Oxford University Press celebrates the classics with help from The Book Fairies!

The Book Fairies have been sharing some great children’s classics today!

We shared copies of Treasure Island, The Wind in the Willows, Little Women and The Secret Garden for lucky finders to stumble upon. Aren’t these new Oxford Children’s editions just beautiful?


The Secret Garden hidden by book fairies in London

“Might I,” quavered Mary, “might I have a bit of earth?”

Copies of The Secret Garden were hidden in wild public gardens all around the country.


“Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It’s the glory of the sea that has turned my head.”

Copies of Treasure Island were hidden at nautical locations all around the UK!

Treasure Island hidden by book fairies in London

“There seemed to be no end to this wood, and no beginning, and no difference in it, and worse of all, no way out”

The Oxford Children’s Classic edition of Wind in the Willows was left in perfect locations today.


“Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts”.

Beautiful copies of the classic Little Women were shared in locations to match the plot by book fairies around the UK.

Little Women hidden by book fairies

Some lucky finders!

We love hearing from people who find the treats we leave behind. Here are a couple of our favourites from today!

Get your hands on these books!

If you weren’t lucky enough to stumble upon one today, this new Oxford Children’s Classics collection is available NOW in all good bookshops! If you’d rather order online, you can still support indies when you choose Bookshop.org. Here are the links to order each of the four books we shared today:

Would you like to join The Book Fairies?

Anyone can join in! All you need are some book fairy stickers and off you go!

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