This fantastic box-set brings together 16 much-loved children's classics. The stories have been abridged and retold in modern English by respected children's authors, making them accessible to readers as young as six while retaining all the charm, atmosphere, and sense of adventure that made the original tales world-famous. These dramatic, easy-to-follow stories, charmingly illustrated with verve and humour by specially commissioned artists, deserve to find a home on every child's bookshelf.

The following stories make up the box-set:

1. Alice in Wonderland

2. Anne of Green Gables

3. Black Beauty

4. Heidi

5. Little Women

6. Oliver Twist

7. Peter Pan

8. Robin Hood

9. Robinson Crusoe

10. The Call of the Wild

11. The Jungle Book

12. The Secret Garden

13. The Wizard of Oz

14. Tom Sawyer

15. Treasure Island

16. Wind in the Willows