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An illustrated adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic - at an
easy-to-read level for readers of all ages! Many years ago, a young
homeless boy was taken in at Wuthering Heights. Older now,
Heathcliff is set on revenge, and destroying everybody around him.
And there is a lonely ghost roaming the moors, who is determined to
be reunited with her lover ... About The Complete Bronte Sisters
Children's Collection: From the haunted Yorkshire moors to the
towering battlements of Thornfield Hall, experience the Bronte
sisters' famous stories of love, self-discovery and family feuds.
Adapted and illustrated for children aged 7+.
Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic!
An extraordinary creative
achievement by an extraordinary talent, Jim Kay's inspired
reimagining of J.K. Rowling's classic series has captured a devoted
following worldwide. This stunning new fully illustrated edition of
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban brings more breathtaking
scenes and unforgettable characters - including Sirius Black, Remus
Lupin and Professor Trelawney. With paint, pencil and pixels, Kay
conjures the wizarding world as we have never seen it before.
Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this full-colour
edition will captivate fans and new readers alike as Harry, now in
his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, faces
Dementors, death omens and - of course - danger.
The night that Heathcliff, an unkempt orphan, arrives at the
Heights, Cathy's life will change for ever ... but theirs will not
be a happy love story. From a harsh childhood to a foolish
marriage, a troubled path of pain and punishment lies ahead. Yet no
matter how they suffer, they cannot stay apart - for whatever souls
are made of, Cathy's and Heathcliff's are the same. After all these
years, will Cathy's ghost find the peace that life denied her?
Another page-turning time travel adventure for ages 8-12 set
between 1900s and present-day London. The long-awaited sequel to
the international best-seller The Secret Lake. Almost a year has
passed since Stella and Tom discovered a time tunnel and travelled
to early 1900s London, where they befriended Emma, Lucy and Jack.
The magical moles that made the tunnel and secret lake appear have
since vanished, but the children are longing to meet again. Then an
illness, which leaves Emma's life in danger, changes everything.
The moles reappear, and Lucy realises the only hope of finding a
cure lies in the future. So unfolds a thrilling tale of time
travel, rekindled friendships and new threats that no one could
have foreseen... The original Secret Lake mystery adventure has now
been enjoyed by almost half a million young readers and is in
translation around the world. This sequel does not disappoint!
When a grumbling volcano causes Moominvalley to flood, the Moomins
escape by boat, finding refuge on a floating theatre. Adventures
abound when the theatre casts adrift leaving Moomin,The Snorkmaiden
and Little My marooned. Will they all be reunited before the final
curtain?
Thirteen of YA's most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe's
most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new
generation. Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond
this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common
with modern young adult fiction. Whether the stories are familiar
to readers or discovered for the first time, readers will revel in
both Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales, and in the 13 unique and
unforgettable ways that they've been brought to life. Contributors
include Dahlia Adler (reimagining "Ligeia"), Kendare Blake
("Metzengerstein"), Rin Chupeco ("The Murders in the Rue Morgue"),
Lamar Giles ("The Oval Portrait"), Tessa Gratton ("Annabel Lee"),
Tiffany D. Jackson ("The Cask of Amontillado"), Stephanie Kuehn
("The Tell-Tale Heart"), Emily Lloyd-Jones ("The Purloined
Letter"), amanda lovelace ("The Raven"), Hillary Monahan ("The
Masque of the Red Death"), Marieke Nijkamp ("Hop-Frog"), Caleb
Roehrig ("The Pit and the Pendulum"), and Fran Wilde ("The Fall of
the House of Usher").
Little Women, the charming story of the brave and resilient March
sisters, has been adored by generations of readers who have
identified with the struggles of kind and pretty Meg; gentle,
delicate Beth; precocious, artistic Amy; and of course wild,
tomboyish Jo, determined to forge her own path and become a writer.
Follow the girls as they come of age during the American Civil War
and fall in love with the story all over again in this retelling by
award-winning writer Laura Wood.
This wonderful collection of 20 hardback books brings together
forbidden love, guilt and greed into adapted and illustrated
stories from Shakespeare's plays. These adapted and illustrated
editions are a great way to introduce children and students to the
famous plays before approaching the original texts. Each book
includes a QR code for the FREE audiobook - listen along as you
read! This 20-book box set includes Romeo and Juliet, The Tragedy
of Macbeth, Othello: the Moor of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing,
Richard III, Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, A Midsummer Night's Dream,
The Taming of the Shrew, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Twelfth
Night, Cymbeline: King of Britain, Julius Caesar, King Lear, The
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Timon of Athens, The Comedy of Errors,
All's Well That Ends Well, Antony and Cleopatra, and As You Like
It.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the timeless children's story
written by Lewis Carroll. Join Alice on her strange and wonderful
adventures into the world of the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat,
the White Rabbit, and the Hatter. This reproduction includes
forty-two illustrations after John Tenniel. Charles Dodgson first
told the story to Alice Liddell, age ten, and her two sisters on a
picnic trip in 1862. She asked him to write it down for her and
although it took him two and a half years, he gave her the finished
story in 1864. Dodgson published the book a year later in 1865
under the pen name Lewis Carroll.
In telling his tale to Woot the Wanderer, the Tin Woodman is
reminded of his Munchkin sweetheart, Nimmie Amee, and determines to
find her and marry her as he had promised to do before he was
turned into tin by the Wicked Witch of the West. But it has been a
long time since he has seen Nimmie Amee - will she still remember
him? Book 12 of the 15 book series by L. Frank Baum. Journey
through the magical world of Oz with Dorothy and friends with these
beloved timeless classics.
In case you didn't know, the Moomins are kind, loyal and welcoming
creatures with smooth round snouts, who live in a tall blue house
shaped like an old stove in a valley in the forests of Finland.
They love sunshine and sleep right through the winter, when the
snow turns their house into a great snowball. In spring they wake
up, clamber down the rope ladders hanging from their windows ready
for fresh new adventures. And so this classic story begins, full of
fun and excitement and the most unexpected happenings. Such as when
Moomin and his friends Snufkin and Sniff find a Hobgoblin's hat
that casts a spell over the whole of Moominvalley...
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