

What happens when a man lives his life backwards, or a family owns a diamond as big as the Ritz Hotel?
How can a boring girl...

The priestess at Delphi tells him: 'The gods are angry with you. For twelve years you must work for King Eurystheus, and do...

Ali Baba finds a thieves' treasure cave, and he is suddenly rich. Then his brother Kasim visits the cave, and things go...

With Queequeg the harpooner, Ishmael takes work on Captain Ahab's whaling-ship, the Pequod. The ship's first mate, Starbuck,...

One cold winter morning, a famous movie star and her teenage daughter are driving along a country road...
A blue van is waiting...

The year is 1717. It is a bad time to be the captain of a ship in the Caribbean because of pirates. The most frightening pirate...

It's not easy to find a house to share in a big city. Every house has its problems, and not all of Chris's housemates are easy to...

The year is 1386 and pilgrims are going to Canterbury to visit the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket, and they tell stories on the...