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[message]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...
View full detailsCats A timeless children's picture book that tells the story of an elderly couple who set out to find a cat to keep them company. They encounter nu...
View full detailsFor 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...
View full detailsThe 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...
View full detailsThe Life and Adventures The story follows Nicholas Nickleby, who, after the death of his father, is left to care for his mother and sister. Seeking...
View full detailsThose fields, colored by various grains! The story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish immigrants farming the Nebraska prairie at the turn of the ...
View full detailsA Novel Set in Southern California during the early 20th century and revolves around the oil industry, depicting the rise of an ambitious and ruthl...
View full detailsOr, The Parish Boy's Progress Orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver trav...
View full detailsFive Little Peppers The last book in the famous Five Little Peppers series, which revolves around the lives of the Pepper family, living in the Lit...
View full detailsGod and Nature A collection of short stories from the Victorian era written by Margaret Gatty for children. Gatty was fascinated by nature and mari...
View full detailsThe Penrod Series A collection of comic sketches in a similar vein to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. The book follows the misadventure...
View full detailsThe Penrod Series A sequel to the book Penrod, with a focus on the relationship between the main character, Penrod Schofield, and his best friend, ...
View full detailsBy 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...
View full detailsPeter 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 ...
View full detailsFive Little Peppers Phronsie Pepper is the fourth book in the Five Little Pepper Series. According to the introduction, Margaret Sidney intended th...
View full detailsThe 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...
View full detailsThe Oldest Old Thing in England A historical fantasy book containing a series of short stories set in different time periods of English history inc...
View full detailsA Tale of the Time of Nero A historical fiction novel first published in Polish, the author’s native language, and has been translated into over di...
View full detailsSouthern California Set shortly after the Mexican–American War, the book explores the life of a Scottish–Native American orphan girl named Ramona. ...
View full detailsSunnybrook Farm The story of Rebecca Rowena Randall who is sent to the fictional town of Riverboro, Maine to live with her two aunts after the deat...
View full detailsThe Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker The story of Rip Van Winkle, a villager in colonial America who who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their ...
View full detailsThe Faerie Queene Retold A classic retelling of Edmund Spenser’s English epic poem, The Faerie Queene. The poem is one of the longest in the Englis...
View full detailsTold 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...
View full detailsTold to the Children H. E. Marshall’s retelling of the classic tales of Robin Hood for children. Including such famous characters as Robin Hood, K...
View full detailsSong 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...
View full detailsFor Children A classic retelling of Shakespeare’s plays intended to be more accessible to children. Mary Lamb was responsible for the retelling of ...
View full detailsFive Little Peppers The fifth book in the Five Little Peppers Series that follows Joel Pepper. Joel is the most rambunctious of the Pepper clan. He...
View full detailsThe Tale of a Puppet The story about a mischievous marionette named Pinocchio and his poor, woodcarver father named Geppetto. Originally published ...
View full detailsA 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...
View full detailsTold From VirgilThe retelling of the Æneid by Rev. Alfred J. Church. The book is intended as an introduction to Virgil’s epic poem. The writing st...
View full detailsBulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from early British history during the reign of King Arthur. Written for a general audience...
View full detailsBulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from antiquity including the Greeks, Romans, and others. Written for a general audience, t...
View full detailsArabian Nights Andrew Lang’s retelling of the famous stories of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic) also known as Arabian Nights (English). The wo...
View full detailsFrontier Adventures The story of rural Indiana frontier life in the early 1800’s. Balser lives with his family in a log cabin near the Blue River....
View full detailsA Romance Inspired by Hawthorne’s brief time at the Brook Farm commune, the story explores the conflicts between personal ambition, romantic entang...
View full detailsThe Bobbsey Twins Series Come join in on the haps and mishaps of this matchless double set of twins: Bert and Nan, who are 12 years old, and Flossi...
View full detailsFrom the Original Italian Considered the first Gothic novel, Walpole blends elements of romance, the supernatural, and dark intrigue. The story is ...
View full detailsNew Forest Set during the English Civil War, the story follows the Beverley children who are orphaned when their father, Colonel Beverly, is killed...
View full detailsThe Adventures of Odysseus and The Tale of Troy Padraic Colum’s classic retelling of the Odyssey and the Iliad for children. Included are such famo...
View full detailsA Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty A historical novel set in late 17th- and early 18th-century England during the reigns of Queen Anne and Kin...
View full detailsA Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Set in Flat Creek, Indiana during the middle of the 19th-century, the story follows the experiences of the new...
View full detailsAnother Adventure of Sherlock Holmes The third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. ...
View full detailsA Romance A gothic novel centered around a mysterious, decaying mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, and the family that inhabits it. The story follows...
View full detailsTold 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...
View full detailsThe Father Brown Series Father Brown finds himself embroiled in a mysterious case when a famous atheist, Professor Adam, invites him to witness a m...
View full detailsFather Brown A collection of 12 short stories based on the fictional character Father Brown. A Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective, Father ...
View full detailsThe Meatpacking Industry The story revolves around the life of Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant who comes to America with his family in search...
View full detailsThe Jungle Book A collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling about the jungles of India. Many of the characters are animals such as Baloo the bear an...
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