Children's Classic Literature

Andrew Matthews / Shakespeare Stories: Antony and Cleopatra

 A wonderful retelling of Shakespeare's thrilling tale of love torn apart by history. With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe theatre and Love and Death in Anthony and Cleopatra. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help...

Andrew Matthews / Shakespeare Stories: Richard III

   Andrew Matthews brings another historical tale to life for young readers. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Villainy in Richard III. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's...

Andrew Matthews / Shakespeare Stories: As You Like It

 A wonderful retelling of Shakespeare's thrilling tale of love torn apart by history. With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe theatre and Love and Death in Anthony and Cleopatra. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help...

Arthur Rackham / English Fairy Tales

 This book contains over forty of the best-loved fairy stories, retold by Flora Annie Steel, and beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Favourites such as Jack the Giant-killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, Dick Whittington, The Three Little...

Enid Blyton / Sneezing Powder and Other Stories

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Richmal Crompton / William

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Enid Blyton / The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters

A fantastic children's crime story from the world's best-loved children's author, Enid Blyton. Pip and Bets' housemaid receives a spiteful letter in the post. Then Mrs Moon receives one too. Who would want to make them so miserable? By piecing together...

Enid Blyton / Second Form at St. Clare's

A classic children's story from the world's best-loved children's author, Enid Blyton. School life has never been so splendid. 'I think we ought to have a midnight feast every term, you know! School doesn't seem really complete without that!' The second...

Michael Bond / Paddington At Large

The irresistible Paddington Bear, who was found on Paddington station, returns in this reissued novel, with a brand new cover design. "Even Paddington can't come to much harm in half an hour," said Mrs Brown optimistically. But who else other than...

Enid Blyton / Three Cheers Secret Seven ( Secret Seven Series - Book 8 )

The Secret Seven are siblings Peter and Janet, and Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. Together they are The Secret Seven - ready to solve any mystery, any time - in Enid Blyton's classic series of 15 mystery novels.In book eight, Peter and Jack go...

Andrew Matthews / Shakespeare Stories: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The course of true love never did run smooth... A magical retelling of Hermia, Helen, Demetrius and Lysander's classic story - and of the impish fairy Puck, who meddles in their tangled web of love with hilarious consequences... With notes on Shakespeare...

Michael Bond / Paddington Helps Out

The irresistible Paddington Bear, who was found on Paddington station, returns in this reissued novel, with a brand new cover design. "Oh dear!" said Paddington, "I'm in trouble again." Somehow trouble always comes naturally to Paddington. What other...

Andrew Matthews / Shakespeare Stories: Macbeth

Out, damned spot! A brilliant retelling of this classic tale of witches, murder and madness. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Evil in Macbeth.The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's...

Noel Streatfeild / Ballet Shoes

Pauline, was rescued from a shipwreck as a baby. She longs to be an actress. Petrova, is a Russian orphan. She is happiest when playing with cars and engines. Polly was handed over with just a pair of ballet shoes to her name. If she could, she would...

Noel Streatfeild / The Bell Family

Well, little people, what's the news?' Meet the big, happy Bell family who live in the vicarage at St Marks. Father is a reverend, Mother is as kind as kind can be. Then there's all the children - practical Paul, dancing Jane, mischievous Ginnie, and...

Michael Bond / A Bear Called Paddington

"A bear on Paddington Station?" said Mrs Brown in amazement. "Don't be silly - there can't be."Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station. Since then their lives have never been...

Enid Blyton / Seven O'Clock Tales

Magical and exciting short stories to enjoy around the clock from the world's best-loved children's author, Enid Blyton. Meet a naughty toy clown who gets a nasty fright when he cooks some sweets. Follow Edward the very brave pink teddy bear as he...

Mark Twain / Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn

With an Introduction and Notes by Stuart Hutchinson, University of Kent at Canterbury. Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck...

Mary Arrigan / Grimstone's Ghost

A chilling ghost story told, with humour by a well-known Irish author and storyteller. Twelve-year-old Cian has recently inherited his great-uncle's spooky manor house. On his first visit he senses a chill in the air, then sees an eerie blue glow from...

Joan Lingard / Tug of War

Forced to flee Latvia with their family in 1944, twins Astra and Hugo journey to Germany in carts, on foot and by boat. But at a crowded station, Hugo is injured and separated from his family. In their subsequent search for each other, Hugo and Astra...

Enid Blyton / Well Done the Naughtiest Girl

In Enid Blyton's bestselling school series Elizabeth Allen is sent away to boarding school and makes up her mind to be the naughtiest pupil there's ever been. In book eight, Elizabeth is desperate to play the piano in the end of school concert. Elizabeth...

Enid Blyton / The Naughtiest Girl Helps a Friend

How can the naughtiest girl be good at camp with horrible Arabella in the very same tent? Especially when she's busy stirring up trouble for Elizabeth's best friend, Joan ...All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown...

Enid Blyton / The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat

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Enid Blyton / Secret Seven and the Fireworks ( Secret Seven Series - Book 11 )

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Judy Blume / Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Peter Hatcher is the fourth grade nothing whose main worry is how to stop his little brother Fudge from getting his hands on his new possession - a tiny green turtle called Dribble. The author has also written "Otherwise known as Shelia the...

Enid Blyton / The Rabbit's Whiskers and Other Stories

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Enid Blyton / The Riddle of the Rajah's Ruby

When Nick and Katie's friends, Sophie and David, inherit a mysterious cursed ruby it causes all sorts of trouble for them. It's up to Nick and Katie to rescue them. Their explorations take them to a hidden house and beautiful temple but will the...

Roald Dahl / The Great Mouse Plot

Every day THE BOY (none other than the young Roald Dahl, of course!) and his friends visit a sweet-shop to buy delicious gobstoppers and sticky treacle toffee. But there is one terrible problem. The shop is owned by a disgusting old hag who hates...

Wendy Cooling / The Puffin Book of Stories for Seven-year-olds

The Puffin Book of Stories for Seven-year-olds edited by Wendy Cooling is a perfect selection of loved stories for all 7 year olds! Fifteen exciting stories from some of our best-loved authors, including Philippa Pearce, Rudyard Kipling and Francesca...

Andrew Matthews / The Kingfisher Treasury of Funny Stories

These funny stories all contain favourite characters such as Posy Bates, Dilly the Dinosaur, flying dogs and dancing cows.All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good...

Thomas Hughes / Tom Brown's Schooldays (Puffin Classics)

Lively and mischievous, idle and brave, Tom Brown is both the typical boy of his time and the perennial hero celebrated by authors as diverse as Henry Fielding (in Tom Jones) and Alec Waugh (in The Loom of Youth).The book describes Tom's time at...

Andrew Matthews / Love Street

Suzanne is pretty ordinary, apart from Love Street. She has the equivalent of a TV inside her brain, the only thing is that the same programme is playing day in and day out and she's lost the remote control. Whenever she is stressed out, furious or...

Astrid Lindgren / Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking is nine years old. She has just moved into Villa Villekulla where she lives all by herself with a horse, a monkey, and a big suitcase full of gold coins. The grown-ups in the village try to make Pippi behave in ways that they think a...

Enid Blyton / Five on Kirrin Island Again ( Famous Five Series - Book 6 )

In book six, Uncle Quentin has locked himself away on Kirrin Island. What's he up to and why won't he let anyone visit? Then the Famous Five discover that a suspicious stranger is watching Uncle Quentin's every move. Can the Famous Five warn Uncle...

Enid Blyton / Bimbo & Topsy

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Michael Bond / Paddington at Work

The irresistible Paddington Bear, who was found on Paddington station, returns in this reissued novel, with a brand new cover design. Paddington has a knack for 'smelling out things', and his sharp nose, supported by marmalade sandwiches, leads...

P.L. Travers / Mary Poppins

Since the 1934 publication of Mary Poppins, stories of this magical nanny have delighted children and adults the world over. In honor of the book s80th anniversary comesthis lush collection that includes the first fourtales by P. L. Travers, illustrated...

Enid Blyton / The Castle of Adventure

Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann and Jack are thrilled that Mrs Mannering has rented a holiday cottage for all of them. But the cottage is overlooked by a towering, mysterious castle and rumour has it that dreadful things have happened there.All of our books are...

Enid Blyton / The Secret Island

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Enid Blyton / Five on a Treasure Island ( Famous Five Series - Book 1 )

The very first Famous Five adventure, featuring Julian, Dick, Anne, not forgetting tomboy George and her beloved dog, Timmy! There's a shipwreck off Kirrin Island! But where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail - looking for clues - but...

Enid Blyton / The Conjuring Wizard

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Carlo Collodi / Pinocchio

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Andrew Matthews / The Tempest: Shakespeare Stories for Children

A charming retelling of this magical tale of power and justice. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Power in the Tempest. The tales have been retold using accessible language and with the help of Tony Ross's engaging black-and-white...

Astrid Lindgren / Pippi In The South Seas

Since its first publication, Pippi Longstocking has sold over 40 million copies worldwide. We are pleased to be publishing another story about the unstoppable Pippi Longstocking book on our list. Pippi Longstocking and her friends, Tommy and Annika, are...

Frances Hodgson Burnett / A Little Princess

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was an English-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885–1886), A Little Princess...

Tom McCaughren / Run with the Wind ( Book 1)

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Enid Blyton / The Mystery of the Hidden House

Where could Mr Goon's nephew have disappeared to?Mr Goon has forbidden the Five Find-Outers from solving mysteries – so they decide to make one up for his nephew, Ern! But what will happen when Ern disappears, and their pretend mystery...

Enid Blyton / Good Old Secret Seven ( Secret Seven Series - Book 12 )

The Secret Seven are siblings Peter and Janet, and Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. Together they are The Secret Seven - ready to solve any mystery, any time - in Enid Blyton's classic series of 15 mystery novels. In book twelve, there are...

Rudyard Kipling / Kim

Kim is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901, and first published in...

Cora Harrison / Gorgeous

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Allan Ahlberg / Woof!

He felt a curious tingling in his hands and feet. He felt his nose becoming cold and wet, his ears becoming flappy. The thought in his mind was: 'I'm turning into a dog!'Eric is a perfectly ordinary boy. Perfectly ordinary that is, until the...

Enid Blyton / Well Done Secret Seven ( Secret Seven Series - Book 3 )

 In book three, the Secret Seven have a new meeting place - a treehouse! But someone else is using it too. The gang are furious, but then they learn the intruder is in big trouble and needs their help. Can the Seven come to the rescue? Solve the...