DAISY’S BIG DIG Written by Angie Morgan. Ages 5+ How one little girl gathers together all the different people and families in her street, to help one old man dig his garden - and how the resulting Digging Party has far-reaching results for the community.

AFTER THE STORM Written by Nick Butterworth. Ages 5+ A storm is raging outside and the following morning, Percy the Park Keeper finds that the old oak tree has been blown down. It is a disaster for his animal friends who live there, but Percy is soon devising a plan to help his little friends find new homes in the best treehouse they have ever seen!

CHARLIE AND LOLA LOOK AFTER YOUR PLANET Written by Lauren Child. Ages 5+ With a bit of help from Charlie, Lola learns all about recycling and how it is extremely very important to look after our planet. Soon she has found an extra-specially fun way to do more recycling - and gets lots of her classmates to join in too!

THE FLOWER Written by John Light. Ages 5+ Brigg lives in a small, grey room in a large, grey city. When he finds a book in the library labelled ‘Do Not Read’, he cannot resist taking it home. In it, he comes upon pictures of bright, vibrant objects called flowers. He cannot find flowers anywhere in the city, but stumbles instead on a packet of seeds. This sets off a chain of events which bring about unexpected results.

GREEN RIVER Written by Won-Kyeong Lee. Ages 5+ When the little beaver Kobe discovers that his home at Green River has become polluted with trash and is no longer safe, Kobe decides to take action.

Empathy in Action

THE RED BICYCLE Written by Jude Isabella. Ages 7+ Leo rode his red bicycle everywhere - to school, the swimming pool and football practice. Leo was sad to have outgrown his bike, but found out he could donate it to someone who could really use it. Now in Burkina Faso, Big Red helps Aliseta haul goods to the market and watch over her family's sorghum field.

MY FUNNY FAMILY SAVES THE DAY Written by Chris Higgins. Ages 7+ When the council threatens to close Mattie's school because there aren't enough children to go, can the Butterfields save the day and keep the school open?

THE OWL TREE Written by Jenni Nimmo. Ages 7+ The owl tree is unlike any tree Joel has ever seen, so when Granny Diamond's neighbour wants to cut it down, Joel knows he must find out its secret. But with only four days to go, can the ghostly owl help Joel to save the tree?

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN Written by E. Nesbit. Ages 7+ When their father goes away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis have to move with their mother from their London home to a cottage in the countryside. The children see a landslide on the railway tracks and they decide they have to do something or the train will crash. Bobbie and her siblings want to make Perks happy on his birthday. Since they do not have money, they ask everyone in the neighbourhood to gather their presents and blessings for his birthday. Bobbie tells Perks about what people say about him. Perks is happy in the end.

THE STRAY Written by Dick King Smith. Ages 7+ Henrietta Hickathrift is 75 and bored of the old people’s home where she lives. She runs away to the seaside to start a new life, but she runs out of money on the first day. Luckily, the Good family find her and decide to adopt her as a stray.

THIS MORNING I MET A WHALE Written by Michael Morpurgo. Ages 7+

At sunrise, young Michael spots a whale on the shores of the Thames and thinks he must be dreaming. But the creature is real and it has a message for him - one that only an open-minded child can deliver to the rest of the world. The whale warns that the earth's days are numbered and that humans must put right the damage they are doing.

I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS Written by Michael Morporgo. Ages 7+ In the local library, a boy becomes captivated by the stories he hears read aloud by the librarian, who sits astride a model unicorn. She tells them a story of when war came and a library was burned, and of how the children were able to rescue their beloved books and resurrect the library.

THE PROMISE Written by Nicola Davies. Ages 7+

On a mean street in a mean city, a thief tries to snatch an old woman’s bag. But she finds she can’t have it without promising something in return – to ‘plant them all’. When it turns out the bag is full of acorns, the young thief embarks on a journey that changes her own life and the lives of others for generations to come.

WAITING FOR ANYA Written by Michael Morpurgo. Ages 9+ It is World War II and Jo stumbles on a dangerous secret: Jewish children are being smuggled away from the Nazis, close to his mountain village in Spain. Now, German soldiers have been stationed at the border. Jo must get word to his friends that the children are trapped. The slightest mistake could cost them their lives.

STOP THE TRAIN Written by Geraldine McCaughrean. Ages 9+ It's 1893 and for Cissy and her family, a new life in Florence on the prairies of Oklahoma. But when they refuse to sell their land to the railroad company, the boss swears that his trains will never stop in Florence again. How will they ever make a living now? Cissy and her friends, family and neighbours vow that they will make the train stop - by whatever means are necessary, no matter how dangerous that may prove to be.

ANNE OF AVONLEA Written by L. M. Montgomery. Age 9+

Five years after coming to Green Gables, Anne is 'half past sixteen' and about to start teaching at her old school, set on inspiring youthful minds and hearts with ideals and ambitions. But some of her pupils only respond to very different methods. Meanwhile the young orphan Davy and the Avonlea Improvement Society bring their own headaches for a harum-scarum, outspoken girl trying to grow up.

THE FARM BENEATH THE WATERS Written by Helen Peters. Age 9+ Hannah's farm is facing a new threat - a water company wants to flood the land to make a reservoir. How can Hannah stand by and watch as her home, the land her family has farmed for generations, the wildlife, the ancient trees, all disappear under a deluge of water? She isn't going to go down without a fight!

HERO ON A BICYCLE Written by Shirley Hughes. Age 9+ It is 1944 and Florence is occupied by Nazi German forces. The Italian resistance movement has not given up hope, though – and neither have Paolo and his sister, Constanza. Both are desperate to fight the occupation, but what can two siblings do against a whole army with only a bicycle to help them?

MALALA: THE GIRL WHO STOOD UP FOR EDUCATION AND CHANGED THE WORLD Written by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick. Age 9+

'Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world' - J.K. Rowling. This tells the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change the world - and did.