Although E. Nesbit regarded her poetry as her most important work, it is her children\"s books (written \"to keep the house going\") that ensured her lasting fame and which are still enjoyed with such affection today....

Originally published as a serial in the children\"s monthly magazine St Nicholas, Little Lord Fauntleroy was Frances Hodgson Burnett\"s first children\"s novel and on its publication in book form in October 1866 it became at once an astonishing success....

First published as a serial in Young Folks between May and July 1886 and now reprinted in an Everyman edition on the centenary of Stevenson\"s death. Kidnapped is an adventure story that has become the model for any thriller of escape and suspense....

This classic of the English countryside, first published in 1908, is a favourite with readers of all ages....

Described on the title-page of the first edition as \"the autobiography of her horse, translated from the original equine\", Black Beauty was Anna Sewell\"s only book, written when she fatally ill but determined to record her passopnate indignation at the insensitive behaviour of people towards animals....

First published in 1842, Robert Browning\"s poetic version of the legend about the lost children of Hamelin is sub-titled \"A Child\"s Story\" and was originally intended only for the private enjoyment of Willie Macready, young son of the famous actor....

Fifteen men on the dead man\"s chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! When young Jim Hawkins discovers a map showing the way to Captain Flint\"s treasure, he and Squire Trelawney set sail on the Hispaniola to search for the gold. Little do they know that among their crew is the dastardly pirate Long John Silver....

Hans Christian Andersen\"s fairy tales originally appeared in batches each Christmas in the mid-19th century, and Spink\"s English translation was first published in 1960. This edition has Heath Robinson\"s illustrations, dating from 1899....

Barrie\"s classic tale of the boy who wouldn\"t grow up. It started life as a series of stories made up for the five Llewelyn Davies boys, who were virtually adopted by Barrie after being orphaned. This edition has F.D. Bedford\"s illustrations, which first appeared in the author\"s own day....

‘Am dining at Goldini’s Restaurant, Gloucester Road, Kensington. Please come at once and join me there. Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver – S. H.’ The game\"s afoot for the most famous amateur detective of all time in this collection of eight of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\"s classic tales....

Everyone knows Pinocchio, the walking, talking wooden puppet carved from a table leg. Pinocchio, an endearing scamp, is always getting himself into trouble. But it isn\"t the sort of trouble most kids get into....

The legends of King Arthur - the most revered hero of British Mythology - have been retold many times, but Roger Lancelyn Green\"s version has become a classic since its first publication in 1953....

Every child\"s bookshelf should start with a collection of nursery rhymes so that these fantastic and nonsensical verses (some so old their meaning is long forgotten) are among the first magical words to sound in a child\"s ear. This......

Wonderful collection of nonsense verse, from Chesterton to Dahl, Lear to Carroll. With beautitul, original illustrations, both full colour and black & white....