Science Fiction

This collection of space-themed bedtime stories will captivate children aged 3-5 as they journey through the universe alongside stars, planets, moons, and other celestial beings. Each tale is lovingly crafted to spark joy, wonder, inspiration, and curiosity in young minds while instilling the values of friendship, creativity, and the magic of the cosmos.

Mara and her dad have lived in their van for as long as she can remember. Whatever her father does to scrape a living has kept them constantly moving, and Mara has never questioned it. That is until she uncovers a collection of notes addressed to ‘the Tider’, an individual responsible for harvesting lost time from people whose lives were cut short. But before Mara can question her father, he is taken by a dangerous group who want to use his power for evil. With the very fabric of time and space at stake, it’s down to Mara and her new friend Jan to find him before it’s too late.

Lemon Peabody loves spending time with Grandpa Walt. Even though he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and moved to an assisted living facility, he’s still the same funny, loving grandpa he’s always been. One of Grandpa’s claims to fame is his story about meeting an alien years ago—and that it looked like a garden gnome. Ever since, it’s been something of a town-wide joke, and the cause of a rift between Grandpa and Lemon’s dad. Lemon is determined to find those extraterrestrial gnomes and vindicate Grandpa Walt—while Grandpa can still remember it.

Twelve-year-old Zola thinks she has the perfect life. She thinks everyone does, now that it’s 2193, and humanity has solved all its problems. Insta-Closets deliver new clothes every morning, Insta-Ovens deliver gourmet meals on demand, and virtual reality goggles let her have any adventure she wants, with friends from all over the world. Then one day Zola finds a handwritten note in her Insta-Closet: If you want to see things as they really are, come find me. What if Zola’s wrong about everything—even the year? 

Zailey has never seen her own face. She's never seen her reflection, or a photo of herself, or even a drawing. In the special community of Gladder Hill, cameras and mirrors are forbidden: it's why everyone's happier here. Nobody talks about anyone else's appearance. You're not supposed to even think about what other people look like, or what you look like. But Zailey does. She knows her superficial thoughts are wrong, and her sketchbook, filled with secret portraits of her classmates and neighbors, could get her in trouble. Yet she can't help but think those thoughts.

Teenagers Braden Green, Gabriel Lopez, and Misty Everest are on a spaceship bound for a colony on Mars. When a saboteur causes a malfunction that kills the ship’s crew, the three teens must take control and figure out how to get the ship and its passengers safely to Mars.

Tammy and Mikie are half-human and half-alien siblings with immense capabilities and crystal weapons. Their powers are extraordinary alone, but together they are unstoppable. At 12, these two are already too powerful to ignore.

All dogs are really aliens from outer space! The big dogs and the little dogs are from different planets. They are rivals for a resource they are mining on Earth. It was supposed to be a short mission, but they accidentally bonded with humans.

When Boomi’s dad dies of COVID, the rest of her life topples like a row of dominoes. First her best friend, Bebe, stops talking to her. Then she gets kicked out of her ballet academy. Her mom becomes hyper focused on her weight. Her grandmother sinks further into the shadows of her mind. Then Boomi is given one last gift from her dad: his old boombox. Inside it, she finds a mix tape and a note: You can change your life. When she presses play on the boombox, her life really does change: she’s magically transported to Thumpton-on-Soar, England, 1986. And her dad’s there!

In Mizzipotazia, creatures have two birthdays, one for themselves, and one for their love of ice cream. When the Enchanted Scoopa-Scoop Wagon's motorator breaks, all the ice creams mix and melt into a strange, enchanting, and speaking Funnywordos flavor. Mizzi Mozzi and her friends must venture into the Jinxlee Jenjie-Gloom Jungle to find a Rhyme-B-Gone Blossom, but they encounter ticklish trees and Wacky-Wacko Walrus-Wombats. Will they be able to break the enchantment and restore normalcy to Mizzipotazia before it's too late?

Listen Up! A brand new-audio bundle following Rocket on her adventures! Including the stories, Look Up!, Clean Up!, and Speak Up! Look Up! Meet hilarious science-mad chatterbox, Rocket—she's going to be the greatest astronaut, star-catcher, space-traveller that has ever lived! Clean Up! Join Rocket as she sets off on a mission to save a Caribbean island from plastic pollution! Speak Up! Join Rocket as she organises a peaceful protest to save her local library! 

Jack is a boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an auto collision, and he hasn't seen his brother or sister for nine years. Then, his life takes a crazy turn when he touches a golden telescope that reveals he has magical powers. Jack learns there is a dangerous organization called The Dark Cabal responsible for the whole nightmare. This syndicate conspires to control all three children and use their powers for their evil purposes.

School’s out, and Wiki and Leen Ellison are facing a new challenge… their first summer apart! Genius inventor Leen has been accepted to Petey Thunkle’s world-famous summer training program for STEM prodigies with their eyes on the stars. Meanwhile, Wiki is looking forward to her first summer on her own, running the family corn stand and outclassing Otto and Sheed Alston. But the night before Leen’s departure, the twins find out that Wiki has also been accepted into the same camp (even though she didn’t apply). And they are... not thrilled.

Thirteen-year-old Ana lives on the Platinum Phoenix, a run-down mining colony carved out of a massive asteroid. When the mining robots break, panic follows. Without them, the colony can't extract the ice they depend on for water. The mine shafts were designed for slender robots—adults can't fit through them to make repairs by hand. But Ana can. To save her colony and her family, Ana suits up and heads deep into the dangerous vacuum of the mines, hoping to make the repairs that will keep everyone she loves alive.

All I ever wanted was to be a part of something bigger, to feel as though I belonged somewhere. I'd always been drawn to the movement of the flames. Mesmerized by their dance as they responded to their own private song. But this? These powers? I wouldn't wish them upon anyone.