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The Aesopica A collection of fables credited to Aesop, an ancient Greek slave and storyteller who lived between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins...

Arthurian Legends Maude Radford Warren’s classic retelling of twenty-one Arthurian legends for children. The book provides an excellent introductio...

Book of Beasts Amusing advice and rhymes for young children. The text is accompanied with equally amusing drawings which have drawn comparison to t...

Sleepy-Time Tales Join Jimmy Rabbit on his adventures! This children’s series presents the amusing adventures of the creatures who inhabit the Nort...

A Shakespearean Comedy A ship is caught in a powerful storm and the vessel is shipwrecked on an island. The storm, it turns out, is a magical creat...

Being a Ghost Story of Christmas The story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob M...

Or The Mutiny of The Hispaniola A coming-of-age adventure novel narrating a tale of buccaneers and buried gold. The book had an enormous influence ...

The Adventures of David Balfour A historical fiction novel set in the 18th century around Scottish events. The story is narrated by David Balfour, ...

A Journey to the Interior of the Earth German Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, discover a coded message describing a passage into the cen...

American Pioneers and Patriots A biographical account of the legendary American frontiersman, soldier, and politician David Crockett. The book trac...

Fairy Tales A selection of fairy tales collected and edited by Scottish author Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. The book is the twel...

Fairy Tales A selection of fairy tales collected and edited by Scottish author Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. The book is the fift...

Sleepy-Time Tales Join Tommy Fox on his adventures! This children’s series presents the amusing adventures of the creatures who inhabit the North A...

Sleepy-Time Tales This children’s series presents the amusing adventures of the creatures who inhabit the North American woodlands and fields. The ...

The Secret Garden The story of Mary Lennox, a 10 year old girl, and her time after the death of her parents in India. Mary is sent to live with her...

By the Sieur Louis de Conte Mark Twain’s last completed novel, it is presented as a translation by “Jean Francois Alden” of memoirs by Louis de Con...

Solider, Bison Hunter, and Showman An autobiography by William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody. Cody started working at the age of eleven, after his ...

Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life A first-person account of a 2-month summer tour of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, & Kansas in ...

Tom Sawyer’s Comrade Huckleberry Finn and his friend, Tom Sawyer, have each come into a considerable sum of money as a result of their earlier adve...

Told to the Children H. E.  Marshall’s retelling of the classic tale of Beowulf for children. Including such famous characters as Beowulf (a hero o...

The Boy Scouts From the Author: The Boy Scouts series of books has been written with a twofold purpose: To stimulate on the part of every one of my...

Mother Russia Arthur Ransome’s classic retelling of Russian tales. Ransome noted that “the stories in this book are those that Russian peasants tel...

A Story of The Norman Conquest Wulf of Steyning is thane to King Harold Godwinson assisting him in the Welsh wars and taking part in the Battle of ...

Narrative of the Life of David Crockett The autobiography of David Crockett, an American folk hero, frontiersman, solider, and politician. He repre...

The Oldest Old Thing in England A historical fantasy book containing a series of short stories set in different time periods of English history inc...

Mediaeval Builders of the Modern World A series of stories about the early period of the Middle Ages in Europe. The book focuses on the wandering n...

Christian Pioneer and Explorer David Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist and pioneer of Christian medical missionary work in Africa.  Mr. ...

Fairy Tales A selection of fairy tales collected and edited by Scottish author Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang. The book is the elev...

Song of Roland H. E.  Marshall’s retelling of the classic Song of Roland for children. The stories are based on the Frankish military leader Roland...

Thornton Waldo Burgess was a conservationist and prolific children’s author. Best known for his animal stories for young children, Burgess authored...

Thornton Waldo Burgess was a conservationist and prolific children’s author. Best known for his animal stories for young children, Burgess authored...

Cautionary Tales Amusing advice and rhymes for children. The text is accompanied with equally amusing drawings which have been compared to the work...

The Mary Frances Series Jane Eayre Fryer was a school teacher who wrote The Mary Frances Series for young girls and boys to teach them practical sk...

The Mary Frances Series Jane Eayre Fryer was a school teacher who wrote The Mary Frances Series for young girls and boys to teach them practical sk...

Sleepy-Time Tales Join Nimble Deer on his adventures! This children’s series presents the amusing adventures of the creatures who inhabit the North...

Sleepy-Time Tales Join Frisky Squirrel on his adventures! This children’s series presents the amusing adventures of the creatures who inhabit the N...

It was the best of times... Dicken’s best-known work of historical fiction and regularly cited as the best-selling novel of all time. The novel tel...

The Animal World Eliza Brightwen, a popular Victorian-era naturalist, re-counts her many experiences with the wild creatures she encountered on her...

A War Novel Henry Fleming, a young private in the Union Army, deserts his regiment and flees during his first battle in the American Civil War. Ove...

Defender of the Alamo The life and times of David Crockett. After much reading and research into the life of Crockett, the author states: “It is ho...

The Mary Frances Series Jane Eayre Fryer was a school teacher who wrote The Mary Frances Series for young girls and boys to teach them practical sk...

Sleepy-Time Tales This children’s series presents the amusing adventures of the creatures who inhabit the North American woodlands and fields. The ...

Sleepy-Time Tales Join Master Meadow Mouse on his adventures! This children’s series presents the amusing adventures of the creatures who inhabit t...

A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself The Vicar, Dr. Charles Primrose, lives an idyllic life in a country parish with his wife Deborah, son Geo...

Father Brown A collection of 12 short stories based on the fictional character Father Brown. A Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective, Father ...

Grimms’ Fairy Tales Drawn from oral storytelling traditions across Germany and Europe, the tales feature a mix of fantasy, morality, and the supern...

A heartwarming Victorian-era novella that tells the story of a spirited and noble boy named Theodore, nicknamed “Jackanapes,” who grows up in a sma...

A Fairy Tale A whimsical and satirical fairy tale, it revolves around a princess named Hyacinth who wishes to marry for love rather than political ...