After the presumed death of their long-absent father, Edred inherits the title of Lord Arden and moves with his sister Elfrida into the decrepit family castle where they find an ancient spell that conjures up the magical Mouldiwarp and, with his help, set off on a journey through time in search of the lost Arden treasure.

You can imagine the packing, the running up and down stairs, the difficulty of choosing what to leave behind-for that is, after all, what it comes to when you are going away, much more than the difficulty of choosing what you will take with you. Miss Sandal, surrounded by heaps of toys and books-far too large to have been got into the trunks, even if all the clothes had been left out-at last settled the question by promising to send on, by post or...

Cursed by an evil fairy at her christening, Princess Melisande grows up bald but finds herself facing another set of problems when her wish for golden hair is fulfilled.

When their father's business fails, the Bastable children decide to restore the family's fortunes, finding more fun than profit in so doing.

Eleven of Shakespeare's plays rewritten in narrative form. Includes a brief biography on Shakespeare, and the social customs that existed when he was a boy.

As young King Lionel turns the pages of his magical book, a hungry red dragon and other creatures in the illustrations come to life.

Playing in the library of their home, Rosamund and Fabian builda huge town out of books, only to find themselves trapped therewhen they go inside.

Jane and George follow the northern lights to the North Pole where they meet the wicked sealskin dwarfs and an enormous frozen dragon.

In 1914, on the eve of the First World War, Cyril is off to fight, Anthea is at art college, Robert is a Cambridge scholar, and Jane is at high school when the sand fairy, Psammead, suddenly reappears, and his magic has a more serious purpose than when the siblings were children.

Meet the Psammead, an ancient and grumpy sand fairy, who transforms an ordinary summer holiday into an extraordinary adventure for five siblings.