'My little panther', Nono's father called her, but he didn't get the chance to say it for long. Her African village was destroyed and she first lived in the bush then was sold as a slave, given a name and a home and then – horrifyingly – sold once more into the hands of ...

It was a struggle for land and political power; it was a clash of ideas and many famous personalities; it caused the death of over 60,000 people and it cost the British tax-payer £220 million – it was the Boer War. This is the story of that long and bitter war.

'It's a funny thing,' said Mr Brown, 'but I've been through this encyclopedia a dozen times and there's no mention of a bear like Paddington.' Which is perhaps just as well, for as you will discover one bear called Paddington who is alwasy eating marmalade sandwiches is enoght to ...

Here is yet another collection of stories about that enchanting Bear called Paddington. He is now, of course, a permanent member of the Brown family, who first met him wandering forlornly on Paddington Station wearing a label which said 'Please look after this bear'. The adventures ...

One of the nicest things about living with the Browns, thought Paddington, was the number of surprises one had. But then, not many families have such a charming little bear as Paddington to share their home. From the day when he was found on Paddington Station, his only luggage a ...

Tolly's great-grandmother wasn't a witch, but both she and her old house, Green Knowe, were full of a very special kind of magic. And Green Knowe turned out not to be the lonely place Tolly had imagined it to be. There were other children living in the house—children who had ...

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We are proud to publish in Puffin Books this volume of stories and verses by Walter de la Mare, one of our greatest writers and one who has used the highest gifts for the delight of children. Everything he writes comes to us in a crystalline perfection, as though it had been held ...

An American spy has come to investigate the uncanny 'Changes' which have made the people of England revert to a medieval machineless state, but he is stoned as a witch, and two children risk their lives to save him. Another brilliant story by the author of The Weathermonger.