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America's Story - Volume IV
Mara L. PrattFor America’s Children Volume IV of America’s Story for America’s Children. This volume covers the later colonial period of North America including...
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Nathaniel HawthorneThis Country of Ours
H. E. MarshallThe Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall’s history of North America for children. Starting with the Viking exploration and brief...
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H. O. Arnold-ForsterFrom 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...
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Victor AppletonTom Swift Series Tom Swift lives in fictional Shopton, New York with his father Barton Swift, the founder of Swift Construction Company. Tom is kno...
View full detailsThe Blue Fairy Book
Andrew LangFairy 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...
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George MacDonaldCourage and Honor Eight-year-old Princess Irene lives a lonely life in a castle in a wild, desolate, mountainous kingdom, with only her nursemaid, ...
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John BunyanFrom 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...
View full detailsThe Rover Boys On Treasure Isle
Arthur WinfieldOn Treasure Isle Follow The Rover Boys – Tom, Sam, & Dick – during their adventures On Treasure Isle. The Rover Boys’ lives are full of escapad...
View full detailsBeautiful Stories From Shakespeare
Edith NesbitThe 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 ...
View full detailsThe Adventures of Joel Pepper
Margaret SidneyFive 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...
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Johann David WyssDer Schweizerische Robinson The story of a Swiss family that is shipwrecked on an island in the East Indies. Soon, the family must construct shelt...
View full detailsUnderstood Betsy
Dorothy CanfieldFrom 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...
View full detailsMcGuffey's First Reader
William Holmes McGuffeyMcGuffey’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...
View full detailsChaucer For Children
H. R. HaweisA 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...
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Rudyard KiplingA 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...
View full detailsThe Tale of Old Dog Spot
Arthur Scott Bailey“The cat scratched me” Spot told him. “I was teasing her and she wasn't at all nice about it.” Here is the endearing tale of Old Dog Spot and his e...
View full detailsEnglish Literature for Boys and Girls
H. E. MarshallA History of English Literature H. E. Marshall guides the reader through the history of English literature starting in the early middle ages and en...
View full detailsThe Children of the New Forest
Frederick MarryatNew 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 Tale of Miss Kitty Cat
Arthur Scott Bailey"What a worthless fellow that old dog is!" she thought. "This barn is full of mice! I don't believe he has caught one in all the years he has lived...
View full detailsFabre's Book of Insects
Jean-Henri FabreRetold From Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques” Mrs. Stawell’s retelling of Fabre’s classic 10 volume series “Souvenirs Entmologieques.” A condensed...
View full detailsThe Story of the Greeks
H. A. GuerberA History of Greece A collection of stories, myths, and histories about the Ancient Greeks from the earliest known inhabitants until Greece is conq...
View full detailsMcGuffey's Second Reader
William Holmes McGuffeyMcGuffey’s Eclectic Second Reader McGuffey Readers are a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. The readers were among the first textbooks ...
View full detailsA Child's Garden of Verses
Robert Louis StevensonPenny Whistles A collection of poetry for children by Scottish poet Robert Louis Stevenson. This collection was first published in 1885 under the ...
View full detailsTales of Troy and Greece
Andrew LangHomeric Legends Andrew Lang’s recounting of the wars between the Greeks and the people of Troy. Featuring such renowned characters as Paris, Helen ...
View full detailsThe Age of Fable
Thomas BulfinchBulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from antiquity including the Greeks, Romans, and others. Written for a general audience, t...
View full detailsUp From Slavery
Booker T. WashingtonAn Autobiography The autobiography of the American educator, Booker T. Washington. Washington chronicles more than forty years of his life covering...
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Christina RossettiA 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...
View full detailsThe Little Duke
Charlotte YongeRichard The Fearless Historical fiction based on the life of Richard I, Duke of Normandy also known as Richard the Fearless. Richard assumes the ...
View full detailsThe Story of the Romans
H. A. GuerberA History of Rome A collection of stories, myths, and histories about the Romans from the earliest known inhabitants until the fall of the Western ...
View full detailsAt the Back of the North Wind
George MacDonaldThe North Wind The story of a boy named Diamond who befriends the mysterious Lady North Wind. She invites him to fly through the night with her on...
View full detailsTales From Shakespeare
Charles & Mary LambFor Children A classic retelling of Shakespeare’s plays intended to be more accessible to children. Mary Lamb was responsible for the retelling of ...
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Mary Mapes DodgeA 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 ...
View full detailsThe King Of The Golden River
John RuskinOr, The Black Brothers Originally written in 1841 and then published in 1851 in London, The King of the Golden River quickly became a Victorian era...
View full detailsMcGuffey's Third Reader
William Holmes McGuffeyMcGuffey’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...
View full detailsTom Swift and His Submarine Boat
Victor AppletonTom Swift Series Tom Swift lives in fictional Shopton, New York with his father Barton Swift, the founder of Swift Construction Company. Tom is kno...
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Victor AppletonTom Swift Series Tom Swift lives in fictional Shopton, New York with his father Barton Swift, the founder of Swift Construction Company. Tom is kno...
View full detailsThe Red Fairy Book
Andrew LangFairy 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...
View full detailsThe Tale of Cuffy Bear
Arthur Scott BaileySleepy-Time Tales This Series of animal stories for children from four to eight years old, illuminates the adventures of the four-footed creatures ...
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George M. TowleHis 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...
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Gladys WynneShown To The Children Glady Wynne’s overview of Western architectural history written for children. The book covers Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Norman...
View full detailsThe Heroes of Asgard
A. & E. KearyTales From Scandinavian Mythology A classic retelling of the Scandinavian myths. The book includes many famous stories and characters such as Thor,...
View full detailsDooryard Stories
Clara D. PiersonAnimal Stories Stories about our animal neighbors found in the home and yard. Each chapter is a story about a different animal including a kitten, ...
View full detailsThe Tale of Grunty Pig
Arthur Scott Bailey"To think," she quavered,"that my littlest child spent the night out of doors, with a bear prowling about the neighborhood! And I slept through it ...
View full detailsThe Tale of Pony Twinkleheels
Arthur Scott Bailey“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...
View full detailsThe Life of The Spider
Jean-Henri FabreLa Vie des Araignées French naturalist and entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre’s scientific and literary classic about the fascinating world of the spide...
View full detailsThe Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Daniel DefoeRobinson Crusoe The story of Robinson Crusoe and his adventures during his time at sea including shipwrecks, pirates, mutineers, and cannibals. On...
View full detailsThe Tale of Henrietta Hen
Arthur Scott Bailey“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...
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