Helbling Red Readers

King Alexander wants his daughter, Princess Priscilla, to marry his best friend, Lord Huntingdon. But the princess has other plans. She is in love with Toby, a young and handsome servant at the Royal Palace. Priscilla and Toby dec

Dan and Sue are on holiday in Bute, a quiet island off the west coast of Scotland. One evening when they are out walking with their dogs they notice some men putting boxes on a boat. What’s in the boxes? Why are they putting them

Fifteen-year-old Jay Stone is good-looking, athletic and he has got lots of friends. There’s just one problem.
Jay’s legs are short, so short that the other kids call him ‘Stubs’.

Tim is determined to win the Arkwright Student of the Year award and take his mother on the first prize trip to Disneyland Paris.
He starts a Keep Arkwright Tidy campaign and everything is looking good.

Gary is fifteen and he wants to become a professional footballer, just like his dad.

Dan and Sue are on holiday in Hong Kong, visiting Sue's grandparents. While they are sightseeing they notice an ivory shop and Dan goes to ask some questions. Later they see some men going into the same shop with a bag. What's in

Dan and Sue are in London with their parents when they see two men acting in a very strange way outside their hotel. They decide to follow them and find out that the men are stealing handbags.

When Mrs Jackson’s pet dog Basil goes missing, Dan Parks
realizes immediately that something strange is going on.
Then when he sees thieves taking his best friend Sue’s dog

When a new family with a twin brother and sister move next door to Eoin, strange things start to happen. The kids at school make fun of the twins and say that they are from another planet. But Eoin decides to find out where they r

When Penny moves from her home in the village to a new house in the city she has to leave her friends and pet dog behind.
One day, after school, Penny finds a little puppy in the park.

When Sue’s bike is stolen one evening in Oxford, Dan decides to do something.
He starts Oxford Bike Finders and soon lots of people are contacting Dan on the Internet with information.

Follow Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in two different and exciting investigations: ‘The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle’ and ‘The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet’ both about the theft of precious jewels. The thieves steal because t

Robinson Crusoe looked for adventure from an early age. He preferred life at sea and travelling to new places to an easy life at home. Then on one journey he was shipwrecked and forced to make his home on a desert island, alone. R

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are in the Boscombe Valley to investigate a murder. James McCarthy’s father is found dead by the Boscombe Valley Pool and many people think that that James McCarthy is the murderer. But there is one p

The Sheriff of Nottingham is Robin Hood’s greatest enemy.
He hates Robin because Robin is an outlaw.
But most of all, the sheriff hates Robin because everyone else loves him.