Collection: Junior Fiction

Ever since the days of the Grimm brothers, children have been fascinated and scared and enthralled and terrified by scary stories. Five guest authors tell six stories of horror for children, from Sonia who wouldn't do her chores, to Monica who always said, "I don't wanna!" to a young man in Grade...

There are few characters with the singular, magnetic draw of Aladdin's singing, dancing, joke-cracking Genie. With gorgeous stylized artwork and a fun, charming story about Genie's powers and his friendship with Aladdin, this enchanting picture book is the perfect companion for any Aladdin fan wh...

Eleven-year-old Jake's parents run an original Guest House where adults can relax and destress without a child in sight. It's a Kid Free Zone. Jake usually manages to keep out of the way but when the pressure to impress the ultimate critic is on, Jake is in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It's time for another Adventure Club trip! This time Tilly and the Adventure Club are off to the Arctic circle in search of polar bears! There, they journey across the ice on sleighs pulled by huskies, camp in tents, and watch the northern lights, braving sub-zero temperatures.But on a boat trip,...

Tilly has no plans for the summer holidays and is dreading months of boredom, that is until she becomes part of The Adventure Club and wins a place to go track and monitor endangered red pandas in Nepal! In the Himalayas, she meets other members of the club, rides on yaks, plants a bamboo forest...

It's time for another Adventure Club trip! When Tilly learns that the monsoon rains in India are late and the tigers in a local sanctuary have disappeared searching for water, Tilly is worried. The sanctuary is surrounded by busy roads and cities. It's not safe for tigers. She decides that this i...

There's no ducking out - it's time for this ordinary, wise-quacking duck to become... A Hero! Adventure Duck didn't ask for greatness. All he wanted was his nest on the duckpond and plenty of soggy bread to eat. But when a meteor gives him superpowers, he knows he must fly into battle and defeat ...

Ay, caramba! Adventure Duck and his zebra sidekick, Ziggy, have a tasty new mission in Mexico. Their nemesis, Power Pug, has a dastardly new scheme to control the world's chocolate supply. With the help of a llama with projectile spit, Adventure Duck and Ziggy set out to foil the pug's nefarious ...

There's no ducking out, an Arctic space race is on and Adventure Duck must defeat his new nemesis, the Wicked Walrus! Adventure Duck fluffs up his feathers and heads to the North Pole, where his ice-hearted enemy, Power Pug, has taken over a secret space base. The pug's latest hench-animal, a sup...

Miguel and Clarke are on the look-out for their next great adventure. They go to the library to find ideas. Clarke reads about spies and Miguel reads about space. Across four short stories, Miguel and Clarke use the power of their imagination to travel to outer space, explore a new planet, make a...