The classic magical adventure story for readers aged 8+, perfect gift! • Launch of our exciting Modern Classics series that showcases the very best of recent children’s storytelling• As the UK’s largest specialist children’s publisher, we are ideally placed to choose the titles that today’s children are reading, the books that will stand the test of time to be handed down to the next generation• £6.99 paperbacks with a fresh, attractive cover look that will engage parents and children alike• The series will launch with six key titles published in March 2016: You’re a Bad Man, Mr Gum!, The Snow Spider, The Bad Beginning, Kensuke’s Kingdom, The Animals of Farthing Wood and Whispers in the Graveyard• We will keep up momentum with six Classics titles to follow in August 2016 and six more Modern Classics in spring 2017• Each Modern Classic contains specially tailored bonus material to enhance the reading experience• A major family adaptation of The Snow Spider is showing on BBC Wales and CBBC on Sundays at 6:05pm and repeated on CCBC on Thursdays at 5pm