We created Pushkin Children’s Books to share tales from different languages and cultures with younger readers, and to open the door to the wide, colourful worlds these stories offer.
From picture books and adventure stories to fairy tales and classics, and from fifty-year-old bestsellers to current huge successes abroad, the books on the Pushkin Children’s list reflect the very best stories from around the world, for our most discerning readers of all: children.
THE BEGINNING WOODS
MALCOLM MCNEILL
‘I loved every word and was envious of quite few… A modern classic. Rich, funny and terrifying’
Eoin Colfer
THE RED ABBEY CHRONICLES
MARIA TURTSCHANINOFF
1 · Maresi
2 · Naondel
‘Embued with myth, wonder, and told with a dazzling, compelling ferocity’
Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars
THE LETTER FOR THE KING
TONKE DRAGT
‘The Letter for the King will get pulses racing… Pushkin Press deserves every praise for publishing this beautifully translated, well-presented and captivating book’
The Times
THE SECRETS OF THE WILD WOOD
TONKE DRAGT
‘Offers intrigue, action and escapism’
Sunday Times
THE SONG OF SEVEN
TONKE DRAGT
‘A cracking adventure… so nail-biting you’ll need to wear protective gloves’
The Times
THE MURDERER’S APE
JAKOB WEGELIUS
‘A thrilling adventure. Prepare to meet the remarkable Sally Jones; you won’t soon forget her’
Publishers Weekly
THE PARENT TRAP · THE FLYING CLASSROOM · DOT AND ANTON
ERICH KÄSTNER
Illustrated by Walter Trier
‘The bold line drawings by Walter Trier are the work of genius… As for the stories, if you’re a fan of Emil and the Detectives, then you’ll find these just as spirited’
Spectator
FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER
E. L. KONIGSBURG
‘Delightful… I love this book… a beautifully written adventure, with endearing characters and full of dry wit, imagination and inspirational confidence’
Daily Mail
THE RECKLESS SERIES
CORNELIA FUNKE
1 · The Petrified Flesh
2 · Living Shadows
3 · The Golden Yarn
‘A wonderful storyteller’
Sunday Times
THE WILDWITCH SERIES
LENE KAABERBØL
1 · Wildfire
2 · Oblivion
3 · Life Stealer
4 · Bloodling
‘Classic fantasy adventure… Young readers will be delighted to hear that there are more adventures to come for Clara’
Lovereading
MEET AT THE ARK AT EIGHT!
ULRICH HUB
Illustrated by Jörg Mühle
‘Of all the books about a penguin in a suitcase pretending to be God asking for a cheesecake, this one is absolutely, definitely my favourite’
Independent