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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Madeleine L'Engle
When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a ‘wrinkle in time’ for his lost father, he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge…
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Arthur Ransome
John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island…
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Tove Jansson
Although they’re small, fat and shy creatures; Moomins have the most amazing adventures. It all begins when Moominpappa tries on a magic hat that makes exciting and funny things happen.
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Arnold Lobel
A beautiful hardback gift to treasure. This collection brings together all of Arnold Lobel’s engaging, warm and funny stories about Frog and Toad, and features a special foreword by Julia…
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle’s gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one…
Tim Winton
The final volume in the iconic Penguin Australian Children’s Classics series, Blueback is a deceptively simple allegory about a boy who matures through fortitude, and finds wisdom by living in…
Joan Aiken, MBE
Joan Aiken, classic author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, wrote the Armitage family stories all throughout her life - from when she was a teenager onwards. This is the…
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Tonke Dragt (Author)
The classic fantasy novel, acclaimed as a Sunday Times, Times and Metro Book of the Year, now in paperback!
J. M Barrie
When Peter Pan arrives at the Darling home, he teaches Wendy, John and Michael to fly. They journey to Never-land, the country where the lost boys live who never grow…
A. A. Milne
Meet The Bear for All Ages in this delightful collection, in which Pooh gets into a tight place, nearly catches a woozle, and discovers the wrong sort of honey- amongst…
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
On one level this work is the story of an airman’s discovery of a small boy from another planet in the desert and his stories of intergalactic travel, and on…
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Louisa May Alcott
Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn’t be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support…
Brian Jacques
Matthias is just one little mouse but he knows it’ll take more than stones and mouse-sized arrows to keep the rats at bay. Enlisting the help of a military hare…
Ruth Park
The game is called Beatie Bow and the children play it for the thrill of scaring themselves. But when Abigail is drawn in, the game is quickly transformed into an…
Dodie Smith
Cassandra’s father was once a famous writer, but now he mainly reads detective novels while his family slide into genteel poverty. Her sister Rose is bored and beautiful, and desperate…
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L. M. Montgomery
‘It’s a million times nicer to be Anne of Green Gables than Anne of nowhere in particular, isn’t it?’ My dislikes: Being an orphan, having red hair, being called ‘carrots’…
Beatrix Potter
Celebrate Peter Rabbit’s 120th birthday with this brand new picture book edition of the original Tale.
J. D. Wyss
Following a wild and raging storm, the Swiss family Robinson are stranded at sea. But the thundering waves have swept them off to a tropical island, where a new life…
Noel Streatfeild
A beautiful hardback edition of the beloved children’s classic BALLET SHOES, with a vibrant new cover - a perfect gift.
Ethel Turner
If you imagine you are going to read of model children you had better lay down this book immediately. Not one of the seven is really good, for the very…
Rudyard Kipling
With The Jungle Books Rudyard Kipling drew on ancient beast fables, Buddhist philosophy and memories of his Anglo-Indian childhood to create a rich, symbolic portrait of man and nature, and…
Thomas and Friends
The Reverend Awdry's first book in the classic Railway Series, The Three Railway Engines, was published in 1945. In this stunning gift edition we meet the famous and best-loved of…
