Achilles is the son of a king & a goddess & also the best warrior in Greece. So when Prince Paris claims Helen from a Greek King & Troy declares war everyone knows that Achilles will be vital to the Greek cause. With the help of the gods can young Achilles lead his fellow countrymen to victory against the Trojans?

Includes:: two full-length CDs narrated by the authors.

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This title is suitable for ages 3 to 5 years. Offering a childs perspective of the natural world through the lens of a youth photographer this story follows Buddy the beaver around his pond. As Buddys experiences unfold his friends are introduced
- Dawn the Fawn Cheeks the Chipmunk Larry the Land Snail & Carrots the Rabbit
- & each animals relationship to the environment is explained. With vibrant photography & informative text the beaver pond & its inhabitants come to life.

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When naughty George & Harold hypnotise their headteacher they accidentally create the greatest superhero in the history of their school -- Captain Underpants! His true identity is so secret that even HE doesn't know who he is...but he's fighting for truth justice & all things pre-shrunk & cottony!! If you're a naughty villain like the diabolical Dr Diaper watch out! Captain Underpants has wedgie-power on his side & he's coming your way ...

This special CD pack contains two of Roald Dahls most famous stories full dramatised with music & sound effects. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory tells the wonderful tale of Charlie Bucket. Charlie can not believe his luck when he finds a Golden Ticket & wins the chance of a lifetime: a magical day witnessing the miraculous creation of the most delectable eatables ever made at the wonderful chocolate factory of Willie Wonka along with the infamous characters of the Oompa-Loompas Veronica Salt Augustus Gloop & many more. In Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator Charlie has now won the chocolate factory & is now on his way to take possession of it. With his parents & grandparents
- & Mr Wonka
- hes travelling by a strange new method of transport: a Great Glass Elevator! But suddenly thingsstart to go wrong. The elevator zooms higher & higher into the sky until it goes into orbit around the Earth an hilarious & exciting adventure ensues in which Charlie & his companions defend themselves against a mob of vicious space monsters.

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A Wonderful story about a hedgehog named Horatio who has moved into a new house in a pile of leaves that the wind has blown against a tree. Now all he needs is to furnish his home with items to make a cosy little dwelling. He meets up with various animals in the neighbourhood on his path who have items they no longer need & rather than throwing these away Horatio offers to take them off their paws by way of recycling for his new home resulting in a lovely warm & comfortable house. ...

Mark Twain's witty satirical tale of childhood rebellion against hypocritical adult authority the Penguin Classics" edition of " The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is edited with a critical introduction by Peter Coveney. Mark Twain's story of a boy's journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice & experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken abusive ' Pap' & the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with runaway slave Jim he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families & the trickery of the unscrupulous ' Duke' & ' Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits however are more serious undercurrents
- of slavery adult control & above all of Huck's struggle between his instinctive goodness & the corrupt values of society which threaten his deep & enduring friendship with Jim. Based on the first edition of 1884 " The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

Includes:: a chronology & list of further reading by Richard Maxwell. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) trained as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi river; ' Mark Twain' a phrase used on riverboats to indicate that the water is two fathoms deep became the pseudonym by which he was best known. After the Civil War Twain turned to journalism publishing his first short story in 1865. Dubbed 'the father of American literature' by William Faulkner Twain led a colourful life of travelling bankruptcy & great literary success. If you enjoyed " The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" you may like Mark Twain's " The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" also available in " Penguin Classics". " All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn... There has been nothing as good since." (Ernest Hemingway). " Huckleberry Finn like other great works of imagination can give to every reader whatever he is capable of taking from it." (T.S. Eliot)."


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Wild child Huck has to get away. His violent drunk of a father is back in town again raising Cain. He wont rest until he has Hucks money. So the enterprising boy fakes his own death & sets out in search of adventure & freedom. Teaming up with Jim an escaped slave with a price on his head the two fugitives go on the run travelling down the wide Mississippi River. But Huck finds himself wrestling with his conscience. Should he save Jim or turn his friend over to a terrible fate? ...

This is the Penguin English Library Edition" of " The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain. 'I'm unfavorable to killin' a man as long as you can git around it; it ain't good sense it ain't good morals. Ain't I right?' The original Great American Novel an incomparable adventure story & a classic of anarchic humour Twain's masterpiece sees Huckleberry Finn & Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There they find steamships feuding families an unlikely Duke & King & vital lessons about the world in which they live. With its unforgettable cast of characters Hemingway called this 'the best book we've ever had'. " The Penguin English Library"
- 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War."
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Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics. ' We said there warn't no home like a raft after all. Other places do seem so cramped up & smothery but a raft don't. You feel mighty free & easy & comfortable on a raft.' Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death & so begins his journey through the Deep South seeking independence & freedom. On his travels Huck meets an escaped slave Jim who is a wanted man & together they journey down the Mississippi River. Raising the timeless & universal l issues of prejudice bravery & hope the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was & still is considered the great American novel. ...

Huck is a young naive white boy fleeing from his drunken dangerous Pa & Jim is a runaway slave longing to be reunited with his family. Flung together by circumstance they journey down the Mississippi together on a log raft each in search of his own definition of freedom. Their daring adventures along the way provide both entertainment & a satirical look at the moral values of the Deep South of the 1800s. ...