Children's Fiction Books on Growing Up & the Facts of Life

The Magic Pen

By Oram, Hiawyn, Schon, Nick, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

I Want a Pet!: A humorous rhyming text about a boy who is looking for a pet. (Collins Big Cat): Band 05/Green

By Umansky, Kaye, Horne, Sarah, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Worm Looks for Lunch: A playscript about Worm’s adventure on his search for lunch. (Collins Big Cat)

By Julia Donaldson, Cliff Moon, Martin Remphry

The Brave Baby: A story from another culture about a brave baby girl. (Collins Big Cat)

By Malachy Doyle, Richard Johnson

Jodie the Juggler: A humorous story about a boy who loves to juggle.: Band 05/Green (Collins Big Cat)

By French, Vivian, Blake, Beccy, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Morris Plays Hide and Seek: A story with a familiar setting about a game of hide and seek.: Band 06/Orange (Collins Big Cat)

By French, Vivian, Parker-Rees, Guy, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Horses’ Holiday: A humorous rhyming story about Horse’s trip to the seaside.: Band 07/Turquoise (Collins Big Cat)

By Umansky, Kaye, Macleod, Ainslie, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

The Stone Cutter: A thought-provoking fable that draws on the Japanese tradition of storytelling.: Band 07/Turquoise (Collins Big Cat)

By Taylor, Sean, Curmi, Serena, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Harry the Clever Spider: A humorous story about the discovery of a large, friendly spider in the bath.: Band 07/Turquoise (Collins Big Cat)

By Jarman, Julia, Fowkes, Charlie, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

The Woman who Fooled the Fairies: A traditional story about a woman who baked the best cakes in the world. (Collins Big Cat): Band 09/Gold

By Impey, Rose, Schon, Nick, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Buzz and Bingo in the Monster Maze: A humorous story about Buzz and Bingo as they search for the monster party. (Collins Big Cat)

By Durant, Alan, Walker, Sholto, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Hector and the Cello: This story by a significant author tells the tale of Hector the Hippo who wants to play the cello.: Band 08/Purple (Collins Big Cat)

By Asquith, Ros, Asquith, Ros, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Pet Detectives: Tortoise Trouble: Join the Pet Detectives in their search for the missing tortoise.: Band 09/Gold (Collins Big Cat)

By Hunter, Jana, Blundell, Kim, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Buzz and Bingo in the Fairytale Forest: A humorous story that draws on several well-known fairytales. (Collins Big Cat)

By Durant, Alan, Walker, Sholto, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Pet Detectives: The Ball Burglary: When a football goes missing, it’s a perfect case for the Pet Detectives. (Collins Big Cat): Band 09/Gold

By Hunter, Jana, Blundell, Kim, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Class Six and the Very Big Rabbit: A humorous story in four chapters about a teacher who is far from ordinary. (Collins Big Cat)

By Waddell, Martin, Ross, Tony, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Tig in the Dumps: A humorous story about Tig’s prize-winning book day costume.: Band 11/Lime (Collins Big Cat)

By Morgan, Michaela, Phillips, Mike, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

The Amazing Adventures of Batbird: A humorous story about Dunkan Dabble - who thinks he is a superhero. (Collins Big Cat)

By Clarke, Jane, Schon, Nick, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Hercules: Superhero: A witty playscript of the classic Greek myth by leading children's author Diane Redmond. (Collins Big Cat): Band 11/Lime

By Redmond, Diane, Mould, Chris, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff, Diane Redmond, Chris Mould

Fabulous Creatures – Are they Real?: An information book that describes some fantastic legendary monsters. (Collins Big Cat): Were They Real?: Band 11/Lime

By Anderson, Scoular, Anderson, Scoular, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Monster Mess: A humorous story with simple, repetitive text about two little monsters. (Collins Big Cat): Band 01b/Pink B

By Pym, Tasha, Villet, Olivia, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff, Tasha Pym

Colour Bears: Colour Bears introduces the principles of colour-mixing through a simple story. (Collins Big Cat): Band 01b/Pink B

By Pym, Tasha, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff, Tasha Pym

Have You Ever?: A fun story that follows a boy through a fantasy land.: Band 02a/Red A (Collins Big Cat)

By Pym, Tasha, Elworthy, Antony, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Super Ben: A patterned picture story following Ben on his trip to the park. (Collins Big Cat)

By Smallman, Steve, Smallman, Steve, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Around the World: Beautiful story poem by critically acclaimed children’s poet, James Carter.: Band 03/Yellow (Collins Big Cat)

By Carter, James, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Cat and Dog Play Hide and Seek: A comical story told through a series of pictures and questions. (Collins Big Cat)

By Rayner, Shoo, Rayner, Shoo, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

What's For Breakfast: A picture story about three hungry ants. (Collins Big Cat): Band 02b/Red B

By Shipton, Paul, Stuart, Jon, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff, Paul Shipton

Harry the Clever Spider at School: A humorous story about Harry’s field trip to school.: Band 07/Turquoise (Collins Big Cat)

By Jarman, Julia, Fowkes, Charlie, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Chicken Licken: Jeremy Strong presents a lively and spirited retelling of a well-loved fable. (Collins Big Cat)

By Strong, Jeremy, Blundell, Tony, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Peter and the Wolf: An exciting playscript retelling Prokofieff’s classic tale. (Collins Big Cat)

By Redmond, Diane, Bendall-Brunello, John, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff