This story is about an American boy named Cedric, who finds that he is the sole heir to a British earldom. He leaves New York to take up residence in his ancestral castle, where he is joined by his middle-class mother whom he calls "Dearest". His grandfather intends to teach the boy to become an...
The March sisters, Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth, survive poverty and the absence of their father during the Civil War.
The sequel to Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm further chronicles the adventures of a girl growing up.
Classic novel about a lively little girl from Maine.
King Rinkitink was so pleased with the Island of Pingaree, that he continued his stay day after day and week after week, eating good dinners; talking with King Kitticut and sleeping. Once in a while he would read from his scroll, and said he, "Whenever I return home, my subjects will be anxious to...
When Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked on a deserted island , he builds a house, grows crops, and saves the life of a native.
18 of Shakespeare's plays are retold as short stories which are intended for children.
Huck Finn befriends Jim, a runaway slave, and the two travel down the Mississippi River on a raft and share many interesting experiences along the way.
Peter Pan, a little boy who can fly, experiences many adventures in Wonderland with Wendy, her brothers, Tinkerbelle, and Captain Hook.
How it happened that carpenter Mastro Cherry found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child centuries ago will be a question that my little readers will ask immediately.