A beautifully produced bumper collection of everyone’s nursery favoritesold and new! Well-known children’s illustrator Jonathan Langley has previously collaborated with many eminent children’s authors including Michael Rosen and Nanette Newman. His exquisite illustrations are full of visual humor and charming detail. A wonderful collection of wittily retold and beautifully illustrated nursery rhymes and tales. Jonathan Langley adds an exuberant originality and contemporary feel to the magic of these traditional nursery favorites, ensuring that this will be a collection for all the family to treasure.

The Best Ever Nursery Rhymes and Tales

Teen & Young Adult

Langley, Jonathan

Literature & Fiction

HarperCollins, UK

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable and quiet life. His contentment is disturbed one day when the wizard, Gandalf, and the dwarves arrive to take him away on an adventure. The Hobbit is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a company of dwarves in search of dragon-guarded gold. A reluctant partner in this perilous quest is Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving unambitious hobbit, who surprises even himself by his resourcefulness and skill as a burglar. Encounters with trolls, goblins, wizards, elves and giant spiders, conversations with the dragon, Smaug, and a rather unwilling presence at the Battle of Five Armies are just some of the adventures that befall Bilbo. Bilbo Baggins has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals of children’s fiction. Written by Professor Tolkien for his own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when published.

The Hobbit (Collins Readers)

Children's Books

Tolkien.J.R.R.

Classics

Dragonfire

A nameless stable boy is actually Dahl, King of Taun, whose throne was usurped, but when the day comes to rescue his homeland, Dahl has doubts about his courage and ability

Bradford, Karleen.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Harpercollins Canada

Joanna is everything Joan wants to be. She's a sleek warrior with cascading raven hair, a girl who is smart and brave. The catch? Joanna exists only in the Virtual Reality program of Joan's computer. Devastated by her recent accident, and confined to a wheelchair, Joan is searching for a new reality. She thinks she's found one in an exciting experimental computer game she plays with her new friend "Whizkid." But Joan and Whizkid are discovering that their game is becoming too a little too real - and dangerous. There's only one way out: Joan and Steve must confront the faces of their own fears ..."... a gripping story of triumph over the fears that keep people from being free to be themselves." - Quill & Quire

Faces Of Fear

Hughes,Monica

HarperTrophy

Known and loved by readers for her adventure stories wrapped around some of history's most fascinating and turbulent times, Karleen Bradford has this time written a rich and multi-layered fantasy.
On one level, Dragonfire is the action-packed story of Dahl, a stable boy who must conquer the evil Usurper to regain his kingdom. At another level, Dragonfire represents a boy's struggle to come to terms with himself - including his other, more disturbing side. Full of dragons, demons and believable, multi-dimensional characters, Dragonfire is an unputdownable read.
"Dahl's final battle with The Usurper is one of the most thrilling encounters with the shadow in children's literature ... Dragonfire offers an unforgettable experience of initiation." - Maclean's
"...an intelligent and entertaining fantasy for young readers." - Quill &amp; Quire (starred review)

Toad of Toad Hall has his finest hour – in the final volume of William Horwood’s bestselling Tales of the Willows sequence.
First in The Willows in Winter and then in Toad Triumphant, William Horwood returned to the idyllic setting of The Wind in the Willows and successfully brought back Kenneth Grahame’s much-loved characters in two new bestselling tales. Now he brings to a triumphant conclusion one of the world’s most popular stories – with over 60 illustrations by the award-winning Patrick Benson.
It began, long ago, when Mole abandoned his spring-cleaning and first met Ratty, Badger, Otter and, of course, the exasperating Toad. Now we find the loyal companions approaching the autumn of their lives, reflecting on their many escapades together, and preparing to hand over to the next generation. But there are still plenty of surprises in store, for young and old – especially when their beloved River Bank way of life is suddenly threatened with destruction.

The Willows and Beyond (Tales of the Willows)

HORWOOD, William

Contemporary

Harpercollins

Abarat

Abarat (Spanish Edition)

A dazzling fantasy adventure for all ages, the first of a quartet. Abarat: an archipelago of amazement and wonder. A land made up of twenty-five islands, each one representing one hour of the day, each one a unique place of adventure and danger (and one mysterious place out of time), all ruled over by the evil Christopher Carrion, Lord of Midnight, and his monstrous grandmother, Mater Motley. Candy Quackenbush, a 16-year old from Chickentown, Minnesota, crosses by accident from our world into Abarat, and discovers she has been there many, many times before. She has friends there and she has enemies. As Candy makes her journey between all the islands of the archipelago, she will discover a plot by Christopher Carrion to block out the Sun, Moon and stars to achieve a condition of Permanent Midnight. In order to prevent this disaster, Candy must find the courage to confront the Lord of Midnight; and in doing so come to know who she really is: a revelation which will transform her own understanding of her place in the epic events. The first book of Abarat is a spellbinding adventure for all ages, combining the heartstopping tension of a thriller with the powerful charm of the most enduring fable. And beneath all, it possesses the quicksilver imagination of one of the finest writers at work today. The four books of Abarat have been rightly called Clive Barker's Narnia, his Wonderland. A sumptuous treat that will capture the imaginations of adults and children alike.

CLIVE BARKER

Genre Fiction

Voyager

A story set in a Russian winter. Sasha takes his father's sleigh and drives far outside the village. When the sleigh overturns in the snow, Sasha seeks shelter in a little wooden hut. There he finds a fierce wolfcub with bright shining eyes. Ferdy is no ordinary wolfcub - he can talk!

Sasha and the Wolfcub (Collins Red Storybooks)

Jungman, Ann

Humor & Satire

HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks

The Giver (Collins Readers)

Lowry,Lois

Winner of both the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal, this is an book combines mystery, adventure, history and a complex set of human relationships.

The Owl Service (Collins Modern Classics S)

Alan-Garner

Science Fiction

HarperCollins, Publishers-

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