True Stories

Meet Marcus Rashford - Ultimate Football HeroThis is the story of Marcus Rashford - one of the brightest young stars on the Manchester United books...

The Ha Ha Bonk Book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is jam-packed with brilliant jokes!This Young Puffin joke book is full of good jokes to tell your da...

Fantastically Great Women Who Made History is the eagerly anticipated follow up to Kate Pankhurst's hugely successful, Fantastically Great Women Wh...

In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over...

The unforgettable tale of an orphan in Victorian London, based on the boy whose plight inspired Dr Barnardo to found his famous children's homes. ...

Celebrate some of the most extraordinary women and their remarkable lives with this gorgeous gift set of the wildly successful Fantastically Great ...

'One of the greatest books of the [last] century' - GuardianA deeply moving and unforgettable portrait of an ordinary and yet an extraordinary teen...

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!As a young man, Roald Dahl's adventures took him from London to Ea...

Chinese Cinderella is an autobiography for children based on the bestselling Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah. Jung-ling's family considers her ...

This is the story of how a young girl from Florida began her career in musical theatre, before a big break on television propelled her to internati...

The inspirational story of Lisa Jura's escape from Nazi-controlled Austria to England on the famed KindertransportFourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a...

Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards 2018. Kate Pankhurst, descendent of Emmeline Pankhurst, has created ...

Winner of the Best Book With Facts Blue Peter Book Award 2017. Amazing real-life stories about extreme survival. Beautifully presented in a large...

Be inspired by the lives of trailblazers past and present in this fun and factual biography series!How did Stephen Hawking's amazing discoveries ch...

Anyone can be a hero - from a housewife turned spy, to a six-year-old schoolgirl defying racism. Read the inspiring stories of people whose incredi...

From best friends James Bowen and street cat Bob, stars of the number one bestselling A Street Cat Named Bob, comes a special edition of The World ...

Norman John Gillies was one of the last children ever born on St Kilda, five years before the whole population was evacuated forever to the British...

Life can throw things at us that seem overpowering, and events might sometimes seem out of our control - but everyone has the power to make a diffe...

Solve puzzles from the past in this third book in the spine-tingling series, featuring creepy creatures, eerie encounters, and spooky scenarios. ...

Be FIERCE, be BOLD, be INSPIRED ... DREAM BIG! 100 people, 100 ways to change the world. The ultimate empowering guide, Dream Big! Her...

The true story of Mary Seacole, the "Celebrated Heroine of the Crimean War". Over two hundred years ago in Kingston, Jamaica, a little girl calle...

An amazing tale of heroism and ingenuity, this dramatic picture book tells the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's incredible adventure in the heroic ...

'Hilarious and a timely look at women and our bodies' Juno Dawson'Honest, rebellious and completely refreshing' Fearne CottonCharli Howard grew up ...

Join the Pilgrims on their perilous journey across the ocean, as they start a new life in North America. This stunning book marks the 400th anniver...