Traditional Stories Gift Set by Lesley Sims
$29.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Gift Sets Ser.
This set features five story books in a gift box, specially produced to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Usborne Publishing. Each hardback book is colourfully illustrated and has a ribbon page marker. All titles are taken from the Usborne Reading Programme.
Illustrated Stories from Aesop (Usborne Illustrated Story Collection) by Susanna Davidson
$30.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Illustrated Stories
An enchantingly illustrated, cloth-bound gift edition of a collection of over thirty timeless fables from Aesop, including âe~The Hare and the Tortoiseâe(tm), âe~The Boy who Cried Wolfâe(tm) and âe~The Lion and the Mouseâe(tm).
Anne of Avonlea (#2 Vintage Classics) by L. M. Montgomery
$15.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Anne Shirley
You might think I'd have grown out of getting myself into scrapes now that I'm half past sixteen. But between being vexed by my freckles, taunted by a brazen Jersey cow and kept on my toes by the new twins, Dora and Davy, life at Green Gables is just as eventful as ever. I do try to be a little more gro ...Show more
Just So Stories (Vintage Classics) by Rudyard Kipling
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics
'Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and be happened and became and was.' Have you ever enquired why the elephant has such an enormously elongated nose? Are you confused by a cat's contrary nature? Have you ruminated on the wrinkles of a rhinocerous? Or speculated on a leopard's spots? Rudyard K ...Show more
The King Arthur Trilogy by Rosemary Sutcliff
$9.95 AUD
Category: Classics
'Traitor! Now is your death-time upon you!' You may think you know all about King Arthur, the young boy who plucked the sword from the stone. You've probably heard stories about Merlin's magic powers and the Knights of the round table.these are the stories we learn at school. But they are just the begin ...Show more
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
$13.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Anne
My dislikes: Being an orphan, having red hair, being called 'carrots' by Gilbert Blythe. My likes: Living at the Green Gables with Marilla and Matthew, my bosom-friend Diana, dresses with puff sleeves. My regrets: Dying my hair green. Smashing a slate over Gilbert Blythe's head. My dream: To tame my tem ...Show more
The Hundred and One Dalmatians (Heritage Classics) by Dodie Smith
$19.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Heritage Classics
'Horrid little beasts. I shall like you so much better when you're skins instead of pups.' Cruella de Vil is enough to frighten the spots off a Dalmatian pup. But when she steals a whole family of them, the puppies' parents, Pongo and Missus, lose no time in mounting a daring rescue mission. Will they b ...Show more
Hamlet (Shakespeare Stories) by William Shakespeare retold by Andrew Matthews
$12.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Shakespeare Stories
This series gives young readers the chance to discover Shakespeare for themselves. The stories come originally from the highly successful gift collection The Orchard Book of Shakespeare Stories. Also included are useful notes on the themes within the stories and a background to the Globe theatre. Andrew ...Show more
Night Fall in the Ti-Tree by Violet Teague
$14.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Violet Teague (18721915) was the first Australian artist to demonstrate a thorough understanding of Japanese printmaking techniques. Born in Melbourne, Teague studied in Belgium and England between 1893 and 1896. On her return to Melbourne, she attended the National Gallery of Victoria Art School in 189 ...Show more
The Secret Garden (Puffin Clothbound Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
$19.95 AUD
Category: Classics
The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings ...Show more
The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay
$17.00 AUD
Category: Classics
The Magic Pudding - Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff by Norman Lindsay. The Magic Pudding: Being The Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff is an Australian children's book written and illustrated by Norman Lindsay. ...Show more
The Adventures of Achilles by Hugh Lupton
$17.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Advanced Readers: Classics
Achilles is the son of a king and a goddess and also the best warrior in Greece. So when Prince Paris claims Helen from a Greek king, and Troy declares war, everyone knows that Achilles will be vital to the Greek cause. With the help of the gods, can young Achilles lead his fellow countrymen to victory ...Show more