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Three magical stories in one bumper book! Be whisked away by Enid Blyton, one of the world's best storytellers, on not one but THREE magical Wishing-Chair adventures in this illustrated Wishing-Chair...

When Mr Snow takes his friends on a fishing trip to the North Pole, they accidentally end up in the Ice Age with a friendly woolly mammoth and some cavemen! But not everyone is so friendly. How will the Mr Men escape the scary sabre tooth tiger and find...

Inside the little house in the Big Woods live the Ingalls family: Ma, Pa, Mary, Laura and baby Carrie. Outside the little house are the wild animals: the bears and the bees, the deer and the wolves. This is the tale of how they live together, in harmony...

The wonderful warm-hearted story of Mr Hoppy, Mrs Silver and the tortoise who brings them together.Book InformationISBN 9780141348674Author Roald DahlFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint PuffinPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 252g

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Tom Canty and Edward Tudor could have been identical twins. Their birthdays and their faces match, but there the likeness stops. For Edward is prince, heir to King Henry VIII of England, whilst Tom is a miserable pauper. But fate intervenes, and their...

Classic Treasury Magical Stories is a magical story book, containing over 30 enchanting stories that will captivate young children and independent readers aged 7+. # Beautiful artwork draws in young readers, encouraging them to read to find out more.#...

"Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it." Transcending time and place, Anna Sewell's moving classic has inspired kindness, tolerance and hope since it was first published in 1877. Now...

‘The course of true love never did run smooth.’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream starts with trouble in the Fairy Kingdom. King Oberon wants to teach Queen Titania a lesson. It’s up to Puck, a playful sprite, to do the king’s bidding but many mishaps and...

‘To be, or not to be, that is the question …’ Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark. When a ghostly figure appears to the prince, he discovers the awful truth about his father’s death. His quest for revenge leads him into a world of mayhem, madness and murder...

Persephone, the Goddess of Spring Growth, has disappeared, and her mother, Demeter, is heartbroken. As the Goddess of the Harvest, Demeter’s job is to make sure that farm crops grow healthily. While searching for her daughter, however, she ignores her...

‘If I can cross him any way, I bless myself every way.’ Much Ado About Nothing takes place in Messina in Italy. It follows Hero and Claudio, a young couple, and the constantly arguing Beatrice and Benedick. But the jealous Don John complicates their...

‘I am a man more sinned against than sinning.’ King Lear is an old king who wants to divide his land between his three daughters. But first, they must tell him how much they love him. When Cordelia remains silent, he disowns her. Can their relationship...

‘Give me my robe. Put on my crown.’ Antony and Cleopatra is set in ancient Rome and Egypt, and portrays real events from Roman history. Antony, a Roman general, and Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt fall in love. But their passion leads to tragedy. About The...

Angry that her followers have begun worshipping someone else, Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty, decides to punish the human Princess Psyche. She tells her son Eros, God of Love, to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest, meanest creature on Earth. For...

‘O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?’ Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story in the world. Romeo and Juliet’s families hate each other, but when the two young people fall in love, can they bring their families together and be happy?...

‘Love all, trust a few.’ All’s Well That Ends Well is the story of Helena, an orphaned, low-born girl who is desperately in love with Bertram, a nobleman. He swears he will never be her husband. Can Helena ever convince Bertram to love her back...

Picnics by the river, drinking hot chocolates and learning to row a boat, Mole soon becomes a _true_ riverbanker like his friend, Ratty. By the river, Mole meets a rich and spend-crazy Toad who lands himself in trouble after buying a motorcar. In order...

Twelve Titans plot to overthrow their father. Their father is Uranus, who rules the Heavens. Their mother is Gaia, who made the Earth. With Gaia’s help, Cronus becomes King of the Titans, but an alarming prophecy leads him to imprison his own six...

‘It is a manacle of love.’ Cymbeline is the King of Britain. He decides that his daughter, Imogen, must marry his horrid stepson, Cloten. When Cymbeline learns that Imogen is secretly married to another man, he banishes her husband. Will they ever be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035050499Author Lewis CarrollFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Macmillan Children's BooksPublisher Pan Macmillan

Roberta, Peter and Phyliss’s lives drastically change one night, when their father is taken away from them. The three siblings must leave their London life behind and move to a quaint cottage in the countryside. Although they miss their father, they...

Bellerophon has everything he should need to be happy, but he wants even more. He wants to be the first to ride the flying horse Pegasus. With the help of the Goddess Athena, this dream comes true, and Bellerophon becomes a hero. But as his fame grows,...

Helios, the Sun Titan, takes his job of bringing the sunrise and sunset very seriously. Every morning, he puts on his solar crown, fastens his winged horses to his chariot and flies the sun across the sky. But flying the chariot isn’t as easy as it might...

When King Minos needs a prison for a Minotaur – a monster that is half man, half bull – the inventor Daedalus builds an underground maze. Rather than being rewarded for his work, Daedalus and his son Icarus are locked up to keep it a secret. To escape,...

‘Let no face be kept in mind.’ As You Like It is set in the Forest of Arden, where life is peaceful for those who live there. But for Rosalind – the daughter of an exiled duke – things become uncomplicated when her true love, Orlando, flees to the forest...

After punishing the Titan Prometheus for stealing fire for humans, Zeus is still angry. He commands the God Hephaestus to create Pandora, the first mortal woman. Then he gives Pandora a beautiful golden box … and tells her _never_ to open it. Pandora’s...

‘Friends, Romans, countrymen …’ Julius Caesar is Rome’s greatest general. He returns to the city celebrating a glorious victory. But among the cheering crowds, a group of conspirators are determined to stop him from becoming emperor. Will they succeed?...

The Gods have won the war against the Titans, but with terrible consequences for Earth. Gaia orders Zeus to create life anew, so the King of the Gods gives the task to two Titan brothers. Epimetheus quickly creates animals and gives each a gift to...

King Midas loves three things: his roses, his daughter and GOLD. He wants to be the richest man in the world – and when he meets a satyr with powerful friends, he finally gets his wish. But satyrs are mischievous goat-men who cannot be trusted, and...

Black Beauty is born on an idyllic English farm before moving to Birtwick Park, where he is treated with kindness and love. However, when he is forced to leave his perfect home, he soon learns how hard Victorian England can be for a working horse...

Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, War and Craft, has her mother Metis’s intelligence and her father Zeus’s determination. She is the last being anyone should challenge to a competition – least of all a human. In a moment of carelessness, Arachne challenges...

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When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert want to hire an orphaned boy to help on their farm at Green Gables, they get Anne – a red-haired, freckle-faced and incredibly feisty girl. Although Anne sometimes likes to imagine that her hair is brown and that her...

Reviva el asombro y la fascinación de su infancia con la edición en español más exquisitamente ilustrada de las Fábulas de Esopo, ¡que incluye impresionantes obras de arte originales del aclamado ilustrador Charles Santore!Esopo, un antiguo esclavo...

La querida historia de El Conejo de Pana, el animal de peluche hecho realidad gracias al amor de un niño, ha capturado nuestra imaginación durante generaciones. En esta edición de tapa dura en español del clásico infantil, vuelve a experimentar la...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781529070392Author Jeanne WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Macmillan Children's BooksPublisher Pan Macmillan

Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures! The original and classic stories available now in all-new luxurious livery. On a dark November night, Mary Poppins returns in a burst...

After a deadly disease spreads through Mary’s house in India, she is forced to go and live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor, in England. An uncle she’s never met. Mary learns the secrets of the manor, secrets that will bring her closer to her family...