Jane Considine Reading Units

A little girl has to think fast to save her animal friends when a monster in the woods tries to make them into soup.

Aliens have fun playing with human underwear.

When the Bear family have a late night, the next day doesn't seem to go well for any of them.

A young boy's bottom makes a range of different noises and he discovers that he can make good use of them.

A young girl celebrates the beauty and significance of her older sister's decision to wear the hijab.

Misery Moo is always miserable, until she upsets her friend, Lamby Poo , and has to cheer her up by being happy again

45th anniversary edition of the story about a boy's parents ignoring his warnings about a monster and fail to notice when he is eaten.

A boy sails away to find the fruit of the flumflum tree which is a cure for his granny who has the moozles

Facts about the lives and nature of trees.

Noi spends the summer on his Grandma's island, and with her help rescues a flock of migrating birds that have become stranded on a rock in a storm.

New cover reissue of this magical story from award-winning international bestselling picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers

When their dog goes missing, Poppy and Cy play hide and seek in the woods to distract themselves.

A mean rabbit is befriended by a bear, who he has stolen food from whilst she was hibernating.

30th anniversary edition of the classic story about a gentle chimp, who fed up of being bullied tries to bulk-up with training exercises

A boy travels to Mars and helps the Martians who are fed up with alien musicians making a racket on their planet.

A little boy brings a stranded baby whale home and looks after him in the bath until his dad finds out and helps him return it to the sea.

Lenny wants a carwash for Christmas but doesn't anticipate receiving one with magical properties, changing the owners vehicle to one that they deserve.

A hardworking duck is rescued from life with a lazy farmer in this award-winning picture book classic from Owl Babies author, Martin Waddell, and Bear Hunt illustrator, Helen Oxenbury.

Follows the adventures of a young boy's action figure as he plays with him

Mog the cat catches a burglar

Follows the daily tribulations of a young Muslim boy as he deals with his family, moving house and starting a new school.

Two children go searching their block of flats in search of a mysterious cat

On an unwanted holiday in Scotland, Finn realises that even the smallest actions can make a difference in the quest to save the planet.

A little girl gets revenge on people with her magic finger

A celebration of living things of many kinds, and the kindness we can show them as we wander through the world.

The story of Danny and his father who outwit their greedy, rich neighbour, Mr Victor Hazell.

After saving his aunt from an ogre, a young boy is apprenticed as a monster hunter and begins to learn what turns out to be the family trade.

When Jada Jinks discovers that her granny is a magician, she helps her realise her potential.

An orphan girl who longs to be adopted experiences a magical Christmas journey.

An African girl talks to the sky in the hope of saving her village from drought.

The livelihood and spirit of a small fishing village is saved when a young boy rescues and befriends a stranded dolphin

A little girl creates a colourful garden in a disused airport car park and makes friends with a boy who finds it after seeing it from an aeroplane.

Biographies of 13 women who had an impact on society throughout history

Once upon a time there was a Princess. She had everything a little girl could ever want, and she was happy. That is, until the fog came...

Katie and Jack are show the sights of London by a Trafalgar Square lion

A baby barn owl is afraid of the dark until some exciting nocturnal adventures help him to overcome his fear

A 30th anniversary edition of the classic story of a lonely girl, a friendly gorilla and their amazing night out.

A pirate family move into a house in a small town

A colour-illustrated version of Hughes' classic children's story.

A boy and a bear meet, become friends and have the adventure of their lives.

Four best friends who have fallen out settle their differences to fight to save their school library.

The blackbirds' song uplifts and restores in this captivating novella from one of the most exciting voices in children's fiction.

Trixie Pickle becomes an Art Avenger, and tries to take down bullies using art.

George is left to look after his grandmother but gets into trouble when he brews a potion to make her more likeable

A boy finds a portal to a legendary world in his local barbershop, and learns he's the hero that everyone was waiting for.

Sulwe's skin is the colour of midnight. She's darker than everyone in her family, and everyone at school.

A young genius boy with cerebral palsy befriends an alien and together they defend the family's jam secrets from a rival.

Meet ten-year-old Joy Applebloom, a girl with a knack for finding the silver lining in even the darkest of rainclouds.

Elsa's stepfather is out of work so the family have to live in one tiny room at the Royal Hotel.

A young boy timeslips to the Stone Age where he has a coming-of-age adventure with another boy from the era

Eleven-year-old Harrison, helped by his new friend Lenny Singh, solves the mystery of a jewel thief on while on a steam train trip with his uncle.

Follows the eccentric residents of a small town, including an obnoxious old man who tries to poison a popular dog.

A young girl has an adventure with the Egyptian gods when she has to set off to rescue her adventurer father who has disappeared and is trapped inside the Sphinx.

A young boy is in for a shock when he picks some fruit from the tree at the bottom of his garden and finds himself with a pet dragon.

Picture book, full colour edition of the story about a married couple who are horrible to everyone but are taught a lesson by some clever animals

Shen and Sika take part in a race to the Arctic with a sledge pulled by 66 pug dogs.

A modern day boy visits the stone age and learns about prehistoric life.

Shows how two children escape from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii.

A young lad determines to change his ways when the consequences of his bullying prank on a homeless man are laid bare.

A rescued greyhound experiences life with three different owners.

Teenager Alice is whisked away from her life helping in her mother's bakery to carry out a spy mission to find a rogue agent

Ten-year-old Leo dreams of performing in the West End. His love of dancing is getting him through the heatwave, but his selective mutism means he is unlikely to be able to perform in public and puts his spot in the end-of-summer dance show on the line.

A group of children take part in an escape game, only to discover that the puzzles they have to solve are far more serious than they expected.

When Marina discovers a boy with a head of tentacles and crab claws for hands, she resolves to help him unravel the mystery of his past.

A lonely wolf yearns for company but must lose something of himself in exchange for friendship and comfort.

Friends Rohan and Myra must pass three challenges in order to rescue Rohan's baby sister from the magical world of Otherland.

A young boy with a stammer dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian.

A young girl still coming to terms with her parent's separation meets a strange boy in the local churchyard and slowly comes to realise that he's not who he says he is.

A young not-so-heroic Viking becomes a hero when he saves his tribe from a gigantic sea dragon.

A young boy who survived the Nazi concentration camps arrives in the Lake District, where hopes of a new life await.

A boy suspects something is not right when he is invited as part of a group of finalists in a writing competition to an old stately house where strange things start to happen.

A robot tries to find his way back to his owner after he wakes up damaged in a scrapyard.

Herbert Lemon and Violet Parma are caught up in an adventure concerning a legendary sea-monster when they try to find out what happened to Violet's missing parents.

Two sisters take it upon themselves to investigate the murder of one of the fellow residents of their housing estate

A robot awakens on a remote island with no knowledge of her past, or how she got to the island.

Two boys in competition for a part in the school play are challenged by an urban myth creature.

A twelve-year-old boy discovers his dead dad's time machine and goes back in time to try to prevent the accident that killed him

An 11-year-old boy helps his 13-year-old super-powered brother stop an obsessed business man as well as an asteroid from destroying Earth

A wealthy young girl learns to live at a boarding school when her life changes dramatically after her father's death.

An eleven year old pretends to be a father in order to join a space mission.

When Nancy overhears a secret conversation, and Sidney sees something smuggled into the stables at midnight, they must work together to find out what is really going on at Stanbrook.

An eleven-year-old girl's world is turned upside-down when she has to go and live with her mother in the city after her father, with whom she lives in the woods, is seriously injured in an accident.

During the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, two children discover a runaway girl in the coal shed, who tells them she's fleeing from people who are trying to poison her.

A girl raised with wolf companions joins rebellious villagers against an oppressive general to rescue her mother from prison

A young girl campaigns for historic wrongs to be righted, whilst also dealing with her autism.

Explores the life of a young mixed-race boy, Ted, living with his mother and poorly older brother in Victorian Bradfield.

A brother and sister try to keep the bond with their cousin alive, despite the horrors of the Great War.

A boy contemplates the events that happened when an older boy is found dead in the town where he lives.

A boy. A wolf. A legend for all time. The first book in the internationally bestselling WOLF BROTHER (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness) series by renowned author Michelle Paver.

Three sisters must find three magical objects that will free them of the ancient curse they are all under.

A girl fights to find a way back to her island home, and her mother, when a new government official bans anyone without leprosy from living there.

Elliot teams up with Olympian gods when he and the zodiac Virgo accidentally released the sleep daemon from his prison.

A 13-year-old girl enters the dangerous underworld of Victorian London when her father goes missing

A boy with behavioural problems is given a second chance after a new boy befriends him

When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, 14 year old Alex Rider becomes involved with MI6 and has to complete his dead guardian's mission.

Sent by mistake to a juvenile correction centre, a teen boy discovers the wardens are using the boys as manual labour to find a buried treasure

A deprived and physically abused boy from London flourishes under the care of an old man when he is evacuated to the countryside during World War II.

When 14-year-old Mariel goes to live with her long-lost relatives in England, she discovers some strange family secrets

Four children endeavour to survive after the light aircraft they were aboard crashes in the heart of the Amazon jungle.

An 11-year-old Ethiopian boy hopes to realise his dream of becoming an athlete when he joins his grandfather on a trip to the capital city of Addis Ababa.

An evacuated boy builds a relationship with the gorilla at the zoo owned by the woman with whom he's been billeted.

A girl runs away with her guardian to Paris in search of her mother who she initially thought died in the shipwreck that she was rescued from as a baby.

Two children brave the wilds of Russia after they flee a prison camp, pursued by a vengeful sorceress and her shadow wolves.

The 50-year-old mystery of a missing girl sparks a battle between a girl and her faerie tormentors

An autistic girl learns to be herself instead of trying to hide her condition from people around her.

A girl finds comfort in ballet lessons as she adjusts to life in Britain after fleeing Syria with her family.

Two warring sisters learn to overcome their differences on a school holiday trip to Wales.

A young rabbit and his siblings embark upon a quest to defeat an enemy who has destroyed their family home.

Follows a young boy as he escapes from a convent orphanage in the mountains of Nazi occupied Poland in search of his parents

Set in 18th century on St Kilda, a fowling party must survive being stranded

A girl born under an unlucky sign and destined to die on her 11th birthday is given a chance to join a secret magical society which would save her from her fate.

Two children set off on a quest to defeat the evil Ice Queen who keeps their world in her icy grip.

The antics of a pet pig help a family get through a difficult period in their lives.

Set in World War 2, a 12-year-old girl evacuated from London to Cornwall discovers a connection between the village and her missing sister

A human boy must team up with enemy aliens to fulfill his destiny of saving the galaxy from a lethal supernova.

A 13-year-old boy in denial about his mother's terminal illness imagines sharing stories with a yew tree

A boy must make a radical medical decision.

The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award.