Old Fashioned Education

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

 Penny Whistles A collection of poetry for children by Scottish poet Robert Louis Stevenson. This collection was first published in 1885 under the ...

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

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

Sunnybrook Farm The story of Rebecca Rowena Randall who is sent to the fictional town of Riverboro, Maine to live with her two aunts after the deat...

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 ...

For Children and Those That Love Children The story of an orphaned young girl who goes to live with her grandfather in a small village in the Swiss...

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...

La Vie des Araignées French naturalist and entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre’s scientific and literary classic about the fascinating world of the spide...

Robinson Crusoe The story of Robinson Crusoe and his adventures during his time at sea including shipwrecks, pirates, mutineers, and cannibals.  On...

The 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...

Wood Folk Series Book III in a series of nature books which describe the life, habitat, and behaviors of various woodland creatures by naturalist a...

A 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...

A 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...

Bulfinch’s Mythology The recounting of myths and stories from early British history during the reign of King Arthur. Written for a general audience...

The Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker The story of Rip Van Winkle, a villager in colonial America who who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their ...

Travels Into Several Remote Nations Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift's best known work and a classic of English literature. The book satir...

The 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...

Alice In Wonderland One of the best-known and most popular English novels authored by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. T...

Robin 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...

Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys A sequel to Little Women, Little Men recounts the life of Jo Bhaer, her husband, and the various children at Plumf...

The Age of Exploration An overview of the great explorers, leaders, and religious figures during the Age of Discovery in North America. Covering su...

The Whole Story of Sara Crewe The story of Sarah Crewe who is sent to boarding school in England by her wealthy father who live in India. Sarah soo...

A 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...

The 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...

Peter 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 ...

Talk to the Animals Doctor Dolittle is a respected physician living in a small English Village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh.  Over the years his love f...

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 thir...

Or, The Parish Boy's Progress Orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver trav...

And What Alice Found There The sequel to Alice’s Adventure In Wonderland. Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a m...

Told From Homer The retelling of the Iliad by Rev. Alfred J. Church.  The book is intended as an introduction to Homer’s epic poem. The writing sty...

Told From Homer The retelling of the Odyssey by Rev. Alfred J. Church.  The book is intended as an introduction to Homer’s epic poem. The writing s...

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy The story of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy —and their passage from childhood to womanhood. The novel is loos...

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 four...

The Autobiography of a Horse The first person memoirs from Black Beauty. Beginning with his days as a colt on an English farm with his mother to hi...