In a single day, a journey across Buenos Aires reveals a daughter to her mother, a mother to herself, and the oppressive weight of received ideas to women connected by a fleeting encounter, twenty years before.

Sol has the craziest dinner time when he finds elephants in his custard! He feels worried and wants to tell his family about them, but everyone looks too busy. As his worries begin to grow, Granny comes to the rescue... This story uses a play on the `elephant in the room' metaphor to show the importance of making time to talk as a family.

Elisabeth loves to paint, just like her papa. But when tragedy strikes she is thrown into a world of grey. Will she be able to find the colour in her life again? A moving and ultimately uplifting story from bestselling children's author Katherine Woodfine, inspired by the childhood of artist Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun.

A captivating and unique biography of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret, told by the internationally renowned royal biographer Andrew Morton.

Part of the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Ella Fitzgerald tells the inspiring story of one of the most influential jazz singers of all time.

A story of courage, determination, time-travel and a magical crow! The river is about to burst its banks, the town is engulfed by a snow storm, fourteen souls will be lost, unless Needle and Glory can change fate.

Short stories at their most moving and immediate; this new collection from prize-winning author Leila Aboulela spans twenty years of her work.