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The Prisoner of Zenda (1894)
Rudolf Rassendyll, proper English gentleman, bears an uncanny resemblance to his distant cousin King Rudolf V of Ruritania, and thereby hangs a tale. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Anthony Hope
Illustrator(s):
None
Kim (1901)
Kim O’Hara grows up unsupervised in British India and is recruited into the secret service. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
John Kipling
The Boy Who Was Followed Home (1975)
Author(s):
Margaret Mahy
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Runaway Flying Horse (1976)
Author(s):
Paul Bonzon
Illustrator(s):
William du Bois
Three Little Animals (1956)
The two older little animals decide to dress up and go out and see the world of men. The littlest animal makes a suit of clothes then follows them and brings them home.
Author(s):
Margaret Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Drums (1928)
This is the story of Johnny Fraser and his part in the Revolutionary War in the South.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
James Boyd
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Jungle Books (1963)
The complete adventures of Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)
Author(s):
Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
John Neill
Tom Kitten’s Painting Book (1917)
Outline pictures from Tom Kitten’s adventures to be colored in by the owner.
Author(s):
Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s):
Beatrix Potter
We Three Kings and Other Christmas Carols (1944)
An illustrated collection of traditional Christmas carols with music.
Author(s):
Various, Henry Waldstein
Illustrator(s):
H. A. Rey
Walt Disney’s: The Grasshopper and the Ants (1993)
The familiar fable of the carefree grasshopper and the prudent ants.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Brown
Illustrator(s):
Larry Moore
Sir Cedric (1984)
Sir Cedric sets out on a quest, rescues a fair princess and defeats a villainous knight.
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
The Bird of Dawning (1933)
The adventures of Cruiser Trewsbury 2nd Mate aboard the Blackgauntlet running an epic race from China to London when the ship goes down.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
M. G.
The Old Woman and the Crooked Sixpence (1928)
An old woman asks some passers-by to help get her pig over the stile.
Author(s):
Berta Hader, Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader, Elmer Hader
The Year of Jubilo (1940)
When their father dies and his business fails, the Wymans retreat to their cottage in Maine to regroup.
Author(s):
Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets (2009)
Selections from Lear, mainly nonsense alphabets and botany.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Tintin in America (1979)
Trail of the Unicorn Volume 8 (2014)
Author(s):
Carl Barks
Illustrator(s):
Carl Barks
Big Box of Boynton Set 2! (2014)
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton