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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

Blue Moon Day

The Book Of The Banshee

The Killer Cat Runs Away

Blood Family

The Killer Cat's Christmas

Trouble in Toadpool

A Shame to Miss Poetry Collection 1

A Shame To Miss Poetry Collection 2

A Shame To Miss Poetry Collection 3

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

Green Smoke

The Call of the Wild

Kiki's Delivery Service

Sword of Fire

Finn Family Moomintroll

Comet in Moominland

The Exploits of Moominpappa

Moominsummer Madness

Moominland Midwinter

Tales from Moominvalley

Moominpappa at Sea

Moominvalley in November

Laughter is an Egg

Tales from Watership Down

The Whale Rider

Chinese Cinderella

45th Anniversary Edition

The Neverending Story

Watership Down

Stig of the Dump

The Little Prince

Madame Doubtfire

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Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and from their volatile mother, Miranda, and their out-of-work actor father, Daniel. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will look mind the children after work - and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire. 
 
This bittersweet, touching and extremely funny book inspired the highly successful film Mrs Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams.

Madame Doubtfire by bestselling author Anne Fine is a wonderfully funny, punchy story about family life. Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and from their volatile mother, Miranda, and their out-of-work actor father, Daniel. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will look mind the children after work - and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire. 
 
This bittersweet, touching and extremely funny book inspired the highly successful film Mrs Doubtfire, starring the late Robin Williams. 
 
Madame Doubtfire is reissued in 'A Puffin Book' series of Puffin modern classics.

Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; and Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003.

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