Win a beautiful set of classic books

We're celebrating L. M. Montgomery's 150th birthday by giving you the chance to win a super set of classics from publisher Nosy Crow.

The Nosy Crow classics you could win: Anne of Green Gables, Animal Tales from India, Heidi, Peter Pan, The Secret Garden, A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Poems, The Velveteen Rabbit, and The Wind in the Willows

Did you know that Anne of Green Gables author L. M. Montgomery was born on 30 November, 1874? That's 150 years ago!

To celebrate, we're giving you the chance to win a beautiful colour edition of Anne of Green Gables, along with seven other fabulous classics from Nosy Crow!

These beautiful retellings of fantastic stories from top authors include cloth binding, foil covers, ribbon markers, and full colour pictures from brilliant illustrators throughout, making them really special. You could win:

  • Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, adapted by Katherine Woodfine and illustrated by Isabelle Follath
  • Animal Tales from India: Ten Stories from the Panchatantra, adapted by Nikita Gill and illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat
  • Heidi by Johanna Spyri, adapted by Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Briony May Smith
  • Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie, adapted by Caryl Hart and illustrated by Sarah Warburton
  • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted by Geraldine McCaughrean and illustrated by Margarita Kukhtina
  • A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Poems, illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon
  • The Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams, illustrated by Sarah Massini
  • The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Lou Peacock and illustrated by Kate Hindley

These books would make a fantastic gift or a brilliant addition to any school library, so if you fancy winning the set, simply answer the question below and leave your details before the closing date of 11pm on Friday, 3 January 2025. Good luck!

Win a beautiful set of classic books

Who is the author of Anne of Green Gables? *

Stay updated

We'd love to share more with you about our work as well as family fun ideas, future competitions, events, fundraising activities and ways you can get involved. We'll only contact you in ways you want, and we promise to keep your data safe. See our privacy policy for further details.

Are you happy for us to contact you by email? *

Terms and conditions

  1. Participants must be at least 18 years old to enter.
  2. To enter the competition, you must be a resident of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
  3. The competition is not open to employees (or members of their immediate families) of BookTrust.
  4. Only one entry per person.
  5. Entries must be submitted by 11pm on Friday, 3 January 2025.
  6. There will be two winners selected at random (from all eligible entries).
  7. If a chosen winner does not respond to correspondence within one week, a new winner will be selected.
  8. Our decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
  9. The prize will not be transferable to another person.
  10. No part of the prize is exchangeable for cash or any other prize.
  11. The prize is run by BookTrust of No. 1 Aire Street, Leeds, LS1 4PR. However, the prize will be sent out by a third party and by entering you acknowledge that your details will be passed on to them, solely for the purposes of administering this competition.
  12. Prizes will be sent out to winners by post. However, BookTrust cannot be held responsible for any prizes lost, damaged or stolen after they have been sent.
  13. Where a third party is supplying a prize, BookTrust accepts no responsibility for inaccuracy of any prize description, and the third party is responsible for prize fulfilment.
  14. By entering you are agreeing to the terms and conditions in our privacy statement.
  15. BookTrust reserves the right to amend the competition end date at any time.

Help more children wake up to the magic of books this Christmas

This Christmas we will deliver 18,000 book parcels and over a million more in 2025.

But we can’t do it without you. Will you help?

Donate now