THE ELVES’ BIG ADVENTURE - Daniela Drescher
A runaway hot-air balloon takes the elves to the land of fairies, where they encounter sleeping dragons and fairy princesses.

**Please note - gnomes in right hand corner of the book do not come with the book but are sold separately for $15 each.

CHILDREN OF THE FOREST - Elsa Beskow
Deep in the roots of an old pine tree live the children of the forest. Playing hide-and-seek with the squirrels, snowballing in winter, each season brings its own adventures - but perhaps spring holds the best surprise of all.

PETER IN BLUEBERRY LAND - Elsa Beskow
Peter is looking for blueberries for his mother’s birthday and he can’t find a single on. Suddenly he feels a light tap on his shoe and a strange and magical adventure is about to begin.

PELLE’S NEW SUIT - Elsa Beskow
Pelle’s suit is too small for him. He shears his lamb, and Pelle has to help to get the wool carded, spun, woven, and made into a fine new suit.

THE SUN EGG - Elsa Beskow
A large, orange egg has fallen into the wood. “It’s an egg” decides the elf. Soon, she and her friends find out what it really is; but not before the sun egg is lost and the elf begins one of the best adventures she ever had

THE FLOWERS’ FESTIVAL - Elsa Beskow
The flowers invite Lisa to their Midsummer festival, and the Midsummer fairy drops some poppy-juice into her eyes to make her visible.
At the top of the garden, Queen Rose sits on her throne welcoming all the guests, surrounded by Lady Pansy, Lady Honeysuckle, Lord Bleeding Heart, and the rest of the court. The bumblebees and the birds each tell a story.

AUNT GREEN, AUNT BROWN AND AUNT LAVENDER
- Elsa Beskow
The first in the classic “Peter and Lotta” series, filled with Elsa Beskow’s characteristic humour and charm.Two children meet the three aunts, and their little black poodle, Dot.

WOODY, HAZEL AND LITTLE PIP - Elsa Beskow
This delightful autumn story describes woodland scenes when two acorn children get carried away to adventures by the blustery autumn wind.

OLLIE’S SKI TRIP - Elsa Beskow
This is the story of six-year-old Ollie who is given his first pair of real skis. When the thick snow falls at last, he sets off by himself and meets with all kinds of adventures in the palace of King Winter.

CHRISTOPHER’S HARVEST TIME - Elsa Beskow
Christopher meets the little spirit of September in the garden, and is introduced to all the harvest folk: the gooseberry girls and boys, Old Man Blackcurrant, Mrs Bramley, the Misses Plum, and not forgetting the proud and rich Strawberries.

THE STORY OF THE ROOT CHILDREN - Sibylle von Olfers
The root children spend the winter asleep deep underground under the care of the wise Mother Earth. When spring comes they wake up, sew new gowns and capes, clean and paint the beetles and bugs, and go forth into the world. After playing in the fields, on the ponds and in meadows all summer, in Autumn they return once more to Mother Earth who welcomes them back into their home ground.

THE STORY OF THE WIND CHILDREN - Sibylle von Olfers
George is playing with his boats, but there is no wind to make them sail. Then one of the wind children comes and blows especially for him - and together they embark on a great adventure.

FROG, BEE AND SNAIL LOOK FOR SNOW - Loek Koopmans
Frog knows all about water. Bee knows all about the sky. And Snail knows all about the earth. So how come none of them know about snow?
Waking from their winter sleep, the three friends are astonished to hear of a thing called snow that fell from the sky. Where is it hiding now? Determined to find out all about snow, they set off on a journey of discovery which takes them through the seasons.

UAN THE LITTLE LAMB - Sandra Klaassen
On a remote Scottish island, two children find an abandoned lamb and take her home. They call her ‘Uan’, which in Gaelic means ‘lamb’.
Slowly the lamb grows up and they love playing with her and taking her everywhere. What will happen when she becomes a sheep?

The Lost Lagoon - Reg Down
It is spring and Running River is in full flood. Tiptoes Lightly & Jeremy Mouse visit Greenleaf the Sailor & they venture forth in Greenleaf's newly made boat. Soon they are joined by Pine Cone and Pepper Pot the Gnomes and together they search for the Lost Lagoon the frogs have been so beautifully singing about. Meanwhile, back home, Farmer John reads 'The Adam Tales' to Tom Nutcracker and June Berry. Later, Tom rides off in the night until he too comes to the Lost Lagoon. What happens on this night, with it's majestic, rising moon, is filled with a wonder and magic that won't soon be forgotten.