Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction

Wait, wait!

'You know what it's like.

Why do they call him Black Jake?

'I mean to do something grand.

Come Away!

Bursting with rich descriptive detail, discover the classic world of Treasure Island.

No man's cub can run with the people of the Jungle,' howled Shere Khan.

'"e;Stand firm'"e; said Peter, "e;and wave like mad!

'Don't you know a sand-fairy when you see one?

'It's lovely to live on a raft.

The March sisters have little money, but a whole world of love, ambition and imagination.

Rediscover the favourite childhood classic.

"e;Ho!

"e;You saved your mistress's life, Beauty!

CELEBRATE 150 YEARS OF ALICEOh my ears and whiskers, how late its getting!

Cassandra Mortmain lives with her bohemian and impoverished family in a crumbling castle in the middle of nowhere.

A family is broken apart by the Second World War.

'Ahoy!

'Swallows and Amazons for ever!

He's madly sane and cleverly dotty.

A favourite game of the rich and beautiful Emma Woodhouse is dabbling in the marriage market, where she plays with everyone s hearts except her own.

Seduced and abandoned by the faithless Willoughby, Colonel Brandon s much-loved ward Eliza is sent to give birth in the countryside.

After the sad demise of Sir Thomas, Edmund Bertram and his new wife Fanny must sail to the West Indies in order to oversee the family s affairs.

Joan Aiken picks up the pen of her forerunner, Jane Austen, in this charming sequel to Pride and Prejudice.

Jamie is just an ordinary boy dealing with ordinary struggles: trying to fit in and avoiding his overbearing mother.

"e;The Scarecrow of Oz"e; is a 1915 novel by Layman Frank Baum.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' is the best known work of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898) - better known by his pen name, 'Lewis Carroll'.

Originally published in 1924, this collection The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen is illustrated with the magnificent Art Nouveau colour illustrations of Kay Nielsen.

This collection of 'Hans Christian Andersen Stories' contains eleven of Hans Christian's most well-loved tales, and is illustrated by the charming plates and black and white line drawings of Anne Anderson.

The famous sequel to Alice in Wonderland.

The final book in the Anne of Green Gables series is the story of Anne's youngest daughter, Bertha Marilla, affectionately known as Rilla, and the upheaval she experiences as the First World War commences.

With strong themes of love, friendship, conservation and hope, Bambi is the timeless tale of a young deer and his journey to becoming the Prince of the Forest.

"e;Tik-Tok of Oz"e; is a 1914 novel by Layman Frank Baum.

"e;I wrote to Macmillan to suggest a new idea: a 'Nursery Edition' of Alice with pictures printed in.

A gorgeous gift edition of Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

A gorgeous gift edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

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 .