There was a once a shepherd boy who was so clever that he could answer every question he was asked. The king in the kingdom had however three very specific questions. Do you think...

Cousins Louise, Elizabeth and Patsy are debuted in high society in this, the fifth book in the Aunt Jane series by L. Frank Baum. Their Uncle John, keen that his young nieces...

First published in 1887, ‘The Big Otter’ by prolific author R.M. Ballantyne is one of many of his stories which draws on his own experiences of living and working in remote...

‘Fast in the Ice’ follows the tale of a group of Arctic explorers, whose ship ‘Hope’ is caught fast in the winter ice of the Arctic. The group must wait out the worst of...

Do we see the real personality of people or is there more luring behind the surface? Sometimes the ones we trust the most might be playing a role contrary to their character. In...

The sly fox, the greedy wolf and the diligent ant are among the most iconic and loved characters from Aesop’s fables. Who doesn’t love discovering knowledge in the ancient...

“Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.” When her parents die, Mary, spoiled, yet unloved, is shipped from India to...

If there was someone to trick the Devil himself, you would not expect it to be a hard-working peasant, right? Well Brothers Grimm surprise us yet again with a folktale about an...

The second in the ‘Jeremy’ series, ‘Jeremy and Hamlet’ switches between two perspectives: those of our 10-year-old hero and those of his dog, Hamlet. With Jeremy away at...

Obsessive, destructive, and co-dependent, Heathcliff and Cathy were raised as siblings bound by a fate that has them forged as lovers. But when Cathy refuses to marry Heathcliff,...