New for 2024, a stunning collection of three beautiful editions of the childrenβs illustrated classic stories
βQuite simply the best writer of magic there isβ Neil GaimanβTruly magical β¦ Guaranteed to leave you gaspingβ The BooksellerβShe is the best writer of magical fantasy for childrenβ Evening Standard
βQuite simply the best writer of magic there isβ Neil Gaiman
βTruly magical β¦ Guaranteed to leave you gaspingβ The Bookseller
βShe is the best writer of magical fantasy for childrenβ Evening Standard
Howl's Moving Castle
In this beloved modern classic, young Sophie Hatter from the land of Ingary catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spellβ¦
Deciding she has nothing more to lose, Sophie makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above her town, Market Chipping. But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the souls of young girlsβ¦
ο»ΏCastle in the Air
Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air⦠or is it?
Abdullahβs day-dreams suddenly start to come true when he meets the exquisite Flower-in-the-Night, daughter of the ferocious Sultan of Zanzib. Fate has destined them for each other, but a bad-tempered genie, a hideous djinn, and various villanous bandits have their own ideas. When Flower-in-the-Night is carried off, Abdullah is determined to rescue her β if he can find her.
House of Many Ways
Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy, but Great Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland and his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places β the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, to name but a few.
By opening that door, Charmain is now also looking after an extremely magical stray dog, a muddled young apprentice wizard and a box of the king's most treasured documents, as well as irritating a clan of small blue creatures.
Caught up in an intense royal search, she encounters an intimidating sorceress named Sophie. And where Sophie is, can the Wizard Howl and fire demon Calcifer be far behind?
Praise for Diana Wynne Jones
ββ¦Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that links Jonesβs most outrageous plots to her readersβ hopes and fearsβ¦β
Publishers Weekly
βDiana Wynne Jones ought to be crowned with coloured garlands because she is the best writer of magical fantasy for children in this country β Evening Standard
βDiana Wynne Jones could teach Stephen King and JK Rowling a thing or two β¦ [she] has a skill for inserting just the right amount of detail in her written words, leaving you satiated but not stuffed.β SFX
Diana Wynne Jones (1934β2011) spent her childhood in Essex and began writing fantasy novels for children in the 1970s. With her unique combination of magic, humour and imagination, she enthralled generations of children and adults with her work. She won the Guardian Award in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book Award in 1981 and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.
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