Puffin classics

Five British children discover in their new carpet an egg, which hatches into a phoenix that takes them on a series of fantastic adventures around the world.

The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

A collection of myths, folktales, and legends of ancient Egypt.

Retells nineteen heroic Greek myths, including the stories of Prometheus, Heracles, Theseus, Hermes and Apollo, the first fall of Troy, and the battle of the Giants.

Recounts the further adventures, successes, and failures of the numerous young men of Plumfield school. Sequel to "Little Men.".

Mowgli, left alone in the jungle as a toddler after his parents are run off by Shere Khan, a Bengal tiger, grows to adulthood with the help of kind animals, always knowing his own showdown with the tiger is yet to come.

An illustrated edition of "Pinocchio," the story of a wooden puppet who must overcome many challenges before achieving his wish to be a real boy.

Sherlock Holmes is asked to investigate the tale of a hound that haunts the lonely moors around the Baskervilles' ancestral home.

A selection of Andersen's fairy tales includes his best known and most loved stories.