Classic Children's Books

The course of true love never did run smooth... A magical retelling of Hermia, Helen, Demetrius and Lysander's classic story - and of the impish fa...

Treasure Island is the seminal pirates and buried treasure novel, which is so brilliantly concocted that it appeals to readers both young and old. ...

The Little Prince is a modern fable, and for readers far and wide both the title and the work have exerted a pull far in excess of the book's brevi...

Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early ...

A glorious and ambitious sequel to I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree - winner of Waterstones Children's Gift of the Year 2018 and Red Magazine's Chi...

A NEW TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL MORPURGO, AUTHOR OF WAR HORSEMeet the Little Prince, a young fellow who hails from a tiny, distant planet. He loves to...

The night that Heathcliff, an unkempt orphan, arrives at the Heights, Cathy's life will change for ever ... but theirs will not be a happy love sto...

At an Edinburgh school in the 1930s, glamorous, outspoken Miss Jean Brodie is quite certain of her role as teacher: to devote the wisdom of her pri...

Join the Moomins on an ocean adventure in this stunning picture book based on Tove Jansson's classic tales. The Moomins, Sniff and Little My are se...

From Jill Murphy, creator of the classic Peace at Last, comes the long-awaited third story about the lovable Bear family. It had been a long nigh...

Explore the magical world of Moominvalley in this essential handbook for Moomin fans of all ages - filled with fun facts and fascinating stories ab...

A joyful, playful celebration of Lewis Carroll's love of language combined with an introduction to his life and the origin of Alice's Adventures in...

Poppy and Sam love Fairy Stories, and in this beautifully-illustrated collection you can curl up with 17 of their favourite tales. With classic ill...

The much-loved legend of King Arthur is brought to life in this stunningly illustrated collection, featuring stories including The Sword in the Sto...

#1 New York Times bestseller Now a major motion picture, starring Amandla Stenberg"A masterpiece."-The Huffington Post"A classic in the making tha...

The magical and brilliantly funny adventures of everyone's favourite flat boy - Flat Stanley. With wonderful new illustrations by the award-winning...

Dickens' timeless novel transports young readers to a colorful Victorian England filled with mistreated orphans, grim workhouses and gangs of thiev...

One of the most loved and enduring wartime novels, Carrie's War is a modern classic. WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MICHAEL MORPURGO AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY A...

Join Peter Rabbit and his woodland friends as they get up to all sorts of summer fun in this jam-packed sticker book. Based on the classic tales by...

A stunningly beautiful hardback edition of the most famous journey in the world. Follow the yellow brick road!Dorothy thinks she is lost forever ...

For fifty years, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been a part of every family's bookshelf. Now in its golden anniversary year, you can celebrate the...

Pippi Longstocking is nine years old. She has just moved into Villa Villekulla where she lives all by herself with a horse, a monkey, and a big sui...

There's no one Karl Lion loves more than his older brother, Jonathan, who is brave, strong, and handsome - everything Karl believes he is not. Karl...

'A work of glorious intelligence and literary devices . . . Nonsense becomes a form of higher sense' Malcolm Bradbury'I had sent my heroine straigh...

THE SILVER SWORD by Ian Serraillier is an unforgettable World War II survival story. Although the silver sword was only a paper knife, it became ...

Bridge to Terabithia is an unforgettable story of friendship and loss by award-winning author Katherine Paterson. Jess Aarons wants to be the fa...

A WRINKLE IN TIME is a classic sci-fi adventure for children by bestselling US author, Madeleine L'Engle and is now major new motion picture from D...

A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' most loved books - a true classic and a Christmas must-read. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bi...

Now a major new movie, starring Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet and Meryl Streep Come laugh and cry with the March family. Meg - the sweet-tempe...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen'No sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had ha...

The epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece... After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But h...

Kenneth Graham's The Wind in the Willows is one of the most celebrated works of literature for children, and this Penguin Classics edition contains...

Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" is a treasure of British Literature which has already been brought to screen and now has its first ever...

In time for the 200th anniversary of author Herman Melville's birth, this graphically arresting, beautifully rendered pop-up retelling of Moby-Dick...

Gillian Cross's brilliant retelling and Neil Packer's glorious illustrations bring to life Homer's Iliad, one of the greatest stories ever told. ...

Ten years after Alex and Aaron Stowe brought peace to Quill and Artime, their younger twin sisters journey beyond Artime in the second novel in the...

'These were the books that taught me how to read' Anthony Horowitz. An Ant and Bee book to treasure, that is perfect for chil...

This title is suitable for children aged 10 years old and up. The respected Dr. Jekyll appears to have fallen under the spell of a disreputable cha...

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date), comes a dazzling new series...