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1) Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Publishers description:
A journey may take hundreds of miles, or it may cover the distance between duty and desire.
Sixteen of today’s hottest writers of paranormal tales weave stories on a common theme of journeying. Authors such as Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine, and Melissa Marr return to the beloved worlds of their bestselling series, while others, like Claudia Gray, Kami Garcia, and Margaret Stohl, create new land-scapes and characters. But whether they’re writing about vampires, faeries, angels, or other magical beings, each author explores the strength and resilience of the human heart.
Suspenseful, funny, or romantic, the stories in Enthralled will leave you moved.
ISBN-10: 0007442467 ISBN-13: 9780007442461 Buy from Waterstone's Buy from Amazon |
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2) Inner City, edited by Tony Bradman (A & C Black Publishers Ltd)
Publishers description:
A mixture of bright new names and well known authors, including Ian Beck, Alan Gibbons and Julia Green, look at inner city life with all its problems and challenges. A whole range of experiences are brought sharply into focus in this sparkling collection of new stories, which feature crime, families in crisis and the collapse of community life in cities from London to Sao Paolo.
ISBN-10: 1408113775 ISBN-13: 9781408113776 Buy from Waterstone's Buy from Amazon |
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3) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, Roald Dahl (Puffin Teenage Books)
Publisher's description:
Seven stories by Roald Dahl. Things are not what they seem, they can't be what they seem. Turtles, fingersmiths, the Mildenhall treasure, even a man who could see with his eyes closed, everyday life is twisted into powerful and sometimes terrifying, fantasies.
ISBN-10: 0141311495 ISBN-13: 9780141311494 Buy from Waterstone's Buy from Amazon |
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4) The Swap and Other Stories, George Layton (Macmillan Children's Books)
Publisher's description:
Brilliant, funny and disturbing stories of growing up in the Fifties, by the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Fib.
"The coach started to move off. I felt frightened. All these weeks, looking forward to it, and now I didn't want to go. Please, Mum, let me go home. She was running alongside, waving her hanky and crying..." He'd nagged his mother for weeks to let him go on the school exchange, swapping his home in the backstreets of a northern town for a posh house in London. With a proper family. With a dad. But now it was all going wrong...
ISBN-10: 033039794X ISBN-13: 9780330397940 Buy from Waterstone's Buy from Amazon |
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5) A Little Aloud for Children, Foreword by Michael Morpurgo, edited by Angela Macmillan (David Fickling Books)
Publisher's description:
This unique book offers a selection of prose and poetry especially suitable for reading aloud to children. It includes extracts ranging from modern day favourites (David Almond, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Neil Gaiman) to old classics (Kipling, Dickens, E. Nesbit), and features a foreword from Michael Morpurgo. Each piece has been chosen by the Reader Organisation, whose team has unique experience in the effect and benefits of books that immediately capture children's interest and imagination. All royalties in full will go to The Reader Organisation, the leading UK charity for reading and health.
ISBN-10: 0857560425 ISBN-13: 9780857560421 Buy from Waterstone's Buy from Amazon |
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Illustrated stories
1) Tales of Wisdom and Wonder (book and CD), Hugh Lupton & Niamh Sharkey (Barefoot Books)
Publisher's description:
Prepare to be amazed, intrigued and enchanted by these astonishing tales. The seven stories gathered from sources around the world are full of magic, mystery and transformations. Book with CD editions include stories read by Hugh Lupton.
ISBN-10: 1905236832 ISBN-13: 9781905236831 Buy from Waterstone's Buy from Amazon |
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Illustrated stories
2) A Forest of Stories, Rina Singh & Helen Cann (Barefoot Books)
Publisher's description:
Appreciate the natural world with this collection of tree folk tales from around the world. The seven stories each challenge readers to rethink their relationship with nature, and to think of trees in new ways.
ISBN-10: 1841488062 ISBN-13: 9781841488066 Buy from Waterstone's Buy from Amazon |
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Illustrated stories
3) Short Too!, Kevin Crossley-Holland (OUP Oxford)
Publishers description:
The longest story in this collection is very short and the shortest just three words long. Award-winning author, Kevin Crossley-Holland, follows the success of Short, with Short Too!, another collection of short stories to entertain, make you think, laugh, and think again. Short Too! is a varied collection of short stories ranging from traditional folk-tales to modern ghost stories, there's a story in this book for everyone. Perfect for children who enjoy dipping in and out
of a book at their leisure. Crossley-Holland is the winner of the Carnegie Medal for Storm and the Guardian Children's Fiction prize for The Seeing Stone.
ISBN-10: 0192780131 ISBN-13: 9780192780133 Buy from Waterstone's Buy from Amazon |
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Audio stories
1) Dr Who: Short Trips Volume 1, Various authors (Big Finish)
Publisher's description:
Get ready for eight fantastic new adventures in space and time with the Doctor and his companions, featuring stories from many of Doctor Who’s most popular authors from the worlds of television, print, comics and audio, as well as new talent and fresh voices... and read by your favourite Big Finish actors!
Written By: George Mann, David A McEwan, Jamie Hailstone, Damian Sawyer, Ally Kennen, Colin Baker, Adam Smith, Dorothy Koomson, Directed By: Nicholas Briggs, Ken Bentley. Cast: William Russell, David Troughton, Katy Manning, Louise Jameson, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sophie Aldred, India Fisher.
ISBN-10: 1844355470 ISBN-13: 9781844355471 Buy from Big Finish Audio |
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