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Amy's Three Best Things by Philippa Pearce
$16.95 NZD
Category: Picture books
A wonderfully reassuring bedtime book about staying away from home for the very first time. This magical tale, written by author Philippa Pearce, is perfectly captured by Robin Bell Corfield's beautiful, classic illustrations.
The Battle of Bubble and Squeak by Philippa Pearce
$16.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
Sid, Peggy and Amy adore the two gerbils, Bubble and Squeak, but their mother detests them. A major family battle results, and it's clear life is never going to be quite the same again. But after a near fatal encounter between Bubble and Ginger the cat, Mrs Sparrow begins to see that life with 2 gerbils ...Show more
The Children of Charlecote by Philippa Pearce
$16.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Reading Level: From 9 to 99
Tom, Laura, Hugh and Margaret's home is the great house, Charlecote, set in the Warwickshire countryside. Despite their privileged background, the children are not always happy - their parents are stern and Tom is sent to boarding school. When the holidays come though, their adventures begin.
The Little Gentleman by Philippa Pearce
$29.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
When Bet is first asked to go into the meadow and read a passage aloud from a book - apparently to no-one - she wonders why. But then she realises that her audience is a little mole, who listens attentively. This isn't just any mole. This mole can speak, he is more than 300 years old and he has an amazi ...Show more
The Way to Sattin Shore by Philippa Pearce
$14.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Series: Puffin Books | Reading Level: From 2 to 12
There is mystery about Kate's family, but her family either knows nothing or will tell nothing. Her two brothers, her grandmother, her new friend Anna and her missing father all have a part to play in Kate's search to fit the jigsaw pieces of past and present to find a new picture for the future.
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
$15.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Series: Puffin Books | Reading Level: 2-12
Hurry!, whispered the house, and the grandfather clock at the heart of it beat an anxious tick. Tom opened the door wide and let in the moonlight. He was staring at what he saw outside. They had said, "Really, there's nothing to see". This book won a Carnegie Medal.
What the Neighbours Did by Philippa Pearce
$10.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Series: Puffin Books | Reading Level: From 2 to 12
What is it like to be a fly on the wall in our neighbours' houses? With these eight gently humorous stories, Philippa Pearce lifts the lid from the neighbours' houses and shows us the lives within. From the author of "Tom's Midnight Garden" and "A Dog So Small".
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