Classics

New York City girl Claudia, a mere month shy of being a twelve-year-old, has resolved to run away from home with her younger brother, Jamie. She knows that she could never pull off the classic spur-of-the-moment departure without a destination...

Exam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas, WJEC; CXCLevel & Subject: GCSE English Literature; Cape Literatures in EnglishFirst teaching: September 2015; 2016Next exam: June 2024 This edition of Pride and Prejudice is perfect for...

"Bigger and bigger grew the peach, bigger and bigger and BIGGER."James Henry Trotter is about to go on the adventure of a lifetime.James lives his awful Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, two of the meanest people you can imagine.Life isn't much fun at all,...

'Did we go too far?' Charlie asked.'Too far?' cried Mr Wonka. 'Of course we went too far! We've gone into orbit!'WHOOSH! Inside the Great Glass Elevator, Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and his family are cruising a thousand feet above the chocolate factory...

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child. The Thing sitting in the corner seemed to be interested. It got up and moved towards Barney, into the light. Barney was glad to see it was Somebody after all. Funny way to...

Filled with a little girl's inventive stories, On the Way Home is by Jill Murphy, the author and illustrator of the bestselling Peace at Last and Whatever Next!Claire has hurt her knee so she sets off home to tell her mum all about it. On the way she...

The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo shouldEver set foot in the deep dark wood.But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo's child disobeys her father's warnings and ventures out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist . . . does...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604334388Author Charles SantorePage Count 24Imprint Cider Mills PressPublisher Sterling Publishing Co IncWeight(grams) 281g

Open a door and enter a magical world Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia - a world enslaved by the power of the White Witch. When almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great...

Now available in this beautiful hardback gift edition. Packed with things to spot on every page, this picture book classic is beautiful, fun and a favourite with children of all ages. Everyone is busy in Busytown - from train drivers to...

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller Every Saturday morning the Greg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting. Now it's made her so angry she's PUT THE...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307119421Author Mercer MayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

It's time to welcome new girls to Malory Towers, the famous boarding school by the sea, in four brand-new stories by outstanding authors, set in Enid Blyton's much-loved school.YA and Waterstones Book Prize-winner Patrice Lawrence introduces us to proud...

Celebrate thirty-five years of the bear family with this very special edition of the classic bedtime story, Whatever Next!, a beautiful story of innocence and imagination, full of the characteristic warmth and humour of Jill Murphy, author of Peace at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451533975Author Roald DahlFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Massachusetts Children's Book Award 1987 and New Hampshire Great Stone Face Children's Book Award 1988 and North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award 1981...

The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Mr Funny lives in a teapot and drives a car that looks like a shoe. He likes nothing better than making other people laugh. The Mr Men and Little...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it feeds on.' Dramatic and powerful in its scope, Othello...

"A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is sparky"Danny has the most marvellous and exciting father anyone ever had. He can repair any car or machine that people bring to him, loves going on adventures with...

The beloved story of orphan Anne Shirley's adoption by an elderly brother and sister is now available in an exclusive collector's edition featuring:A beautiful, high-end hardcover with Laci Fowler's distinctive hand-painted art and embossing/debossing...

First Stories: The Ugly Duckling is the perfect introduction for young children to this classic fairy tale.Push, pull and turn mechanisms bring the story of the lonely duckling to life. This well-loved fairy tale is beautifully imagined for a new...

Bernard's got a problem: he's found a monster in the back garden but his mum and dad are just too busy to notice. So Bernard tries to befriend the monster... and that doesn't go quite to plan. Loved by children, monsters and adults for forty years,...

'Quite simply the best writer of magic there is' Neil Gaiman 'Truly magical . . . Guaranteed to leave you gasping' The Bookseller 'She is the best writer of magical...

Become lost in the dreamy illustrations that capture the enchanted land of Honalee and its extraordinary inhabitants, and share in the adventures of Jackie Paper and his childhood friend, Puff, the magic dragon. The timeless Peter, Paul and Mary song,...

The son of a gypsy woman, Sebastien is found as a newborn baby in the Alps and brought up by Cesar and his grandchildren Angelina and Jean. Born on the same day, Belle is a beautiful white Pyrenean Mountain Dog who has been neglected and passed on from...

First Stories: Hansel and Gretel is the perfect introduction, for young children, to this classic fairy tale.Push, pull and turn mechanisms bring the story to life and introduce the main characters: Hansel and Gretel and the witch in the woods - not...

An adapted and illustrated edition of Jane Austen's romantic classic - at an easy-to-read level for all ages! Mrs Bennet is desperate to find rich husbands for her daughters, so the arrival of a charming new neighbour is welcome indeed. Sadly, the...

Join Baby Bear as he makes friends with an owl and has a picnic on the moon in this board book edition of Whatever Next!, a beautiful story of innocence and imagination, full of the characteristic warmth and humour of Jill Murphy, author of Peace at Last...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788282611Author L. M. MontgomeryFormat HardbackImprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Phizz-whizzing new edition for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! I bet you think you know this story. You don't. The real one's much more gory. From Cinderella and Goldilocks to Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs, wicked beasts,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735266940Author Kallie GeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307168030Author Richard ScarryFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Rome's greatest general, Julius Caesar, returns to the city celebrating a glorious victory. But among the cheering crowds a group of conspirators are determined to prevent Caesar becoming king... With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and...

Rome's greatest general, Julius Caesar, returns to the city celebrating a glorious victory. But among the cheering crowds a group of conspirators are determined to prevent Caesar becoming king... With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and...

Meet Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timothy. Together they are THE FAMOUS FIVE - Enid Blyton's most popular adventure series. All 21 titles also available as audiobooks!In book seven, the Famous Five investigate spook trains in the dead of night. The...

This title features eleven of the best-loved ancient myths in one beautiful abridged collection. This high interest/low vocabulary volume features stories such as Romulus and Remus, Escape from Troy and more. It is suitable for ages 7-9. Roman Myths...

This beautiful hardback Ladybird Classic edition of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is a perfect first illustrated introduction to the classic pirate adventure story for younger readers.It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it...

This beautiful hardback Ladybird Classic edition of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is a perfect first illustrated introduction to the classic pirate adventure story for younger readers.It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it...

The bestselling novel and major film about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness.Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to...

In an encore performance, Angelina Ballerina returns in this refreshed picture book from acclaimed author Katharine Holabird and celebrated artist Helen Craig! Angelina is a pretty little mouse who wants nothing more than to be a ballerina. She dances...