Category: Children's Classics
This 1816 story is perhaps best known as the basis for Tchaikovsky's popular ballet, but Hoffmann's holiday legend is where the spell begins. Here is the original tale of seven-year-old Marie and her beloved Nutcracker, beset by a dark mystery that surrounds this story within a story. Godpapa Drosselmei ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Disney Vintage Collection
When Bambi is born in the middle of a thicket, the forest comes alive with chatter and excitement. Everyone wants to catch a glimpse of the young prince. It isn't long before the curious young fawn is venturing out of the thicket and into a new and wondrous world, and with the help of his friends Thumpe ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics
The little prince is a poetic tale that comes accompanied by illustrations made with watercolors by Saint-Exupéry himself. In it, a pilot is lost in the Sahara desert after his plane suffered a breakdown, but to his surprise, it is there that he meets a little prince from another planet. History ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Peter Rabbit Ser.
Beatrix Potter's Classic Children's Stories in beautiful eBook editions Jemima Puddle-Duck wants to hatch her own eggs, but she makes the very foolish decision to trust a fox with her nest. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter is part of the Xist Publishing Children's Classics collection. Ea ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics | Series: The\Hardy Boys Ser.
Triggered by the disappearance of a brilliant young professor, this mystery takes the Hardy Boys first to Kenworthy College, where they find a puzzling message on an examination paper. But then their pal Chet Morton and buddy Biff Hooper turn up a clue that sends the young detectives in another directio ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Knickerbocker Classics
Follow the charming adventures of Mole, Mr. Toad, Ratty, and Badger in The Wind in the Willows. Originally published in 1908, the classic children's tale The Wind in the Willows tells the stories of four animals and their adventures together. It is celebrated for its sense of camaraderie, morality, and ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Paddington | Reading Level: 5-7
"I've never known such a bear for smelling things out," said Mrs Bird. Paddington's sharp nose and his talent for getting into difficulties lead him to an orange marmalade tasting party. His enthusiasm lands him in a barrel of marmalade, causing an avalanche in the warehouse. And, one morning, he sniffs ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics
Read the classic edition of Bilbo Baggins' adventures in Middle-earth. Featuring more than 60 colour paintings and pencil drawings by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee, Conceptual Designer on Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambiti ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Little House on the Prairie
For the first time in the history of the Little House books, this new edition features Garth Williams' interior art in vibrant, full color, as well as a beautifully redesigned cover. The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they move from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Fall River Classics
From 'Cinderella' to 'Rumpelstiltskin', the stories gathered by the Brothers Grimm have enchanted children and adults for centuries. This attractive gift edition, with a charming foil-stamped cover, brings together more than 40 of their most-loved fairy tales, all accompanied by the magical illustration ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics
"I wrote to Macmillan to suggest a new idea: a 'Nursery Edition' of Alice with pictures printed in." Lewis Carroll's diary, 15th February, 1881 The Nursery Alice, originally published by Macmillan & Co. in 1890, was the very first colour edition of Alice. It was intended, wrote Carroll, "to be read ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Anne Shirley
'It's a million times nicer to be Anne of Green Gables than Anne of nowhere in particular, isn't it?' Orphaned Anne has always dreamed of having a real home and family. When she is accidently sent to Green Gables Farm to live with Mr and Mrs Cuthbert, she immediately knows that this will be home. But wi ...Show more
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