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A Little Princess Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe Now Told for the First Time (1905)
Author(s):
Frances Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Ethel Franklin
The Wheel on the School (1954)
Overcoming many obstacles, a group of children work together with their Dutch village to bring the storks back.
Author(s):
Meindert De Jong
Illustrator(s):
Maurice Sendak
The Circus Train (1948)
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Author(s):
Jessie Knittle
Illustrator(s):
Dorcas Knittle
Homer Price (1943)
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Tinker and Tanker Travel Out West and to Africa (1963)
Two adventures of the rabbit and hippo abbreviated from earlier volumes.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Freddy and Simon the Dictator (1956)
Simon the rat with the assistance of the all-around scoundrel Herb Garble foments an animal revolt, but Freddy and his friends with the assistance of the loyal dogs are on top of it.
Author(s):
Walter Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Rum-Tum-Tummy (1936)
Rum Tum Tummy was a bold, bad elephant until he met up with a railway and a typhoon.
Author(s):
Holling Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling Holling
A Prefect’s Uncle (1903)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Noel Pocock
The Lion´s Paw: A Tale of African Animals (1959)
Only the mouse has the courage to remove the thorn from the lion’s paw.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jane Watson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Royal Book of Oz (1921)
Author(s):
Frank Baum, Ruth Thompson
Illustrator(s):
John Neill
Little Women or Meg, Beth, Jo and Amy (1915)
The story of four girls growing up during the Civil War. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louisa Alcott
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Smith
Thumbelina (1979)
A very tiny girl has many adventures.
Author(s):
Hans Andersen, Amy Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Cinderella (1873)
A neglected stepdaughter, a fairy godmother and a prince. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Mr. O’Malley and the Haunted House (1985)
This is volume #2 of the paperback edition of Barnaby.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Travels of Babar (1934)
Babar and Celeste set out in a balloon on their wedding journey and have many exciting adventures.
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Henry Reed’s Baby-Sitting Service (1966)
Henry and Midge decide to start a baby-sitting service as their summer project.
Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Obelix and Co. (1978)
Author(s):
René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Big Red Hen (1960)
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Dead Ned (1938)
Condemned to hang for a murder he did not commit, Ned Mansell is revived by his physician friends and smuggled on to a ship bound for Africa.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Unknown