About The Book
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world – including this charming edition of Kiki’s Delivery Service, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2025.
‘Everyone has some type of magic inside them. . .’
On her thirteenth birthday Kiki must decide whether she’s going to leave home with her cat Jiji in tow and move to a town without another witch. She knows she has to use her magic to make a living, but Kiki’s no good at potions or spells…
Can Kiki learn to control her magic and make her own way in the world?
About the Author
Eiko Kadono was born in Tokyo in 1935 and after living in Brazil returned to the ancient Japanese city of Kamakura. Eiko is one of Japan’s most prolific and well-known children’s authors. She has written and translated over two hundred books and won many awards including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 2018. Her most famous work is Kiki’s Delivery Service which was published in 1985 and made into a hugely popular anime film.
About the Puffin Clothbound Classics
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world. You can find all the titles here. The titles available in these editions are:
Black Beauty
The Secret Garden
A Christmas Carol
The Wizard of Oz
Treasure Island
Dracula
The Little Prince
Tales from Shakespeare
Frankenstein
Charlotte’s Web
Tales of the Greek Heroes
Wuthering Heights
Stig of the Dump
The Dark is Rising
Grimms’ Fairytales
Hans Christian Anderson’s Fairytales
Watership Down
The Neverending Story
David Copperfield
Little Women
Chinese Cinderella
The Jungle Book
Peter Pan
The Railway Children
The Worst Witch
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Wind in the Willows
The Call of the Wild
The Tale of the Nutcracker
Anne of Green Gables
Kiki’s Delivery Service
