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Thornton Waldo Burgess was a conservationist and prolific children’s author. Best known for his animal stories for young children, Burgess authored...

Of Long Ago The story of Rainolf, a Frankish boy, laid during the time of Charlemagne when his rule over Western Europe spurred the Carolingian Ren...

Of Long Ago The story of Biarne Herjulfson, a Viking boy, laid during the time of Leif Ericson when the Vikings were exploring new lands. Their exp...

Of Long Ago The story of Hugh, a page to King Richard of England, during the third crusade in June of the year 1191. The story provides an insight ...

Of Long Ago The story of Henri and Alan, Norman boys, laid during the time of William the Conqueror. The boys’ story gives a picture of court life ...

Of Long Ago The story of Ferdiad, a Celtic boy, laid during the time of Brian Boru when Ireland was one of the last of the Celtic lands. The story ...

Of Long Ago The story of Marcus, a Roman boy, laid during the closing days of the Roman Republic, when conservative members of the nobility still h...

Of Long Ago The story of Hanno, a Carthaginian boy, laid during the time of Hannibal when Carthage was at the zenith of her power and glory, and he...

Volume II Volume II of the Eyes and No Eyes series. The series is divided into two volumes each volume containing six books. Volume II is authored ...

Eyes and No Eyes The fourth of six books in the Eyes and No Eyes series Volume II by R. Cadwallader Smith. This book covers animals and plants foun...

Eyes and No Eyes The third of six books in the Eyes and No Eyes series Volume II by R. Cadwallader Smith. This book covers animals found in and nea...

Eyes and No Eyes The last of six books in the Eyes and No Eyes series Volume II by R. Cadwallader Smith. This book covers animals of the British Is...

Eyes and No Eyes The fifth of six books in the Eyes and No Eyes series Volume II by R. Cadwallader Smith. This book covers animals as they raise th...

Eyes and No Eyes The second of six books in the Eyes and No Eyes series Volume II by R. Cadwallader Smith. This book covers animals of the deep sea...

Eyes and No Eyes The first of six books in the Eyes and No Eyes series Volume II by R. Cadwallader Smith. This book covers animals and plants along...

Volume 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 ...

Of Long Ago The story of Hiero, a Athenian boy, laid during the the reign of Pericles when Athens was at the zenith of her power and glory, and whe...

The Aesopica A collection of fables credited to Aesop, an ancient Greek slave and storyteller who lived between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins...

Three Bears Often entitled The Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a fable about three bears who live in a house in the woods. Their pleasan...

Little Pigs The Three Little Pigs is a fable about three pigs who build their houses out of different materials and their encounters with a wolf.  ...

Vive la France! H. E. Marshall’s telling of 2000 years of French history. The book is a great introduction to the history of France. Starting with ...

The Middle Ages A review of life in the Middle Ages. Each chapter covers a different topic including knights, tournaments,  castles, daily life, pi...

Song of Roland H. E.  Marshall’s retelling of the classic Song of Roland for children. The stories are based on the Frankish military leader Roland...

Told to the Children H. E.  Marshall’s retelling of the classic tale of Beowulf for children. Including such famous characters as Beowulf (a hero o...

(To Say Nothing of the Dog) A humorous account of a two-week boating holiday on the River Thames by three men and a dog. Initially intended to be a...

The German People H. E. Marshall’s classic retelling of German history. Starting with the early mythology of the nation’s founding including the Te...

The Boy Scouts From the Author: The Boy Scouts series of books has been written with a twofold purpose: To stimulate on the part of every one of my...

The Raven A narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The poem tells the story of a distraught lover who is paid a mysterious visit by a t...

Of Long Ago The story of Marcus, a Roman boy, laid during the closing days of the Roman Republic, when conservative members of the nobility still h...

Thornton Waldo Burgess was a conservationist and prolific children’s author. Best known for his animal stories for young children, Burgess authored...

Thornton Waldo Burgess was a conservationist and prolific children’s author. Best known for his animal stories for young children, Burgess authored...

Thornton Waldo Burgess was a conservationist and prolific children’s author. Best known for his animal stories for young children, Burgess authored...

Arthurian Legends Maude Radford Warren’s classic retelling of twenty-one Arthurian legends for children. The book provides an excellent introductio...

Glimpses of Field Work Clara Harlowe Barton’s retelling of her founding of the American Red Cross and the subsequent disasters the Red Cross respon...

Of Long Ago This is a story of Spartan courage and endurance. Through the eyes of Chartas, a boy of Sparta, we catch a glimpse into the typical upb...

Or, Life Among the Lowly The classic anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel had a profound effect on the attitudes of the public to...

Natural History Reader Book II of James Jahonnot’s Natural History Series. The book covers common household, farmyard, and wild animals including c...

Natural History Reader Book I of James Jahonnot’s Natural History Series. The book covers common household and farmyard animals including cats, dog...

Mother Russia Arthur Ransome’s classic retelling of Russian tales. Ransome noted that “the stories in this book are those that Russian peasants tel...

Cautionary Tales Amusing advice and rhymes for children. The text is accompanied with equally amusing drawings which have been compared to the work...

More Beasts Amusing advice and rhymes for young children. The text is accompanied with equally amusing drawings which have drawn comparison to the ...

Book of Beasts Amusing advice and rhymes for young children. The text is accompanied with equally amusing drawings which have drawn comparison to t...

Capitalism and Socialism Belloc provides a broad overview of the economic history of Europe starting with the ancient pagan states through medieval...

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc Considered by Belloc himself, and by most critics, his greatest work. The book is an account of his walking pilgr...

Language of Flowers Floriography, or the “language of flowers,” has been practiced for thousands of years across different cultures. It was especia...

A B C’s The A Apple Pie, or A Was an Apple Pie, nursery rhyme was a very popular method for teaching the alphabet to young children in the 19th cen...

The Mary Frances Series Jane Eayre Fryer was a school teacher who wrote The Mary Frances Series for young girls and boys to teach them practical sk...

The Mary Frances Series Jane Eayre Fryer was a school teacher who wrote The Mary Frances Series for young girls and boys to teach them practical sk...