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Magic Island (1964)

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Orphaned girl, Angel Thorne goes on a voyage by clipper ship from New York to Barbados with an exciting winter spent there not only restore herself to complete health but to also give her new friends and her own special place. Read online at Internet... View More

Author(s): Madye Chastain
Illustrator(s): Madye Chastain

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Little Toot (1939)

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Little Toot the tugboat conquers his fear of rough seas when he single-handedly rescues an ocean liner during a storm. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hardie Gramatky
Illustrator(s): Hardie Gramatky

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The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1947)

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Twitted by a parrot about his looks, the baby elephant is unhappy until he meets some beautiful creatures just like himself. As with most of the early Little Golden Books, the later editions were much shortened. Read online at archive.org.  This... View More

Author(s): Byron Jackson, Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Jim Davis (1911)

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Young Jim Davis accidentally stumbles on a smugglers’ den and is shanghaied into their crew, until after a series of hairbreadth adventures he finally escapes. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): None

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The Hobbit (1981)

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Having been retained as a burglar by a group of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins sets out one fine spring day for the Lonely Mountain.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): J. R. R. Tolkien, Michael Hague

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Richard Scarry’s Busiest People Ever (1976)

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It’s a busy day in Busytown.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Captain Kidd’s Cat (1956)

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Being the True and Dolorous Chronicle of Wm. Kidd, Gent. & Merchant of New York. Late Captain of the Adventure Galley. Of the Vicissitudes attending His Unfortunate Cruise in Eastern Waters, of His Incarceration in Newgate Prison, of His Unjust T... View More

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Whaler ’Round the Horn (1950)

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Rodney Glenn hitches a ride to New Bedford to sign on with a whalerman and is off for the south seas and a rendezvous with a certain white whale. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Stephen Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

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The Diggers (1960)

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Verses on the diggers of holes from moles to Mary Anne.

Author(s): Margaret Brown
Illustrator(s): Clement Hurd

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Rebecca and Rowena (1850)

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Thackeray imagines what comes after the wedding of Ivanhoe and Rowena.

Author(s): William Thackeray
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Life on the Mississippi (1883)

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The author reminisces about his years as a Mississippi River pilot before the Civil War, then brings things up-to-date on a trip down river in the 1880’s. The first part was originally published as Old Times on the Mississippi in 1876. Read onl... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Et al, John Harley

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The Night Before Christmas (1931)

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’Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the house …

Author(s): Clement Moore
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Two Years Before the Mast (1904)

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The author shipped before the mast on a voyage to California in 1834 to collect a cargo of hides.

Author(s): Richard Dana
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Caddy Woodlawn (1973)

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Pioneer adventures of a girl growing up in northern Wisconsin.

Author(s): Carol Brink
Illustrator(s): Trina Hyman

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Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze (1951)

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Randy and Oliver are the only two of the five Melendys at home this winter, but a mysterious message keeps them occupied. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s): Elizabeth Enright

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The Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch (1943)

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A history of the German settlers in Pennsylvania.

Author(s): Ann Hark
Illustrator(s): C. H. De Witt

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Pretzel: A Page for Children (1946)

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Pretzel is a very looong weiner dog - which sometimes is a disadvantage and sometimes a distinct advantage. These short stories taken from Pretzel and the Puppies were published in Good Housekeeping magazine.... View More

Author(s): Margret Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

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Bluebeard (1895)

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The famous spine chilling story of a wife who was too curious - ‘Sister Anne, Sister Anne!’ This is a later reissue. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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In the High Valley (1891)

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Clover and her sister Elsie are married to two English brothers and living in Colorado now. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s): Jessie McDermot

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Tales of St. Austin’s (1903)

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A dozen ‘public school’ stories set at St. Austin’s. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): T. M. R. Whitwell, Noel Pocock, E. F. Skinner

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