The Evening arrived; the boys took their places. The master, in his cook's uniform, stationed himself at the copper, his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons. The gruel disappeared; the boys whispered each other, and winked at Oliver, while his next neighbours nudged him. Child as he was, he was desperate with…
Tick-tock, tick-tock! Join Peppa and George on their very busy day, turning the clock hands as your read the story.
Saturday’s Daddy day, just for us two. Making and baking – so much we can do. But I see fields and a big blue sky. We’re off for a walk now, my Daddy and I. A touching, lyrical story about the love between fathers and daughters. With splendid illustrations by Sophie Burrows, Daddy and I is perfect for bedtime with dads.
“You are standing on a narrow quay-side waiting to board a small sailing ship. You are about to make an exciting but dangerous and uncomfortable voyage" So begins the racy and imaginative account of the voyage of The Mayflower which David Gay has written specially for young people. His exciting historical narrative follows the nine week passage of the Pilgrims through the eyes of an imagin…
Anthony Trollope, author of more than fifty books, including Barchester Towers, The Warden, and The Last Chronicle of Barset, was one of the most prolific and brilliant novelists of the Victorian Era. James Pope-Hennessy, biographer of Queen Mary - and the grandson of an Irish member of Parliament widely believed to have been the prototype fot he hero of Trollope's novel Phineas Finn - has writ…