This Christmas, our Booksellers have been busy curating gifting guides to suit all. Whether you're buying for that cousin who lives to travel, a Cricket obsessed uncle; looking for the perfect gift for little ones, big ones or difficult ones, we've got you covered.
Presenting our Gifting Guide for Children's Classics:
When We Were Very Young: Centenary Facsimile Edition
A. A. Milne, illustrated by E. H. Shepard
When We Were Very Young is Milne’s first volume of rhymes written especially for children. It’s as popular now as when it was first written. This collection offers the same sense of humour, imagination and whimsy that we’ve come to expect from Milne's books about Winnie-the-Pooh, that Bear of Very Little Brain.
This gold-foiled hardback edition has been reproduced with all the printer marks and irregularities that were present in the edition first printed in 1924. It is presented in a stylish gold-foiled slipcase with a beautiful paper bellyband wrapped around it.
The Happy Prince
Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Harry Woodgate
Swallow is a homeless boy who’s just arrived in the big city. He settles down for the night under the golden and bejewelled statue of the Happy Prince, yet when he looks up he sees the statue is weeping. What could a golden Happy Prince possibly have to feel sad about?
Shakespeare's First Folio
William Shakespeare, illustrated by Emily Sutton
Published in association with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Shakespeare's Plays is the first-ever illustrated children's edition of the First Folio, one of the greatest books ever published which celebrates its 400th anniversary in 2023.
The sumptuously illustrated book, with luminous and detailed artwork by Emily Sutton, includes all 36 plays in the original volume, in the same order. The plays preserve Shakespeare's original dramatic language, but have been abridged so they can be performed by a minimum of eight children in under twenty minutes.
Anne of Green Gables
Katherine Woodfine, illustrated by Isabelle Follath
When the spirited and imaginative Anne moves to live in Green Gables - a beautiful farmhouse, set among the summer flowers of Prince Edward Island - she quickly realises there has been a terrible mistake. Her new family - gentle Matthew and his stern sister Marilla - were expecting someone quite different! But will Anne succeed in enchanting Matthew and Marilla with her cheer and imagination?
With sumptuous details including cloth binding, foil cover, full colour illustrations throughout, textured paper jacket, ribbon marker and head and tail bands.
The Children of Green Knowe
Lucy M. Boston, illustrated by Peter Boston
Tolly has been sent to live with his great-grandmother, Mrs Oldknow, in an ancient manor house deep in the countryside. Green Knowe and its grounds are full of exciting toys, pictures and objects and there is so much to see and do. But not only that - the house is haunted! And the ghosts Toby, Alexander and Linnet all have their own stories to tell.
This deluxe 70th anniversary gift edition features a beautiful foiled jacket and inside illustrations by the author's own son.
Peter Pan
J M Barrie
Soaring over a sleepy London and through twinkling stars, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell lead Wendy, Michael, and John Darling on a brilliant adventure to Neverland, where pirates, mermaids, and the Lost Boys play! With magic in the air, it all seems too good to be true until the Darling children meet Captain Hook and his terrible crew and their tick tick ticking crocodile.
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable gift editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this highly anticipated edition of Peter Pan.
The Neverending Story
Michael Ende
Bastian is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own. Through the pages of an old book he discovers a mysterious magical world - a world of dragons, monsters, witches and GIANTS! A world that is doomed unless a human can save it. Can Bastian succeed in battling terrible foes and find the strength he needs to give the Empress a new name?
This is a stunning collectible edition in the Puffin Clothbound Classics.
Bambi: A Life In The Woods
Felix Salten, illustrated by Kurt Wiese
The novel traces the life of Bambi, a male roe deer, from his birth through childhood, the loss of his mother, the finding of a mate, the lessons he learns from his father, and the experience he gains about the dangers posed by human hunters in the forest. It is also, in its most complete translation, seen as a parable of the dangers and persecution faced by Jews in Europe.
This is a beautiful hardback edition in the Everyman's Library Children's Classics series.
Chinese Cinderella
Adeline Yen Mah
Born into the world with her story already written and woven with bad luck, Adeline turns her attention to school, where she discovers that she is a talented writer, much to Father's disapproval. But with a pen in her hand, she can't help but wonder what it would be like to be a writer - no, an author! It won't be easy, but Adeline must have the courage to rewrite her story.
This edition is a very special 25th anniversary edition of Adeline Yen Mah's modern classic, reissued here in the Puffin Clothbound Classics series.















































