Classics

How would you feel if you woke up and found another head growing out of your neck? A living, breathing, TALKING head, with a rude, sharp tongue and an evil sense of humour. It knows all your darkest thoughts and it's not afraid to say what it thinks . . ...

Great stories ignite a child's imagination and can fill a childhood with unforgettable characters, wondrous places and superb illustrations. They also allow young readers to explore, and to understand, their different feelings and experiences. In her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598536386Author Frances Hodgson BurnettFormat HardbackPage Count 762Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America

Schooldays at St Clare's are never dull for twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in Enid Blyton's much-loved boarding school series.In book four, the twins have made it to second form. New girls Gladys and Mirabel have great talents for acting and music, and...

America's favourite series returns with a new look and a Netflix tv show. Dawn has always thought there was a secret passage hidden in her house. But that doesn't explain why creepy things happen when Dawn's...

David Copperfield tells of the life of the unlucky David Copperfield. When his mother marries the cruel Mr Murdstone, David is sent away to boarding school. As he grows up, David meets many people - but who are his true friends and will his fortunes ever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Kansas William White Master List 1963 and Scholastic Parent & Child 100 Greatest Books for Kids 2012 and TimeOutNewYorkKids.com 50 Best Books for Kids 2012.Book...

A small boy imagines what it would be like to have his own rainbow to play with.About the AuthorDon Freeman was born in San Diego, California, in 1908. At an early age, he received a trumpet as a gift from his father. He practiced obsessively and...

'At 5 o'clock on the evening of November 21st, after the ice had drawn back like pall bearers at a funeral, Endurance slipped lower in the water, her stern pointing skywards. We stood in silence while she said her last farewell. A cacophony of cracking...

A wild gallop for freedom On a desperate journey, two runaways meet and join forces. Though they are only looking to escape their harsh lives, they soon find themselves at the centre of a terrible battle. It is a battle that will decide their...

This Scholastic Classics edition of George Orwell's classic satire novel is perfect for students and Orwell enthusiasts alike. All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others. When the...

Orphaned at an early age, Heidi has been brought up by her mother's sister Dete in Switzerland. Having been offered a job in Frankfurt, however, her aunt is forced to entrust her young charge into the care of her grandfather, the reclusive Alp-Uncle who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600250897Author Margery WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Maurice BassettPublisher Maurice BassettWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition of Black Beauty features illustrations...

When Jane Eyre becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, she falls in love with her mysterious employer, Mr. Rochester. But he hides a terrible secret that threatens to drive them apart... Clearly written in a modern, approachable style, this retelling of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328916778Author Dr P L TraversFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Clarion BooksPublisher Clarion BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 282mm *...

'Barbecued billygoats!'Can you imagine finding gold? That's just what the Swallows and Amazons and Dick and Dorothea decide to hunt for in the hills high above the lake. But it's a hot and dry summer and water is in scarce supply. Worse still for the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394830193Author Clement C. MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

In Gulliver's Travels Gulliver sets out on a long sea voyage hungry for adventure - and he isn't disappointed! After a shipwreck, he lands on an island inhabited by tiny people where he is considered a giant - but every time Gulliver thinks things can't...

A brand new, funny Boggart mystery from Susan Cooper, renowned author of the Dark is Rising sequence. Once again, there's magic afoot in Scotland when Allie and Jay visit their grandfather and are eagerly greeted by the Boggart, an ancient sprite, and...

Experience the magic of Dr. Seuss with this brand new collection of newly-discovered stories featuring old friends and new faces! Everyone loves Dr. Seuss, and this collection of four wonderful new stories will delight his fans of all ages. ...

NOMINATED - CILIP KATE GREENAWAY MEDALAll animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.It's just an ordinary farm - until the animals revolt. They get rid of the irresponsible farmer. The other animals are sure that life is improving,...

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...

First published as a serial in YOUNG FOLKS between May and July 1886 and now reprinted in an Everyman edition on the centenary of Stevenson's death. KIDNAPPED is an adventure story that has become the model for any thriller of escape and suspense. Set in...

In Enid Blyton's bestselling school series Elizabeth Allen is sent away to boarding school and makes up her mind to be the naughtiest pupil there's ever been.In book five, Elizabeth intends never to be naughty again. But when John entrusts her with his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442472747Author Eric CarleFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Simon SpotlightPublisher Simon SpotlightWeight(grams) 45gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 147mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375805615Author Jon StonePage Count 24Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 128gDimensions(mm) 146mm * 108mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423647485Author Jennifer AdamsPage Count 22Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 175mm * 175mm * 13mm

An abridged version of the novel chronicling the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.Book InformationISBN 9781402712364Author Louisa May AlcottFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint...

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.'Plain' orphan Jane Eyre is not expected to amount to much. A pleasant existence as a governess is all she is supposed to hope for - but Jane desperately wants more...

First published by Macmillan in 1903 the Little Folks' editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass were charming miniature versions of Lewis Carroll's two classic Wonderland tales, specially abridged for younger readers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307021403Author Golden BooksFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Scholastic Parent & Child 100 Greatest Books for Kids 2012.Book InformationISBN 9780307120007Author Dorothy KunhardtPage Count 20Imprint Golden Books Publishing...

Part of a beautiful collection of hardcover classics, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.'I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole ... without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Lewis Carroll, describing how...

Soon to be MOOMINVALLEY, a MAJOR ANIMATED SERIES on SKY ONE starring Taron Egerton and Rosamund Pike!A comet is speeding towards Earth and nobody in Moominvalley knows what to do!Will it destroy everything and everyone? Moomintroll decides to find out...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142404157Author Robert McCloskeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 116gDimensions(mm) 178mm *...

Since it was first published in 1964, Whistle for Willie has delighted millions of young readers with its nearly wordless text and its striking collage artwork depicting the story of Peter, who longs to whistle for his dog. The New York Times wrote: "Mr...

Features two classic tales about Tamworth, the kind-hearted and very wise pig with a flair for publicity, and his human friends, Thomas and Blossom - The Prime of Tamworth Pig and Tamworth Pig Saves the Trees. In these tales Tamworth, Thomas and Blossom...

Features two classic tales about Tamworth, the kind-hearted and very wise pig with a flair for publicity, and his human friends, Thomas and Blossom - The Prime of Tamworth Pig and Tamworth Pig Saves the Trees. In these tales Tamworth, Thomas and Blossom...

This book contains over forty of the best-loved fairy stories, retold by Flora Annie Steel, and beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Favourites such as Jack the Giant-killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, Dick Whittington, The Three Little Pigs and The...