Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction

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.

PINOCCHIO: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8"e; x 8"e; story book tells the tale of Pinocchio on his journey to becoming a real boy as he is tricked by the sly fox, turned in to a donkey, and swallowed by a whale!

CINDERELLA: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8"e; x 8"e; story book tells the tale of Cinderella as she attends the royal ball with the help of her fairy godmother and captures the prince's heart.

THE WIZARD OF OZ: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8"e; x 8"e; story book tells the tale of Dorothy, as she is swept away on an adventure with her friends Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, and Tin Woodsman.

In this beloved tale, the Velveteen Rabbit learns the value of friendship and the power of love as he encounters toys that tease him and live rabbits in the garden!

English-Spanish VersionIn this beloved tale, the Little Red Hen makes delicious bread that her lazy friends can't resist.

THE GINGERBREAD MAN: Featuring 32 pages of fresh, captivating illustrations, this 8"e; x 8"e; story book tells the story of the Gingerbread Man as he escapes from the oven and has to outrun all the creatures that try to catch him!

English-Spanish VersionIn this beloved tale, Little Red Riding Hood is uneasy when her grandmother looks suspiciously like a sly wolf that she met along the way.

English-Spanish VersionIn this beloved tale, Jack watches in amazement as his magic beans grow into a beanstalk that reaches beyond the clouds!

English-Spanish VersionIn this beloved tale, the three bears are in for quite a surprise when they return home and realize that a curious girl has made herself at home in their cottage.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Perfect Chemistry trilogy, Simone Elkeles, comes a romance that follows polar opposites Derek Fitzpatrick and Ashtyn Parker as their worlds collideAfter getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed.

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The magic continues in the fifth tale of the Wide-Awake Princess, by the author of The Frog Princess!

For fans of Aru Shah and Tristan Strong comes an action-packed, modern retelling of the Robin Hood myth by award-winning author Kekla Magoon.

Award-winning author Tonya Bolden sheds light on an unknown moment of the Civil War to readers in a searing, poetic novel about the dream of freedom.

Hazel Kaplansky is a firm believer in the pursuit of knowledge and truth-and she also happens to love a good mystery.

Wrap up warmly and settle down to enjoy these very special Winnie-the-Pooh winter stories.

What Katy Did, follows the adventures of the Carr family, who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio, in the 1860s.

The Bears of Blue River follows the adventures of a young boy named Balser Brent.

Poor Baby Bear is so exhausted from staying up too late in the fall, that now he can't wake up in the spring.

Little Bear has balloons to share with all his friends of the forest, but something unexpected happens when his littlest friend chipmunk takes one extra and begins to rise into the air.