Pippi Longstocking - Illustrated Gift Edition by Astrid Lindgren

$39.95 AUD

Category: Illustrated Classics | Series: Pippi Longstocking Ser.

A true children's classic, now available for the first time in a lavish, full colour gift edition, with illustrations by award-winning children's artist, Lauren Child.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 little girl should, but Pippi has other plans. She would much rather spend her days arranging wild, exciting adventures to enjoy with her neighbours, Tommy and Annika, or entertaining everyone she meets with her outrageous stories. Pippi thinks nothing of wrestling a circus strongman, dancing a polka with burglars, or tugging a bull's tail.Generations of children have fallen in love with Pippi Longstocking. Just like Tommy and Annika, readers are instantly charmed by her warmth and sense of fun. This gift edition of Pippi Longstocking features a specially commissioned new English translation of the original Swedish text, and illustrator Lauren Child has brought her own inimitable style to this feisty and inspiring little girl. ...Show more

The Owl and the Pussycat and Other Nonsense Poetry by Edward Lear

$17.99 AUD

Category: Classics | Series: Quirky Classics Ser.

Written for the poet John Addington Symonds's young daughter Janet while she was ill and confined to her bed, 'The Owl and the Pussycat' sees the two enamoured animals sail away in a boat "for a year and a day / To the land with the bong tree grows", where they get married. Long considered one of the n ation's favourite poems, it is combined here with other memorable examples of what Lear called "nonsense songs", such as 'Calico Pie' and 'The Duck and the Kangaroo', as well as with nonsense stories, cookery, botany and alphabets, in a collection that transports adults and children alike to the extraordinary world of Edward Lear's imagination. ...Show more

Best-Loved Paddington Stories by Michael Bond

$24.99 AUD

Category: Classics | Series: Paddington

Three favourite stories of Paddington, the beloved classic bear from Darkest Peru, brought together in one volume. Paddington is now a major movie star! This special edition brings together three favourite classic adventures - Paddington Goes to Hospital, Paddington at the Circus and Paddington Goes for Gold. ...Show more

The Hobbit (H/B) by J. R. R. Tolkien

$39.95 AUD

Category: Classics

Sumptuous, oversized hardback edition of the classic adventure, fully illustrated with over 60 watercolour and pencil illustrations by award-winning artist, Alan Lee, Conceptual Designer on Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY. J.R.R. Tolkien's great classic work, The Hobbit, celebrated its 60th year of publication (1937) with a gorgeous illustrated edition by artist Alan Lee, winner of the Kate Greenaway medal for illustration, and creator of the fabulously successful Centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings. Containing 22 full colour illustrations depicting key scenes from this all-time classic (scenes such as Gollum and Bilbo, The Wargs, Smaug the Dragon and The Battle of the Five Armies), this beautifully designed volume also includes a wealth of integrated pencil drawings which demonstrate perfectly Alan's genius at work. Alan Lee's work on this book, as well as the illustrated Lord of the Rings, led to him being approached by Peter Jackson to join the film trilogy as Conceptual Artist. The same artistic vision, present in his beautiful paintings and drawings, played a major role in the look of the films, and his work received the ultimate accolade with an Academy Award for Best Art Direction on The Return of the King. ...Show more

Deep Thoughts And Ponderings For The Wise - Winnie The Pooh by A. a. Milne

$16.99 AUD

Category: Classics | Series: Winnie-The-Pooh Ser.

Grimms Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm; Jakob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm; Noel Pocock (Illustrator)

$29.99 AUD

Category: Classics

Arthur Rackham's extraordinary illustrations are the perfect complement to these gothic, magical, and timeless tales This famous collection of fairy tales includes some familiar stories and some not-so-familiar. Among well known classics such as Rumpelstiltskin, Tom Thumb, and The Golden Goose there ar e also lesser known--but equally compelling--tales such as Jorinda and Joringel, Clever Elsa, and The Robber Bridegroom. ...Show more

Baby-Sitters Club: #6 Kristy's Big Day by Ann Martin

$9.99 AUD

Category: Classics | Series: The\Babysitters Club Ser.

When her mother gets married, Kristy and the other members of the Baby-sitters Club have their hands full taking care of fourteen children at the wedding.

The Jungle Book (Bath Treasury) by Rudyard Kipling

$19.99 AUD

Category: Classics | Series: Bath Classics Ser.

Penguin presents the audio edition of A Puffin Classic: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, read by Rhashan Stone. Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack and taught the law of the jungle by lovable old Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther. The advent ures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the snake-fighting mongoose, little Toomai and the elephant's secret dance, and Kotick the white seal are all part of Mowgli's extraordinary journey with his animal friends. ...Show more

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

$14.99 AUD

Category: Classics

Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are sisters - with a difference. All three were adopted as babies by Great Uncle Matthew, an eccentric and rich explorer who then disappeared, leaving them in the care of his niece Sylvia. The girls grow up in comfort until their money begins to run out and nobody can fi nd Great Uncle Matthew. Things look bleak until they hit on an inspired idea: Pauline, Petrova and Posy will take to the stage. But it's not long before the Fossils learn that being a star isn't as easy as they first thought... ...Show more

10 Ten-Minute Stories by Usborne Publishing, Limited

$19.99 AUD

Category: Illustrated Classics | Series: Illustrated Story Collections

A treasury of short stories, carefully selected because they make speedy bedtime reads. Each of these ten traditional tales each take just ten minutes to read aloud. For sharing with younger children; as children learn to read on their own they can tackle these simple stories on their own. Studies have shown that reading for just ten minutes a day can massively improve children's literacy; this collection of stories will inspire children to do that and more. Ten stories from the Usborne Reading Programme - each retold for young readers and fully illustrated - are bound together in a beautiful gift edition which children will be proud to own and read. Part of a collectible series of illustrated story collections from Usborne, including 'Illustrated Stories for Bedtime' and 'Five-minute Bedtime Stories'. ...Show more

The Wind in the Willows (HB) by Kenneth Grahame

$29.99 AUD

Category: Classics

‘Travel, change, interest, excitement!’ One day Mole pokes his nose out of his burrow and discovers that the world is an exciting place. He meets brave Ratty, kind old Badger and the rascally Mr Toad, and together they go adventuring . . .The Wind in the Willows is a classic animal adventure that charm s and enthrals. This edition contains the original full-colour illustrations by E H Shepard, a partnership that has never been bettered. ...Show more

The Borrowers (Puffin Modern Classics) by Mary Norton

$14.99 AUD

Category: Classics

Penguin presents for the first time the complete, unabridged audiobook of Mary Norton's The Borrowers. The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything, and think that human beings w ere invented just to do the dirty work. Arrietty's father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin, and bring back a doll's teacup without breaking it. Girls weren't supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty was an only child her father broke the rule, and then something happened which changed their lives. She made friends with the human boy living in the house... ...Show more