When their widowed father's business fails the Bastable children decide to restore the family fortunes themselves No longer able to afford school the children have all the time in the world to devise ingenious money-making schemes from digging for treasure in their Lewisham garden to becoming highwaymen on Blackheath Common All too often their efforts lead to trouble rather than treasure until one adventure finally pays off Published with illustrations by Gordon Browne newly scanned from the original edition The Story of the Treasure Seekers is the first book in the Bastable trilogy which continues with The Wouldbegoods & New Treasure Seekers' She's the children's writer with whom I most identify Nesbit said " By some lucky chance I remember exactly how I felt & thought at 11" That struck a chord with me The Story of the Treasure Seekers was a breakthrough children's book Oswald is such a very real narrator at a time when most people were writing morality plays for children' J K Rowling'I loved the direct first-person narrative in the clear forthright tones of Oswald Bastable' Jacqueline Wilson' Endlessly surprising & inventive But she is more than that She is also simply the funniest writer we have ever had while being the one who could most easily & sweetly break your heart with a phrase Just try saying " Daddy oh my Daddy" without catching your breath She made the magic worlds feel as near as the Lewisham Road & she bathed the Lewisham Road in magic' Frank Cottrell-Boyce A collection that will be coveted by children & adults alike this list is the best in children's literature curated by Virago These are timeless tales with beautiful covers that will be treasured & shared across the generations Some titles you will already know; some will be new to you but there are stories for everyone to love whatever your age Our list
Includes:: Nina Bawden (Carrie's War The Peppermint Pig) Rumer Godden (The Dark Horse An Episode of Sparrows) Joan Aiken (The Serial Garden The Gift Giving) E Nesbit (The Psammead Trilogy The Bastable Trilogy The Railway Children) L M Montgomery (The Anne of Green Gables series) & Susan Coolidge (The What Katy Did Trilogy) Discover Virago Children's Classics