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Five Children and It (Puffin Classic) by E. Nesbit
Category: Children's | Series: Puffin Classics
"It" is a Psammead, an ancient, ugly, and irritable sand fairy the children find one day in a gravel pit. It grants them one wish a day, lasting until sunset. But they soon learn it is very hard to think of sensible wishes, and each one gets them into unexpected difficulties.
Frankenstein - Puffin Clothbound Classics by Mary Shelley
Category: Children's | Series: Puffin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Puffin Clothbound Classics - stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world Victor Frankenstein has made a terrible mistake. In his desperate pursuit to create life, he has created a monster. A monster which, abandoned by his master and shunned by everyone it meets, foll ...Show more
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey
Category: Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics
The Alaskan wilderness is a lonely place for Mark Andersen, especially after the death of his older brother, Jamie. But in time Mark finds someone else to love--Ben, an Alaskan brown bear so huge that no one else dares come near him.
George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics
Young George mixes a medicine to make his nasty grandmother more likeable, and once she drinks it she grows to immense proportions. George's father wants the formula to breed a race of super-size livestock, but George can't duplicate the recipe. His fourth try is a potion that shrinks the drinker to not ...Show more
Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott
Category: Childrens Classic Fiction | Series: Puffin Classics
Good Wives is the second story about the March family. Three years on from Little Women, the March girls and their friend Laurie are young adults with their futures ahead of them. Although they all face painful trials along the way - from Meg's sad lesson in housekeeping to Laurie's disappointment in lo ...Show more
Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics Ser.
Willie is evacuated to the country during World War II. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley, but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back to London.
Goodnight Mister Tom (Puffin Modern Classics) by Michelle Magorian
Category: Classic | Series: Puffin Modern Classics
Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London...This title is the winner of ...Show more
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Category: Fiction | Series: Puffin Classics Ser.
As a small, Pip meets two people who will affect his whole life - an escaped convict he is forced to help, and the eccentric Miss Haversham, whose beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella young Pip adores. But when a secret benefactor pays for him to go to London to become a gentleman, Pip never dreams he w ...Show more
Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Brothers Grimm
Category: Classics | Series: Puffin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales. A beautiful clothbound hardback gift edition of some of the world's most beloved stories. From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes and deep forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk and f ...Show more
Grimms' Fairy Tales (Puffin Classics HB) by George Cruikshank; Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Puffin Classics
From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes and deep forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk and fairy stories full of giants and dwarfs, witches and princesses, magical beasts and cunning children. From classics such as 'The Frog-Prince' and 'Hansel and Grettel' to the ...Show more
Gulliver's Travels (Puffin Classics) by Jonathan Swift
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Puffin Classics
In the strange countries of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and the land of the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver meets some extraordinary people and remarkable creatures. From a race of miniature folk to some surprisingly gentle giants and wise horses, Gulliver sees society from many different perspectives. Back in E ...Show more
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Naomi Lewis (retold)
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Puffin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales A beautiful clothbound hardback gift edition of the world's most celebrated fairy tales. A delightful selection of stories from Hans Christian Andersen, translated by the eminent writer and critic, Naomi ...Show more