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The Old Man and the Sea
1,350 LSet in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway’s magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
1,500 LThe best fictional report of the Spanish Civil War that we possess’ Anthony Burgess
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Brave new world
1,350 LAldous Huxley’s 1932 dystopian classic Brave New World predicts – with eerie clarity – a terrifying vision of the future, which feels ever closer to our own reality.
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True at First Light
1,350 LWritten when Hemingway returned from his 1953 safari, and edited by his son Patrick, True At First Light is a rich blend of autobiography and fiction, a breathtaking final work from one of this century’s most beloved and important writers.
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A Farewell to Arms
1,250 LThe plot of A Farewell to Arms follows the love affair of Frederic, an injured soldier, and Catherine, his nurse during World War I in Italy. Frederic Henry falls in love with Catherine Barkley as she tends to his wounds. Frederic is called back to the front where a botched retreat causes Frederic to have to desert.
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Pete the Cat: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
1,400 LNew York Times bestselling author and artist James Dean brings us a groovy rendition of the classic children’s bedtime song “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” sung by cool cat Pete—now available in sturdy board book format.
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Code Name Bananas
2,200 LEleven-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo where there’s one animal in particular he loves: Gertrude the gorilla. With bombs falling all over London, Eric must rescue Gertrude. Together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper at the zoo, the three go on the run.
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Beast of Buckingham Palace
1,350 LWhen Alfred’s beloved mother the queen is dragged off to the Tower of London, the boy must summon all his courage to embark on an epic quest to save her… and the entire world. Travel forward in time for a fantastical adventure – a story of myth and legend that will enthral you right to its thrilling end.
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The Prophet
500 L‘Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.’ Described by many as the first self-help book, The Prophet was an instant bestseller when it was published in 1923, and is one of the most translated works in history.
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The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
960 LThe plot centers on Bartholomew Cubbins’s mysterious reappearing hats and the attempts of King Derwin’s courts to rid them from his head once and for all, centering on themes of vanity, punishment, and magic.
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Daisy Head Mayzie
960 LThe book is about a warmhearted schoolgirl named Mayzie McGrew who one day suddenly sprouts a bright white daisy from her head. It causes alarm in her classroom, family, and town, until an agent makes her a celebrity. Mayzie becomes overwhelmed and distraught over the situation and runs away.
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Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
1,000 LDid I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?’ is a classic Dr. Seuss story about a boy called Duckie who feels quite unlucky, and an old man who goes on to recount all the other people who are in far more precarious a situation than he.
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Oh say can you say?
1,000 LOh Say Can You Say? is a children’s book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss, and published in 1979 by Random House. It is a collection of 22 tongue-twisters. It was Dr. Seuss’s last beginner book.
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Marvin K Mooney will you please go now!
1,000 LIt concerns the titular character, Marvin K. Mooney (an anthropomorphic dog-person) who is being told that it is time to go by unseen individual, possibly his father. Exactly where he is to go is never specified, though it maybe to bed, given that he is wearing a pajama jumpsuit.















