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In this folk tale from India, a wily jackal tricks his best friend crane into catching 12 fish. He selfishly scoffs the lot then gobbles up crane as well.

In this funny, and somewhat surreal adventure story, a boy asks a bear to row him to the other side. They set off equipped with a suitcase, a ukulele, and a comic book.

When toddlers look outside and see the inky blackness, they might well imagine that night is nothing but a dark, empty and scary place.

This is an extract from Maeve's Times, a collection of Maeve Binchy's writing.

A timeless collection of columns from the late, great Maeve Binchy.

Fun Fact #1 Cats have free floating clavicle bones, unlike humans whose clavicles are set in ...

In Go Fish celebrity chef Al Brown shares his twin passions for fishing and cooking. It's a book of recipes and stories from the New Zealand Coast.

"I've just had the most awful time," said a boy to his friends.

Fun Fact #1 The Marsupial Lion was the largest meat-eating animal to have ever lived in ...

In the sun‐drenched Sicilian hills, four women learn the lessons of a lifetime at the Food of Love Cookery School.