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Gentle, Charlotte-Mason-style study packs for much-loved classic novels. Each one is built for families teaching different ages together — a core plan for Years 7–9, a lighter touch for Years 5–6, and a GCSE-style extension for Years 10–11.
Every book comes as three files:
- 📖 Study guide(Word) — the parent's plan: readings, narration, and links to history, art, geography and nature study.
- ✏️ Pupil booklet(Word) — the child's day-by-day companion with space to write and respond.
- 🖥️ Slides (PowerPoint) — a simple deck to introduce and structure the study.
Read any part online as a PDF — it opens straight in your phone or computer, no software needed. Open a book to also download the editable Word and PowerPoint versions for printing or adapting.
A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens
Scrooge, the three spirits and a Victorian Christmas — conscience, poverty and second chances.
The Secret Garden — Frances Hodgson Burnett
A locked garden brought back to life — healing, nature and unlikely friendship.
The Jungle Book — Rudyard Kipling
Mowgli raised among the wolves — law, loyalty and belonging in the wild.
The Wind in the Willows — Kenneth Grahame
Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad on the riverbank — friendship, home and misadventure.
Black Beauty — Anna Sewell
A horse's own story of kindness and cruelty in Victorian England — compassion and fairness.
Peter Pan — J. M. Barrie
Neverland, the Lost Boys and Captain Hook — adventure, imagination and growing up.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson
The respectable doctor and his dark double — good and evil, science and conscience. (Best for KS3 and up.)
Treasure Island — Robert Louis Stevenson
Pirates, a treasure map and Long John Silver — the sea adventure that defined them all.
Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe
Shipwrecked and alone, one man builds a life on a desert island — survival, faith and ingenuity.
King Solomon's Mines — H. Rider Haggard
A daring expedition into unmapped Africa in search of lost treasure — a rip-roaring classic adventure.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle
The great detective and Dr Watson crack a dozen puzzling cases — logic, observation and deduction.
The War of the Worlds — H. G. Wells
Martians invade Victorian England — the original alien-invasion story, and what it says about us.
Great Expectations — Charles Dickens
Pip, an escaped convict and a jilted bride — ambition, class and what makes a true gentleman.
Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen
Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy — wit, pride and first impressions in Regency England.
Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë
An orphan's search for love and independence — conscience, courage and the secret of Thornfield Hall.
Romeo and Juliet — William Shakespeare
Two young lovers from feuding families — Shakespeare's tragedy of love, fate and hasty choices.
Macbeth — William Shakespeare
A soldier, a prophecy and a murder — ambition and guilt in Shakespeare's darkest tragedy. (GCSE-level.)
Animal Farm — George Orwell
Farm animals overthrow their farmer — a fable about power, propaganda and how revolutions can go wrong. (GCSE-level.)
Frankenstein — Mary Shelley
A scientist creates life and abandons it — ambition, responsibility and what makes us human. (Best for KS3 and up.)
Dracula — Bram Stoker
The Transylvanian count comes to England — the classic Gothic tale of fear and courage. (Best for KS3 and up.)
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde
A portrait ages while its owner never does — beauty, corruption and conscience. (Best for GCSE age.)
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