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Down the Bright Stream by B.B.
Category: Fiction | Series: Oxford Children's Modern Classics
Dodder, Baldmoney, Cloudberry, and Sneezewort are the last gnomes left in England. The four are snugly tucked up in their oak tree for the winter when they are awoken with the terrible news that the Folly Brook is drying up and they must move at once. They set off in their boat to find a new home.
Party Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Category: Fiction | Series: Oxford Children's Modern Classics
During the war, Selina is sent to live with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in the country. When she receives a parcel containing a party dress from her godmother, her delight turns to dismay as she realizes that she may never have occasion to wear it. She and her cousins decide to organize a pageant.
Pippi Goes Aboard by Astrid Lindgren
Category: Fiction | Series: Oxford Children's Modern Classics
Pippi Longstocking and her friends have the most wonderful adventures together, but the most thrilling time by far is when Pippi's father, a cannibal king, comes to visit. Pippi is soon making plans to sail away with him and Tommy and Annika can't bear to see her leave.
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Category: Fiction | Series: Oxford Children's Modern Classics
Pippi is nine years old. She lives alone in her own house with a horse and a monkey, and does exactly as she pleases. Her friends Tommy and Annika are green with envy - and though they have to go to school and go to bed when they are told, they still have time to join Pippi on all her adventures.
Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren
Category: Fiction | Series: Oxford Children's Modern Classics
Pippi is the only girl in the world who can do exactly what she likes. She is nine years old and lives in a cottage with a horse and a monkey for company. She and her friends are off on their greatest adventure of all - a trip to Canny Canny Island, the home of Pippi's cannibal king father.
The Little Grey Men by BB
Category: Fiction | Series: Oxford Children's Modern Classics
The last gnomes in Britain live by a Warwickshire brook. Their names are Dodder, Baldmoney, Cloudberry and Sneezewort, and their home is under an oak tree which grows on the banks of the Folly. When Cloudberry goes off to explore and doesn\\\'t return, it\\\'s up to his brothers to find him.
The Ship That Flew by Hilda Lewis
Category: unmapped | Series: Oxford Children's Modern Classics
When Peter sees the model ship in the shop window, he wants it more than anything else on Earth. But this is no ordinary model. The ship takes Peter and the other children on magical flights, wherever they ask to go. Time after time the magic ship takes them on different exciting adventures, to differen ...Show more
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