' All grown-ups were once children
- although few of them remember it'. A pilot forced to crash land in the Sahara desert encounters
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The Collectors Colour Library" takes the favourite illustrated titles of " The Collectors Library" & presents them in full colour. Original colour illustrations are faithfully reproduced & where illustrations & decorations were originally black & white they have been sensitively coloured by Barbara Frith one of Britains most accomplished colourists. " The Little Prince" is a wonderful & remarkable book which will enchant both children & adults alike. It is a strange & wonderful parable for all ages championing the beauty & wisdom of childhood which fades when one becomes a grown up. This is a specially commissioned new translation by Ros & Chloe Schwarz. St Exuperys original illustrations have had their colours carefully enhanced by Barbara Frith." ...

When a pilot finds himself alone & stranded with a broken-down plane a little prince is his only companion living on a strange deserted planet. Full of wisdom humour & delight this book while intended for children is also a favourite of adults for its quirkiness & insight. First published in 1943 & written by now-famous French writer Antoine de Saint Exupery The Little Prince has grown to be a world-wide classic loved by many. This edition features the original drawings by Saint Exupery which help to bring the story to life. ...

The Little Prince is a modern parable for our time of equal appeal to children & adults. This much loved story is joined by the following classic titles to give a collection that has something for everyone whatever their age: Black Beauty Little Women Alice in Wonderland The Secret Garden Robin Hood The Wind in the Willows The Railway Children The Jungle Book & Peter Pan. ...

The riveting story of Conor Grennans year in Nepal reads like a cross between Into Thin Air & Three Cups of Tea. While volunteering at an orphanage Conor discovers that the children are not orphans: they are trafficked. Despite the danger Conor treks up dirt paths with photographs of the children miraculously reuniting dozens of families. Its 2006 & Nepal is a country torn apart by war greed & corruption. Caught in the middle are the Nepalese children snatched & sold into slavery the kidnappers promising their families that they will be taken to a safe haven from where they will eventually return. Some of the luckier ones are finally dumped in an orphanage only to be found by Conor an unlikely philanthropist. Conors search for intrepid adventure on the cusp of 30 soon becomes a dangerous & haphazard mission buoyed by the energy & adoration of the children. Conor nevertheless vows to do everything he can including risk his own life to bring these lost children back to their families. The process is painstaking & chaotic involving weeks of trekking across inhospitable peaks & surmounting the infinite cultural & language barriers but the childrens raucous happiness on seeing photos of their parents after years of separation abandonment & fear make the wounds the danger the freezing cold & the food poisoning pale into insignificance. An epic thriller & also a love story Little Princes is as full of life & hope as the children Conors organisation Next Generation Nepal continues to save every day. ...

Alone in a new country wealthy Sara Crewe tries to make friends at boarding school & settle in. But when she learns that she'll never see her beloved father again her life is turned upside down. Transformed from princess to pauper she must swap dancing lessons & luxury for drudgery & a room in the attic. Will she find that kindness & generosity are all the riches she truly needs? With deeply poignant introduction written by bestselling author of Chinese Cinderella" "A Little Princess" is one of the twelve wonderful classic stories being relaunched in " Puffin Classics" in March 2008." ...

Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich & she became show pupil"
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If you love a good story then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure & return to again & again. When wealthy Sara Crewe arrives at boarding school she's treated like a little princess. But then disaster strikes & Sara's world is turned upside down. She must endure a life of hardship at the hands of the cruel headmistress-spending her time as a servant living in the attic. Only her imagination keeps her going until one day something truly incredible happens.. . ...

An inspirational true story of a 4 year old girl who fell into the power of a man whose evil knew no bounds. She encountered terrifying mental & physical torture from her psychopathic stepfather for a period of 17 years until she managed to break free her spirit still unbroken Jane Elliott fell into the hands of her sadistic & brutal stepfather when she was 4 years old. Her story is both inspiring & horrifying. Kept a virtual prisoner in a fortress-like house & treated to daily & ritual abuse Jane nonetheless managed to lose herself in a fantasy world which would keep her spirit alive. Equally as horrifying as the physical abuse Jane suffered were the mental games her tormentor played
- getting his kicks from seeing Jane humiliated confused crushed & defeated at every turn. Her family & neighbourhood were all terrified of Jane's stepfather so no-one held out a rescuing h&. So Jane had to help herself. When she was 21 she ran away with her baby daughter & boyfriend to start a new life in hiding. Several years on she found the courage to go to the police. A court case followed where Jane bravely stood up against the unrepentant aggressor she so feared. He was jailed for 17 years. Jane's family took his side.
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a harrowing & moving memoir about two innocent & frightened 'unfosterable' children who do not know what it means to be loved. This is the third book in the series. The shock that strikes Casey & her family when Ashton & Olivia arrive is immeasurable. Two dirty frightened little waifs stand before them huge eyes staring around their new surroundings. Ashton
- 9 Olivia
- 6 have the same urchin look; hair running wild with head lice filthy nails & skin covered in scabs. & the smell is horrific. The eldest two children of a group of five siblings Casey had only been told they were coming two days earlier. But it was an emergency temporary placement & they were only due to stay a couple of weeks... Casey is desperate to help these poor lost children who have been taken away from their family because they were considered at risk but before she can even start to understand the horrific things that have happened in the past she has to teach them the most basic of behaviours. Ashton & Olivia have no barriers & no sense of what's right & wrong
- her challenges begin with the toilet & eating habits. The weeks roll into months & the months roll on but bit by bit the children are starting to feel like they truly belong to a family for the first time. With this new found security & love gradually they start to reveal what really happened to them & their siblings at home & slowly Casey can help them start to rebuild their young lives.


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