It was late at night and Mr Bear was tired. But no matter how hard he tried, he could not get off to sleep. Mrs Bear was snoring and the clock went tick-tock, tick-tock, and still Mr Bear could not sleep.

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A band of thieves plot to steal the children's toys before they are received on Christmas.

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What are you doing here? This is a SCARY BOOK! Nicholas Ickle is set to have the scariest book ever, complete with nighttime, skeletons, sharks, monsters and all manner of spooky things.

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Ant-Man is a very mischievous Super Hero. So it's up to Cassie to tell her dad to GROW UP! Watch as Ant-Man shows you just how big he can grow. Can Ant-Man grow bigger than the Hulk? Can Ant-Man grow bigger than the Avengers Tower? But what happens when Ant-Man grows TOO BIG?

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The Wind in the Willows is a children's book by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternatingly slow-moving and fast-paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals: Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger. They live in a pastoral version of Edwardian England.

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Solomon Crocodile is a 2011 picture book by Catherine Rayner. It is about a mischievous crocodile called Solomon who wants to play with various birds and animals but just annoys them until he finally meets another playful crocodile.

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A Lion in the Meadow is the first children's book written by the New Zealand author Margaret Mahy. The book was first published in 1969 and won the 1975 Esther Glen Award. It was also one of the books chosen to accompany Mahy's 2002 Hans Christian Andersen Award nomination.

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Based on the New York Times bestselling books by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, Disney Junior's "Fancy Nancy" is an animated family comedy centered around six-year-old Nancy, a girl who likes to be fancy in everything from her advanced vocabulary to her creative, elaborate attire.

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"I don't like the dark," said Little Bear."What dark?" said Big Bear."The dark all around us," said Little Bear.In this tender account of a sleepless night in the bear cave, Big Bear sets out with all his patience and understanding to show Little Bear that the dark is nothing to be afraid of.

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A great story set in Scotland. This is very much a traditional fairy tale with princesses, kings, queens and a giant.

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