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The Railway Children

On sale

12th October 2017

Price: £9.99

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9780349009315

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ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WRITERS TO HAVE EVER LIVED.

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‘This much-loved classic is above all a celebration of kindness and hope’ KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE

‘My all-time favourite classic children’s author’ JACQUELINE WILSON

‘Edith Nesbit was endlessly surprising and inventive’ FRANK COTTRELL-BOYCE

When their father is suddenly taken away, the children’s lives change overnight. Unable to afford their London home, the family must move to a small cottage in the Yorkshire countryside. Hiding their sadness from their mother, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis roam the fields all day. Every morning they can be seen waving as the morning train roars past, imagining that it will can carry their love to their father, wherever he may be.

The trio become a familiar sight and their bravery and quick-thinking avert a railway disaster. There is a kind old gentleman passenger who never fails to wave back – little do the children realise how much his friendship will mean to them, especially in solving the mystery to their father’s disappearance.

This collection of the best in children’s literature, curated by Virago, will be coveted by children and adults alike. These are timeless tales with beautiful covers, that will be treasured and shared across the generations. Some titles you will already know; some will be new to you, but there are stories for everyone to love, whatever your age. Our list includes Nina Bawden (Carrie’s War, The Peppermint Pig), Rumer Godden (An Episode of Sparrows), Joan Aiken (The Serial Garden, The Gift Giving,) E. Nesbit (The Psammead Trilogy, The Bastable Trilogy, The Railway Children), Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Little Princess,The Secret Garden) and Susan Coolidge (The What Katy Did Trilogy). Discover Virago Children’s Classics.

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Kiran Millwood Hargrave
By turns sweet and serious, this much loved classic is above all a celebration of kindness and hope
Guardian
It has the power to move even the hardest heart. Edith Nesbit has surely brought the liveliness through words as if it were a real story. The best thing about the story is that no one is the bad-bad-guy. No one is a miscreant. I think very few stories have it. A must-read book for people of all ages . . .
Jacqueline Wilson
My all-time favourite classic children's author
Neil Gaiman
I love her books
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Edith Nesbit is endlessly surprising and inventive . . . She is also simply the funniest writer we have ever had, while being the one who could most easily and sweetly break your heart with a phrase. Just try saying "Daddy, oh my Daddy" without catching your breath