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Evergreen Classics Series

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    Book 1
    Book 1

    Anne of Green Gables

    'Oh, it seems so wonderful that I'm going to live with you and belong to you. I've never belonged to anybody - not reall... More

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    Book 2
    Book 2

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Lewis Carroll's fantastical tale is an artist's dream. With the complete, unabridged text and glowing full-colour illust... More

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    Book 3
    Book 3

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Huckleberry Finn had a tough life with his drunk father until an adventure with Tom Sawyer changed everything. But when ... More

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    Book 5
    Book 5

    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    The classic tale of a young boy's adventures on the Mississippi in the nineteenth century. Mark Twain's classic The... More

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    Book 6
    Book 6

    Black Beauty

    "Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it." Tran... More

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    Book 10
    Book 10

    A Girl of the Limberlost

    Of all the books written by Hoosier writers, Gene Stratton-Porter's A Girl of the Limberlost is unquestionably the mos... More

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    Book 11
    Book 11

    The Black Arrow

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    Book 12
    Book 12

    A Christmas Carol

    This classic seasonal tale of self-discovery has become one of Charles Dickens's most famous and best-loved works. On ... More

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    Book 14
    Book 14

    Kidnapped

    Scholastic Children's Books are proud to publish this beautiful edition of the classic tale, Kidnapped. ... More

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    Book 15
    Book 15

    The Secret Garden: V&A Collector's Edition

    The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a magical novel for adults and children alike. This new hardback is one ... More

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    Book 19
    Book 19

    Through The Looking Glass

    HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It's a poor sort of memo... More

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    Book 20
    Book 20

    Daddy Long Legs

    Children's Book of the Week in The Sunday Times , The Times and The Observer . Meet a determined da... More

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    Book 21
    Book 21

    Little Women

    'Timeless' HELEN MOORE, DAILY EXPRESS'I try to get every girly girl to read this one because those four sisters are so r... More

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    Book 22
    Book 22

    Moonfleet

    A tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves, and downs of Dorset. Everyone in the tiny village of Moonfleet lives by... More

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    Book 23
    Book 23

    Grimms' Fairy Tales

    From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes and deep forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting... More

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    Book 26
    Book 26

    Pollyanna

    THE COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED TEXT'Most generally there is something about everything that you can be glad about, if you k... More

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    Book 29
    Book 29

    Treasure Island

    One of the best-loved adventure stories ever written, Treas ure Island's timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps, m... More

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    Book 30
    Book 30

    Robin Hood

    The champion of the destitute and downtrodden rides again. Meet young Robin Hood before he becomes the hero of Sherwood ... More

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    Book 32
    Book 32

    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

    In Jule Verne's epic tale, Captain Nemo and the crew of the undersea vessel, Nautilus, journey through an at times ficti... More

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    Book 33
    Book 33

    White Fang: Illustrated by Ian Beck

    Part wolf, part dog, White Fang learns to survive in the freezing wilderness. As well as being forced to confront the ha... More

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    Book 34
    Book 34

    What Katy Did

    Scholastic Children's Books are proud to publish this beautiful edition of the classic tale, What Katy D... More

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    Book 35
    Book 35

    Little Men

    'The best boys - in the literary sense - that we have ever come across' SPECTATOR 'Little Women was widely read, but its... More

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    Book 36
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    Book 42
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    Book 43
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    Book 44
    Book 44

    The Wind in the Willows

    'There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.' From picnics by t... More

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    Book 46
    Book 46

    Freckles

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    Book 47
    Book 47

    The Phoenix and the Carpet

    When Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane accidentally destroy a carpet in their London home with fi reworks, their parents re... More

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    Book 48
    Book 48

    Pinocchio

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    Book 50
    Book 50

    Kim

    'No summary can do this marvellous, rich and unforgettable novel anything like justice' Philip PullmanKim is an orphan w... More

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    Book 51
    Book 51

    The Story of the Treasure Seekers

    When their widowed father's business fails, the Bastable children decide to restore the family fortunes themselves. No l... More

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    Book 52
    Book 52

    The Story of the Amulet

    THE THIRD BOOK IN THE PSAMMEAD TRILOGY, FOLLOWING FIVE CHILDREN AND IT AND THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET'My all-time favour... More

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    Robinson Crusoe

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    Book 56
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    Rose in Bloom

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    Anne's House of Dreams

    The fifth book in the Anne Shirley series. 'They belonged to each other; and, no matter what life might hold for them, ... More

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