The Puffin Book of Classic Children's Stories

by Humphrey Carpenter, Diz Wallis (Illustrator)

This anthology introduces children to the children's classics from "Anne of Green Gables" to a "Christmas Carol", offering them an opportunity to use the extracts as a guide to which classics they would enjoy. The book is organised thematically with an introduction by the editor to each section.

416 pages, Hardcover

First published September 26, 1996

About the author

Humphrey William Bouverie Carpenter was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J.R.R. Tolkien and other members of the literary society the Inklings. He won a Mythopoeic Award for his book The Inklings in 1982.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a Great read, some of these are just long enough for a good bedtime story.