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The Nargun and the Stars by Patricia Wrightson
19.95 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: UQP Children's Classics Ser.
When Simon Brent's parents are killed in a car accident he is taken to live with his mother's second cousins, Edie and Charlie, on on Wongadilla, their 500 acre sheep run in the Hunter Valley. Simon with his city attitudes feels like an outsider, unable even to bring himself to call his cousins by name. ...Show more
The Phoenix and the Carpet (Psammead #2) by E Nesbit
6.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Children's Classics | Reading Level: very good
The Phoenix and the Carpet is E. Nesbit's second fantasy novel and is the sequel to Five Children and It. From Robert, Anthea, Jane and Cyril's new nursery carpet there falls a mysterious egg which is hatched in the fire to reveal a benevolent, resourceful and ingenious Phoenix who explains that the car ...Show more
The Railway Children (Faber Classics) by E. Nesbit
14.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: Faber Children's Classics Ser.
When Roberta, Peter and Phyllis's father is taken away and they move to a tiny cottage in the countryside, the only advantage is the nearby railway. Join them on their adventures as they befriend all those who work with the trains, prevent a railway disaster and try to discover the truth behind their fa ...Show more
The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey
16.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
A timeless classic from the Dreamtime. there are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which communicate the significance of this being within Aboriginal traditions. Dreamtime stories tell how the Rainbow Serpent came from beneath the ground and created huge ridges, m ...Show more
The Secret Garden (HarperCollins Children's Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
14.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: HarperCollins Children's Classics Ser.
This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Classics edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden is the perfect addition to any bookshelf. After Mary Lennox's parents pass away, she is sent to a large, isolated house in Yorkshire to live with an uncle she has never met. Ill-tempered, obstinate ...Show more
The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (Sterling Children's Classics) by Edgar Allan Poe
22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Sterling Children's Classics
This title is suitable for children aged 10 and up. Murder, revenge, deranged fantasies and dark superstitions: better leave the lights on after reading these 24 chilling tales of horror and suspense, spun by master storyteller Edgar Allan Poe. This collection includes such unforgettable stories as "The ...Show more
The Story of a Nutcracker by Sarah Ardizzone (Translator); Alexandre Dumas
16.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage Children's Classics Ser.
Discover the real story behind the famous Nutcracker Christmas ballet, as told by Alexandre Dumas 'How could you imagine, silly child, that this toy, which is made of cloth and wood, could possibly be alive?' The nutcracker doll that mysterious Godfather Drosselmeyer gives to little Marie for Christma ...Show more
The Swiss Family Robinson (HarperCollins Children's Classics) by Johann David Wyss
14.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: HarperCollins Children's Classics Ser.
This beautiful HarperCollins Children’s Classics edition of Johann David Wyss’s The Swiss Family Robinson is the perfect addition to any bookshelf. While travelling from Switzerland to Australia, William, Elizabeth and their four sons, Fritz, Ernest, Jack and Franz, are caught in a terrible storm. Shipw ...Show more
The Tigerboy by Ted Hughes
14.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: Faber Children's Classics
A very ordinary boy. Nobody noticed him, he was just like everyone else. But Fred knew he was different. He just didn't know quite how different. And when he did...Well, what then?
The Tram to Bondi Beach 40th Anniversary Edition by Libby Hathorn
24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Australian Children's Classics Ser.
A story of a young boy's adventures working as a paperboy on the busy trams, travelling to Bondi Beach. Keiran wants nothing more than to be a paperboy on the busy trams, to Bondi Beach. What he discovers along the way, through daring and friendship, is a deep love of the trams themselves. Rattle and hu ...Show more
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Sterling Children's Classics) by Hugh Lofting
17.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: Sterling Children's Classics
This is a new, unabridged edition of the beloved story of the doctor who can talk to animals has long enchanted children. Strikingly illustrated by Scott McKowen, this book is sure to find a treasured place in any family's library. It is suitable for children aged 10 years and up. Hugh Lofting's beloved ...Show more
The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater
24.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: NYRB CHILDRENS CLASSICS
In the English village of Midmeddlecum, Major Palfrey asks his two daughters tobehave themselves while he is off at war. Sighing, Dinah says, I think that we arequite likely to be bad, however hard we try not to be, and her sister, Dorinda, addshelpfully, Very often, when we think we are behaving well, ...Show more