Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes (Classic Edition #22) by Beatrix Potter
16.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: The World of Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter gathered material for a book of nursery rhymes for many years before Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymeswas eventually published in 1917. Charming characters like Old Mr. Pricklepin, Diggory Diggory Delvet and, of course, Appley Dapply are brought to life with funny rhymes and beautiful waterc ...Show more
Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (Classic Edition #23) by Beatrix Potter
16.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Beatrix Potter Classic
"Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes" is a sequel to "Beatrix Potter's" first rhyme collection, "Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes". Like the previous book it contains material she had produced and collected over a period of many years. The "Cecily Parsley" sequence of illustrations, for example, were first ma ...Show more
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
18.00 NZD
Category: Classics
Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten year old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks kidnap her and explain why living forever at one age is less tha ...Show more
Who Will Comfort Toffle? by Tove Jansson
29.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Moomins
Who Will Comfort Toffle? A tale of Moomin Valley sees Toffle driven from his home by the frightening noises of the forest. Too shy, at first, to approach the many colourful Moomin characters he passes along the way, he gains confidence by discovering a scared and lonely Miffle who needs his help. Tof ...Show more
The Wombles by Elisabeth Beresford
18.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Wombles
The first book in the Wombles series, now reissued by Bloomsbury. The Wombles live in a warm and cosy burrow beneath Wimbledon Common. There's the stern but kindly Great Uncle Bulgaria, Orinoco, who is particularly fond of his food and a subsequent forty winks, general handyman extraordinaire Tobermory, ...Show more
The Pearls of Lutra (Redwall #9)
22.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Redwall
This is ninth thrilling Redwall adventure - new in paperback! Far away, on the isle of Sampetra, Emperor Ublaz - also scarily known as...Mad Eyes - sends his fearsome lizards and seascum on a murderous mission to Redwall. Meanwhile Tansy and her fellow abbey dwellers frantically race against time to unr ...Show more
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
32.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Threads Collection
Published to coincide with the 2011 centennial of "The Secret Garden's" publication, this "Penguin Threads" edition of the classic children's tale includes cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe French flaps. Commissioned by award-winning Penguin art director Paul Buckley, the "Penguin Threads" series d ...Show more
I Capture the Castle (Vintage Children's Classics) by Dodie Smith
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics
"'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink..." This is the diary of Cassandra Mortmain, which tells of her extraordinary family and their crumbling castle home. Cassandra's father was once a famous writer, but now he mainly reads detective novels while his family slide into genteel poverty. Her sister R ...Show more
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
21.00 NZD
Category: Classics | Series: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Can you go a little faster? Can you run? Long ago, at a time in history that never happened, England was overrun with wolves. But as Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia discover, real danger often lies closer to home. Their new governess, Miss Slighcarp, doesn't seem at all nice. She shuts Bonnie in a cupboar ...Show more
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
17.00 NZD
Category: Classics
Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! When young Jim Hawkins discovers a map showing the way to Captain Flint's treasure, he and Squire Trelawney set sail on the Hispaniola to search for the gold. Little do they know that among their crew is the dastardly pirate Long John Si ...Show more
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Vintage Classics) by Mark Twain
20.00 NZD
Category: Classics
'It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them' Huck Finn spits, swears, smokes a pipe and never goes to school. With his too-big clothes and battered straw hat, Huck is in need of 'civilising', and the Widow Douglas ...Show more
The Railway Children (Vintage Classics) by E. Nesbit
17.00 NZD
Category: Classics
The Railway Children E. NesbitThe Railway Children by E.Nesbit is a classic childrens story about family who move to live by a railway station where they meet new friends and have a touching adventure. This is a classic tale that has been much loved by many for generations. A great addition to any book ...Show more