This world classic of children's literature is now available in English again. Zezé wants to grow up to be a poet with a bow-tie but for now entertains himself with pranks against the residents of his poor Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood, until a friendship changes his life.
Disaster strikes and adventure begins when a lighthouse keeper's daughter realises she has run out of matches at the critical moment. Winner of three prizes in its native Netherlands.
A girl's twelfth birthday takes an unexpected turn when she finds herself at the centre of the effort to save the community from the tyrannical rule of the Corvus. Presents a sense of the power of friendship and the importance of self-belief.
The disconcerting encounters of Lemuel Gulliver reconsidered through the comparable satirical mind of Jonathan Coe, for young readers. Illustrated by Sara Oddi.
The prequel to "The Murderer's Ape", emphasising the narrative conveyed through Wegelius' illustration work. A story of friendship and adventure on the high seas, further establishing the Sally Jones character.
The award-winning children's favourite out of print in the UK for more than forty years is back in a new translation from "The Letter For The King" translator Laura Watkinson. A story of the horrors and dilemmas of war drawing on the author's experience of Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
The third book in the "Blue Door" series, which begins with the classic children's story "The Swish Of The Curtain". As the six friends from Fenchester make their first forays into the London theatre scene, the bright lights of the West End tempt one of them to stray from the group's ambition to establish a professional theatre back in Fenchester.