Gift Giving: Favourite Stories, Paperback - Joan Aiken

A volume of Joan Aiken's own favourite stories, collected here for the first time.

Arabel and her raven Mortimer's funny and anarchic adventures are brought together here, alongside Quentin Blake illustrations. Includes 'Arabel's ...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joan AikenIllustrator: Quentin BlakeYoung Arabel's life is changed forever when her father, a taxi driver, brings home an i...

Reducere. When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits. As her friend Captain Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido stays at...

Reducere. Readers who have followed Dido Twite's escapades in BLACK HEARTS IN BATTERSEA and NIGHTBIRDS ON NANTUCKET will welcome her return in her wildest ad...

The Twite household, where Simon is lodging, seems particularly shifty. Before he even gets a chance to open his glistening new paints Simon stumbl...

Can Bonnie and Sylvia outwit the wicked Miss Slighcarp and her network of criminals, forgers and snitches?BACKSTORY: Find out a few things you didn...

Reducere. Now, back in print, the engaging and suspenseful British fantasy by one of England's most imaginative storytellers. Lucas Bell is lonely and misera...

Dido Twite, heroine of Black Hearts in Battersea and Nightbirds on Nantucket, is on her wildest adventure yet. Dido faces fire, flood, wild beasts ...

While her friend Capt Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido is marooned with the odd inhabitants of the Tegleaze estate. a priceless posse...

Dido Twite is aboard the Thrush, trying to return to England after her adventures in America. But orders have been sent to find Lord Herodsfoot, sa...

When orphans Bonnie and Sylvia fall into the hands of evil Miss Slighcarp, they need all their wits - and the help of Simon the goose-boy - to esca...

Seven more stories of Arabel and pet raven Mortimer. Illustrations from Quentin Blake.

3 spellbinding adventures featuring Meg, Mog and Owl, in 1 magical volume. The stories are: }Meg At Sea, Meg's Eggs{ and }Meg In The Fog{. The seri...

Reducere. Dido Twite, with the help of some sacred shaman healers, must foil a sinister plot to overthrow the king of a remote South Sea island healers Saili...

Packed-off to boarding school and bullied by his peers, Felix feels sad and trapped. Despite being shipwrecked and then held prisoner in a remote m...

Dido Twite is waylaid by her father, the shady Abednego Twite, acting on instructions from his evil patron. How does hard-drinking Mrs Lily Bloodve...

But she seemed to have locked the door behind her and, as he rattled the latch unavailingly and then rapped the locker, something dark and suffocat...

We must leave tomorrow at dawn . Dashing and loyal, he speeds towards Villaverde - and a rescue mission.Donna Conchita's children are kidnapped and...

Despised by his Spanish relatives and ignored by his distant grandfather, twelve-year-old orphan Felix Brooke is lonely and unhappy. Felix packs hi...

Shipwrecked Dido Twite, picked up by a whaling ship, finds herself many miles from home and facing deep troubles. Sinister Miss Slighcarp, the gove...

Reducere. The Paget family's adventures begin in this Gothic Regency period romance reissue from legendary author Joan AikenWhen danger forces expatriate Eng...

Reducere. Readers who have followed Dido Twite's escapades in Black Hearts in Battersea and Nightbirds on Nantucket will welcome her return in another wild a...

A thrilling, funny and spectacular adaptation of Joan Aitken's classic novel.Publisher: Nick Hern BooksAuthor(s): Joan AikenNumber of pages: 80Publ...

In the small town of Pennygaff, the legendary Harp of Teirtu is found - and lost again. For young Owen Hughes and his friend Arabis, it is the star...

Reducere. The children of London are disappearing--can Is solve the mystery before she vanishes too? Is Twite, younger sister of the daring Dido, is on a des...

From 'A Necklace of Raindrops' to 'The Patchwork Quilt', here are eight classic stories to treasure and enjoy. a house that stands on one leg - the...

A child in danger, an isolated house in the depths of winter - and a killer on the loose... 'Don't miss ... guaranteed unputdownable' Observer

Reducere. Is Twite and her cousin, Arun, use their telepathic gifts to find Arun's missing mother in this gripping adventure set in an alternate British king...

Why leave a legacy when you can live one right now? When you realize that your success journey is really a journey of giving, you will unlock the p...

Reducere. Books for a Better LifeIn March 2010, thirteen-year-old Taylor Storch's life was tragically cut short by a skiing accident. With only a few minutes...

Emma Watson is an ingenious continuation of The Watsons, one of Jane Austen's intriguing unfinished novels, by the acclaimed novelist Joan Aiken.Pu...