English Fairy Tales

This book contains over forty of the best-loved fairy stories, beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Favourites such as Jack the Giant-killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, Dick Whittington, The Three Little Pigs and The Babes in the Wood are all here among many others, but stories from different traditions also make their appearance, including The Three Bears and Little Red Hiding Hood.

Countries around the World : England

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781406228281

Collation

48 p. ; ill. ; 24 cm

Series Title

Countries Around the World

Call Number

942 THR e

Crispin : The Cross of Lead

Sometimes I ran, sometimes all I could do was walk. All I knew was that if the steward overtook me, I’d not survive for long.... Crispin is a poor thirteen-year-old peasant in medieval England. Accused of a crime he did not commit, he has been declared a "wolf’s head," meaning he may be killed on sight, by anyone. He flees his tiny village with nothing but his mother’s cross of lead. …

Cewek Paling Badung di Sekolah (The Naughtiest Girl #1)

Elizabeth Allen sama sekali tak senang waktu diputuskan ia harus bersekolah dan tinggal di asrama. Di rumah ia memiliki segalanya, apa saja yang bisa membuatnya senang. Di sekolah pastilah ia akan tersiksa. Maka Elizabeth memutuskan untuk menjadi anak paling nakal, paling badung. Tetapi ternyata hasilnya jauh di luar dugaannya.

Kings and queen of England and Scotland

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781871869897

Collation

unpaged ; ill. ; 27 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

941 EGA k

A Little Princess

A gorgeous retelling of Frances Hodgson Burnett's poignant novel. The story of kind-hearted Sara Crewe and her struggles at boarding school, as she goes from riches to rags following the death of her beloved father. Elegantly illustrated by Kate Aldous. Part of Young Reading Series 2 for readers growing in confidence.

Bleak house (easy classics)

After surviving fourteen long years with her horrible aunt, and nothing but a doll and an old handkerchief for company, Esther Summerson's life is finally looking a little brighter. She's going to school and making friends, real friends! The only thing Esther's missing now is a mother. But long-lost parents don't just turn up out of the blue. Do they?

Great expectations (easy classics)

Pip's just your average boy. He has no parents, lives with his scary sister and once met an escaped criminal on Christmas Eve. Totally normal. And things get even stranger when a mysterious stranger starts paying him loads of money. Sure, Pip's loving his new life of luxury, but will he ever find out who's paying the bills, and what they want from him in return?

A tale of two cities (easy classics)

With daily beheadings and famous buildings being burnt to the ground, Paris during the Revolution is not the safest place to be. When Dr Manette is released from prison and reunited with his daughter, everything seems to finally be getting better. But his daughter's fiancé is keeping some dangerous secrets that lead the family on a deadly adventure. How long can 'happy ever after' really l…

Hard times (easy classics)

Coketown is no place for imagination. There are facts and figures and absolutely nothing else, or so Thomas Gradgrind thinks. When the circus appears in town, it brings Sissy Jupe with it. A young girl who has been abandoned by her father and is taken in by Thomas Gradgrind. Full of fun and energy, will Sissy save the Gradgrind children from a miserable life of facts and figures before it's too…