Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction

A timeless heroine, Alice is quick-witted, determined and resourceful.

First published by Macmillan in 1894, The Jungle Book is the classic collection of animal tales that shows Rudyard Kipling's writing for children at its best.

Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as Milly-Molly-Mandy does the gardening, goes to a party, and has a seaside adventure - whatever Milly-Molly-Mandy and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around!

When Gem moves into The House Next Door, Nona and Belinda think she's stuck up and vow to have nothing to do with her.

A beautifully illustrated cover edition of Rumer Godden's classic story about friendship and family, Miss Happiness and Miss Flower.

I asked myself lots of questions, like what happened in Hamelin after the children vanished?

I asked myself lots of questions, like what did Hansel and Gretel say to their father when they finally made it home?

Often, I found things were not quite as they first seemed.

Here is Cinderella, who so much deserved her fairy godmother.

Here are the twelve dancing princesses, who drove the Old King to distraction by wearing through their slippers every night.

Rumpelstiltskin - all my life I have been troubled by the injustice with which he was treated .

Here is brave, loyal Elsa, who wove the nettles in silence for seven long years.

I asked myself lots of questions, like why did the Piper's son steal the pig?

I asked myself lots of questions, like how could Snow White have left those seven kind dwarves?

Here is lovely Rapunzel, free from her tower, although perhaps not so free from her fears .

Sail the magical seven seas in Journey to Dragon Island, a swashbuckling pirate adventure by Claire Fayers.

Take to the high seas in Voyage to Magical North, a swashbuckling pirate adventure filled with magic by Claire Fayers.

Freckle Juice is a short, funny adventure for younger readers from the iconic Judy Blume.

Just as Long as We're Together is Judy Blume's classic novel about changing friendships.

From the author of Are You There God?

Starring Sally J.

From Judy Blume, author of Are You There God?

A fun, fresh cover look for the fourth title in Chris Riddell's excellent Ottoline series.

It is 1940.

The story of the magical flying car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a firm favourite for children and adults alike.

Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as Milly-Molly-Mandy keeps house, makes a cosy and goes carol-singing - whatever she and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around!

Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as Milly-Molly-Mandy rescues little rabbits, makes a garden and goes for a picnic - whatever she and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around!

Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as Milly-Molly-Mandy writes letters, gives a party and goes motoring - whatever she and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around!

Join the little girl in the candy-striped dress as Milly-Molly-Mandy cooks a dinner, helps thatch a roof and goes to a wedding - whatever she and her friends are up to, you're sure to have fun when they're around!

Packed with fun illustrations by Joe Berger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again is the hilarious sequel to Ian Fleming's much loved children's classic, by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the author of the Carnegie Medal-winning Millions.

This moving fable follows the adventures of Matt who becomes king when just a child and decides to reform his country according to his own priorities.

If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin, she'd never have let him go.

Otto is a Book Bear and nothing makes him happier than when people read his book.

The Swallows and Amazons are sailing with Nancy and Peggy's Uncle Jim (better known as Captain Flint) when their hired deckhand tells them a tale of his younger days - a tale to set pulses racing and hopes shooting sky high.

'Now Susan,' Mother said, 'And you too, John.

John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one.

'I was wrong,' said Captain Flint.

John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates.

Tom Dudgeon has cast off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, but now the cruiser is searching high and low for him - even offering a reward.

Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake.

It's great detective work that's needed now.

'We're the Demon's Watch, son.

The dreaded Great Aunt has invited herself to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends Dick and Dorothea arrive for the Summer holiday.

Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China.

The ultimate children's classic - long summer days filled with adventure.

An unforgettable story of life during and after the Second World War, based on true accounts.

What little girl can turn a whole household upside down and breathe new life back into a strange, old manor?

Set more than a thousand years ago in the soft green hills of Ireland, in a shifting time when enchanted creatures and the Fairy Kind still flickered in and out of the lives of men, the ancient stories of Finn MacCool and the brotherhood of the Fianna shimmer with magic.

Oliver Twist is the classic tale of a poor orphan boy who runs away from an abusive master, only to fall in with thieves and robbers on the cruel streets of 19th-century London.