Sylvia Waugh's extraordinary novel about the Mennyms, a family of life-sized rag dolls, won the 1994 Guardian Children's Fiction...

The Cay is a tense and compulsive survival story by Theodore Taylor of a young boy and an old man adrift on the ocean, then...

Ten-year-old Ha has only ever known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her family...

In this thrilling re-telling of the Anglo-Saxon legend, Beowulf, the renowned children's historical fiction writer Rosemary...

In Back Home, Michelle Magorian, author of the bestselller Goodnight Mister Tom, tells the powerful and unforgettable story of...

A bunch of scruffy urchin kids in the backstreets of Paris outwit thieves to uncover the whereabouts of millions of francs stolen...

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of one of the most famous stories in the world, a beautiful Puffin paperback edition translated...

In their desperate quest to find the grail, stolen by the forces of the Dark, the Drew children have returned to Trewissick. One...

Following a serious illness, Will is sent to stay with his uncle in the wild, bleak mountains of Tywyd. He is troubled by vague...

When Andrew's family moves house, he strikes up an unexpected friendship with his neighbour Victor. There isn't a thing Victor...

The six servants of the Light - the Drew children, Will, Bran and the mysterious Merriman - have reached their last, desperate...

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child.

Not a speck, not a stain on her gray school...

'Hiding...where would we hide?... Margot and I started packing our most important belongings into a satchel. The first thing I...

The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett is the story of everyday life in the big, happy Ruggles family who live in the...

Inspired by Hugh Lofting's classic tales of Doctor Dolittle, his son Christopher Lofting has updated his father's story for...

A heart-warming, funny and fast-moving story set in 1930s America - past winner of the highly prestigious Newbery Medal.

Bud...

The classic story of the extraordinary animal doctor from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh - Doctor Dolittle.

Once upon a time, many...

A reissue of a much-loved adventure which has stood the test of time and is as exciting today as when it was first published...

The wonderfully eccentric adventures of a kind-hearted elephant, hugely enjoyed by children and adults alike, by J. P. Martin and...

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child.

"You know when you feel a rumbling in the...

All four Clever Polly books in one volume including Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf, Polly and the Wolf Again, Tales of Polly...

Originally published as Last Stories of Polly and the Wolf, the wolf is back again and determined to eat Polly. He set up all...

In The Whispering Mountain by Joan Aiken, the small town of Pennygaff, the legendary Harp of Teirtu is found - and lost again....

The Animals of Farthing Wood. The Adventure Begins by Colin Dann is the exciting prequel to The Animals of Farthing Wood which...

A Vicarage Family is the first part in a fictionalized autobiography in which Noel Streatfeild tells the story of her own...

Into this breathtaking trilogy is woven the true spirit of the Vikings, who great thirst for travelling the seas took them on...

A beautiful new paperback edition, featuring a delightful new Afterword by Lizza Aiken - Joan Aiken's daughter - on how the story...

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier is an unforgettable World War II survival story.
Although the silver sword was only a paper...

Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner has been in print ever since it was first published in 1928.
Young Emil is robbed on...

The Country Child is a semi-autobiographical story about a girl growing up in the country before the First World War. Alison...