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McGuffey's Fourth Reader
William Holmes McGuffeyMcGuffey’s Eclectic Fourth Reader McGuffey Readers are a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. The readers were among the first textbooks ...
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George MacDonaldThe Adventure Continues The sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, Princess Irene and Curdie are now a little older and must overthrow a set of cor...
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Horatio Alger, Jr.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...
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Horatio Alger, Jr.A Brave Boy’s Fight For Fortune Herbert Carr is the son of a war widow in the small rural town of Wayneboro. After his mother’s position as postmas...
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Rudyard KiplingThe 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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William J. LongWood Folk Series Book III in a series of nature books which describe the life, habitat, and behaviors of various woodland creatures by naturalist a...
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Howard PyleHonor 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...
View full detailsGreat Astronomers
R. S. BallAstronomy The lives and discoveries of the Great Astronomers of history. The book covers astronomers such as Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe, Galileo, N...
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Alfred OllivantThe Last of The Gray Dogs of Kenmuir The story chronicles the rivalry between two sheepdogs, Red Wull and Bob, son of Battle, and their masters, Ad...
View full detailsPoems of Childhood
Eugene FieldPoet of Childhood A collection of poems by Eugene Field who is well known for his whimsical, yet sometimes serious, poems for children. Born in St....
View full detailsThe Tale of the Muley Cow
Arthur Scott Bailey"It won't hurt him to hunt for me now and then,"she told herself."A little work is good for a boy." The favorite farm animal of young Johnnie Green...
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Arthur Scott Bailey“When I run, why do you follow me if you don't wish to?” he inquired at last. “I don't know,” the old lady confessed. “…I just have to go along wit...
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Olive Thorne MillerWith Illustrations by James Audubon A beginners guide to the study of birds. The first book starts with basic facts about birds including their lif...
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Charlotte YongeFamous Deeds A retelling of such famous stories as The Battle of Thermopylae, Regulus, The Battle of the Blackwater, and Fort St. Elmo. “It is inte...
View full detailsFacing The World
Horatio Alger, Jr.The Haps and Mishaps of Harry Vane The story of orphaned Harry Vane who decides to runaway from his guardian and older second cousin due to his har...
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Mark TwainA Tale For Young People of All Ages Set in 1547 in England, the novel tells a story of two young boys who were born on the same day and are identic...
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Sir Walter ScottA Romance A historical fiction novel based in England during the Middle Ages. One of Sir Walter Scott’s most popular works, it has been credited wi...
View full detailsThe Age of Chivalry
Thomas BulfinchBulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from early British history during the reign of King Arthur. Written for a general audience...
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Charles KingsleyOr, Greek Fairy Tales For My Children Kingley’s classic retelling of the Greek stories of Perseus, The Argonauts, and Theseus. The book is intended...
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Arthur Scott Bailey“This will never do," Turkey Proudfoot muttered to himself. “No doubt I could whip all six of them; but they'd be likely to pull some of my tail fe...
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Arthur Scott Bailey“But don’t you go to worryin’ yourself ‘bout work. I kin show you plenty tricks to git outer workin’.” When Mistah Mule shows up on Farmer Green’s ...
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Horatio Alger, Jr.The Fortunes of Robert Rushton Robert Rushton is a poor boy working in a factory in the country town of Millville. He supports his widowed mother w...
View full detailsThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinA Great American The life of Benjamin Franklin as told by himself. The autobiography covers Franklin's early life, work as a printer, travel to Eur...
View full detailsAround The World In Eighty Days
Jules VerneLe Tour Du Monde Rich British gentleman Phileas Fogg and his valet, Frenchman Jean Passepartout, accept a wager of £20,000 to circumnavigate the gl...
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Washington IrvingThe Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker The story of Rip Van Winkle, a villager in colonial America who who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their ...
View full detailsStories From The Faerie Queene
Mary MacLeodThe 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 detailsGulliver's Travels
Jonathan SwiftTravels Into Several Remote Nations Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift's best known work and a classic of English literature. The book satir...
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Washington IrvingThe 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...
View full detailsAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis CarrollAlice In Wonderland One of the best-known and most popular English novels authored by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. T...
View full detailsThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard PyleRobin 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...
View full detailsRiley Child-Rhymes
James Whitcomb RileyHoosier Poet Riley Child-Rhymes contains some of James Whitcomb Riley’s best known poems such as “Little Orphant Annie,“ “The Raggedy Man,” and “Ol...
View full detailsEyes and No Eyes: Volume I
Arabella BuckleyVolume I Volume I of the Eyes and No Eyes series. The series is divided into two volumes each volume containing six books. Volume I is authored by ...
View full detailsThe Story of Architecture
P. Leslie WaterhouseThroughout The Ages A recounting of the history of Western architecture. Starting with the buildings of ancient Egypt and ending in early 20th cent...
View full detailsMcGuffey's Fifth Reader
William Holmes McGuffeyMcGuffey’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...
View full detailsThe Men Who Found America
Frederick HutchinsonThe Age of Exploration An overview of the great explorers, leaders, and religious figures during the Age of Discovery in North America. Covering su...
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Eva March TappanThe Middle Ages A review of life in the Middle Ages. Each chapter covers a different topic including knights, tournaments, castles, daily life, pi...
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G. A. HentyA Tale of The Crusade The story of Cuthbert de Lance, a teenage page for an English nobleman, as he follows King Richard to the Holy Land during th...
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H. E. MarshallThe Story of Europe An overview of European history “from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Reformation.” The book starts with Alaric and Attila ...
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Arthur Conan DoyleHundred Years’ War A historical adventure novel set in England, France, and Spain during the Hundred Years’ War against the backdrop of the campaig...
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G. A. HentyA Story of Wallace and Bruce At the end of the thirteenth century, the oppressed people of Scotland rebelled against their despised English ruler, ...
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Charles MajorFrontier 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 detailsMcGuffey's Sixth Reader
William Holmes McGuffeyMcGuffey’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...
View full detailsParadise Lost
John MiltonAn 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...
View full detailsThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark TwainA 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...
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Edith NesbitThe 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...
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G. A. HentyA Tale of Ancient Egypt A young prince named Amuba is taken as a slave by the Egyptians after his father, and king of the Rebu people, is killed in...
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J. M. BarriePeter 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 ...
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Howard PyleA 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...
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