Tommy and Annika have a new neighbor: red-haired, freckle-faced Pippi Longstocking, who has upside-down braids and no parents to tell her what to do. The three children have the most rollicking adventures on their own, with horses and monkeys, the circus, and more!
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin! These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON ...
Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepestcountryside, Sherlock Holmes uses his unique powers of deduction ineight thrilling investigations, including the mysteries of "TheSpeckled Band" and "The Reigate Puzzle". It comes with acaptivating introduction by award-winning Jonathan Stroud.
Years before, they had escaped together from the sinisterTombs of Atuan -- she, an isolated young priestess, he, a powerfulwizard. Now she is a farmer's widow, having chosen for herself thesimple pleasures of an ordinary life. And he is a broken old man,mourning the powers lost to him not by choice.A lifetime ago, theyhelped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Now they mustjoin forces again, to help another -- the physically andemotionally scarred child whose own destiny remains to berevealed.With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's EarthseaCycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy loverseverywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, thisquintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work ofJ.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one ofthe most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of alltime. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
A girl has mysteriously run away from home and her parents arefrantic with worry. Can the Secret Seven follow the clues and catchup with the girl, or will Susie, Jack's troublesome little sister,get in the way?
Black Beauty is the classic horse story, a beautifuland touching tale told by the title character himself. Set inVictorian London, it follows Beauty's life and changing fortunes ashe moves from owner to owner. As the horse encounters newexperiences and new friends who reveal their own histories, thestory quietly paints a fascinating portrait of how animals weretreated during that era.
When a sinister-looking man gets George in trouble with thepolice, the Secret Seven are outraged! Spying on him, the gang arecertain he's bad news, but what exactly is he up to? They need toinvestigate, and solve the mystery, once and for all.
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“Bears like Paddington are very rare,” says Mrs Bird, “and agood thing too, or it would cost us a small fortune inmarmalade.”The Brown Family first met Paddington on a railwaystation – Paddington station, in fact – and now he is just anothermember of their family, if a slightly unusual one.As he sayshimself, “Things happen to me – I’m that sort of bear.” With hisattempts at home decorating, detective work and photography, theBrown family soon find that Paddington causes his own particularbrand of chaos.
They can't have moved away without saying a word!' Winter iscoming, and the Fillyjonk, the Hemulen, Toft, Mymble, etc. are allwaiting in Moominvalley to see the Moomins return home. Winterdoesn't seem right without them.