Helbling Red Readers

One spring morning Liam is waiting for an eclipse of the sun to start. Then an American girl, Rose, arrives to watch the eclipse with him. When the moon hides the sun, the sun disappears. But Liam and Rose disappear, too! They tra

Sean Murphy is looking forward to coming home after work. He’s tired and he wants to relax with a good book. But when Sean Murphy gets home there is so much noise that he can’t relax. So Sean decides to ask Linda McCormack to help

Chief Wise Owl's people always tell the truth. But Chief Strong Buffalo doesn't believe him.
He thinks of a plan to get Dark Eyes, the Indian who looks after all of the tribe's horses, to tell a lie.

Zadie is the best footballer on the school team. She is also the best skater in the park.
When a new boy at school challenges her to a skating competition on the same day as an important football final, Zadie accepts.

David dreams of becoming a great detective like David Delgado, the hero of his stories.
When thieves take Jack’s bike David decides to help him find it. Can David find it and be a great detective like David Delgado?

It’s summer and it’s too hot to do anything. Jack doesn’t know what to do. He goes to the park, he goes to the pool, he meets his friends. This summer is really boring.
Then one evening some boys hurt a hawk.

Holly’s mum and dad spend all their time working and her sister is always in her room.
Holly is sad and lonely. Then she has a great idea: she can get a new friend.

It’s the day of the Steeple Compton village fête and everyone is happy. Everyone except Sue Barrington, the new girl in town. Sue’s friend Dan is worried. Dan finds out that someone called Nemesis is bullying Sue and he decides to

Cyril, Anthea, Jane, Robert and the baby move from London to the country for the summer with their parents.

One day the four older children find a fairy while they are playing in the sand near the house.

Britain is a sad and dangerous place. The kingdom needs a true and good king. One day Arthur comes to the cathedral and pulls the sword from the stone. Only the true King of England can do this. From that day Arthur becomes King A

Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis live happily in London with their mother and father. One day their father is taken to prison and everything changes. The children move to the countryside with their mother to make a new life. There isn’t

When Mole wakes up after winter he meets friendly Rat and wise Badger.
Together the three friends start on a series of adventures as they try to keep the not-so-clever Toad out of trouble.

“Now I can understand your life, and you can understand my life.”

A prince and a poor boy meet. They look very similar and become friends. They want to understand each other’s lives so they exchange clothes.

When the Fisherman catches a beautiful mermaid in his nets he falls in love with her.
He wants to marry her but first he must send away his Soul.
How can he send away his Soul? And can his body and Soul live apart?

Peter Pan visits the nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael, every night when they are sleeping. One night they wake up and Peter teaches them to fly. Together they fly off to Never-Never Land where they find the