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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...

McGuffey’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...

Tom Swift Series Tom Swift lives in fictional Shopton, New York with his father Barton Swift, the founder of Swift Construction Company. Tom is kno...

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 ...

Five 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...

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...

McGuffey’s Eclectic Second Reader McGuffey Readers are a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. The readers were among the first textbooks ...

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...

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

McGuffey’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...

Retold From Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques” Mrs. Stawell’s retelling of Fabre’s classic 10 volume series “Souvenirs Entmologieques.” A condensed...

Shown To The Children Glady Wynne’s overview of Western architectural history written for children. The book covers Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Norman...

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...

“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...

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...

An Autobiography The autobiography of the American educator, Booker T. Washington. Washington chronicles more than forty years of his life covering...

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 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...

"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...