Billy's father grew more miserable every day after the coal mine closed. He couldn't learn a new trade, he said, any more than their boisterous new dog could learn to behave herself, but was he right? Maybe you can teach an old dog new tricks.

Lassie, the prize dog of a cottager's household, is sold to a wealthy family when hard times befall her owners. Taken hundreds of miles away, she does what many collies have done before her, she starts for home so that she can be faithful to a duty - that of meeting a boy by a school-house gate. This classic dog story, which was made into a famous film and also gave rise to numerous later films and television dramas, is available now in paperback.

Winter is coming and in the mountains of Nepal the snow leopard and her young cub are about to embark on a long and painful journey to find food. Dangers await across the snowy wastes, including deep crevasses, biting winds, and wolves.

'Times are hard for the March sisters - their father's away at war and the family is short of money - but these girls don't dwell on such matters and always look on the bright side. Whether it's performing a play or getting on with day-to-day chores, the sisters can find the fun in any situation - but what fate holds in store for the girls, only time will tell.'--BOOK JACKET.

Heroic rabbits trek from their poisoned warren to a new home. Long, complex and totally absorbing.