Gutting fish, fighting fire, feeding wild animals, mining coal... Could you do one of these wild, "Dangerous and Dirty Jobs"? Learn all about them and more!
“White Fang” is a wolf born in the desolate wastelands of Alaska. His first contacts with man are violent and humiliating. Even when he finds a human who treats him with love, White Fang cannot forget that he is a wild animal where the law was: eat or be...
“Two Explorers” is the story of two of the bravest explorers of all time, Marco Polo and Roald Amundsen. Polo was the first Westerner to journey to the Far East and join the court of Kublai Khan. Amundsen was the first man to reach the South Pole. Read about...
This is the famous novel “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame: the classic story of four good friends - Mole, Rat, Badger and Toad. Together they have many adventures in the Wild Wood. Toad's obsessive behaviour worries his friends and finally brings him to prison. Can his...
In the mid-17th century, D’Artagnan arrives in Paris with an old horse and very little money. His dream is to become a Musketeer, one of the King’s guards. He becomes friendly with three of the Musketeers – Porthos, Aramis and Athos – and together they have many adventures. This...
Marisa Mcgreevy tells us how Jack, Tom and Danny have to write a scary story for their teacher, but they don’t know what to write about. So one night, they decide to go looking for ghosts in the cemetery. They find their ‘ghost’ – but they also find much...
“The Moonstone” is a beautiful yellow diamond that was stolen from the statue of a Moon god in India. When Franklin Blake brings it to Rachel Verinder's house in Yorkshire for her birthday, it brings bad luck with it. How many people will the Moonstone hurt? How many must...
Edward Malone is determined to prove to his beloved Gladys that he's a man of adventure. Accompanied by Professor Challenger, Professor Summerlee and Lord John Roxton, Edward embarks on an expedition like no other. Deep into the Amazon the four men go, in search of a “lost world” where...
Sleepy Hollow is a quiet, peaceful place near the Hudson River in the USA, but it is alive with stories about ghosts and witches. One night, the teacher in Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane, has a terrifying adventure with Sleepy Hollow’s most famous ghost, the Headless Horseman, with unexpected results....
Hawkeye is a scout for the British Army in America. He is helped by Chingachgook and Uncas, “The last of the Mohican” tribe, in his struggle against Magua, the murderous leader of the Huron tribe. This exciting adventure was created by James Fenimore Cooper.
