Kids' Classics
Comet in Moominland
$24.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
When all the people of the forest started making the same secret sign – a star with a tail on it – Moomintroll, who was a thoughtful fellow, recognized it as a warning. So he and Sniff, the small animal, set out for the... Buy or find out more→
The Orchard Book of Aesop's Fables
$35.00 – Hardback / Hachette Children's Books
A collection of the best of Aesops Fables. Every tale is told in michael's magically lyrical and humerous style, and illustrated with Emma Chichester Clarke's exquisitely playful and distinctive artwork. Ages 5+. Buy or find out more→
Muddleheaded Wombat
$39.99 – Hardback / HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
The Muddleheaded Wombat combines in one edition four of Ruth Park's much-loved classics, The Muddleheaded Wombat, The Muddleheaded Wombat at School, The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday and The Muddleheaded Wombat in the Treetops.... Buy or find out more→
Peter Pan And Wendy Centenary Edition
$39.95 – Hardback / Walker Books Ltd
A classic story picture book that will appeal to boys as well as girls, illustrated by an award winning Australian illustrator. This is the Centenary edition which makes it an attractive collectors item. Ages 7+. Buy or find out more→
The Audrey of the Outback Collection
$24.95 – Hardback / Little Hare
Audrey is Australia's response to Pippi Longsticking. She is determined, mischievous, imaginative and inquisitive, and this bind-up will have every girl in the country wishing she lived in the outback. This gift edition comprises... Buy or find out more→
The Selfish Giant
$29.99 – Hardback / Allen & Unwin
A magnificent illustrated edition of Oscar Wilde's famous and moving story. The children always played in the Giant's garden, but when he returned after years away, he said, 'What are you doing here?' and the children fled. Buy or find out more→
The Indian in the Cupboard
$12.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers
The Indian in the Cupboard is the first of five gripping books about Omri and his plastic North American Indian -- Little Bull -- who comes alive when Omri puts him in a cupboard Buy or find out more→
Pippi Longstocking
$18.95 – Paperback / Oxford University Press
Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren's nine-year-old heroine, burst onto the bookshelf in 1945 and has remained a firm favourite with children all over the world. Here her story is illustrated with flair and humour by Lauren Child,... Buy or find out more→
The Silver Brumby Centenary Edition
$32.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
To many people the name Elyne Mitchell is synonymous with The Silver Brumby, the timeless classic that has captivated the hearts and imaginations of young readers since it was first published in 1958. his special edition... Buy or find out more→
Jungle Book
$39.95 – Hardback / Walker Books Australia
Rescued as an infant from Shere Khan, the tiger with the blazing eyes, Mowgli is brought up by the laws of the jungle. He learns how to hunt and how to speak the languages of the jungle creatures. Kipling's animal favourites are... Buy or find out more→
Beauty and the Beast
$26.99 – Hardback / Hachette Children's Books
A sumptuous version of Beauty and the Beast from the creators of the hugely popular The Princess Who Had No Kingdom. Buy or find out more→
The Moomins and the Great Flood
$19.99 – Hardback / Sort of Books
Moominmamma and young Moomintroll search for the long lost Moominpappa through forest and flood, meeting a little creature (an early Sniff) and the elegantly strange Tulippa along the way. Buy or find out more→
Tintin The Complete Companion
$48.95 – Hardback / Last Gasp
This complete guide to the world of Tintin, lavishly illustrated with photographs, illustrations, sketches and maps is the perfect gift for any Tintin fan. Buy or find out more→
The Magical World of Tolkien
$37.99 – Hardback / Auzou
Enter Tolkien's fantastic universe! This book is designed to make children (and adults!) discover the different characters of The Hobbit, which tells the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Frodo's grand-father. The readers... Buy or find out more→
Seven Little Australians
$19.99 – Hardback / Penguin Books Australia
The third edition of a story set in Australia in the 1890s, where the seven Woolcot children live with their widowed father and his new wife in a large, rambling house. The children refuse to be tamed - until one terrible,... Buy or find out more→
Picnic at Hanging Rock
$19.99 – Hardback / Penguin Books Australia
On St Valentine's day in 1900, a party of Australian schoolgirls set off with two schoolmistresses on a picnic to a place called Hanging Rock. Some were never to return. What began as a pleasant and happy day out ended in terror. Buy or find out more→
Playing Beatie Bow
$19.99 – Hardback / Penguin Books Australia
An Australian time-travelling classic where Sydney girl Abigail suddenly finds herself back in the early nineteenth century. Buy or find out more→
I Can Jump Puddles
$19.99 – Hardback / Penguin Books Australia
It amazed me that they would imagine I would never walk again. I knew what I was going to do. I was going to break in wild horses and yell 'Ho! Ho!' and wave my hat in the air, and I was going to write a book like The Coral... Buy or find out more→
Grimm Tales: For Young and Old
$40.00 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
In this beautiful book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm and presents them in a'clear as water' retelling, in his unique and brilliant... Buy or find out more→
Around the World in Eighty Days
$39.95 – Hardback / Walker Books Australia
An unabridged edition of this classic tale, newly illustrated by one of Australia's greatest children's book illustrators! To fulfil a wager made at the Reform Club in London, Phileas Fogg and his newly appointed manservant,... Buy or find out more→
The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit
$200.00 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
This numbered limited edition box contains two Peter Rabbit adventures. The Original Tale of Peter Rabbit is accompanied by The Further Tale, written by award-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson, and includes a signed... Buy or find out more→
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
$14.99 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan
‘Crackpot’ is what everybody calls the Pott family. So when they go to buy a new car and come back with a WRECK, nobody is surprised. Except for the Potts themselves. First,... Buy or find out more→
Pippi Longstocking
$14.95 – Paperback / Oxford University Press
Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren's nine-year-old heroine, burst onto the bookshelf in 1945 and has remained a firm favourite with children the world over. Here her story is illustrated with flair and humour by Lauren Child,... Buy or find out more→
Ladybird Classics: Treasure Island
$9.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
This Ladybird Classic is an abridged retelling of the classic story of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, making it perfect for introducing the story to younger children, or for newly confident readers to tackle... Buy or find out more→
Charlotte Sometimes
$16.95 – Paperback / Random House Children's Publishers UK
It is Charlotte's first night at boarding school. But when she wakes up, the girl in the next bed is not the person who was sleeping there the evening before. And the new building outside her window seems to have metamorphosed... Buy or find out more→
Ladybird Classics: Gulliver's Travels
$9.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
This Ladybird Classic is an abridged retelling of the classic story of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, making it perfect for introducing the story to younger children, or for newly confident readers to tackle... Buy or find out more→
Ladybird Classics: The Secret Garden
$9.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
This Ladybird Classic is an abridged retelling of the classic story of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, making it perfect for introducing the story to younger children, or for newly confident readers to... Buy or find out more→
The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit
$24.99 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
Peter's adventures take him beyond the boundaries of Mr McGregor's garden all the way to Scotland. Here he meets the gentle giant Finlay McBurney, a distant Scottish relative, and much entertainment ensues. Buy or find out more→
Ladybird Classics: Oliver Twist
$9.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
This Ladybird Classic is an abridged retelling of the classic story of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, making it perfect for introducing the story to younger children, or for newly confident readers to tackle... Buy or find out more→
Ladybird Classics: Black Beauty
$9.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
This Ladybird Classic is an abridged retelling of the classic story of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, making it perfect for introducing the story to younger children, or for newly confident readers to tackle... Buy or find out more→
The Owl and the Pussycat and Other Nonsense Rhymes
$29.95 – Hardback / Walker Books Australia
Jump aboard the pea-green boat and enter the enchanting world of Edward Lear. This collection of Lear's best-loved nonsense verse is published to coincide with the Bicentenary of his birth in May 2012. Rediscover the Owl and... Buy or find out more→
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights , The Subtle Knife , The Amber Spyglass
$35.00 – Hardback / Everyman
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a... Buy or find out more→
Goodnight Mister Tom
$16.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd
Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stands on the brink of the Second World War. A sad, deprived child, he slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered... Buy or find out more→
Little Women
$19.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd
The coveted Penguin Threads series continues with three more enchanting, beautifully sewn covers by a talented visual artist Bringing together traditional handicraft with cutting-edge book design, the Penguin Threads series has... Buy or find out more→
The Wind in the Willows
$19.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd
Ratty, Mole, Badger, and Toad have adventures on the river, wild times in the Wild Wood, and high jinks on the open road. This edition includes a new Introduction by the creator of the Redwall series. Buy or find out more→
The Wizard of Oz: and Other Wonderful Books of Oz: the Emerald City of Oz and Glinda of Oz
$19.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great Wizard in order to return to Kansas. Buy or find out more→
The Secret Garden
$39.95 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
After the death of her parents, Mary Lennox is sent back from India to live in her uncle's huge, gloomy house on the English moors. Mary is lonely and miserable until she stumbles upon her disabled cousin Colin, hidden away... Buy or find out more→
The Little Mermaid
$17.95 – Paperback / Walker Books Ltd
A story of a mermaid's thwarted love for a land-born prince, and her quest for an immortal soul that brings her face to face with an evil sea witch. Buy or find out more→
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
$32.95 – Hardback / Walker Books Ltd
In the town of Hamelin, the rich and greedy live like kings and queens while the poor and sick scavenge rubbish tips for scraps. A lame orphan boy tells the classic tale of how a plague of rats take over the town and how a... Buy or find out more→
The Orchard Book of Grimm's Fairy Tales
$31.95 – Hardback / Hachette Children's Books
Ten favourite fairy tales from the brothers Grimm. Buy or find out more→
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths
$34.95 – Paperback / The New York Review of Books, Inc
An illustrated introduction to Norse legends. Readers meet Bragi, the god of poetry, and the famous Valkyrie maidens protecting Odin's Valhalla, among other gods, goddesses, heroes, and giants. Copious illustrations throughout... Buy or find out more→
Little House on the Prairie
$14.95 – Paperback / Egmont UK Ltd
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The Enchanted Wood
$19.95 – Hardback / Egmont UK Ltd
Jo, Bessie and Fanny move to the country, where they find an enchanted wood in which stands the Faraway Tree. Together they visit the lands that lie through the cloud at the top of the tree, and have many adventures and narrow... Buy or find out more→
The Magic Faraway Tree
$19.95 – Hardback / Egmont UK Ltd
Dick anticipates a dull time in the country with his friends - that is until he finds the magic faraway tree. All they have to do is climb through the cloud at the top of the tree, and who knows what fantasy land they might find... Buy or find out more→
Wonderful Wizard Of Oz
$39.95 – Hardback / Walker Books Australia
A timeless tale is given a new lease of life in a stunning new edition any adult or child would be proud to own. Travel to the land of Oz with Dorothy and find out what inspired the forthcoming film blockbuster Oz: The Great and Buy or find out more→
Winnie-the-Pooh
$34.95 – Hardback / Egmont UK Ltd
Simplified Chinese edition of Winnie the Pooh, an A. A. Milne classic. In Simplified Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Buy or find out more→
Pinocchio
$24.95 – Paperback / Walker Books Ltd
To be a real boy - that is the heart's desire of Pinocchio, a little wooden puppet carved by the old carpenter Geppetto out of a special piece of wood. But the wooden puppet is naughty, mischievous and bold, and has many... Buy or find out more→
Winnie-the-Pooh: The House at Pooh Corner
$34.95 – Hardback / Egmont UK Ltd
Traditional Chinese edition of The House At Pooh Corner, the A. A. Milne classic. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Buy or find out more→
Classic Fairy Tales
$24.95 – Paperback / Walker Books Ltd
Doherty's inspired retellings of some of the best-loved stories of all time come alive thanks to Ray's rich and vividly detailed illustrations. This gorgeous collection of offers a diversity of fairy tale worlds sure to engage... Buy or find out more→
Winnie-the-Pooh: When We Were Very Young
$34.95 – Hardback / Egmont UK Ltd
This elegant book, larger in format than the classic editions, includes all of Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations, each meticulously hand-painted in delicate watercolors. Buy or find out more→
Winnie-the-Pooh: Now We are Six
$34.95 – Hardback / Egmont UK Ltd
These beautifully produced, high quality editions of the original Milne and Shepard titles Winnie-the-Pooh, The House At Pooh Corner, Now We Are Six and When We Were Very Young are the perfect gift for any Pooh fan. Each book... Buy or find out more→
Magic Faraway Tree Collection: 3 Books in 1
$19.95 – Paperback / Egmont UK Ltd
There's always a new land at the top of the Faraway Tree. Will it be the Land of Spells, the Land of Treats, or the Land of Do-As-You-Please? Buy or find out more→
The Lion and the Mouse
$16.95 – Paperback / Walker Books Ltd
A mouse inadvertently disturbs a lion, who lets the mouse go... and is later himself freed by the mouse from a poacher's trap. Winner of the 2010 Caldecott Medal, the most prestigious award for children's book illustration in the... Buy or find out more→
Year In Brambly Hedge A
$39.99 – Hardback / HarperCollins Publishers
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Brambly Hedge with this exquisite slipcase containing the first four classic picture books. Buy or find out more→
Pippi Longstocking
$36.95 – Hardback / Oxford University Press
Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren's nine-year-old heroine, burst onto the bookshelf in 1945 and has remained a firm favourite with children the world over. Here her story is illustrated with flair and humour by Lauren Child,... Buy or find out more→
Magic Beach
$19.99 – Hardback / Allen & Unwin
Imagine a beach where you can swim, surf, splash through the waves, make sandcastles, hunt for treasures, explore rock-pools, fish from the jetty, and build a bonfire under the stars. Imagine a beach where adventure begins ... A... Buy or find out more→
Winnie-the-Pooh - The Complete Collection of Stories and Poems
$85.00 – Hardback / Egmont UK Ltd
This double cassette is a dramatization by David Benedictus of the popular children's book. A cast of actors play Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, and there are sound effects and music. Buy or find out more→
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
$27.99 – Hardback / Faber and Faber
Good, bad, magical, sleepy, or curious - children and adults of all ages love the varied cat characters and bouncing rhyme of T.S. Eliot's classic poems. These are the kinds of verses you'll recite for years to come. This... Buy or find out more→
A Heaping Helping of Amelia Bedelia: Four Stories Tall
$28.99 – Hardback / HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
This treasury contains four beloved Amelia Bedelia books along with recipes, games, and more, in a big, beautiful package including a one-hour audio CD of the stories in the volume. Illustrations. Buy or find out more→