This most romantic of fairy tales is found in many versions, and the story of the beautiful girl who falls into a long sleep, to be awakened by a lover, has been interpreted by some as an allegory ...
Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the leading illustrators from the golden age of British book illustration. Fairy-tale and fantasy were his forte and in later life he responded to the dark sti...
In this beautifully packaged anthology A. S. Byatt, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Bowen, Sherwood Anderson, Edith Wharton, Anita Desai, Colm Tóibín, Lorrie Moore and many others reflect upon...
Water World is the stunning new book from Ben Rothery, author of Hidden Planet and Sensational Butterflies.Life on Earth is shaped by water, and only survives here because of it, but ou...
Woven through all these tales are the unique histories and mythologies of the regions of Southern Italy, encompassing Sicily, Calabria, Cantania, Basilicata, Apulia and Campania. Theocritus, Virgil...
The stories collected here--including such gems as Stephen Crane's "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," O. Henry's "The Marry Month of May," F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Bridal P...
Pedro Pony is having a superhero birthday party and Peppa is invited. But who will is the special guest?Lift the flaps to find out all the hilarious things that happen at a superhero bi...
Discover all sorts of construction vehicles in this bright, fun pop-up book!With sturdy pop-ups, playful illustrations and simple text, young children will love exploring this book as a...
Peppa, George and Grandpa Pig are visiting the zoo and discovering all the wonderful animals!Stroke Mr Lion's fluffy mane, poke the penguin's squashy tummy and touch a very bumpy tortoi...
Calm your own sleepy dragon and count down to bedtime with this new board book edition of Ten Minutes to Bed Little Dragon, part of the no. 1 bestselling Ten Minutes to Bed series.Soari...
Here are libraries modest, mobile, mystical (Borges of course) and magical (Helen Oyeyemi's enchanting 'Books and Roses'); public and private, provincial and prestigious. Little that happen in Eliz...
The five original fairy tales included in this volume were first published by Davis Nutt in 1888. Although it is said that Wilde wrote them for his two young sons, the author himself claimed they w...
This story of two spoilt and lonely children, whose happiness is regained as they bring to life a neglected garden, has become the best-loved of all Mrs. Burnett's books, but it did not acquire uni...
Baron Munchausen’s absurd adventures have entertained adults and children alike for more than two centuries. First published in England in 1785, his traveller’s tales soon became as wel...
Scottish Stories is a treasury of great writing from a richly literary land, where the short story has flourished for over two centuries. Here are chilling supernatural stories from Robert Louis St...
This is the perfect bedtime story for every little monster's bedtime!It's full of magic, big paws, fluffy fur and little claws.Belch the monster is supposed to be settling d...
On the first day of Christmas, Santa gave to Peppa . . .Join Peppa and friends and count down the 12 days of Christmas in this lift the flap picture book.What wonderful thin...
There is no one way to have a family and no right way to be a family.My Family, Your Family is a powerful non-fiction book that focuses on what makes a family, explores how different fa...
Our planet is powered by the oceans, entangled in plants, and home to animals of every colour, shape and size. But in its last true wilderness, our planet is white . . . welcome to our frozen plane...
Sprint to bed with Rumble the Triceratops in this new story in the best-selling Ten MInutes to Bed series, written to help even the most energetic children settle down to sleep!Deep in ...