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Hundred Years’ War A historical adventure novel set in England, France, and Spain during the Hundred Years’ War against the backdrop of the campaig...

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...

A Story of Wallace and Bruce At the end of the thirteenth century, the oppressed people of Scotland rebelled against their despised English ruler, ...

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

Frontier 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....

Hoosier Poet Riley Child-Rhymes contains some of James Whitcomb Riley’s best known poems such as “Little Orphant Annie,“ “The Raggedy Man,” and “Ol...

A Hand Of Silver Is Better Than A Hand Of Iron The story of Otto Conrad, the son of Baron Conrad, a German robber baron of Castle Drachenhausen (Dr...

An Epic Poem John Milton’s epic poem about the Fall of Man including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel, Satan, and their expulsion...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes The third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. ...

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...

Mediaeval Builders of the Modern World The story of the middle ages with a focus on the development of liberty and universal rights. Both Patriots ...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby A children’s novel about a young chimney sweep named Tom who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl...

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...

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...

A Story The first book in the What Katy Did trilogy. Katy Carr is a twelve-year-old American Girl living in the fictional town of Burnet, Ohio. She...

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 Three Chimneys The story of a family who moves to a home near a railway after their father is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying....