The Children’s Easy Classics Collection

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – with engaging illustrations throughout.

When Alice falls down a large rabbit hole, she finds herself in Wonderland where nothing is quite what it seems. In an incredible adventure filled with talking animals and peculiar characters, she encounters a walking fish, a well-dressed, time-obsessed rabbit and a disappearing re-appearing cat!

Alice must find out how a drinking-potion, a cake and a brass key will help her to get home. Curiouser and curiouser! Alice soon learns that the only way out of Wonderland is to go deeper in, but this will bring her face to face with the fearsome Queen of Hearts…

ISBN: 9781802631548
RRP: £6.99
Pub Day: 28/03/2024

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – with engaging illustrations throughout.

Dorothy wants something – anything – exciting to happen to her. So, when a storm carries her from her home on the Kansas prairie to the magical land of Oz, it seems her dreams are coming true. Dorothy finds herself unprepared for the challenges in this strange and distant place. She misses her home and soon wishes to return to her family.

Her only hope is to journey along the Yellow Brick Road, to find the Wonderful Wizard of Oz and hopefully, a way back home. But somewhere, far to the west, Dorothy has caught the attention of a wicked witch…

ISBN: 9781802631562
RRP: £6.99
Pub Day: 28/03/2024

Anne of Green Gables

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Anne of Green Gables – with engaging illustrations throughout.

When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert want to hire an orphaned boy to help on their farm at Green Gables, they get Anne – a red-haired, freckle-faced and incredibly feisty girl.

Although Anne sometimes likes to imagine that her hair is brown and that her name is Cordelia, she can’t quite picture having to be a boy full time! And what’s worse, now that she has seen Green Gables, she also can’t imagine ever leaving! Anne soon settles in to life at Avonlea but as it turns out, the real question is, are the people of Avonlea ready for Anne…?

ISBN: 9781802631555
RRP: £6.99
Pub Day: 31/10/2024

The Jungle Book

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Jungle Book – with engaging illustrations throughout.

When a Man Cub enters Mother and Father Wolf’s cave, rather than turning him away (or eating him!) they call him Mowgli and raise him as one of the wolfpack. As he grows up, his friends, Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, teach Mowgli about the jungle law.

For a while, everything is fine, but the jungle is no place for a Man Cub. When Shere Khan the tiger returns, he vows to kill Mowgli. With his life in danger and his jungle family no longer able to protect him, Mowgli’s only hope is to learn the secret of the red flower …

ISBN: 9781802631579
RRP: £6.99
Pub Day: 31/10/2024

The Adventures of Pinocchio

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio – with engaging illustrations throughout.

Pinocchio doesn’t know much about life. Before Geppetto carved him into a puppet, he had simply been a piece of wood. So Geppetto decides to teach him about the world and how to behave like a real boy. But Pinocchio finds it hard to be good and is easily led astray, even with the help of the little cricket, his conscience.

He just wants to have fun and do as little work as possible. But in a world filled with tricks, puppet-masters and thieves, Pinocchio must quickly learn to tell who he can trust from those he should not …

ISBN: 9781802631586
RRP: £6.99
Pub Day: 31/10/2024

The Secret Garden

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Secret Garden – with engaging illustrations throughout.

After a deadly disease spreads through Mary’s house in India, she is forced to go and live with her uncle at Misselthwaite Manor, in England. An uncle she’s never met.

Mary learns the secrets of the manor, secrets that will bring her closer to her family than she ever felt before. And it all begins with a missing key leading to a secret garden …

ISBN: 9781802631593
RRP: £6.99
Pub Day: 31/10/2024

The Wind and the Willows

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Wind in the Willows – with engaging illustrations throughout.

Picnics by the river, drinking hot chocolates and learning to row a boat, Mole soon becomes a _true_ riverbanker like his friend, Ratty. By the river, Mole meets a rich and spend-crazy Toad who lands himself in trouble after buying a motorcar. In order to help Mr Toad, Mole must first find Badger, but that will mean a trip to the forbidden Wild Wood …

ISBN: 9781802631609
RRP: £6.99
Pub Day: 31/10/2024

Black Beauty

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Black Beauty – with engaging illustrations throughout.

Black Beauty is born on an idyllic English farm before moving to Birtwick Park, where he is treated with kindness and love. However, when he is forced to leave his perfect home, he soon learns how hard Victorian England can be for a working horse. Despite all his troubles, Beauty never loses hope that someday he will find a home where he belongs.

ISBN: 9781802631616
RRP: £6.99
Pub Day: 31/10/2024

The Railway Children

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Railway Children – with engaging illustrations throughout.

Roberta, Peter and Phyliss’s lives drastically change one night, when their father is taken away from them. The three siblings must leave their London life behind and move to a quaint cottage in the countryside. Although they miss their father, they spend their days settling into the community and having adventures at the nearby railway station.

ISBN: 9781802631623
RRP: £6.99
Pub Day: 31/10/2024

The Call of the Wild

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Call of the Wild – with engaging illustrations throughout.

Buck, a wealthy judge’s dog, leads a quiet life until he is kidnapped, sold and taken to the freezing north.

Forced to become a sled dog, Buck learns to love the harsh, natural world. When the time comes, Buck must make the ultimate decision: return to this former life as a pet or embrace the call of the wild.

ISBN: 9781802631630
RRP: Not sold separately
Pub Day: 31/10/2024

The Children’s Easy Classics 10-Book Collection

A collection of ten of the most well-loved and timeless children’s stories. Fondly repackaged, adapted and illustrated to be enjoyed by readers 7+. Whether you are young or old, these stories are filled with adventure and fun! Follow Dorothy into the magical land of Oz or experience the excitement and danger of the jungle with Mowgli the man-cub; or perhaps you prefer to kick back and relax with Ratty and Mole enjoying the peace of the riverbank.

ISBN: 9781802633696
RRP: £69.90
Pub Day: 31/10/2024