Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction

In the seventh of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom goes in search of man-made diamonds, but winds up captured and held prisoner.

In the sixth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom crashes an electric airplane onto a deserted island.

In the fifth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom and his father, Barton Swift, race their electric automobile across a 500-mile endurance course, and face challenges along the way.

In the fourth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom and his father, Barton Swift, race to build a submersible for the chance at a government prize, but must face off agaist a rival firm in pursuit of sunken treasure.

In the third of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom and balloonist John Sharp construct a combination dirigible/aeroplane, and once again encounter the criminal activities of the Happy Harry gang.

In the second of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom overhauls a speedboat and once again faces the Happy Harry gang in a tale of theft and adventure.

In the first of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom repairs a wrecked motorcycle, then uses it to deliver some improtant patents to a lawyer on behalf of his father, Barton Swift.

Lyman Frank Baum penned fourteen novels in his famous Oz chronology.

Lyman Frank Baum penned fourteen novels in his famous Oz chronology.

This story is about Baree's survival after being separated from his parents as a young pup.

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women.

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women.

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women.

Join Doctor Dolittle on his grandest adventures.

The story tells of how unscrupulous millionaire Benjamin Scobell decides to build a casino on the small Mediterranean island of Mervo, dragging in the unwitting heir to the throne to help.

The Happy Prince and Other Stories is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde.

The stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about.

Gerald, James and Kathleen, discover an enchanted castle while exploring during the school holidays.

Lyman Frank Baum penned fourteen novels in his famous Oz chronology.

Lyman Frank Baum penned fourteen novels in his famous Oz chronology.

Lyman Frank Baum penned fourteen novels in his famous Oz chronology.

Lyman Frank Baum penned fourteen novels in his famous Oz chronology.

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

This is the story of a young boy who is a page for the Earl, King Harold of England.

Much of the novel is written from the view-point of his canine character, enabling London to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans.

A story of the days when England and Spain struggled for the supremacy of the sea.

Nils is a young lad who likes nothing more than eating and sleeping.

A beautiful story about friendship, secrets, and the human spirit, The Secret Garden tells the story of the courage of two unhappy and withering children who become determined to make their lives, and the lives of others around them, more joyful.

The Princess and the Goblin is beloved children's classic written by George MacDonald.

The Princess and Curdie are back in this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin.

The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time.

The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories about Mowgli) are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons.

The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time.

The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time.

While the childrens mother and father are out of the country the children are staying with the "e;old nurse"e; in her boarding house.

After an accidental fire, a new carpet is placed in the play room to replace the one that was destroyed.

Beverley remembers his childhood days with his brother Felix and their many friends.

In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the gold-haired winged ram, which can be procured in Colchis.

Gerald, James and Kathleen, discover an enchanted castle while exploring during the school holidays.

This book is also know as The Days of King Alfred.

Three boys, fifteen-year-old Ralph Rover, eighteen-year-old Jack Martin, and fourteen-year-old Peterkin Gay, are the sole survivors of a shipwreck on the coral reef of a large but uninhabited Polynesian island.

The Boy Knight: A Tale of the Crusades is the story of a young man in battle during the excitement of the Crusades.

According to the Greek historian Herodotus, the fables were written by a slave named Aesop, who lived in Ancient Greece during the 5th century BCE.

Follow Aeneid as he flees a burning Troy with his family and sets out on a dangerous journey to found what will one day become The Roman Empire.

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This book tells the story of an impoverished, embarrassment-prone Drone Archibald "e;Archie"e; Moffam (pronounced "e;Moom"e;), and his difficult relationship with his art-collecting, hotel-owning millionaire father-in-law Daniel Brewster.

After seven years, the Giant has nothing left to say to his friend the Cornish ogre, and so he returns home to his castleonly to find that in his absence, the children have been playing in his beautiful garden.

When an aunt drops five-year-old Heidi off to live with her grandfather in the Alpsthe two of them alone in a small hut on a hillshe's initially very lonely.

English-Spanish VersionIn this beloved tale, Dorothy is swept away on an adventure with her friends Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, and Tin Woodsman.

THE VELVETEEN RABBIT: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8"e; x 8"e; story book tells the tale of the Velveteen Rabbit as he learns the value of friendship and the power of love as he encounters live rabbits in the garden and toys that tease him.