Louie Stowell Books in Order

When her father faces death for taking a rose, Beauty volunteers to enter the Beast's enchanted castle in his place. Living with the frightening creature, she discovers that appearances conceal a very different reality beneath them.

Children explore different digging machines at work and use removable stencils to draw their own pictures. Each scene combines a look at construction equipment with an activity that can be repeated to create new drawings and settings.

This illustrated introduction follows the samurai and their influence on Japanese history. It explores warrior training, customs, battles, and powerful leaders, giving young readers a picture of the society behind the armor as well as its military traditions.

Brer Fox is determined to outwit Brer Rabbit and devises a trap to stop his mischief. Capturing the rabbit seems to settle their rivalry, but the clever prisoner may have a trick that turns Fox’s apparent victory against him.

After his father's ghost accuses the new king of murder, Prince Hamlet plans revenge while pretending to be mad. This retelling introduces young readers to Shakespeare's tragedy of suspicion, divided loyalties, and a dangerously corrupt court.

This introduction to astronomy explores the sun, planets, stars, constellations and nebulae, placing Earth within a larger universe. A history of space exploration connects these celestial objects with humanity's efforts to observe and travel beyond the planet.

Three short tales introduce young readers to encounters with vampires whose intentions are not always alike. The stories bring together both friendly and threatening examples of the creatures, offering different kinds of surprises within a shared supernatural theme.

Captain Blackjack and his crew sail in search of buried treasure, encountering hazards along the way. A wind-up ship follows tracks through the illustrated scenes, allowing children to take part in the unfolding pirate adventure.

Returning from the Trojan War, Odysseus encounters monsters, treacherous rulers, and supernatural dangers that delay his voyage home. This illustrated retelling introduces young readers to the trials and ingenuity at the heart of Homer's epic.

This activity book helps young writers create characters, settings, and plots through prompts and practical guidance. Exercises range from fictional school journals to comic strips and picture-inspired stories, with space to develop and record their ideas.

Illustrated palace gardens, forests, and ballrooms introduce a world of princesses and royal activities. Young readers can search for crowns, gowns, and other details while learning words and talking about the scenes with an adult.

This illustrated retelling introduces young readers to Saint George's legendary encounter with a dragon. Alongside the story, background material explores the legend's history and artistic interpretations, including Paolo Uccello's famous painting of the dramatic confrontation.

Diagrams, photographs, and cutaway illustrations explain real spacecraft and the experience of traveling beyond Earth. From the Apollo lunar module to the Space Shuttle, the book explores how vehicles work and the challenges astronauts face during their missions.

Thor, Loki, heroic dragon slayers, and formidable giants populate this illustrated collection of Viking myths. Tales of gods and monsters introduce the Norse world, while a guide helps readers follow its names and principal characters.

Crowded scenes full of mice invite young children to search for particular characters and compare details. The spotting activities encourage matching and careful observation, turning busy pictures into opportunities to practice early visual skills and talk about what they notice.

Mandrake De Ville arrives at a school where bullying is encouraged and kindness punished. As the daughter of powerful supervillains, she should fit in, but her secret wish to become a superhero puts her at odds with everyone's expectations.

Young readers learn to plan, write, and draw comics using character ideas, sample strips, and practical drawing tips. Activities explain layouts, speech bubbles, and sound effects, with space to create original graphic stories of their own.

Large foldout pages introduce rockets, satellites, shuttles and the International Space Station. The book explores how spacecraft are designed and the roles different vehicles have played in reaching and studying space, making their engineering visible to young readers.

Crowded illustrations challenge young children to find particular rabbits among many similar creatures. Matching tasks, puzzles, games and stickers encourage conversation, introduce vocabulary and develop the observation skills needed to distinguish details in a busy scene.

Writing prompts, unusual settings, and curious characters help children begin inventing their own stories. Games and activities develop ideas into descriptive writing, introducing ways to build characters and experiment with diary entries, similes, and other storytelling tools.

Prompts and exercises help young writers invent characters, develop plots, and try different forms of writing. Activities cover stories, poems, comics, blogs, reviews, and scripts, providing structured opportunities to experiment and build confidence on the page.

Kit would rather play outside than read, but a reluctant visit to the library reveals an extraordinary magical secret. With her friends beside her, she must protect the library and confront a threat extending beyond its shelves.

Young wizard Kit cannot control her magic, and strange events are spreading through the local park. She joins her friends and their librarian to investigate, travelling toward a Scottish loch where a larger danger awaits.

When Rohan's baby sister is stolen into a magical underworld, he and his friend Myra follow her. To bring her home, they must complete three impossible challenges set by a fairy queen or remain trapped forever.

Kit, Josh, and Alita return to school to find a new library, a wizard librarian, and a dragon. When the dragon's eggs disappear, the friends must discover who took them before the danger grows worse.

Banished to Earth as an eleven-year-old boy, Loki must earn his way back to Asgard through good behavior. A magical diary records his progress as the trickster god struggles with school, family life, and his own instincts.

When Thor's hammer disappears after his birthday party, everyone suspects Loki. Determined to prove his innocence and show that he can behave, the exiled trickster god investigates the theft while navigating life as a schoolboy.

An illustrated alphabet introduces young children to Pride through ideas such as acceptance, belonging, and celebration. Simple language and discussion prompts encourage conversations about identity, inclusion, and the different kinds of families within their communities.

Still trapped in a schoolboy's body, Loki resents being cast as the villain in a play while Thor wins everyone's affection. A cursed ring promises to grant his wishes, offering a dangerously tempting solution to his jealousy.

Freyja's visit to Earth turns friends into enemies and enemies into friends, disrupting Loki's already difficult human life. The god who normally creates trouble must work out how to stop the chaos before it overwhelms everyone.

A guide for aspiring astronauts explains the training, technology, and everyday routines involved in travelling to space. From rocket engines and spacesuits to life aboard a spacecraft, it answers practical questions about working beyond Earth.