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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...

An Autobiography Originally entitled: Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, and published under the pen name ‘Currer Bell,’ Charlotte Bronte’s Victorian era...

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...

Spanish Explorer and Conquistador Frederick Ober’s biography of Juan Ponce de León. The book starts with a background of the Ponce de León family i...

Origin Stories For Children First published in 1902, Just So Stories for Little Children is a collection of origin stories by British author Rudyar...

India Kari, the elephant, lives in India with his 9 year old owner where they bond during their adventures in the cities, jungles, and countryside....

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

Kimball O’Hara The story of Kimball O’Hara, or ‘Kim’ for short, an orphaned son of an Irish solider and poor Irish mother who have both died in pov...

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

A Shakespearean Tragedy The story follows the aging King Lear of Britain, who decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters based on thei...

A Dog The adventures of Lad, a rough collie, who lives at the Place. Lad is based on Terhune’s real life collie who was born in 1902. The book is o...

A True Blue Story A semi-autobiographical portrayal of the author’s own childhood with the main character, Laddie, named after Porter’s favorite br...

Language of Flowers Floriography, or the “language of flowers,” has been practiced for thousands of years across different cultures. It was especia...

Bulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from Middle Ages during the time of Charlemagne. Written for a general audience, the book ...

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...

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...

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...

A Tale Jim, a young British seaman, becomes first mate on the Patna, a ship full of “pilgrims of an exacting belief.” When the ship starts rapidly ...

A Romance of Exmoor A historical romance novel set in 17th-century England on the wild and rugged Exmoor. The story follows John Ridd, a respectabl...

TragedieThe story follows the ambitious Scottish general Macbeth as he is tempted by the prophecies of three witches and driven to commit murder in...

First Lessons In Earth Lore For Children An introduction to the natural world for children. The book covers topics such as volcanoes, earthquakes, ...

His Travels And Adventures The fascinating account of the life of Marco Polo who journey’s east to the court of Kublai Khan with his father and unc...

A Historical Novel Luise Mühlbach’s historical fiction novel about Marie Antoinette and her son, Louis XVII, during the French Revolution. The book...

McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer McGuffey Readers are a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. The readers were among the first textbooks in Amer...

McGuffey’s Fifth Eclectic Reader McGuffey Readers are a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. The readers were among the first textbooks i...

McGuffey’s Eclectic First Reader McGuffey Readers are a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. The readers were among the first textbooks i...

McGuffey’s Eclectic Fourth Reader McGuffey Readers are a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. The readers were among the first textbooks ...

McGuffey’s Eclectic Second Reader McGuffey Readers are a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. The readers were among the first textbooks ...

McGuffey’s Eclectic Sixth Reader McGuffey Readers are a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. The readers were among the first textbooks i...

McGuffey’s Eclectic Third Reader McGuffey Readers are a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. The readers were among the first textbooks i...

A Shakespearean Comedy Set in the city of Vienna, where Duke Vincentio decides to temporarily leave his duties and appoints Angelo to rule in his a...

Honor and Chivalry Set in the 15th century, a young squire, Myles Falworth, seeks to become a knight and to redeem his father’s honor. Myles trains...

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

For The Chickens The story of a poor but happy family of four children who, in spite of being fatherless, make the lives of others better. Their ho...

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...

A Comedy Set in the Italian town of Messina, the story revolves around two pairs of lovers: Claudio and Hero, and Benedick and Beatrice. Claudio, a...

The Best Days Are First To Flee The stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, who lives with his grandparents and Antonia Shimerda, the...

The Sierra Nevadas John Muir’s recounting his experiences during the summer of 1869 when he worked as a shepherd in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of ...

Those fields, colored by various grains! The story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish immigrants farming the Nebraska prairie at the turn of the ...

A Novel Set in Southern California during the early 20th century and revolves around the oil industry, depicting the rise of an ambitious and ruthl...

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

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

And the Rule of the Puritans in England British Historian Charles Firth’s biography of Oliver Cromwell. Esmond de Beer wrote that Firth: "knew the ...

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

Liberty A philosophical essay by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill. It applies Mill’s ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state....

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 ...