Children's books are often designed for adults too - to read aloud to children or to collect for the quality of illustration, beautiful design or pop-ups.
JOSEPH JACOBS Book Number: 36260 |
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The captivating Irish stories collected in this new edition include both comic tales such as Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel, and tales of heroes from ancient literature such as How Cormac Mac Art Wen...
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J. M. BARRIE Book Number: 23961 |
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The magical Peter Pan comes to the night nursery of the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael. He teaches them to fly, then takes them through the sky to Never-Never Land, where they find Red I...
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New LITTLE PRINCESS |
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Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she became "show pupil" - a little princess. Then her father dies and his wealth disapp...
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New HEIDI |
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Heidi is the heart-warming tale of a small girl's power for good, and it has remained a firm favourite since it was published over 100 years ago. It tells of the orphan Heidi and her idyllic exist...
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Book Number: 52546 |
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Describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community, Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at 15 is ungainly and unconventional with an amb...
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New SECRET GARDEN |
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Mary Lennox was horrid. Selfish and spoilt, she was sent to stay with her hunchback uncle in Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden and begins to tend it, a chang...
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ANDREW LANG Book Number: 23983 |
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Andrew Lang recounts the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons and the Wooden Horse all figure in this magical ...
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New WHAT KATY DID |
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Katy Carr is untidy, tall and gangling and lives with her brothers and sisters planning for the day when she will be "beautiful and beloved, and amiable as an angel". An accidental fall from a swi...
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LANG Book Number: 23982 |
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The beautiful Scheherazade's royal husband threatens to kill her, so each night she diverts him by weaving wonderful tales of fantastic adventure, leaving each story unfinished so that he spares he...
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L. M. MONTGOMERY Book Number: 23987 |
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When the Cuthberts send to an orphanage for a boy to help them at Green Gables, their farm in Canada, they are astonished when a talkative little girl steps off the train. Anne, red-headed, pugnac...
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ERIC CARLE Book Number: 88844 |
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Instantly recognisable, the jolly caterpillar has a bright red felt face, long purple ears, segmented body in two tones of dark and lime green, six teeny weeny brown feet and big yellow and green e...
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KENNETH GRAHAME Book Number: 23799 |
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Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad, have brought delight to man...
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New LITTLE PRINCE |
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The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery in the desert of a small boy from anaother planet - the Little Pri...
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New WATER BABIES |
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Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous chimney sweep Grimes to climb up inside flues to clear away the soot. While engaged in this dreadful task he loses his way and emerges in the bedro...
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New ROBINSON CRUSOE |
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From its first publication in 1719, 'Robinson Crusoe' has been printed in over 700 editions. It has inspired almost every conceivable kind of imitation and variation, and been the subject of plays...
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New AESOP'S FABLES |
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Aesop's celebrated collection of fables has always been popular with both adults and children. These simple tales embody truths so powerful, the titles of the individual fables - the fox and the gr...
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J.L.C. AND W. C. GRIMM Book Number: 23971 |
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The Brothers Grimm rediscovered a host of fairy tales, telling of princes and princesses in their castles, witches in their towers and forests, of giants and dwarfs, of fabulous animals and dark de...
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E. NESBIT Book Number: 23988 |
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When Jerry, Jimmy and Cathy discover a tunnel that leads to a castle, they pretend that it is enchanted. But when they discover a Sleeping Princess at the centre of a maze, astonishing things begin...
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EDITED BY CAROLINE RICHARDS Book Number: 90287 |
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It's the day of the Royal Ball and Amelia hasn't planned anything at all. Will she be able to get the palace ready for the party in just one day? Join her and her friends as they hunt for decorat...
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L. M. MONTGOMERY Book Number: 90436 |
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By the author of Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery (1874-1942) was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada where she spent her childhood living with her grandparents in an old farmhouse. Anne of...
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New JUST SO STORIES |
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These witty stories were originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his own children. In them he gives fanciful accounts of how and why things came to be as they are. Generations of children have deligh...
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ILLUS. BY ARTHUR RACKHAM Book Number: 23992 |
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This book contains over 40 of the best-loved fairy stories, beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Favourites such as Jack the Giant-killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, Dick Whittington, The Three...
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New MOTHER GOOSE |
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Traditional rhymes and stories have been collected under the wing of Mother Goose for centuries and this collection of favourite nursery rhymes has been put together by the famous illustrator Arthu...
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LANG Book Number: 23981 |
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In this selection of plays by the master folklorist Andrew Lang, the reader is taken into the romantic world of the gallant Knights of the Round Table and their courageous and chivalrous deeds, fai...
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KLAUS CARL Book Number: 90797 |
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The Bridge at Argenteuil by Claude Monet, Fishing Boats at Saints-Maries by Vincent Van Gogh, Port of St. Tropez by Paul Signac, Boats in the Port of Honfleur by Claude Monet, The Roads at Kronstad...
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New MOONFLEET |
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When 15 year-old orphan John Trenchard is banished by his Aunt Jane, he goes to live at the local inn with the mysterious Elzevir Block, whose son has been killed by Customs Officers. Unofficially ...
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New KIDNAPPED |
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Set in Scotland in 1751, Kidnapped remains one of the most exciting adventure stories ever written. It tells of how young David Balfour, orphaned, and betrayed by his uncle Ebenezer who should have...
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SUSAN COOLIDGE Book Number: 38767 |
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Continues the story of the high-spirited and rebellious American girl, Katy Carr, and her family, who first appeared in What Katy Did. What Katy Did at School is a compelling tale of the intrigues ...
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GEORGE MACDONALD Book Number: 71170 |
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When Princess Irene and her nursemaid stay out too late one night and are chased home by goblins, a young miner boy called Curdie comes to their rescue. So begins a fantastic adventure in which Ir...
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EDITED BY N. TRAYLER-BARBROOK Book Number: 76211 |
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This endearing edition proudly includes the original telling of the beloved tale, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. Together, we travel alongside the Velveteen Rabbit on his magical journey...
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