"A bear on Paddington Station?" said Mrs Brown in amazement."Don't be silly -- there can't be." The Browns first met Paddingtonon a railway station -- Paddington station, in fact. He hadtravelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar ofmarmalade, a suitcase and his hat. The Browns soon find thatPaddington is a very unusual bear. Ordinary things -- like having abath, travelling underground or going to the seaside become quiteextraordinary, if a bear called Paddington is involved.
Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of itschildren's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes adazzling new series: Classic Starts . The stories areabridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats theworld's beloved tales (and children) with the respect theydeserve--all at an incomparable price. The discovery of a neglected garden transforms the life of a sullenand unloved little girl-and everyone around her, too. When thenewly orphaned Mary Lennox leaves her native India and arrives ather uncle's mansion in Yorkshire, everything seems strange to her.Then Mary hears of a mysterious garden where no one has set foot in10 years. With the help of some new friends, she plans to uncoverits secrets...and make it blossom once again.
Hurrah! It's holiday time, and the Famous Five are spendingit at Billycock Hill. Most exciting of all, they've made a newfriend - a real pilot! But now he has disappeared, with top secretequipment ...The Five are puzzled, and concerned, too. Could theirnew friend by a spy - a traitor! Whatever his motives are, the gangfeel duty-bound to investigate ...These classic editions featureEnid Blyton's unchanged text and Eileen A. Soper's originalillustrations.
