A stunning treasury of tales by the legendary Alison Lester! Contains the beloved stories Imagine, My Farm, The Painted Ponies and Magic Beach - voted Australia's Best Children's Picture Book of all time (The Guardian poll, 2026).

Alison Lester's books are Australian classics and favourites with children and adults around the world.

With a beautiful foiled, grained and debossed cover, A Treasury of Alison Lester Stories brings four of her best-selling stories together for the whole family to share, including Magic Beach - voted Australia's Best Children's Picture Book of all time in 2026.

Find yourself deep in the jungle, under the sea, in a land of ice and snow, in a prehistoric swamp, then turn the page and find all the animals living there. Enjoy Alison Lester's Imagine, with intricate pictures of the natural world to explore again and again.
Come to a perfect beach where you can splash through the waves, make sandcastles, explore rock-pools, and build a bonfire under the stars. Come to Magic Beach, where adventure begins.
Imagine growing up on a farm, living with cows, horses, ducks, dogs - and one very special animal companion. Relive the year of the palomino pony, told with mischief and humour in My Farm, a vivid picture of a country childhood.
Join a group of wild ponies - the gold palomino, the chestnut, the bay, the pinto, the brown and the dappley grey - running loose in the mountains, and the travelling circus that wants to tame them. Go back in time in The Painted Ponies, a beautiful story about friendship and freedom.

This book is perfect for:
- a Christmas gift
- a holiday activity
- a bedtime book to read together
- a classic keepsake.