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
Jim Hawkins sets sail in search of Treaure Island. But on board ship, Jim discovers a mutinous plan, led by Long John Silver. Novelist Darren Shan introduces the novel, telling what got her hooked on the book. And an information section at the back covers breaking news, fashion, crime and punishment 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 | Series: The World of Beatrix Potter
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 | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Experience the lifetime of a horse in late 19th century England with this beloved, classic tale. Originally published in 1877, Black Beauty is the "autobiography" of a horse, chronicling a his life experience at the hands of his owners. Some are cruel, with no empathy, while others are kind and gentle. ...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
When Alice steps through the looking-glass in the drawing room one snowy, drowsy afternoon, she finds herself in a peculiar, topsy-turvy world where chess pieces walk about, flowers talk and nothing is quite as it seems. Alice is caught up in a bizarre chess game and encounters some rather eccentric cha ...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: Faber Children's Classics
A very ordinary boy. Nobody noticed him, he was just like everyone else. But Fred knew he was different. He just didn't know quite how different. And when he did...Well, what then?
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Puffin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Complete and unabridged paperback edition. Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold." Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X," schoone ...Show more
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Heritage Classics
We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto...When a devastating tornado lifts up her house, Dorothy and her faithful dog Toto find themselves transported to a strange and beautiful land. Fearing they may never see home again, they set off on a magical journey. Accompanied by a Tin Woodman, a Scarecrow and a Cowa ...Show more
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