- Comedy
- Terry Pratchett collection
- Ages 8–12
Tales of
Part of the collectionTerry Pratchett→More of the same for 8–11s, if your child enjoyed Dragons at Crumbling Castle, this is the next stop.
- Books2
- Arcs1
- Span2025–2026
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
A second posthumous series of Pratchett children's short-story collections from Penguin Random House, Tales of Beasts and Bugs (2025) and Tales of Time and Space (2026 forthcoming). Same provenance (Bucks Free Press archive) and same approach (short, funny, illustrated). Effectively a continuation of the And Other Stories run.
More of the same for 8–11s, if your child enjoyed Dragons at Crumbling Castle, this is the next stop.
Primary themes
Overall tone
- Funny
- Whimsical
- Adventurous
- Irreverent
Read in any order; the volumes are independent.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcLow sensitivity
Tales-of volumes
Two themed short-story collections from the Pratchett archive.
Volumes organised by motif rather than chronology — beasts/bugs in volume one, time/space in volume two — drawn from the same archive of early journalism.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 11
- 13
- 15
- 17
- 19
- Best fit · 8–12
- Read aloud · 7–11
- Independent · 8–12
Reluctant-reader friendliness
High
Read-aloud quality
Strong
Adult crossover
High
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
In the same universe
Sister series.
About the author