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The Story of the Treasure Seekers
By E. Nesbit
Illustrated by Peter Bailey
ISBN: 9781847498427
288 pages
RRP: £7.99 £6.39
THIS BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE ON 24TH NOV 2020
Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius (“H.O.”) Bastable are desperate to help their widowed father to restore the family’s fortunes after his business fails.
Their moneymaking schemes, from digging for treasure in their South-London garden to becoming highwaymen on Blackheath, mainly lead to a good deal of trouble, until one adventure promises to change everything…
Beautifully illustrated by Peter Bailey, this edition contains extra material for young readers including a section on ‘Other Famous Stories about Siblings’, a test yourself quiz and a glossary.
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I love E. Nesbit – I think she is great, and I identify with the way that she writes. Her children are very real children, and she was quite a groundbreaker in her day.
J.K. Rowling
E. Nesbit
English author and poet Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) is best remembered as E. Nesbit, the name she used for all of her children’s books and stories. She achieved fame for Five Children and It, The House of Arden and The Railway Children, which has become one of the most loved classics of English literature.