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A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

Goggle-Eyes

The Tulip Touch

Our Precious Lulu

Flour Babies

Raking The Ashes

Madame Doubtfire

Blue Moon Day

The Book Of The Banshee

The Killer Cat Runs Away

Blood Family

The Killer Cat's Christmas

Trouble in Toadpool

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The Devil Walks

The Twelve Dancing Princesses: A Magic Beans Story

Magic Beans: A Handful of Fairytales from the Storybag

All Bones And Lies

Eating Things on Sticks

The Stone Menagerie

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These little collections not only abound with wonders but are inviting and interactive.Parents and teachers should pounce on them.

These three collections represent a stupendous act of rummaging.Her choices are quirky and rather canny

For younger readers there's an excellent trio of anthologies

Selected personally by multi-award-winning author and 2001-3 Children's Laureate, Anne Fine, this is a super collection of poetry that shouldn't be missed by any teen. Kingsley Amis, John Betjeman, Robet Browning, Leonard Clark, Adele Geras, Seamus Heaney, A E Housman, Philip Larkin, Pablo Neruda, Brian Patten and Derek Walcott are amongst the poets featured and there are over 100 poems in total.

An irresistible collection of poetry for young adults, put together by Children's Laureate Anne Fine.

Anne Fine was born in Leicester. She went to Wallisdean County Primary School in Fareham, Hampshire, and then to Northampton High School for Girls. She read Politics and History at the University of Warwick and then worked as an information officer for Oxfam before teaching (very briefly!) in a Scottish prison. She started her first book during a blizzard that stopped her getting to Edinburgh City Library and has been writing ever since. 
 
Anne Fine is now a hugely popular and celebrated author. Among the many awards she has won are the Carnegie Medal (twice), the Whitbread Children's Novel Award (twice), the Guardian Children's Literature Award and a Smarties Prize. She has twice been voted Children's Writer of the Year at the British Book Awards and was the Children's Laureate for 2001-2003. 
 
She has written over forty books for young people, including Goggle-Eyes, Flour Babies, Bill's New Frock, The Tulip Touch and Madame Doubtfire. She has also written a number of titles for adult readers, and has edited three poetry collections. 
 
Anne Fine lives in County Durham and has two daughters and a large hairy dog called Harvey.

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Three truly inspiring volumes of poetry.

These little collections not only abound with wonders but are inviting and interactive.Parents and teachers should pounce on them.

These three collections represent a stupendous act of rummaging.Her choices are quirky and rather canny

For younger readers there's an excellent trio of anthologies

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