Vintage books Fattypuffs and Thinifers Моруа Андре

‘Look here! Here’s a jolly life! What’s the odds where it comes from?’ • Meet the Artful Dodger, as roistering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four foot six. With him, you’ll run down the dirty backstreets of London to be entertained by the Respectable Old Gentleman and his brood of thieves and pickpockets. Fagin will bring you to ‘the trade’, and make something of you, something profitable.But there’s something about the young orphan Oliver that’s too good for this dark and dangerous world – can he ever escape its clutches? • Includes exclusive material: In ‘The Backstory’ you can learn more about Oliver Twist’s London! • Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives

‘Many years ago – when our grandfathers were little children – there was a doctor and his name was Dolittle’ • Dr Dolittle lives in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh with his friends Dab-Dab the duck, Jip the dog, Gub-Gub the baby pig, Too-Too the owl, the parrot Polynesia, as well as rabbits in the pantry, white mice in the piano and a crocodile in the fish pond. Why do the animals love Dolittle so? Its because he can speak their language, and because he's the best animal doctor for miles around. When the monkeys in Africa call on his aid, Doctor Dolittle sets off on an marvellous voyage, encountering bad-tempered kings, fearsome pirates and the mysterious pushmi-pullyu along the way • Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can learn about the different ways that animals talk to each other! • Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives

You might think I'd have grown out of getting myself into scrapes now that I'm half past sixteen. But between being vexed by my freckles, taunted by a brazen Jersey cow and kept on my toes by the new twins, Dora and Davy, life at Green Gables is just as eventful as ever • I do try to be a little more grown-up now that I'm a school teacher. The other day I asked the class, 'If you had three candies in one hand and two in the other, how many would you have altogether?' One of my pupil's piped up, 'A mouthful.' Could you have kept a straight face?! • Includes exclusive material: In ‘The Backstory’ you can find out about going to school in Avonlea and learn all about the real Green Gables • Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives

'If we were in a book it would be an enchanted castle - certain to be' • When Jerry, Jimmy and Kathleen are forced to spend their entire summer at school they don't imagine they will have a particularly interesting time. But that's before they stumble upon a mysterious castle set in beautiful, abandoned gardens. Could this really be an enchanted castle? Don’t be a duffer, there’s no such thing. But with the air thick with magic, the sun blazing down, and a maze hiding a sleeping girl at its centre, the holidays might just be looking up • Includes exclusive content: In the Backstory you can find out more about the author and take the Enchanted Castle quiz! • Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives

Discover the real story behind Disney’s latest blockbuster adaptation The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, and the iconic Nutcracker Christmas ballet, as told by Alexandre Dumas • ‘How could you imagine, silly child, that this toy, which is made of cloth and wood, could possibly be alive?’ • The nutcracker doll that mysterious Godfather Drosselmeyer gives to little Marie for Christmas is no ordinary toy. On Christmas Eve, as the clocks strike midnight, Marie watches as the Nutcracker and her entire cabinet of playthings come to life and boldly do battle against the evil Mouse King and his armies • But this is only the start of the tale • Read on for enchantment and transformation; enter a world by turns fantastical and sinister, a kingdom of dolls and spun-sugar palaces, and learn the true history of the brave little Nutcracker

"You saved your mistress's life, Beauty! yes, you saved her life" • Black Beauty is the prettiest young horse in the meadows, and spends many happy days under the apple trees with his friends Ginger and Merrylegs. But this easy life comes to an end when Beauty is sold and goes from farm to inn to cabhorse in London, enduring rough treatment from foolish and careless masters. Beauty remains faithful, hardworking and full of spirit despite his trials, and through him we learn that all horses and humans alike deserve to be treated with kindness

Сёстры Мэг, Джо, Бет, Эми и их живущий по соседству друг Лори выросли вместе, и им пора искать своё место во взрослом мире, творить великие и чудесные дела, которыми полнятся их мечты, и найти свои "воздушные замки". Девушек ждут испытания и любовь, но когда в их жизнь приходит беда, только крепость уз, связывающих их друг с другом и со своей семьёй, поможет им выстоять • Книга на английском языке • 'As they sat together in the twilight, talking over their small plans, the future always grew so beautiful and bright' • Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy have grown up together in Orchard House with their friend Laurie next door, and now it's time for them to go out and find their places in the big wide world, to do the great and marvellous things they've dreamed of and discover their 'castles in the air'

Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea - 'the D's' - plan a race to find the North Pole. How will they reach it if they can't sail? By sledges of course! But when a blizzard blows up and there is a mix up about signals, the D's disappear into the Arctic night. Disaster looms. Can the Swallows and Amazons save their friends?

Роман Марка Твена "Приключения Гекльберри Финна" - это история о бесшабашном американском мальчишке Гекльберри Финне, друге известного во всем мире веселого и озорного Тома Сойера • После того как два проказника разбогатели, Геку стало слишком скучно вести размеренную жизнь, и он не смог усидеть на месте. В компании своего верного товарища, беглого негра Джима, Гек отправляется в полное невероятных приключений путешествие вдоль диких берегов Миссисипи • Книга на английском языке • '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. With his too-big clothes and battered straw hat, Huck is in need of 'civilising', and the Widow Douglas is determined to take him in hand

"Маленькие женщины" - ставший классическим роман американской писательницы Луизы Мэй Олкотт о четырех сестрах Марч, которые вместе переживают нелегкие времена. Обратившись к воспоминаниям детства, писательница, выросшая в дружной, но небогатой семье, показывает читателю жизнь таких разных и все же близких друг другу девушек - Мег, Джо, Бесс и Эми. Каждая из них идет своим путем, но и в радостях, и в ссорах не забывает о том, что по-настоящему важно: о семье, любви и дружбе • Книга на английском языке • 'Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another' • Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as their father is away fighting in the Civil War, and the family has fallen on hard times. But although they may be poor, life for the four March sisters is rich with colour, as they play games, put on wild theatricals, make new friends, argue, grapple with their vices, learn from their mistakes, nurse each other through sickness and disappointments, and get into all sorts of trouble

'For God's sake, hold on!' • On a stormy night off the coast of Scotland, young David Balfour faces his most terrifying test yet. He's been double-crossed by his wicked uncle, tricked into a sea voyage and sold into slavery. When the dashing Alan Breck Stewart comes aboard, he finds a brave friend at least, and the pair fight back against their treacherous, black-hearted shipmates. But then the ship hits a reef, it's every man for himself, and David must battle against the raging sea itself!

"Питер Пэн" - сказочная повесть английского писателя Джеймса Мэтью Барри о мальчике, который не хотел взрослеть, и о его удивительных приключениях • Дети уютно устроились в кроватках, когда Питер Пэн врывается в их детскую. Питер и его озорная фея Динь-Динь манят Венди и ее братьев улететь с ними в волшебный мир под названием Нетландия. Там вы можете поплавать с русалками и весь день играть. Но вы должны остерегаться пиратов, особенно капитана Крюка • Книга на английском языке • Come Away! Come Away! • The Darling children are tucked up in bed when Peter Pan bursts in to their nursery. Peter and his mischievous fairy Tinker Bell entice Wendy and her brothers to fly away with them to a magical world called Neverland. There you can swim with mermaids and play all day with the Lost Boys