| HORRID | Francesca Simon's collection of short children's stories; _ Henry (6) |
| RELUCTANT | The - Dragon; short children's story by Kenneth Grahame (9) |
| RHYME | Short children's poem, perhaps |
| AGATHA | Writer of detective stories, _ Christie (6) |
| LILIAN | Author of The Cat Who... stories, ___ Jackson Braun |
| IROBOT | Classic Isaac Asimov collection of short stories |
| PRINCE | The Happy ___ and Other Tales 1888 collection of short stories for children by Oscar Wilde |
| BOPEEP | Sheep herder of children's stories |
| NARNIA | Land in children's stories by CS Lewis (6) |
| EEYORE | Fictional melancholy donkey in children's stories by A. A. Milne (6) |
| DOBBIN | What is a popular name for a horse in children's stories and pantomime? (6) |
| GIANTS | Big figures in children's stories |
| OLIVIA | Pig in children's stories |
| ARABIAN | Popular collection of stories; _ Nights (7) |
| THEWALLET | 1900 collection of short stories by Ernest Bramah (3,6,2,7) |
| TALES | - of the Unexpected; collection of short stories by Roald Dahl (5) |
| DISTANCE | The Loneliness of the Long- - Runner ; collection of short stories by Alan Sillitoe (8) |
| OFKAILUNG | 1900 collection of short stories by Ernest Bramah (3,6,2,3,4) |
| ZADIE | Author of 5/18, a collection of short stories (5,5) |
| SMITH | Author of 5/18, a collection of short stories (5,5) |
