Fifteen stories full of magic, mayhem and adventure! Find out how the camel got his hump, how Jimmy learnt to vanish and what Horrid Henry got up to on holiday.

In the middle of the night /Philippa Pearce -- Beauty and the beast / retold by Michael Foss -- Back-to-front day / Paul Biegel -- How the camel got his hump / Rudyard Kipling -- A class trip / Margaret Joy -- The old man who wished he coulda cry / John Agard -- The farmer and the snake / Julius Lester -- the snowman / Mabel Marlowe -- Small gorilla and the parsley / Anita Hewitt -- Horrid Henry's holiday / Francesca Simon -- Jummy takes vanishing lessons / Walter R. Brooks -- the princess in the tower block / Finbar O'Connor -- Kevin the blue / Caroline Pitcher -- The wind that wanted its own way / Alex Hamilton -- The dress / Joan Guest.