“Even Paddington can’t come to much harm in half an hour,”said Mrs Brown optimistically. But he can manage a lot of otherthings in even less time – like hanging Mr Curry’s lawnmower from atree-top, or coming up through the bandstand floor during the‘Surprise Symphony’.Then Paddington has a sticky time of it makingtoffee in Mrs Bird’s kitchen, and an even stickier time explainingwhat went wrong.And who else but Paddington could set FatherChristmas’s beard on fire?
The Browns are going abroad, and Paddington considers aholiday in France is not to be taken lightly, So he packs adisguise outfit, his magic set and a map of France printed on a teatowel.Paddington is in charge of the “EYETINNERY” and, as Mrs Birdmutters darkly, “There’s no knowing where we might end up.” Buthe’s planning some very good holiday ‘doings’ indeed for theBrowns. And Paddington himself becomes the only bear ever to ridein the famous Tour de France bicycle race – and win a prize!
“Oh dear,” said Paddington, as everyone turned to look at himaccusingly. “I’m in trouble again.” Somehow trouble comes naturallyto Paddington.What other bear could upset the whole cinema bystanding on his seat to boo the ‘bad guy’ in the cowboy film? Ordrip ice-cream on the people down below? Or flood the launderetteand saw Mr Curry’s kitchen into little pieces? Only Paddington! Butwhen Paddington’s head is so full of ideas, some things are boundto go wrong!
Jules Verne’s classic science fiction fantasy carries its hero—Professor Aronnax of the Museum of Paris—on a thrilling anddangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live inthe ocean’s depths. In the process, Verne imagined a vessel thathad not yet been invented: the submarine.
When Young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancientand nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away -- home,family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the EatenOne, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learningher way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes tosteal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe.But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, heand Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain.
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Young David Balfour, left in poverty when his father dies,goes to his uncle, Ebenezer, for assistance. He soon finds himselfkidnapped and on board a ship, headed for a life of slavery. Withthe help of daring rebel Alan Breck, David escapes, only to getmixed up in a desperate adventure— suspected of murder and huntedacross the Scottish moors.
The Famous Five are distraught! Dick has been kidnapped -mistaken for somebody else! The gang finally track him down - to alonely, abandoned house - but then they too are siezed and heldcaptive! Now that all of them are miles from home, and from help,how will the intrepid Five get themselves out of this mess . . ?These classic editions feature Enid Blyton's unchanged text andEileen A. Soper's original illustrations.