Discover timeless favourites from Peter Pan and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Vintage Children's Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can find out which one of the Bell children you most resemble! And not forgetting Esau, a sure fire competitor for the most beautiful dog in Britain.įollow their eventful lives from tense auditions to birthday treats from troubled times to hilarious escapades. Then there's all the children - practical Paul, dancing Jane, mischievous Ginnie, and finally the baby of the family, Angus, whose ambition is to own a private zoo (he has already begun with his six boxes of caterpillars). Father is a reverend, Mother is as kind as kind can be. Meet the big, happy Bell family who live in the vicarage at St Marks. But life under the big top is hard work, and Santa and Peter will have to rise to the challenge or leave the one place they can finally call home. They feel like they are part of the circus community. Always better known in England than in the United States, Noel Streatfeild died this September at the age of 91, leaving behind her 34 novels, 16 books of nonfiction and a wide variety of radio. Soon, Santa is practicing tumbling and Peter is learning to ride. They meet Alexsis Petoff and his family of acrobats the Schmidt twins and their amazing sea lions Lorenzo, the ornery waltzing-horse and a trick poodle named Mis. Almost before their eyes, the tents appear and an extraordinary world comes to life.

Peter and Santa arrive just in time to see the caravans pull up. Uncle Gus, the black sheep of the family, has been with Cob’s Circus since the war. Vowing to stay together, they track down their only remaining relative. When the aunt who raised them dies, 12-year-old Peter and his 11-year-old sister, Santa, face their greatest fear: being sent to separate orphanages. Winner of the Carnegie Medal: Threatened with being sent to separate orphanages, a brother and sister run away and join the circus

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