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"The Wouldbegoods" is a 1901 novel by English author Edith Nesbit that continues the story of the Bastable children and is a sequel to "The Story of the Treasure Seekers". As a result of bad behaviour, Oswald, Dora, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius Bastable are sent off... Read Full Overview

Book Two in Edith Nesbit's adored series following the family of the Bastable children. Their charming adventures continue!

Having been banished from the Blackheath mansion after a disastrous game of 'Jungle Book', the six Bastable children find all kinds of adventures to take up their time in the country.

After meeting the siblings, Denny and Daisy, the children group together... Read Full Overview

After being sent to the country "to learn to be good", the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.

Reginald Bathurst Birch (May 2, 1856 - June 17, 1943) was an English-American artist and illustrator. He was best known for his depiction of the titular hero of Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1886 novel Little Lord Fauntleroy, which started a craze in juvenile fashion. While his illustrated... Read Full Overview

After misbehaving, the Bastable children our sent away to the country, where they vow to reform their ways. But their schemes for good deeds lead to just as much mayhem as their regular games.

Sent away to the country after a particularly unruly episode, the well-meaning but wayward Bastable children solemnly vow to reform their behavior. But their grand schemes for great and virtuous deeds lead to just as much mayhem as their ordinary games, and sometimes more.

The Bastable children are up to yet more adventures in this sequel to The Story of the Treasure Seekers--a delightful classic that will charm children and adults alike

The Bastable children have been banished to the country in disgrace--following... Read Full Overview

These were the dreadful words of our Indian uncle. They made us feel very young and angry; and yet we could not be comforted by calling him names to ourselves, as you do when nasty grown-ups say nasty things, because he is not nasty, but quite the exact opposite when not irritated... Read Full Overview

Complete and unabridged paperback edition.

First published in 1900.

The Baskerville children are sent away to the country. Here they pledge that they will never embark upon another mischievous scheme. This proves harder than they imagined and quite soon they are caught up in more mayhem and mischief.