The Ox and the Yak

Part of Julia Donaldson's Phonics series to help young children to learn to read.

Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Thomas Docherty

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (El Maravilloso Viaje de Nils Holgersson)

Selma Lagerlöf's classic tale of a lazy farm boy who is changed to the size of an elf and travels around his native Sweden with a flock of wild geese.

Written by Selma Lagerlöf. Illustrated by Thomas Docherty

Platero and I (Platero y Yo)

A Spanish children’s classic about the life of the writer and poet Juan Ramon Jimanez and his donkey Platero, in a small Andalusian town at the beginning of the last century.

Written by Juan Ramon Jimanez Illustrated by Thomas Docherty

Lost For Words

Can you help Alex solve the riddle of the evil Master of the forest and save him and the other children from being turned into crows?

Written by Stella Gurney Illustrated by Thomas Docherty. Commissioned by Channel 4 as part of the Lost For Words season 2007

Fly Pigeon Fly

A young boy growing up in Glasgow finds a baby pigeon and teaches it to fly.

Written by John Shaw and Julia Donaldson Illustrated by Thomas Docherty