Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl is twelve years old and he is a clever and dangerous criminal. He discovers that fairies have gold – a lot of gold – and he wants some of it. But these fairies are not the fairies you read about in children’s books. They are not sweet and friendly. They have guns, and

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

One day, Bruno’s father gets a new job, and the family have to move from Berlin, Germany, to a new place. There is a strange camp at the end of the garden. Bruno is very unhappy and bored until he meets Shmuel. The two boys become very good friends. But why is Shmuel in the

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

“Someone killed Huckleberry Finn.” Everyone in the village of St. Petersburg will tell you this, but Huck Finn is not dead. He ran away. Now he is traveling down the great Mississippi river. Come with him on his adventures and meet many new people. Some of them are good, but some of them are very

BBC Dynasties: Chimpanzees

A few years ago, the BBC made the TV programme Dynasties about animal families across the world. They chose to film David and his family – a group of chimpanzees in south-eastern Senegal. Sometimes families are happy and sometimes they fight. Sometimes life is good and sometimes it is not easy. It is the same