Adapted and illustrated edition of The Mysteries of Udolpho at easy-to-read level for a new generation of readers aged 7+. Emily St Aubert lived a happy childhood in her large home in La Vallee, France. But after tragically losing her parents, a strange sequence of events leads Emily to the mysterious Udolpho Castle. Here, she finds herself unfolding long lost family secrets – ones which threaten to trap Emily

Angry that her followers have begun worshipping someone else, Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty, decides to punish the human Princess Psyche. She tells her son Eros, God of Love, to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest, meanest creature on Earth. For once, Eros disobeys his mother. He and Psyche fall in love with each other. But when doubt drives them apart, Psyche must complete three impossible tasks for her happy ever after.

Picnics by the river, drinking hot chocolates and learning to row a boat, Mole soon becomes a _true_ riverbanker like his friend, Ratty. By the river, Mole meets a rich and spend-crazy Toad who lands himself in trouble after buying a motorcar. In order to help Mr Toad, Mole must first find Badger, but that will mean a trip to the forbidden Wild Wood …

When a Man Cub enters Mother and Father Wolf’s cave, rather than turning him away (or eating him!) they call him Mowgli and raise him as one of the wolfpack. As he grows up, his friends, Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, teach Mowgli about the jungle law. For a while, everything is fine, but the jungle is no place for a Man Cub. When Shere Khan the tiger returns, he vows to kill Mowgli. With his life in danger and his jungle family no longer able to protect him, Mowgli’s only hope i...

Roberta, Peter and Phyliss’s lives drastically change one night, when their father is taken away from them. The three siblings must leave their London life behind and move to a quaint cottage in the countryside. Although they miss their father, they spend their days settling into the community and having adventures at the nearby railway station.

Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, War and Craft, has her mother Metis’s intelligence and her father Zeus’s determination. She is the last being anyone should challenge to a competition – least of all a human. In a moment of carelessness, Arachne challenges Athena to see whose ability to spin and weave fabrics is the best. Zeus will decide the winner, and the loser will never spin or weave again. Or will they?

Black Beauty is born on an idyllic English farm before moving to Birtwick Park, where he is treated with kindness and love. However, when he is forced to leave his perfect home, he soon learns how hard Victorian England can be for a working horse. Despite all his troubles, Beauty never loses hope that someday he will find a home where he belongs.

Helios, the Sun Titan, takes his job of bringing the sunrise and sunset very seriously. Every morning, he puts on his solar crown, fastens his winged horses to his chariot and flies the sun across the sky. But flying the chariot isn’t as easy as it might seem. And when Helios’s son Phaethon decides to take it out by himself, the Earth begins to get unbearably hot …

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - with engaging illustrations throughout. When Alice falls down a large rabbit hole, she finds herself in Wonderland where nothing is quite what it seems. In an incredible adventure filled with talking animals and peculiar characters, she encounters a walking fish, a well-dressed, time-obsessed rabbit and a disappearing re-appearing cat! Alice must find out how a drinking-potion, a cake and a brass key will help her to ge...

Adapted and illustrated edition of Dracula at easy-to-read level for a new generation of readers aged 7+. Jonathan Harker’s work trip to Romania should have been simple, but Castle Dracula is shrouded with mystery. The building is maze-like, the owner only appears in the dead of night and during the day sleeps deep underground in the cold! Jonathan is desperate to return to England, but first he must escape from the castle – and pray that Count Dracula doesn’t follow.

Pinocchio doesn’t know much about life. Before Geppetto carved him into a puppet, he had simply been a piece of wood. So Geppetto decides to teach him about the world and how to behave like a real boy. But Pinocchio finds it hard to be good and is easily led astray, even with the help of the little cricket, his conscience. He just wants to have fun and do as little work as possible. But in a world filled with tricks, puppet-masters and thieves, Pinocchio must quickly learn to tell who he c...

Twelve Titans plot to overthrow their father. Their father is Uranus, who rules the Heavens. Their mother is Gaia, who made the Earth. With Gaia’s help, Cronus becomes King of the Titans, but an alarming prophecy leads him to imprison his own six children. Only Zeus escapes. Years later, he returns to free his siblings and wage a war that will decide who rules the universe.