If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer … Come in … for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein’s world begins. You’ll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist. Shel Silverstein’s masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound.

Where the Sidewalk Ends

'Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy.' So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Ages 10+

The Giving Tree

The Adventures of Catkin and Codlin, Christopher Cricket and Benjamin Bumble

Two gumnut babies have adventures with the birds and animals.

Bib and Bub

Ruby Red Shoes lives in a colourful caravan with her grandmother. Ruby is gentle and kind and cares for all living things, including plants and trees, animals and people. Ruby is also particularly fond of strawberry jam and peppermint tea. Ages: 4+

Ruby Red Shoes

Ruby and her grandmother Babushka are off to Paris for a holiday! When they arrive they go and meet Babushka's brother, Monsieur Gaspar Galushka, who loves hats as much as Ruby loves red shoes. And with Monsieur is his grandson, Felix, who becomes Ruby's guide while she is in Paris. Together the two young hares zip around Paris on Felix's racy red scooter taking in all of the beautiful sights.

Ruby Red Shoes Goes to Paris

The first half of the 20th century was a golden age of Australian fantasy illustrators and writers, and Pixie O'Harris (1903-1991) was one of the most loved. She illustrated more than 40 fairy books, which sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Her charming woodland and sea creatures, and her appealing fairies captivated generations of children. Every year, she is remembered through the Pixie O'Harris Award, which the Australian Publishing Association gives in recognition of "distinguished and dedicated service to the development and reputation of children's books".For the first time, this lavishly designed gift edition will bring together some of Pixie's most popular works: from the entire story of Pearl Pinkie and Sea Greenie (her first children's book) to poems and stories from The Pixie O'Harris Story Book, The Pixie O'Harris Gift Book and the original Pixie O'Harris Fairy Book. With eight pages of colour plates, and beautifully-detailed black and white vignettes throughout, this book revitalises a classic Australian fantasy writer and illustrator. It introduces Pixie O'Harris to a new generation of readers and re-acquaints many with the cherished stories and illustrations of their childhood.

The Pixie O'Harris Fairy Book

A young fairy-who-wouldn't-fly is sent to the Woodn't, where encounters with a frog-who-wouldn't-hop and a kookaburra-who-wouldn't-laugh make her reconsider flying.

The Fairy who Wouldn't Fly

Wattle Babies

The Lady of the Blue Beads

This early work by Dorothy Wall was originally published in 1933 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian' is a children's story about Australia's most popular mischievous koala. Dorothy Wall was born on January the 12th, 1894 in New Zealand. From a young age Wall showed great talent as an artist and at age eleven won a scholarship for her drawing skills. She is most famous for creating Blinky Bill, an anthropomorphic koala who was the central character in her books Blinky Bill: the Quaint Little Australian, Blinky Bill Grows Up, and Blinky Bill and Nutsy. In 1985 a postage stamp honouring Wall for her creation, Blinky Bill, was issued by Australia Post as part of a set commemorating children's books.

The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill

Boronia Babies

The Snugglepot and Cuddlepie Picture Book

The adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, two gumnut babies, who leave home and travel across Australia to see what humans look like.

The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie

Chucklebud and Wunkydoo

The adventures of the animals who live in Gumnut Town.

Mr. & Mrs. Bear and Friends

The works of May Gibbs have been beautifully presented using twenty-first century technology, with many sensitively rendered into colour for the first time. The May Gibbs illustrations have been drawn from her perennial children's stories such as THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF SNUGGLEPOT AND CUDDLEPIE and GUMNUT BABIES.

Nursery Rhymes for Young Australians

When Nittersing is stolen and taken to live with the bad Banksia Men, Nuttybub and his friend Mr Lizard undertake a series of adventures in order to resuce him.

Nuttybub and Nittersing

The Book of Ballet

A Flower Fairies Journal: Return of Old Friends

Two Roman Mice

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest -Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!' When young Jim Hawkins finds an old map showing the location of a hoard of buried treasure, he joins the crew of the Hispaniola who set sail to find it. But they soon have a mutiny on their hands, led by the duplicitous pirate Long John Silver. As the quest turns murderous, Jim's bravery is put to the test, and he discovers much about friendship, loyalty and betrayal on this daring voyage. Treasure Island was serialised in the children's magazine Young Folks before being published in 1883. It has come to be regarded as one of the greatest adventure stories ever told.

Treasure Island

Pongo the Dalmatian and his wife undertake a daring expedition to rescue their fifteen puppies from the clutches of the vicious Cruella de Vil.

The Hundred and One Dalmatians

Pippi Longstocking is funny and feisty. This edition of the original Pippi Longstocking story celebrates Pippi's 50th anniversary in the UK.

Pippi Longstocking

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

The Witches

Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard. Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye. They've kept Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family caged in the garden for far too long, and now the monkeys want to take their revenge . . .

The Twits

A beautiful hardback edition of the beloved children's classic BALLET SHOES, with a vibrant new cover - the perfect gift for all children's book or dance enthusiasts. BALLET SHOES is the story of Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil, three very different girls, each adopted as an orphaned baby by the eccentric explorer, Gum. All three girls are left in the care of Gum's niece Sylvia in London. At first, the girls lead privileged and sheltered lives. But after five years go by and Gum fails to return, Sylvia's money starts to run out. The multi-talented Fossil girls hit on an inspired idea: they will take to the stage. Posy, daughter of a ballerina, couldn't be happier than she is in dance classes or on stage. Pauline also loves to tread the boards as an actress, but Petrova would rather be dismantling engines in a garage. It's not long before all the Fossils learn that there's more to being a star than they thought. Originally published in 1936, Noel Streatfeild's BALLET SHOES is a beautiful story about growing up and loving the family you choose. It has stood the test of time and is adored by generations.

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