Old Fashioned Education

“I hope,” he snapped, “you don't take me for a yearling. Just because I’m a pony—and small—you needn't think I'm an infant. Why, I'm five years old...

The Boy Guardian The story of Jack Harding, a twelve-year-old boy living in New York City, who finds a baby girl on the doorstep of his family home...

A Brave Boy’s Fight For Fortune Herbert Carr is the son of a war widow in the small rural town of Wayneboro. After his mother’s position as postmas...

La Vie des Araignées French naturalist and entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre’s scientific and literary classic about the fascinating world of the spide...

A Romance A historical fiction novel based in England during the Middle Ages. One of Sir Walter Scott’s most popular works, it has been credited wi...

A Tale For Young People of All Ages Set in 1547 in England, the novel tells a story of two young boys who were born on the same day and are identic...

Alice In Wonderland One of the best-known and most popular English novels authored by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. T...

“No!” said their mother. “We're well rid of him. He has been more trouble to me than all the rest of you.... To tell the truth, I never liked him v...

Bulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from early British history during the reign of King Arthur. Written for a general audience...

Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys A sequel to Little Women, Little Men recounts the life of Jo Bhaer, her husband, and the various children at Plumf...

Le Tour Du Monde Rich British gentleman Phileas Fogg and his valet, Frenchman Jean Passepartout, accept a wager of £20,000 to circumnavigate the gl...

The Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker The story of Rip Van Winkle, a villager in colonial America who who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their ...

The Fortunes of Robert Rushton Robert Rushton is a poor boy working in a factory in the country town of Millville. He supports his widowed mother w...

The Headless Horseman A Gothic story set in the countryside of Tarry Town whose secluded glen is known for it’s ghosts and haunting atmosphere.  Ic...

Robin Hood and His Merry Men The story of Robin Hood and his Merry Men and their adventures in Nottinghamshire.  Robin Hood is an English outlaw wh...

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 thir...

Travels Into Several Remote Nations Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift's best known work and a classic of English literature. The book satir...

The Age of Exploration An overview of the great explorers, leaders, and religious figures during the Age of Discovery in North America. Covering su...

A Masterpiece of American Literature The story of Tom Sawyer, a young boy growing up along the Mississippi river in the fictional town of St. Peter...

And What Alice Found There The sequel to Alice’s Adventure In Wonderland. Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a m...

The Psammead After moving from London to the countryside of Kent, a group of five siblings chance upon a Psammead while playing in a gravel pit. Th...

The Whole Story of Sara Crewe The story of Sarah Crewe who is sent to boarding school in England by her wealthy father who live in India. Sarah soo...

Talk to the Animals Doctor Dolittle is a respected physician living in a small English Village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh.  Over the years his love f...

Or, The Parish Boy's Progress Orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver trav...

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 four...

Peter Pan Originally published as a play in 1904 and a novel in 1911, Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work.  Both the novel and play ...

Told From Homer The retelling of the Odyssey by Rev. Alfred J. Church.  The book is intended as an introduction to Homer’s epic poem. The writing s...

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy The story of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy —and their passage from childhood to womanhood. The novel is loos...

The First Glad Book The story of Pollyanna Whitter, an eleven-year-old orphan who goes to live with her wealthy, but stern and cold Aunt Polly.  To...

Told From Homer The retelling of the Iliad by Rev. Alfred J. Church.  The book is intended as an introduction to Homer’s epic poem. The writing sty...

The Autobiography of a Horse The first person memoirs from Black Beauty. Beginning with his days as a colt on an English farm with his mother to hi...

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 nint...

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 sixt...

Heroes of Europe An overview of the Great Men and Women of Europe for young people. Starting with the fall of Rome and ending with Napoleon’s conqu...

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 eigh...

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 seve...

Noblesse Oblige The story of Cedric, an American boy, who is transported from the impoverished streets of New York City to the grandeur of his ance...

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 tent...

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 ...

An English Classic Follow Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger on their adventures in the English countryside. These stories are for those “who keep the spi...

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...

Arabian Nights Andrew Lang’s retelling of the famous stories of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic) also known as Arabian Nights (English). The wo...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...