Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction

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

Sir Launcelot of the Lake dwelt within a magic lake which was the enchanted habitation of the Lady Nymue of the Lake.

IN this volume there follows the fourth and last series of those histories relating to the life and to the kingship of Arthur, King of England.

For the happiness you have brought to them let me give to you the doll of all my dolls, the doll I loved most dearly.

There she sits, a trifle loppy and loose-jointed, looking me squarely in the face in a straightforward, honest manner, a twinkle where her shoe-button eyes reflect the electric light.

Despite her impoverished background, Rebecca is an imaginative and charming child, often composing little poems and songs to express her feelings or to amuse her younger brothers and sisters.

In this delightful tale an unnamed boy discovers that there is a dragon living in the downs above his house.

Pollyanna Whittier, is a young orphan who goes to live in Beldingsville, Vermont, with her wealthy but stern Aunt Polly.

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

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

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

The Odyssey is literature''s grandest evocation of everyman''s journey though life.

Heidi has captivated and enthralled readers since it was first published.

Join Pinnocchio as he learns what it means to be a real boy.

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

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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.

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

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

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.

Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine.

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time.

Black Beauty is the autobiography of a horse.

King Arthur and his court come to life in this four volume omnibus of Howard Pyles 'Legends and Stories of King Arthur.

IN this volume there follows the fourth and last series of those histories relating to the life and to the kingship of Arthur, King of England.

Wherefore if it will please you to read that which is hereinafter set forth, you will be told of how Sir Launcelot slew the great Worm of Corbin; of the madness that afterward fell upon him, and of how a most noble, gentle, and beautiful lady, hight the Lady Elaine the Fair, lent him aid and succor at a time of utmost affliction to him, and so brought him back to health again.

I believe that King Arthur was the most honorable, gentle Knight who ever lived in all the world.

Come celebrate Christmas with Anne of Green Gables and many of your other beloved friends from Prince Edward Island.

'Chronicles of Avonlea' is a collection of short stories by L.

A king and queen have a daughter and invite everyone to the christening except the king's sister Princess Makemnoit, a spiteful and sour woman.

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister who was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature.

Join us aboard a pirate ship in a time that never was.

Here is the fourth book in the Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn series.

"e;Do you reckon Tom Sawyer was satisfied after all them adventures?

"e;You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.

Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine.

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are the embodiment of young boys from a simpler time.

'Among Malay Pirates' is a story of courage and danger.

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.

Cautionary tales are traditional folklore stories used to teach children of dangers.

These two children's books were part of a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children.

She gladly saw them ramble off together, leaving her time to stitch happily at certain dainty bits of sewing, write voluminous letters, or dream over others quite as long, swinging in her hammock under the lilacs.

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'Clara Dillingham Pierson's Complete Among the People Series' features 99 charming tales about the everyday life of the forest, farmyard, meadow, pond and night creatures.

'Among the Meadow People' includes twenty-eight charming tales about the everyday life of the meadow creatures.

'Among the Forest People' includes twenty charming tales about the everyday life of the forest creatures.

'Among the Farmyard People' includes eighteen charming tales about the everyday life of the farmyard creatures.

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

In this delightful tale an unnamed boy discovers that there is a dragon living in the downs above his house.