Eleanor Taylor

Summoned to the Great Gorilla Villa by King Big Daddy to meet the newest member of their family, ten gorillas arrive on time using various forms of transportation, including hot-air balloon, taxicab, and pogo stick.

An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from master storyteller David Almond, inspired by his childhood in the north-east of England. It features coming of age stories on the theme of closeness to home, deftly interwoven with illuminating autobiographical pieces on the inspirations behind the fiction. David Almond says of this unique collection, "Stories on the page are so beautifully neat. All that lovely black print; those lovely...

After his family moves into their new house, Louis the fox discovers a very frightened monster living under his bed, and when he takes the monster to the park with him, the monster helps him make new friends.

Grandfather Bear thinks his cubs are so wonderful, he cannot imagine them being naughty.

A baby finally finds something to do that does not make everyone in the family tell him "No."

In her second Further Tale of Peter Rabbit, Emma Thompson returns Peter to his home in the Lake District. Peter and his silly cousin Benjamin are helping their friend William, a turkey, who is in danger of becoming Mr and Mrs McGregor's Christmas dinner.

Peter can't sleep. He's too big to share his bedroom with his sisters Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail. But is he big enough for his own room?