Classics

Everyone knows Pinocchio, the walking, talking wooden puppet carved from a table leg. Pinocchio, an endearing scamp, is always getting himself into trouble. But it isn't the sort of trouble most kids get into. Skiving off school, he is kidnapped by a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681372884Author Marion Freeman WakemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780152047320Author Mary NortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Harcourt Children's BooksPublisher Harcourt Children's Books

The hilarious and magical adventures of everyone's favourite flat hero - Flat Stanley. With brilliant new illustrations by the award-winning author/illustrator Rob Biddulph. Magical things always happen to Stanley...

The most popular children's book ever written, lovingly illustrated by John Burningham. Kenneth Grahame began to tell the tale of the river bank on the night of his son's fourth birthday, but what started out as a short bedtime story soon grew into one...

Celebrate 80 years of the Famous Five with this fabulous edition of the first book featuring a cover by Sir Quentin Blake. Join the adventure! Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's...

One of the most iconic characters in children's books Join the world's most famous travelling reporter in his exciting adventures as races to claim a mysterious meteorite in The Shooting Star, and uncovers a lost...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593114780Author Frances Hodgson BurnettPage Count 18Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 178mm...

Join the Mr Men and Little Miss for a day at the Winter Wonderland Christmas Market! Mr Tickle can't wait to visit the Winter Wonderland Christmas Fair. There will be plenty of treats, ice skating and sleigh rides...

When he attends a dying patron of his family's boarding house, young Jim Hawkins has no idea that the man was once a pirate, or that the man's possessions include a map that will lead whoever has it to the island where the notorious buccaneer, Captain...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780694016716Author Margaret Wise BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 36Imprint HarperCollins Children's BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

The sixth book in the Anne Shirley series. 'It's been lovely to be Anne of Green Gables again for a week, but it's a hundred times lovelier to come back and be Anne of Ingleside' There's never a dull moment at Ingleside, Anne's lively home: Anne is...

The sixth book in the Anne Shirley series. 'It's been lovely to be Anne of Green Gables again for a week, but it's a hundred times lovelier to come back and be Anne of Ingleside' There's never a dull moment at Ingleside, Anne's lively home: Anne is...

One of the most iconic characters in children's literature Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most recognisable characters in children's books. These highly collectible editions of the original...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Garden State Children's Book Awards (Easy-To-Read) 1981.Book InformationISBN 9780064440943Author Arnold LobelFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint HarperCollins...

Introduced by bestselling author Roddy Doyle.Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are alike in appearance, different in character and in love with the same woman. In the midst of the French Revolution, Darnay, who has fled to London to escape the cruelty of...

Introduced by bestselling author Roddy Doyle.Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are alike in appearance, different in character and in love with the same woman. In the midst of the French Revolution, Darnay, who has fled to London to escape the cruelty of...

A beautiful hardback treasury, containing over forty myths and legends from around the world. The perfect gift for mythology lovers of all ages. This glorious collection contains incredible stories from Greek and Norse mythology, such as Theseus and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604335422Author L. Frank BaumFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Applesauce PressPublisher Sterling Publishing Co IncWeight(grams) 923g

Melrose and Croc discuss all the reasons they are all the very best of friends. From the creator of the Blue Kangaroo series, these adorable characters will soon be your best friends too! Melrose and Croc are the best of friends. They love all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781503767393Author The Disney Storybook Art TeamPage Count 34Imprint Phoenix International Publications, IncorporatedPublisher Phoenix International...

A deluxe addition to the Flower Fairies classics, complete with all of Cicely Mary Barker?s original poems and illustrations. She re-creates the beauty of nature through her art and drawings from life with botanical accuracy and exquisite watercolors...

'On the contrary, my dear Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see'Herein lie the problems: a stolen jewel, the inexplicable death of a young woman, the disappearance of one of the most remarkable racehorses in...

'On the contrary, my dear Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see'Herein lie the problems: a stolen jewel, the inexplicable death of a young woman, the disappearance of one of the most remarkable racehorses in...

Be enchanted by this magical Christmas story featuring the Mr Men and Little Miss! It's the night before Christmas and all through the Mr Men houses not a creature is stirring, but in the sky overhead there are some...

Philip Pullman's wry wit and award-winning talent brings much to this rich, dark and uplifting rendition of the classic tale ALADDIN AND THE ENCHANTED LAMP. With magic and mischief in equal measure, and with brand new illustrations...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level A brand new Alice for children today to enjoy, beautifully retold and illustrated by multi-award-winning author Emma Chichester Clark, which captures the original tale...

'Joan Aiken's invention seemed inexhaustible, her high spirits a blessing, her sheer storytelling zest a phenomenon' PHILLIP PULLMAN'One of the most important and interesting children's fiction writers of the last fifty years' NEIL GAIMAN 'The Gift...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

The classic bestselling Angelina Ballerina picture book about Angelina's trip to the big city is back in a beautiful, refreshed hardcover edition! For the first time ever, Angelina Ballerina is visiting the most famous city in Mouseland: the Big Cheese!...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823449521Author Jim KjelgaardFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

STRICTLY PRIVATE. KEEP OUT ON PAIN OF DEATH.I'm Tracy Beaker - have you heard of me? I'm stuck in The Dumping Ground just at the moment, but I'm sure my Mum will come and get me soon. A certain Justine-Hateful-Littlewood has stolen my best friend Louise...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593432303Author Eric CarleFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787198975Author E. NesbitFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Legend Press LtdPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 300g

'Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful' So here we are on Christmas Eve, locked up in rotten Mrs Monday's boarding house with no presents and no...

'Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful' So here we are on Christmas Eve, locked up in rotten Mrs Monday's boarding house with no presents and no...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 1994 and Buckeye Children's Book Award (Grades 3-5) 1995 and Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Grades 6-8) 1993...

The classic fantasy adventure of a lost prehistoric world.Journalist Ed Malone is looking for an adventure, and that's exactly what he finds when he meets the eccentric Professor Challenger - an adventure that leads Malone and his three companions deep...

Charles Santore's beautiful, best-selling illustrations capture the spirit of this classic book and make the story leap off the page, while the tactile elements on each page and the lift-the-flap activity helps kids learn textures and colours, as well as...

The bestselling, New York Times Top 10 Best Illustrated title, Yummy!, now available as new stunning picture book editions."Where are you going, Little Red Riding Hood?" asked the wolf.The old man pulled and pulled the enormous turnip.....