Jack's little sister, Susie, is so annoying! The Secret Sevenare furious when they discover she's formed her own "detectivegang"! Then some money is stolen, and Susie is a chief suspect. TheSeven can't quite believe it - Susie wouldn't do anything thatbad...would she?
When Alice steps through the looking-glass, she enters a verystrange world of chess pieces and nursery rhyme characters such asHumpty Dumpty, Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the angry Red Queen.Nothing is what it seems and, in fact, through the looking-glass,everything is distorted.
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England,
These longtime favorite collections are now available in SpanishThe stories in these volumes will scare readers' socks off withtheir detailed, intense prose. Great for read alouds, these popularbooks will stimulate and frighten young minds.
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 asullen and unloved little girl-and everyone around her, too. Whenthe newly orphaned Mary Lennox leaves her native India and arrivesat her uncle's mansion in Yorkshire, everything seems strange toher. Then Mary hears of a mysterious garden where no one has setfoot in 10 years. With the help of some new friends, she plans touncover its secrets...and make it blossom once again.
A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime. Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes. Carrie's War by Nina Bawden is an unforgettable Second World War story. 'I did a dreadful thing...or I feel that I did, and nothing can change it...' It is the Second World War and Carrie and Nick are evacuated from London to a small town in Wales, where they are placed with strict Mr Evans and his timid mouse of a sister. Their friend Albert is luckier, living in Druid's Bottom with Hepzibah Green who tells wonderful stories, and the strange Mister Johnny, who speaks a language all of his own. Carrie and Nick are happy to visit Albert there, until one day when Carrie does a terrible thing - the worst thing she ever did in her life...
The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, have been andremain some of the most enduringly popular ever published. The bestknown, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has been translatedinto 29 languages! The illustrations in this book have beencoloured by the original artist, Pauline Baynes."Stop it!" criedEustace. "It's some silly trick you are playing! Ow!"A great coldsalt splash had broken right out of the frame and they werebreathless from the smack of it, as well as being wet through.Lucyand Edmund, stuck with their awful cousin Eustace, suddenly findthemselves on board the Dawn Treader – and realise they have falleninto the magical land of Narnia. Reunited with old friends, theyoung King Caspian and Reepicheep the mouse, they gladly join thevoyage to the World's End. Eustace, however, is not so happy…
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 are abridged; thequality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's belovedtales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at anincomparable price. "Tom Sawyer liked adventures, which means he was always gettingin trouble." Searching for treasure, witnessing a murder, gettingcaught in a bat cave, tricking others into doing his work, runningaway with Huckleberry Finn--Tom Sawyer's antics and mischief-makingare sheer, child-pleasing delight. Every boy and girl shouldexperience the joy and fun of this classic tale.
Peter and Janet are the only witnesses when a car is stolen!They saw the thieves, and now the whole of the Secret Seven areinvolved. But when they realise they're on the trail of a dangerousgang, the Seven don't feel quite so brave. Have they taken on toomuch this time?
