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A practical introduction to maths in marine-animal care, combining three work-based stories with problems for readers to solve and a toolbox of examples and exercises.

A beaver’s careless choices damage the forest and affect its animal inhabitants. After a falling tree prompts him to reflect, he tries to put things right and becomes gentler.

Hina and her mother welcome a stray kitten into their home. Hina learns about caring for it, then faces the kitten’s disappearance and the worry of losing something she loves.

Lily, her mum and their dog Poppy care for three abandoned kittens overnight. Poppy’s own early experience of being hand-reared connects her gently to the kittens’ care.

This is a festive fantasy adventure centred on missing Snowball, a baby Bigfoot. The children balance school and sanctuary responsibilities as they try to help, with mythical animals and winter weather part of the setting.

This is a wartime survival story about a young person taking responsibility for someone in danger, set against the upheaval of occupation. It combines perilous escape with human kindness and morally complicated choices.

A tiny animal’s arrival brings a care puzzle: Joshua nibbles the letter before Mr Benjamin can finish reading its instructions. The opening centres on practical care and the zoo’s response to its new arrival.

Faith’s story centres on loss, difficult care at home, leaving, and seeking help through prayer. Her Christian faith is central to the way the story presents her hardship.

Expect a comic, surreal quest rather than a straightforward illness story: Cameron and his companions encounter fantastical figures and ideas while searching for a cure.

This is a fantasy adventure in which a missing magic wand disrupts the weather on Rainspell Island. Rachel and Kirsty try to outsmart Jack Frost and keep the Earth clean and green.

This is a horse-centred adventure about dreams, learning to ride and show, and trying to save a horse from a cruel trainer.

Fishkill uses violence to intimidate other pupils and obtain food. A friendship with Duck-Duck and help from her mother create a possible alternative, while Fishkill’s mother’s return complicates that fragile arrangement.

A gentle animal-friend story follows Bear and Bunny as they wonder what makes a good pet. Their talk introduces the idea of caring for and feeding an animal, while their candidate pets lead to light, playful possibilities.

A horse-centred story about a foster teenager offered another home and a chance to build trust, alongside Christian themes and practical horse-related back matter.

Expect a tense escape-and-journey story shaped by David’s guarded outlook. New sights and ordinary comforts become striking discoveries, while the threat of being caught shadows his encounters with people who may help him.

The appeal is in a lively, wayward hero whose choices propel a string of comic and perilous adventures. The book also offers a clear thread of advice about behaviour and responsibility.

A bleak but lyrical story about siblings navigating unstable care, homelessness and self-invention. Its poems bring attention to the dreams and difficulties of young people without secure homes.

This fantasy adventure follows Tessa as she helps Lizzie and the shelter animals during a storm, while trying to uncover Lizzie’s wish.

This is an animal adventure in which a curious young monkey faces predators, with her father nearby. It also introduces readers to pygmy marmosets.

A serious family story about finding belonging amid unstable housing, grief and caring responsibilities, with Cora’s tree-climbing and friendships offering threads of connection.

A warm, lightly playful set of stories about a young bear and his mother, mixing everyday family moments with a fanciful journey.

A playful, offbeat tale that pairs an unusual word sequence with colourful illustrations; its story may feel deliberately odd rather than neatly explained.

A fantasy caper built around a criminal boy’s plan to ransom a fairy, with high-tech opponents and a possible clash between species.

This is a fantasy quest driven by Luka’s effort to save his father. Enchanted companions and perilous challenges shape the journey; family love and mortality are also named as themes.

This is a contemporary Alice-inspired story that mixes a hospital setting with dreamlike memories, friendship and an unsettled question about finding a way back.

A paranormal Jack the Ripper mystery follows Abbie from bereavement and hospital volunteering into visions, murder investigations and a dangerous hunt. A romance also develops alongside the historical setting.

A lively, comic animal adventure, with an eccentric family and a cat whose unusual condition drives the plot. Billy’s collecting hobby and the pet-show challenge add extra strands to the story.

This is a farm-set story about an unusual friendship: Peter sees more in Ninnyhammer than the village label suggests, while Ninnyhammer helps Peter’s family.

This is a horse-centred story about bereavement, caring for a vulnerable foal and Joelle's changing feelings. Her hoped-for show success also matters to her, alongside her attachment to Dance Away.

This is presented as a comic story of mismatched impressions and eccentric circumstances, bringing two teenagers together in a residential home for older people.

This is a story of a young person trying to find stability and make a way forward while moving through institutions, schools and homes that the book presents as difficult places to thrive.

A fantasy adventure follows Mella as she takes on a mission involving a dragon’s egg, a journey away from home and an unexpected travelling companion.

A horse-centred story collection about friendship, with four separate adventures in a country-town setting.

This is a fantasy rescue adventure, with responsibility set against danger to unicorns and the possibility of conflict between peoples.

This is an adventure about a missing young horse, a search across rugged country and two sisters’ wish to establish their place there. Tracking and horse-riding are part of the search.

This is Christian historical fiction centred on bereavement, sibling estrangement and encounters with Jesus. Its premise brings religious belief into the characters’ responses to loss.

A magical village adventure sits alongside a story about siblings finding a more welcoming home. Expect mysteries and eccentric characters, with the children taking an active part in what happens.

This is a story about a young person who feels unhappy in foster care and uses a new identity to imagine a more confident way of facing the world.

A story of unexpected care and a growing family, with the boy’s unexplained arrival and uncertain future at its centre.

This true animal tale follows backyard turkey-raising and the particular personalities attributed to Royal, Snuggles and other animals. Its appeal appears to centre on observing their individual antics rather than on a stated practical guide to animal care.

This is an animal-rescue adventure in which the characters need to find help for a wild hare family while a snowstorm complicates their plans.

A gentle story about a café-owner’s rainy-day reluctance and the little mysteries of unexpected gifts. Friendship and thoughtful care sit at its centre.

A teen’s wish for an ordinary family life collides with the corporate control surrounding him. The story also sets personal loyalty against the possibility of exposing wrongdoing.

This is an interactive missing-pet mystery: readers are invited to help Frank and Joe work out what happened to Izumi, rather than only follow the brothers’ investigation.

A family who fosters puppies takes in Rascal, a small dog whose mischief gives Lizzie and Charles a challenge. Their task is to find him someone who will care for him.