| Author: | Oscar Wilde |
| Category: |
Classics |
Oscar Wilde's stories for children display the lively wit and wisdom for which his famous plays are celebrated. This beautiful collection brings together six poignant tales of love, loss, riches, poverty, hope and happine... read more
| Author: | Charles Dickens |
| Category: |
Classics |
This book contains six illustrated stories by Charles Dickens. These are six great novels simply retold to form a child's first introduction to Dickens' unique view of humanity. It includes A Christmas Carol, Great Expecta... read more
| Author: | retold by Nicola Baxter |
| Category: |
Classics |
Six of Shakespeare's most famous tales are beautifully illustrated in this collection of dramatic retellings.
| Author: | L. M. Montgomery |
| Category: |
Classics |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
My dislikes: Being an orphan, having red hair, being called 'carrots' by Gilbert Blythe. My likes: Living at the Green Gables with Marilla and Matthew, my bosom-friend Diana, dresses with puff sleeves. My regrets: Dying my hair green. Smashing a slate over Gi... read more
| Author: | P. L. Travers |
| Category: |
Classics |
| Series: | Collins Modern Classics Ser. |
| Reading Level: | 10+ |
An exquisite edition of an iconic classic, illustrated by the current Waterstones Children's Laureate, Lauren Child. (This ebook is optimised for Kindle tablets and the Kindle App. It is not suitable for e-Ink kindle devices, such as the PaperWhite. We recomme... read more
| Author: | Doherty Berlie |
| Category: |
Classics |
A spellbinding collection of twelve classic fairy tales, with exquisite illustrations by Jane Ray – shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
From double Carnegie Medal-winning author Berlie Doherty comes an enchanting collection of classic fairy tales, with magnif... read more
| Author: | Lewis Carroll |
| Category: |
Classics |
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway-share; They charmed it with smiles and soap. Lewis Carroll's magnificent nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark features an unlikely cast o... read more
| Author: | Lewis Carroll |
| Category: |
Classics |
Alice's second adventure takes her through the looking-glass to a place even curiouser than Wonderland. She finds herself caught up in the great looking-glass chess game and sets off to become a queen. It isn't as easy as she expects: at every step she is hindered by nons... read more
| Author: | Antoine De Saint-Exupéry |
| Category: |
Classics |
The little prince is a poetic tale that comes accompanied by illustrations made with watercolors by Saint-Exupéry himself. In it, a pilot is lost in the Sahara desert after his plane suffered a breakdown, but to his surprise, it is there that he meets a little prince fro... read more
| Author: | Anne Holm |
| Category: |
Classics |
| Series: | Egmont Modern Classics Ser. |
David escapes from the concentration camp where he has spent his entire life and flees across Europe. He is utterly alone. Who can he trust? What will await him? All the while, how can he be sure they won't catch up with him?This is the remarkable story of David's introduction to the w... read more
| Author: | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| Category: |
Classics |
The little settlement of The Long Winter becomes a frontier town and Laura, at age 15, receives a certificate to teach school.
| Author: | Tove Jansson |
| Category: |
Classics |
| Series: | Moomins Collectors' Editions Ser. |
In her last, most profound and poignant Moomin story, Jansson explores themes of loss, legacy and hope. The Moomins have left their beloved Moominvalley but as winter draws near Snufkin, Mymble, Toft and others move into the Moominhouse to await the family's return. Could that gentle flicker of light on the horizon be their boat?
