E. Nesbit

MATILDAS ears were red and shiny. So were her cheeks. Her hands were red too. This was because Pridmore had washed her. It was not the usual washing, which makes you clean and comfortable, but the thorough good wash, which makes you burn and smart till you wish you could be like the poor little savages who do not know anything, and run about bare in the sun, and only go into the water when they are hot.

Part of the Collector''s Library series, this book''s Afterword is by the experienced book editor and well-known writer, Anna South. It features a brief biography of the author and a reading list.

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Roberta, Peter and Phyllis live happily in London with their parents. Then, suddenly, their father goes away. The children and their mother move to a smaller house near a railway line. Exciting things happen, and they make new friends. But where is their father? When is he coming home?

When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother start exploring a gravel pit not far from their new countryside home, they make an unexpected and very curious discovery. The gravel pit is home to a Psammead, a sand fairy. This ugly creature has eyes like a snail, ears like a bat and the body of a spider, and is very grumpy indeed. He grants the children one wish every day, and though they are excited to have all their desires fulfilled, they soon realize that having one's wishes come true can have unexpected consequences...E. Nesbit's much loved children's tale has enchanted generations of readers, and has been adapted for the screen numerous times - most notably by the BBC in a hugely popular 1990s series. It remains one of the most cherished children's classics ever written, and an indispensable part of every young reader's library.

A groom promises to be at the church on time, even if he has to come back from the grave to do it.A man inherits a property where he discovers a portrait of a woman that will change his life forever.Two newlyweds find their dream country cottage, unaware of an ancient curse from the previous owners.A gripping, unsettling and utterly chilling collection of short stories from one of Britain''s best loved storytellers.

There were three of themJerry, Jimmy, and Kathleen. Of course, Jerrys name was Gerald, and not Jeremiah, whatever you may think; and Jimmys name was James; and Kathleen was never called by her name at all, but Cathy, or Catty, or Puss Cat, when her brothers were pleased with her, and Scratch Cat when they were not pleased. And they were at school in a little town in the West of Englandthe boys at one school, of course, and the girl at another, because the sensible habit of having boys and girls at the same school is not yet as common as I hope it will be some day. They used to see each other on Saturdays and Sundays at the house of a kind maiden lady; but it was one of those houses where it is impossible to play. You know the kind of house, dont you? There is a sort of a something about that kind of house that makes you hardly able even to talk to each other when you are left alone, and playing seems unnatural and affected. So they looked forward to the holidays, when they should all go home and be together all day long, in a house where playing was natural and conversation possible, and where the Hampshire forests and fields were full of interesting things to do and see.

The house was three miles from the station, but, before the dusty hired hack had rattled along for five minutes, the children began to put their heads out of the carriage window and say, "Arent we nearly there?" And every time they passed a house, which was not very often, they all said, "Oh, is this it?" But it never was, till they reached the very top of the hill, just past the chalk-quarry and before you come to the gravel-pit. And then there was a white house with a green garden and an orchard beyond, and mother said, "Here we are!""How white the house is," said Robert."And look at the roses," said Anthea."And the plums," said Jane."It is rather decent," Cyril admitted.The Baby said, "Wanty go walky;" and the hack stopped with a last rattle and jolt.

The Story of the Treasure Seekers is a legendary childrens story by the enchanting E. Nesbit which has delighted countless generations of children; this brand new edition ensures that it will be able to reach a whole new modern audience. The Bastable children (Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius - H.O.) live in London with their widowed father. Too poor to attend school, the children are left to their own devices and they spend their days coming up with ingenious plans to restore their fathers fortune. Told from the first person perspective - which lends the narrative substantial bias - The Story of the Treasure Seekers was Nesbits first work. Refreshingly free of Victorian sentimentality, yet still wonderfully evocative of a bygone era, The Story of the Treasure Seekers makes for timeless reading. Adapted numerous times for television, The Story of the Treasure Seekers is proof of Nesbits esteemed place in the canon of childrens literature.

When Roberta, Peter and Phylliss father is taken away and they move to a tiny cottage in the countryside, the only advantage is the nearby railway. Join them on their adventures as they befriend all those who work with the trains, prevent a railway disaster and try to discover the truth behind their fathers disappearance.The Railway Children, a much-loved childrens classic, was first published in 1906 and has never been out of print.

El dragón del mar de caramelo: la ofrenda de un rey al dragón hace que en Plurimiregia esté vacante siempre este puesto hasta que Billy acepta el trabajo. El dragón y la mantícora: aunque es rey, a Leonardo la lectura de un libro prohibido le traera mas de un susto. El dragon domesticado: domesticar un dragon no es suficiente, hay que ser astuto con un alcalde avaricioso. El dragon de fuego: si hay un dragon de por medio, hasta un porquero puede casarse con una princesa. El dragon morado: que en Rotundia las cosas sean al reves se debe a un giro de rotacion invertido; solo la hazaña para rescatar a la princesa del dragon trastoco el orden anterior. El dragon de hielo: no le conviene a un dragon del Polo Norte acercarse a una hoguera. La isla de los nueve remolinos: la astucia y el calculo pueden romper un encantamiento. Edmundo y el basilisco: no hay manera de que los mayores crean a los pequeños, aunque estos hayan salvado a toda una ciudad de un dragon. La invasion de dragones: solo con el cambio climatologico se puede acabar con una plaga de dragones. El ultimo dragon: nos hemos empeñado en que los dragones son terribles, cuando en realidad lo unico que necesitan es un poco de cariño.

E. Nesbit Adapted by Elizabeth Ann Moore Adventure After their father is mysteriously forced to leave home, the three children and their mother leave their comfortable house in London and go to live in a cottage in the country near a railway track. The children soon make friends with the Station Master, the Porter and a friendly old gentleman, who waves to them from the morning train. Peter, Bobbie and Phyllis enjoy several exciting adventures and even become the heroes of the village. But the mystery of their father remains unsolved, until one day... Dossier: Early railways Exit test

Blake, the beloved illustrator of most of Roald Dahl's popular children's books, delivers the Introduction to this repackaged edition of Nesbit's class tale of five children and their pet--an ancient