Niemand het nog ooit die Rooi prinses gesien nie, want sy het agter die mure van die Wit Toringpaleis grootgeword. Eers op haar twaalfde verjaardag kom sy uit om in 'n feestelike optog aan die volk bekendgestel te word. Dit is 'n lang stoet van rytuie vol waardige persone, met heel aan die einde die rooi koets waarin die prinses sit. Die volk rek hulle nekke om haar uiteindelik te sien, maar voor enigeen 'n glimp van haar kan kry, gebeur iets verskrikliks. Woeste rowers storm nader en ontvoer die prinses met koets en al in 'n wilde rit die stad uit en die wildernis in. “Hoe vreeslik!” dink almal. Maar dan begin sommige mense wonder of dit nie alles net toneelspel was nie. Bestaan die Rooi prinses regtig? Niemand het haar dan met 'n oog gesien nie. En daardie rooihaarmeisie wat in vuil klere stoksielalleen deur die wildernis dwaal, is dit 'n prinses? Elke meisie van twaalf met rooi hare kan mos nou se sy is die Rooi prinses. En dit gee iemand 'n blink idee...

Die Klein Kaptein is ’n kereltjie wat met ’n skoorsteenpyp, ’n sinkbad, ’n stoelpoot en ’n fietsketting sy skip die “Nooitlek” weer seevaardig maak. Wanneer die skroef, gemaak van gesmelte bronsmunte, ook klaar is, skep ’n groot brander die skip van die hoe duin af waar dit gestrand het. Die avontuurlike tog van die “Nooitlek” met die Klein Kaptein en sy kamerade Dik Druif, Marinka en Bang Tonie kan nou begin. Hulle vaar oor die oseane, kom by vreemde lande aan en trotseer talle gevare. Al drie dele van die Klein Kaptein se wereldreis is hier in een band gebundel, met illustrasies in volkleur deur Carl Hollander.

When Marinka, Podgy Plum and Timid Thomas set sail with the Little Captain on board his brave ship the Neversink, a world of adventures awaits. Their incredible journey will take them across stormy seas and scorching sand dunes, through palaces and sailors' inns, past giants, dragons and polar bears. Along the way there will be danger and excitement, ghost ships and buried treasure, pancakes galore, and at the end of it all: friendship. Packed with thrills, laughter and magic, this beautifully illustrated classic seafaring tale has enchanted generations of children.

At the end of his thousand-year reign of the Copper Mountains, old King Mansolain is tired and his heart is slowing down. When his attendant, the Hare, consults The Wonder Doctor, he is told he must keep the King engaged in life by telling him a story every night until the Doctor can find a cure. The search is on for a nightly story more wonderful than the last, and one by one the kingdom's inhabitants arrive with theirs; the ferocious Wolf, the lovesick Donkey, the fire-breathing three-headed Dragon. Last to arrive is the Dwarf, with four ancient books and a prophecy that the King will live for another thousand years - but only if the Wonder Doctor returns in time.

Dorr was once a city of merriment, music and dancing. Now it lies grey and silent under the spell of the witch Sirdis. When a young princess arrives in Dorr on a secret quest, she finds a town full of mystery, magic and danger. As she meets with a succession of strange, funny and frightening characters, Dorr's true history, and the true nature of her quest, become clear through the stories they tell each other. Can the princess find the gardens of Dorr and free the city from its evil enchantment? By turns beautiful, thrilling, frightening and comical, The Gardens of Dorr is a richly detailed, unforgettable fantasy adventure, considered by many to the crowning achievement of one of Europe's most beloved children's writers.