The misfortunes of an orphan boy whose uncle forces him to assist in his stage performance as a magician. Our poor lad is allergic to rabbits, hates being made to ride on a fake flying carpet, and loathes cleaning up. He refuses to learn sleight of hand.

The Clocks

The full family history and genealogy of the most renowned family of Borrowers, meticulously researched and written by Pod Clock himself.

The Silver Chair 

When all the mines at Newcastle started closing down, a band of young hopefuls started up quite a career, calling themselves "Silver Chair", after a favourite children's book. But when a real silver chair became part of their act, they started to argue about who owned it. Unfortunately, the chair was stolen, so a famous detective tried to solve the mystery about where it could be found. 

The Wooden Horse. 

A children's picture book retelling the fall of Troy and the large wooden horse integral to that defeat.

The Watersplash

Two young cousins play detective over a mysterious water stain on a table, and discover it was caused by their grandfather's carelessness with a waterglass 50 years earlier. 

Escape To Life City

A tale about an escape to an ancient city, which began about 400 BC, and which has had many names before it became Batavia in 1619. Under this name, it was the base of operations for Dutch navigators in exploring Australia's north & west coasts, and for some, a real place of escape, as the capital of the Dutch East Indies, and which, now that it is Jakarta, once again, the capital of Indonesia, will always remain Life City. 

The Harp in the South

A fantasy story about a magical harp and the adventures that follow as its possessor travels south.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

A romantic comedy about the trials of a game-show winning trivia aficionado who starts all his dates with "did you know...?" before he meets the librarian of his dreams who says, "yes, and!"

Dreamwold Castle

A couple weary of city life buy their dream home, a small castle in the Yorkshire Wolds. 

The Shakespeare Thefts

Enid Blyton's Five Find Outers seek out the international culprits who have been stealing several original editions of Shakespearean plays from their home in the British Library, to sell on the black market for millions of dollars to "vested interests", to the glee of Inspector Dance, who doesn't like Constable Plod, either. 

The Shiralee

A story of life in The Shire, illustrated by Alan Lee, already famous for his Middle Earth art.   

The Mountains of Spices

The autobiography of a famous Indian chef and her opening of a highly successful international chain of curry restaurants. 

Hinds' Feet on High Places

As the Alpine naturalist who wrote this book, said, "Hind" is just another way of calling a doe, a female deer. So, when these agile animals get into high places, they can get onto their hind feet to line dance a little, tapping their hooves & singing "Doe, a deer a female deer, ray a drop of golden sun, me a name I call myself, etc". Thus, these beautiful deer enjoy being part of a Sound of Music chorus, until their Stags come along to lock horns with each other.  

The Paw Thing

A coffee table book with pictures of different animals' paws and how to identify their prints.

The War of the Jewels

A fable involving a group of precious jewels in a deep cave, bragging about who was worth most and would be chosen first.

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