The Puffin Book of Stories for Eight-year-olds

Children will be spellbound by the amazing characters in this fabulous collection - a greedy king, a very bad giant, a fairy queen and lots more... 
 
Perfect for eight-year-olds to share or read alone.

Wendy Cooling (1941-2020) taught English in London secondary schools for many years before moving to BookTrust, a charity that supports reading to children and adults. There she founded Bookstart, their flagship national programme that gives books to babies and toddlers to encourage parents and carers to foster a lifelong a love of reading. Wendy edited many short story and poetry anthologies for children and travelled the world talking about children's books and the importance of reading. In 2006 she won the Eleanor Farjeon Award for her outstanding contribution to children's literature, and was honoured to receive an MBE from the Queen in 2009. Wendy died in June 2020, aged 78.

The Puffin Book of Stories for Five-year-olds

The Puffin Book of Stories for Five-year-olds edited by Wendy Cooling brings together stories perfectly suited for every five-year-old. 
 
A brimming collection of exciting stories, full of adventure and magic, by much-loved writers, including Margaret Mahy, Ted Hughes and Malorie Blackman. 
 
From a naughty pirate to a very lonely lion, children will love the amazing characters they meet in this timeless collection. 
 
Perfect for five-year-olds to share or read aloud. 
 
 
Wendy Cooling was educated in Norwich and then spent time travelling the world. On her return to England she trained as a teacher, and taught English in London for many years. She left teaching to work on the promotion of books and reading as Head of the Children's Book Foundation (now Booktrust), and later founded Bookstart, the national programme that helps to bring books to young readers.

From a naughty pirate to a very lonely lion, children will love the amazing characters they meet in this timeless collection of stories. 
 
Perfect for five-year-olds to share or read aloud.

The Puffin Book of Stories for Six-year-olds

The Puffin Book of Stories for Six-year-olds, edited by Wendy Cooling is essential reading for all six-year-olds! 
 
Brilliant stories from some of our best-loved authors, including Geraldine McCaughrean, Philippa Pearce and Penelope Lively. 
 
With a Martian in a supermarket, a monkey in trouble, and a magic pearl tree, there's something for everyone to discover in this special collection. 
 
Perfect for six-year-olds to share or read alone. 
 
 
Wendy Cooling was educated in Norwich and then spent time travelling the world. On her return to England she trained as a teacher, and taught English in London for many years. She left teaching to work on the promotion of books and reading as Head of the Children's Book Foundation (now Booktrust), and later founded Bookstart, the national programme that helps to bring books to young readers.

With a martian in a supermarket, a monkey in trouble and a magic pearl tree, there's something for everyone to discover in this special collection. 
 
Perfect for six-year-olds to share or read alone.

The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories

A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

Christmas is coming! A delightful collection of stories for Yuletide by some of the finest writers for children which makes a perfect stock-filler Christmas gift. 
 
The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories is essential Christmas-time reading including classic and contemporary stories, from traditional to real life, humour and most importantly, the magic of Christmas. Writers range from Charles Dickens to Gillian Cross, Trish Cooke, Malorie Blackman and Jacqueline Wilson.

The Puffin Book of Christmas Stories is essential Christmas-time reading including classic and contemporary stories, from traditional to real life, humour and most importantly, the magic of Christmas. Christmas is coming! A delightful collection of stories by some of the finest writers for children.Writers range from Charles Dickens to Gillian Cross, Trish Cooke, Malorie Blackman and Jacqueline Wilson.

The Puffin Book of Stories for Seven-year-olds

A wonderful collection of classic tales now available on audio CD

Meet an amazing range of characters in this exciting collection of stories chosen especially for listeners of around 7-years-old. Make the acquaintance of the princess in the tower block, eager to escape from frogs and princes in tights; or Horrid Henry who hates everything and everybody; and the old man who wishes he could cry like he did when he was young...All this and much, much more is packed into this unforgettable audiobook.

Wendy Cooling

Steve Cox

This brilliant collection is full of magic, mayhem and adventure! Find out how the camel got his hump, how Jimmy learned to vanish, and what Horrid Henry got up to on his holiday... 
 
Perfect for seven-year-olds to share or read alone.

Wendy Cooling

Books by Wendy Cooling

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