A christmas carol

It's Christmastime in London, and overworked Bob Cratchit and his family, including poorly Tiny Tim, find joy and cheer even in poverty. Meanwhile Bob's boss, the selfish, miserly old Ebenezer Scrooge, is deeply bitter about the festive season. However, when Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, the error of his ways is revealed with haunting clarity . . .

Pinocchio

When Geppetto carves himself a son from an enchanted piece of wood, the mischievous Pinocchio is born – and a fantastical story begins. Along the way, Pinocchio is swindled by a fox and a cat, saved by a fairy, turned into a donkey and swallowed by a dogfish, all before he learns what it truly takes to become a real boy . .

Treasure island

Jim Hawkins, is set on course for a thrilling adventure. The old man soon ends up dead, and among his possessions Jim discovers a map leading to buried treasure. Before long, Jim is setting sail to find it – but pirates are lurking in the ship’s crew, and the notorious Long John Silver is planning a mutiny. . . Frequently adapted and dramatised, Treasure Island is the seminal pirate n…

William Shakespeare

from the back cover: William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time . . . or when he was writing his plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet . . . or when his on…

The Brontë Story

from the back cover: On a September day in 1821, in the church of a Yorkshire village, a man and six children stood around a grave. They were burying a woman: the man's wife, the children's mother. The children were all very young, and within a few years the two oldest were dead, too. Close to the wild beauty of the Yorkshire moors, the father brought up his young family. Who had heard of t…

How much land does a man need?

A parable of a Russian peasant's bargain with the devil - considered by James Joyce to be the world's greatest story

Dracula

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ISBN/ISSN

9786020614151

Collation

576 p. ; ill. ; 18 cm

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Call Number

823 BRA d

Into the Uncut Grass

In the tradition of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse comes a gorgeously illustrated fable about a young child’s journey into the world beyond the shadow of home, a magical landscape where he discovers the secrets of sharing, connection, and finding peace with the people we love. Infused with the author’s signature wit and imagination, in collaboration with visionary artist Sabina Ha…

Hide-and-Seek On the Farm

Join Little goat as he plays a fun game of hide-and-seek with his friends under the sea. Can you help him find everyone? This wonderfully illustrated book makes reading so much fun!

Peter Pan

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ISBN/ISSN

9780140621419

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800 BAR p