The Beginner's Bible: Timeless Children's Stories by Catherine De Vries
$30.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics | Series: The Beginner's Bible | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
First created to tell favourite Bible stories in language children could easily understand, The Beginner's Bible has become a treasured bestseller playing a pivotal role in the spiritual development of a generation of children, with over five million sold worldwide. With vibrant art and easy to read tex ...Show more
The Big Green Book by Robert Graves
$37.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics
The little boy Jack discovers a big green book of magic in the attic, and learns all sorts of spells - spells to change the look of things, spells to make him old and grey, or disappear entirely! Of course I can't tell you how all these things were done, because this was a long time ago and the big gree ...Show more
The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My by Tove Jansson
$28.99 NZD
Category: Children's classics | Series: Moomins
Finnish artist Tove Jansson's Moomin stories have been continually in print for more than half a century, in 35 languages. They are among Europe's best loved and enduring children's classics, and through the current TV animation (BBC2), the warm-hearted, whimsical creatures of Moomin valley have been br ...Show more
The Book of Complete Nonsense (Vintage Classics)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics
Come bathe in stew, and dine on meals of eels or worms or jellied gnats, See shoes and ships and sealing wax and fuzzy bears and owls and cats, Depart for the Land where the Bong Tree grows or the Land of Bumbley Boo Find sky in your pie and teatrays in the sky and a place where mice say moo. But be war ...Show more
The Borrowers (Puffin Modern Classics) by Mary Norton
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics | Series: THE BORROWERS
Penguin presents for the first time the complete, unabridged audiobook of Mary Norton's The Borrowers. The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything, and think that human beings we ...Show more
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics | Series: Vintage Children's Classics Ser.
'Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone.' Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind. Who is the 'Fury'? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to 'Out-With' ...Show more
The Call of the Wild - Puffin Classics by Jack London
$13.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics | Series: Puffin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and danger. Dragged away to be a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing cold Yukon, Buck mus ...Show more
The Call of the Wild & White Fang by Jack London
$15.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics | Reading Level: very good
'Mush on!' Buck does not read the newspapers. If he had, he'd have known that for good strong dogs like himself trouble is brewing. Man has found gold and because of that Buck is kidnapped and dragged away from his sunny home to become a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing North. With strength, imagina ...Show more
The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics
Sir Simon de Canterville has been haunting the residents of Canterville Chase for 300 years - and then the Otis family moves in. No matter how hard he tries, they won't be spooked, and soon the Otis family turns their attention to getting rid of him... This collection contains all seven of Oscar Wilde's ...Show more
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics | Series: A\Puffin Book Ser.
For fans of Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins comes Theodore Taylor's classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, The Cay. Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Cura ao. War has always been a game to him, and he's eager to glimpse it firsthand-until the freigh ...Show more
The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children's classics
This is a collection of all the Beatrix Potter stories featuring Peter Rabbit, including: "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny", "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies", and "The Tale of Mr. Tod".
The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs
$11.02 NZD
Category: Children's classics | Reading Level: very good
The complete adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie is undoubtedly one of Australia's best loved children's books. Since its publication in 1918 generations of Australian children have been captivated by the fantasy world of May Gibbs. Ages 4+.