The story of the treasure seekers, paperback/e. nesbit

Praised by J.

Rowling, Jacqueline Wilson and many others, The Story of the Treasure Seekers is the first book in the Bastable trilogy.

Alma Junior edition is beautifully illustrated by Peter Bailey and contains extra material for young readers.

Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius (H.

) Bastable are desperate to help their widowed father to restore the familys fortunes after his business fails.

Their moneymaking schemes, from digging for treasure in their South-London garden to becoming highwaymen on Blackheath, mainly lead to a good deal of trouble, until one adventure promises to change everything.

About author(s): English author and poet Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) is best remembered as E.

Nesbit , the name she used for all of her childrens books and stories.

She achieved fame for Five Children and It, The House of Arden and The Railway Children, which has become one of the most loved classics of English literature.