This is the story of Mowgli, a young boy abandoned in the Indian jungle. He is adopted by a pack of wolves and becomes friends with Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. Mowgli learns how to communicate with the animals and survive in the jungle. But Shere Khan,...
A stranger arrives in a small village wearing a long coat and gloves. His head is covered in bandages and dark glasses hide his eyes. The villagers are curious. Who is he? When they discover the stranger’s terrible secret, they realize that they are in great danger.
West Hill School is just an ordinary school, but one day a new teacher arrives and some very strange things start to happen. The teacher comes to work in a car that has no driver. He carries a newspaper dating from 1935. And he always seems to punish the...
The Otises are a practical American family. They don't believe in “The Canterville Ghost”. They don't believe in ghosts ... until they move to Canterville Chase, an old English country estate inhabited by the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville. The family is amused by Sir Simon's failed attempts...
The dog-hero, Buck, begins his life in a happy home in California, but is sold and made to work in a sled-team transporting supplies in Alaska during the Gold Strike of 1897. As well as describing Buck’s hard life, the story shows the loving relationship that can grow between...
Ken Harris tells us in this amazing story called “The Body Snatchers” how Tom and Dylan, 13, see two suspicious men one day. They are putting a body into a van! Shocked, the boys follow the van to a dark building. They see the men put the body into...
Amy and her friends arrange to meet after school one day to explore an abandoned house. But things don't go quite according to plan. Ken Harris tells us in this amazing storie that Amy doesn't arrive at the meeting place and an exciting adventure unfolds as her friends set...
“Robinson Crusoe”, written by Daniel Defoe, is a gripping story of one man’s fight for survival. When his ship sinks, Robinson manages to get to a desert island, where he faces a variety of dangers, including cannibals. After many years alone, he finally meets another human being. Will they...
Thi is one of the great figures of English literature. “Robin Hood” and his friends live in Sherwood Forest, where they have a series of exciting adventures. The wicked Sheriff of Nottingham is determined to capture Robin, but somehow Robin always escapes.
Sally receives a telescope and a book on space for her birthday. One night, there is a mysterious crime in the town where she and her friend James live. They want to solve it. How the Sally's new presents hel to solve the crime?
