This large-format gift book contains three of the popular tales from Acorn Wood stories: Postman Bear" " Hide-&-Seek Pig" & " Rabbit's Nap". With sturdy flaps on every spread & rhyming stories that are a joy to read aloud this collection will delight parents & toddlers alike." ...

' Poor old fox has lost his socks. He looks in a chest & finds a vest.' Can you help fox find his socks? Are they in the kitchen or under the stairs? Are they inside the clock or hidden in a chest? Lift the flaps & find out! Collect all four books in The Acorn Wood series:" " Postman Bear " " Rabbit's Nap " & " Hide-&-Seek Pig."" ...

' Now it's time for Pig to seek. Can you see a yellow beak?' Pig & Hen are playing hide-&-seek. Can you lift the flaps & help Pig find out where Hen is hiding? Collect all four books in The Acorn Wood series": " Fox's Socks " " Rabbit's Nap" & " Postman Bear."" ...

' Bear is writing letters. One two three. Bear goes out to post them. Who lives in this tree?' Bear is writing letters to his friends. Lift the flaps & join Frog Squirrel & Mole for Bear's special surprise! Collect all four books in The Acorn Wood series:" " Fox's Socks " " Hide-&-Seek Pig " & " Rabbit's Nap."" ...

' Rabbit's feeling sleepy. She curls up in a chair. Tap! Tap! Who's that? Oh dear! It's Builder Bear.' Rabbit is trying to get to sleep but everyone is being so noisy. Lift the flaps & find out who is keeping Rabbit awake! Collect all four board books in The Acorn Wood series:" " Postman Bear " " Fox's Socks" & " Hide-&-Seek Pig."" ...

These five superlative evocative & enchanting stories range from a few hundred years before A Wizard of Earthsea to just before The Other Wind & feature some of Le Guins most popular characters including the Wizard Ged himself. The stories are rounded off with an essay about Earthseas history & people. No Earthsea fan will want to be without this magical collection. ...

Hughess three contributions to the anthology After Ovid" an accurate account of the original so thoroughly imbued with his own qualities that it was as if Latin & English poet were somehow the same person. This volume continues the project with 24 passages including the stories of Phaeton Actaon Echo & Narcissus Procne & Midas." ...

Tales from Shakespeare by Charles & Mary Lamb was written to be an 'introduction to the study of Shakespeare' but are much more entertaining than that. All of Shakespeare's best-loved plays comic & tragic are retold in a clear & robust style & their literary quality has made them popular & sought-after ever since their first publication in 1807. This edition contains the delightful pen-&-ink drawings of Arthur Rackham. ...

Available for the first time in one volume this is the definitive collection of Tolkien's five acclaimed modern classic 'fairie' tales in the vein of ' The Hobbit' fully corrected & reset for this edition & all beautifully illustrated in pencil by the award-winning artist Alan Lee. The five tales are written with the same skill quality & charm that made The Hobbit a classic. Largely overlooked because of their short lengths they are finally together in a volume which reaffirms Tolkien's place as a master storyteller for readers young & old. * Roverandom is a toy dog who enchanted by a sand sorcerer gets to explore the world & encounter strange & fabulous creatures. * Farmer Giles of Ham is fat & unheroic but
- having unwittingly managed to scare off a short-sighted giant
- is called upon to do battle when a dragon comes to town; * The Adventures of Tom Bombadil tells in verse of Tom's many adventures with hobbits princesses dwarves & trolls; * Leaf by Niggle recounts the strange adventures of the painter Niggle who sets out to paint the perfect tree; * Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery thanks to the magical ingredients of the Great Cake of the Feast of Good Children. This new collection is fully illustrated throughout by Oscar-winning artist Alan Lee who provides a wealth of pencil drawings to bring the stories to life as he did so memorably for The Hobbit & The Children of Hurin. Alan also provides an Afterword in which he opens the door into illustrating Tolkien's world. World-renowned Tolkien author & expert Tom Shippey takes the reader through the hidden links in the tales to Tolkien's Middle-earth in his Introduction & recounts their history & themes. Lastly included as an appendix is Tolkien's most famous essay On Fairy-stories" in which he brilliantly discusses fairy-stories & their relationship to fantasy. Taken together this rich collection of new & unknown work from the author of The Children of Hurin will provide the reader with a fascinating journey into lands as wild & strange as Middle-earth."

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Anne Frank is known worldwide for her moving & powerful Diary written whilst hiding from the Nazis. Less well known are these stories fables personal reminiscences & an unfinished novel
- now re-issued after being out of print for many years. Her humour unflinching honesty & her wisdom
- all evident in The Diary of Anne Frank
- are equally present in these Tales rendering it an essential part of her legacy.


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