The highest standards in editing and production have been applied to the Wordsworth Children's Classics, while the low price makes them affordable for everyone. Wordsworth's list covers a range of the best-loved stories for children, from nursery tales, classic fables, and fairy tales to stories that will appeal to older children and adults alike. Many of these volumes have contemporary illustrations, and while they are ideal for shared family reading, their attractive format will also encourage children to read for themselves. Like all Wordsworth Editions, these children's books represent unbeatable value.

Tom Swift has enthralled generations of children with his amazing adventures. So return to a simpler time, put away your cynicism, and dust off your sense of wonder, because you're off on a series of grand adventures! Include here are the first three stories that started it all: Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle (Or Fun and Adventures on the Road), Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat (Or the Rivals of Lake Carlopa), and Tom Swift and His Airship (Or the Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud).

"It ought not to be set down as certain that a man must be acceptable to every woman he may happen to like himself." Taken in by rich relatives, quiet and sensitive Fanny never feels she is a part of the grand surroundings of Mansfield Park. Her cousin, Edmund, is the only person who pays her any attention. But when the sophisticated Crawfords move into the neighbourhood, even Edmund falls under their spell, and Fanny finds herself more alone than ever.

An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages! Also includes a QR code for the free audiobook! Be at the third pillar from the left outside the Lyceum Theatre tonight at seven o'clock. You are a wronged woman and shall have justice. Do not bring police. If you do, all will be in vain. When Holmes is asked to look into a cryptic message received by Mary Morstan, neither he nor Watson expect to be drawn into a decades-old web of betrayal. Soon they're conducting dangerous moonlit expeditions to uncover the meaning of the sign of the four, and resolve a long-buried crime.

When orphaned Mary Lennox was sent off to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Indeed, she was "Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary," through and through

Yet there was something strange about the place she was heading for. Said Mrs. Medlock to Mary beforehand, "Do you know anything about your uncle?"

"No," said Mary frowning. She frowned because she remembered how her father and mother had never talked to her about anything in particular.

"Humph," muttered Mrs. Medlock, staring at Mary's queer, unresponsive little face for a few moments. Then she said, "I suppose you might as well be told something, to prepare you. You are going to a rather queer place "

English-born American author Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) enjoyed international success with her 1886 novel "Little Lord Fauntleroy." Twenty-five years later she achieved even greater fame with "The Secret Garden, " one of the most beloved children's novels of all time.

Just William makes his mark in this hilarious collection of twelve classic stories. Whether it's trying to arrange a marriage for his sister or taking a job as a boot boy as step one in his grand plan to run away, William manages to cause chaos wherever he goes. Features a charming introduction by one of William's famous fans, the wonderful comic writer Sue Townsend.

One of the world's greatest writers is introduced to a new audience through this accessible retelling with lively illustrations. Marcia Williams first introduced a generation of children to the works of Charles Dickens through her masterful comic-strip retellings in Oliver Twist and Other Great Dickens Stories, with lifetime sales of over 125,000 copies. Now, she brings Dickens' beloved characters to a fresh audience with a new series of short novels. Meet Oliver, Fagin, Nancy and the Artful Dodger in this splendidly accessible adaptation of Oliver Twist, illustrated throughout in Marcia's lively style.

Tottie is a loving little wooden doll who lives with her family in a shoebox. The doll family is owned by two sisters, Emily and Charlotte, and they are very happy, except for one thing: they long for a proper home. To their delight, their wish comes true when Emily and Charlotte fix up a Victorian dolls' house - just for them. It's perfect. But then a new arrival starts to wreak havoc in the dolls' house. For Marchpane might be a wonderfully beautiful doll, but she is also terribly cruel. And she always gets her own way . . . First published in 1947, Rumer Godden's classic The Dolls' House has been delighting children for years, and this beautiful edition, illustrated by Jane Ray, will delight future generations for years to come.

Charged with action and suspense, yet profoundly spiritual, Kim vividly expresses the sounds and smells, colors and characters, opulence and squalor of complex, contradictory India under British rule. The book abounds in brilliant descriptions of Indian scenes and deeply sympathetic portraits of her people. Long recognized as Kipling's finest work, Kim was a key factor in his winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. This new edition of Kipling's classic novel includes the biographical essay "Who was Rudyard Kipling?"

This slipcased set contains the four children's classics by AA Milne, all with their original line drawings by EH Shepard: Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six.

"H.L. Mencken wrote of Mark Twain, 'I believe that he was the true father of our national literature, the first genuinely American artist of the blood royal.' Father, Mark Twain is. And brother, friend, and wise old grandpa. But no offense to Mr. Mencken: Sam'l Clemens is American and there ain't no royalty around here 'ceptin maybe the Duke or some one like that. Unless it's the "Prince and the Pauper" or King Arthur in "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."

"Hank the Yankee asks, 'You know about transmigration of souls; do you know about transposition of epochs -- and bodies?'

"'Wit ye well, "I saw it done.'" Then, after a pause, added: 'I did it myself.'

"Just like Mark Twain -- Samuel Langhorne Clemens."

-- From Amy Sterling Casil's Introduction

When the crooked Dr Pipt uses his patented Powder of Life on Scraps the Patchwork Girl, a terrible accident turns Unc Nunkie and Margolette into marble statues. With no magic powder left to restore them, it is down to Ojo the Unlucky and Scraps to find the five ingredients needed to brew up another batch. But the Land of Oz a big place - can one unlucky Munchkin rescue his uncle and save the day? Book 7 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.

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.

"I like "Joan of Arc" best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others; twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. The others need no preparation and got none." -- Mark Twain

Twain considered this book -- his last finished novel -- to be his most significant. Perhaps it is; certainly it's delightful -- but then, in retrospect, everything Twain did is good cause for delight.

The fun adventures and intriguing mysteries of the Bobbsey Twins can be found in a series of 72 children's novels. They were written under the pseudonym Laura Lee Hope between 1904 and 1979, with a separate series of 30 books published from 1987 through 1992. The stories tell of the adventures of two sets of fraternal twins: Bert and Nan, who were 12 years old, and Flossie and Freddie, who were six. This edition brings together in a single book the first fifteen stories: 1. The Bobbsey Twins, or Merry Days Indoors and Out, 1904 2. The Bobbsey Twins in the Country, 1907 3. The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore, 1907 4. The Bobbsey Twins at School, 1913 5. The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge, 1913 6. The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat, 1915 7. The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, 1915 8. The Bobbsey Twins at Home, 1916 9. The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City, 1917 10. The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberrry Island, 1917 11. The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea, 1918 12. The Bobbsey Twins in Washington, 1919 13. The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West, 1920 14. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp, 1921 15. The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair, 1922 So enjoy, once again, these magnificent stories.