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Time-Honored Stories Intended as an introduction to famous stories from Western history and lore for young children.  Famous stories such as King A...

‘Home Education’ Series Volume I and first book in the Home Education Series. This volume has 6 lectures addressing the raising and educating of yo...

Eyes and No Eyes The second of six books in Arabella Buckley’s Eyes and No Eyes series.  This book covers animals, insects, and plant life found in...

Eyes and No Eyes The first of six books in Arabella Buckley’s Eyes and No Eyes series.  This book covers animals, insects, and plant life found in ...

Folk and Fairy Tales A collection of English fairy tales compiled by Joseph Jacobs. Featuring such well-known tales as ‘Jack and the Bean Stock,’ ‘...

The Burgess Bird Book for Children Peter Rabbit learns about his avian friends in this classic nature book designed to introduce children to the su...

For Primary Grades An introductory geography book for primary grade students. The book covers topics such as direction, distance, rivers, maps, hil...

‘Home Education’ Series Volume II in the Home Education Series. This volume is a collection of 26 articles from the Parents’ Review magazines desig...

Five Little Peppers The first book in the Five Little Peppers series.  The story introduces the five Pepper children and their widowed mother Mamsi...

‘Home Education’ Series Volume IV in the Home Education Series. This volume addresses character development and is written directly to children and...

‘Home Education’ Series Volume VI and final book in the Home Education Series. This volume provides an overview of Charlotte Mason’s educational ph...

‘Home Education’ Series Volume III in the Home Education Series. This volume reviews the teaching methods and curriculum for children ages 9-12 for...

‘Home Education’ Series Volume V in the Home Education Series. This volume includes case studies of children who overcame bad habits, reflections o...

The Burgess Animal Book For Children Peter Rabbit is back to learn about his animal friends in this classic nature book intended to introduce child...

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

A Child’s History of England Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall’s history of England starting from the time of the Roman Empire through World War I. The ...

The Burgess Flower Book Peter Rabbit is back again to learn about wild flowers. This classic nature book is intended to introduce children to the s...

Five Little Peppers The second book in the Five Little Peppers series. The Peppers have left their ‘little brown house’ in the country and now live...

Classical Myths Eustace Bright, a Williams College student, acts as narrator retelling famous Greek myths to a group of school children. The myths ...

God and Nature A collection of short stories from the Victorian era written by Margaret Gatty for children. Gatty was fascinated by nature and mari...

The Vikings The story of Harald Fairhair, starting in childhood, and his many adventures as he unites Norway as their king. As the Viking populatio...

The Story of Science for Children The narrator, “Uncle Paul,” teaches his nieces and nephews about a wide range of scientific topics. The topics co...

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 firs...

The Tale of a Puppet The story about a mischievous marionette named Pinocchio and his poor, woodcarver father named Geppetto. Originally published ...

From The Landing of Julius Caesar To The Present Day H. O. Arnold-Forster’s history of England starting with the landing of the Romans on the shore...

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

The Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall’s history of North America for children. Starting with the Viking exploration and brief...

Courage and Honor Eight-year-old Princess Irene lives a lonely life in a castle in a wild, desolate, mountainous kingdom, with only her nursemaid, ...

Der Schweizerische Robinson The story of a Swiss family that is shipwrecked on an island in the East Indies.  Soon, the family must construct shelt...

From This World, To That Which is to Come Cited as the first novel written in English, The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most important works of...

The Bard of Avon Beautiful Stories From Shakespeare is a collection of twenty stories retold by Edith Nesbit. Each play is retold in a way that is ...

From City to Farm Elizabeth Ann, an orphan, lives a sheltered city life with her father’s Aunt Harriet and Cousin Frances. Her life is turned upsid...

For Children A classic retelling of Shakespeare’s plays intended to be more accessible to children. Mary Lamb was responsible for the retelling of ...

A History of English Literature H. E. Marshall guides the reader through the history of English literature starting in the early middle ages and en...

A Story of the Grand Banks Son of a wealthy railroad magnate, Harvey Cheyne, lives a pampered life until one day he is washed overboard from a tran...

Pay The Piper According to medieval legend, the town of Hamelin in north Germany was over run with rats in the late 13th century.  One day a myster...

A Golden Key Mary Eliza Haweis’s (Mrs. H. R. Haweis's) introduction to Chaucer’s work and legacy for young readers. The book is widely credited wit...

A History of Greece A collection of stories, myths, and histories about the Ancient Greeks from the earliest known inhabitants until Greece is conq...

New Forest Set during the English Civil War, the story follows the Beverley children who are orphaned when their father, Colonel Beverly, is killed...

An Epic Poem An epic poem in trochaic tetrameter about the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for...

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 seco...

A Nursery-Ryme Book Best known for her work, Goblin Market and Other Poems, Sing-Song: A Nursery-Rhyme Book was received with great praise from cri...

A Story of Life In Holland
 The story of Hans Brinker, a Dutch boy, who hopes to enter an ice skating race in order to win the grand prize: silver ...

Homeric Legends Andrew Lang’s recounting of the wars between the Greeks and the people of Troy. Featuring such renowned characters as Paris, Helen ...

A History of Rome A collection of stories, myths, and histories about the Romans from the earliest known inhabitants until the fall of the Western ...

Bulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from antiquity including the Greeks, Romans, and others. Written for a general audience, t...

Penny Whistles A collection of poetry for children by Scottish poet Robert Louis Stevenson.  The poems were first published under the title Penny W...