Classic fiction Books

Rediscover the Puffin Classics - bringing the best-loved classics to a new generation. Puffin Classics- the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child Join Puffin in celebrating 120 years since Call of the Wild first published with this...

Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and danger. Dragged away to be a sledge...

'Stay close, take care,' quacked Alexander's mother. But Alexander was a wayward duckling - he straggled behind ... and disappeared down a deep dark hole ... Biographical note Pamela Allen is a phenomenon in the world of children's literature. Since...

Novel for young adults about a sinister town and a group of teenagers who together have the power to rid the town of evil if they can unravel the messages from the past.  By the author of 'Obernewtyn', shortlisted for the 1988 Children's Book Council of...

Sail down the Mississippi with rascally Huck Finn! 'It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them' Huck Finn spits, swears, smokes a pipe and never goes to school...

Discover this amazing adventure story set in the Second World War 'If you meet...

he second book in Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series. For every child who understands the thrill of fishing, campfires and the freedom to explore 'Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!' Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and...

With twelve penguins on his hands as pets, Mr. Popper finds himself unable to continue his occupation as a house painter  A classic of American humor, the adventures of a house painter and his brood of high-stepping penguins have delighted children for...

The story of where Wonka began - the incredible new full-length novel set in the world of Roald Dahl, based on the upcoming December 2023 film. WONKA tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker becomes the...

"One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear." This is a story about REAL WITCHES. Real witches dress in ordinary clothes, have ordinary jobs and look very much like ordinary people. But they are far from...

Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller! George Kranky's Grandma is a miserable grouch. George really hates that horrid old witchy woman. One Saturday morning, George is in charge of giving Grandma her medicine...

Phizzwhizzing new cover look! 'Human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist.'  On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG,...

Matilda by Roald Dahl is a timeless children's classic, beloved by readers of all ages. This enchanting story follows the extraordinary young girl Matilda Wormwood, a genius with a thirst for knowledge, stuck in a world where she's unappreciated by her...

THE GIVER is the classic award-winning novel that inspired the dystopian genre and a major motion picture adaptation for 2014 starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes and Taylor Swift. It is the future. There is no war, no hunger, no pain. No...

The Browns first meet Paddington on a railway station – Paddington station, in fact. He has travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat.  The Browns soon find that Paddington is a very unusual bear...