Black Beauty (Puffin Classic) by Anna Sewell
11.95 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Puffin Classics | Reading Level: From 2 to 12
The adventures, disappointments and joys of a very special horse.Black Beauty is a handsome, well-bred colt with a strong spirit. But when his owners are forced to sell him, his fortunes change from a life of comfort and kindness to one of hard labour and cruelty. Black Beauty soon learns how unpredicta ...Show more
Jungle Book (Puffin Classic) by Rudyard Kipling
10.95 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Puffin Classics | Reading Level: From 8 to 99
The Jungle Books can be regarded as classic stories told by an adult to children. But they also constitute a complex literary work of art in which the whole of Kipling's philosophy of life is expressed in miniature. They are best known for the `Mowgli' stories; the tale of a baby abandoned and brought u ...Show more
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
10.95 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Puffin Classics | Reading Level: very good
The tale of a boy's life in a small town on the banks of the Mississippi River. Tom skips school and with his friends, Huck Finn and Jim, spends his days on mad adventures - some real, some imagined.
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green
14.95 NZD
16.95 (11% off)
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Puffin Classics | Reading Level: very good
A legend is born when young Arthur meets Merlin and draws the mighty sword from its stone. This spellbinding retelling brings to life King Arthur and the adventures of his Knights, from the quest for the Holy Grail to the final tragedy of the Last Battle.
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
12.95 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Puffin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
Jack London's tale of a dog's fight for survival in the harsh and frozen Yukon is one of the greatest animal stories ever written. It tells of a dog born to luxury but sold as a sledge dog, and how he rises magnificently above all his enemies to become one of the most feared and admired dogs in the Nort ...Show more
The Snow Goose & The Small Miracle by Paul Gallico
17.95 NZD
21.00 (14% off)
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Penguin Essentials Ser.
Did you run across that queer sort of legend about a wild goose? It was all up and down the beaches. You know how those things spring up. Some of the men I brought back were talking about it. It was supposed to have appeared at intervals the last days between Dunkirk and La Panne. If you saw it, you we ...Show more
Biggles Learns to Fly by Captain W. E. Johns
19.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Biggles | Reading Level: From 9 to 99
One of a selection of the adventures of Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth, published to mark the centenary of the author's birth. In the hostile skies over World War I France, young airmen die in their thousands in their flimsy craft. The 17-year-old Biggles is sent to tackle the enemy.
Biggles Defies the Swastika by Captain W. E. Johns
17.00 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Biggles
'Suffering rattlesnakes! What am I getting into?' murmured Biggles, a ghost of a smile softening his face. 'First I'm sworn into the German Air Force; now, of all things, I'm a full-blown Gestapo Agent.' Biggles is on a reconnaissance mission in Norway when the Germans invade without warning. If he can ...Show more
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
22.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics
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 holds more excitement in store. Two fierce Amazon Pirates, Nancy and Peggy, challenge them to war and a summer of battles and alli ...Show more
Swallows and Amazons (#1 Swallows & Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
24.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics
To John, Susan, Titty and Roger, simply being allowed to use the boat Swallow, to go camping on the island is adventure enough. But they soon find themselves under attack from the Amazon pirates, Nancy and Peggy. Thus begins a summer of battles, alliances, exploration and discovery. Ages 9 and over.
Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome
24.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. But if they can't h ...Show more
The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
44.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics
Philip Rhayader lives alone in an abandoned lighthouse on the desolate Great Marsh of Essex. One afternoon, a hauntingly beautiful child, Fritha, visits Rhayader, bringing with her an injured snow goose. At first, Fritha is scared of Rhayader, with his sinister hump and crooked hand, but he is gentle an ...Show more