Collection: Junior Fiction

Jummy has won a place at the finest girls' boarding school in Nigeria. Nothing can dampen her spirits, not even when she learns that her best friend Caro won't be joining her. School is everything Jummy dreamt of - but when Caro suddenly arrives at the school to work, not to learn, Jummy must bri...

When the River School's new head teacher decides to ban football, Jummy and friends must come up with a new game plan - and fast.

Welcome to a new term at the River School! Best friends Jummy and Caro are attending together and they're thrilled to discover they both get to work on Nile House's agricultural project. But the Shine-Shine River is running low and Jummy will have to step up if she wants to save it.

Discover the fascinating history of African migration, from thousands of years ago to the 21st century. Newly updated, 'African Migrations' explores the history of migration from Africa, from the forced migrations of slavery and the experiences of life in the Americas to the political and economi...

When Georgie is cast as the lead in The Nutcracker ballet, it's a dream come true - literally. Every time Georgie dances with the wooden Nutcracker doll, she is transported to a world larger than life. It's so magical, Georgie can't wait to return again and again. Especially because real life isn...

This volume collects over 200 familiar Aesop's fables from 'Look Before You Leap' and 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' to much less familiar tales, each with its own sharply pointed moral.

Shona and her dad are just returning from a trip to the Natural History Museum when - oh no! - their train comes to a halt. What can Shona do to pass the time except study the passengers in her carriage?

Little persons from all over the world join together to celebrate the dance of life and love in this poem from John Agard.

Excitement spreads like wildfire through the jungle. Earth-goddesses are planning a conference! From Australia to Antarctica, the Amazon to Africa, goddesses will debate the burning environmental issues of our times and bushy-tailed, smooth-talking Coyote wants in on the action! Can this infamous...

Shona likes most creatures in the world but for some reason she's terrified of bats, and so she's a bit concerned when her new teacher announces they're about to begin a bat project. But that's nothing to how she feels when a colony of the pesky flappers turn up in her own attic! Luckily Miss Bat...