Wordsmith (Literacy Service) – serie

Evacuated from London, David and Tucky feel like the war is a long way away from their new life in the countryside. Then one night the skyline of the moor is lit up with gun flashes, and the distant crump of bombing miles away brings the war back to them and shatters their new-found peace. When a German bomber crashes, the boys feel they should hate the airmen inside. But one of them saves David's life...

Christophe's story can help him fit into his new life, if he has the courage to tell it… Christophe has a story inside him - and this story wants to be told. But with a new country, a new school and a new language to cope with, Christophe can't find the right words. He wants to tell the whole school why he had to leave Rwanda, why he has a scar made by a bullet from a soldier's gun and what happened to his baby brother, but has he got the courage to be a storyteller? Christophe must find a way to break through all these barriers, so he can share his story with everyone.

The wolf has lost nearly everything on his journey to the zoo, including an eye and his beloved pack. The boy too has lost much and seen many terrible things. They stand eye to eye on either side of the wolf's enclosure and, slowly, each makes his own extraordinary story known to the other...

Mary was happy, very happy once. That was until her father married again and everything changed. Mary tried hard to please her new stepmother and stepsister but nothing was ever good enough. The one day her stepmother sent her out into the woods and Mary's life changed forever...

Tip Top is a good donkey but he is getting old and weak. His owners want to get rid of him so he runs away! Along the way, he meets other animals with sad stories to tell. They join together to sing for their supper. But when they start singing, everyone gets a surprise...

FANTASTIC: A magical cupboard that can give you whatever you want … for a price. An exciting adventure inside a virtual reality computer game and a glimpse into the future. FUNNY: A horse that really is as silly as it looks and a man who is lost in the desert, looking for water but finding nothing but ties! FRIGHTENING: A deep, dark basement that hides a nasty surprise; a strange but intriguing new house and a creepy newel post that lives at the bottom of the stairs … Eight gripping short stories that will surprise, thrill, scare and even make you laugh out loud!