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The Complete Adventures of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit
14.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Puffin Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
Following the adventures of the irrepressable Bastables, this omnibus contains three stories. In "The Story of the Treasure Seekers", the children are intent on finding treasure for the family. "The Wouldbegoods" sees the children forming a society to improve their behaviour.
The Coral Island (Puffin Classic) by R.M. Ballantyne
11.95 NZD
24.00 (50% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: From 8 to 99
When the three sailor lads, Ralph, Jack and Peterkin are cast ashore after the storm, their first task is to find out whether the island is inhabited. Their next task is to find a way of staying alive. They go hunting and learn to fish, explore underwater caves and build boats - but then their island pa ...Show more
The Happy Prince and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
12.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
These special fairy tales, which Oscar Wilde made up for his own sons, include The Happy Prince, who was not as happy as he seemed; The Selfish Giant, who learned to love little children; and The Star Child, who suffered bitter trials when he rejected his parents. Often whimsical and sometimes sad, they ...Show more
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle; Ian Newsham (Illustrator)
17.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Classics Ser.
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle. Worldwide literature classic, among top 100 literary novels of all time. A must read for everybody.In the 1980s, Italo Calvino (the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death) said in his essay "Why Read the Classics?" that "a classic is a ...Show more
The Luck of Troy by Roger Lancelyn Green
9.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Puffin Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
When Prince Paris of Troy kidnapped Helen and her baby son Nico, the furious Greeks fought for years against his seemingly invincible city. But as Nico reaches his teens, he decides to take a hand in the war himself - by removing the ancient secret, Troy's "luck", from the temple.
The Outsiders (Puffin Modern Classics) by S. E. Hinton
26.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics
The Outsiders by S E Hinton is a ground-breaking, timeless story by a brilliant writer. '...the hand at the back of my neck was strong. I'm drowning, I thought ...' The Socs' idea of having a good time is beating up Greasers like Ponyboy. Ponyboy knows what to expect and knows he can count on his brothe ...Show more
The Railway Children (Puffin Classic) by E. Nesbit
10.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
When Father has to go away for a time, the three children and their mother leave their London house and go to live in a small house in the country. They seek solace in the nearby railway station, making friends with Perks the porter and with the station master himself. But the mystery remains: where is ...Show more
The Second Jungle Book (O/P) by Rudyard Kipling
11.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Puffin Classics | Reading Level: 8+
This is a collection of stories based around the characters of Akela the wolf, Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and Kaa, the big rock python. The stories follow Mowgli, the man cub, through his adolescence until he leaves the law of the jungle and returns to man.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
12.99 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Puffin Classics Ser.
Nobody loves Mary - the heroine of the famous story of Francis Burnett "The Secret Garden". However, she does not burn with love for others, and moreover - she can not stand the whole world. And then her parents are passing away prematurely. There is an impression that nothing good can happen to her in ...Show more
The Secret Garden (Puffin Classic) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
11.95 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Puffin Classics | Reading Level: good
After the death of her parents, Mary Lennox is brought back from India as a forlorn and unwanted child to live in her uncle's great lonely house on the moors. Then one day, she discovers the key to a secret garden and, as if by magic, her life begins to change.
The Sheep-pig by Dick King-Smith
21.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics | Reading Level: 9+
Farmer Hoggett thinks the piglet he wins at the fair is just one to be fattened up for the freezer until his old sheepdog, Fly, takes Babe under her wing and starts to train him to be a sheepdog too. Babe's methods are unconventional but successful and he wins the Grand Challenge Trials by being polite ...Show more
The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
12.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
Although the silver sword was only a paper knife, it became the symbol of hope and courage which kept four deserted children alive through the years of occuption, and afterwards on the exhausting and dangerous journey from war-torn Poland to Switzerland, where they hoped to find their parents.