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The Adventures of Johnny Appleseed (1930)
Author(s):
Henry Chapin
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1959)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone, George Cruikshank
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1940)
The puppet who wants to be a real boy.
Author(s):
Carlo Collodi
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Adventures of Puffy (1870)
A fluffy white Maltese dog gets into no end of trouble. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Adventures of Remi (1925)
Author(s):
Hector Malot
Illustrator(s):
Mead Schaeffer
The Adventures of Roderick Random (1959)
Author(s):
Tobias Smollett
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
Author(s):
Arthur Doyle
Illustrator(s):
Sidney Paget
The Adventures of Tinker and Tanker (1961)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Adventures of Tintin (1993)
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962)
Poems that shed further light on middle-earth.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
True Williams
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1956)
An omnibus edition illustrated by Norman Rockwell of these two classic novels. All of the original illustrations may not be present.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Norman Rockwell
Aesop’s Fables (1911)
A large collection of traditional fables. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Aesop
Illustrator(s):
Boyd Smith
Aesop’s Fables (1912)
Author(s):
Vernon Jones
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Aesop’s Fables (1927)
A selection of Aesop’s fables with black and white illustrations by Louis Rhead and color by Frank Schoonover.
Author(s):
Aesop
Illustrator(s):
Louis Rhead, Frank Schoonover
Aesop’s Fables (1933)
Boris Artzybasheff selected his favorite fables from Aesop and illustrated them with wood engravings.
Author(s):
Boris Artzybasheff
Illustrator(s):
Boris Artzybasheff
Aesop’s Fables (1985)
Author(s):
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Aesop’s Fables (2000)
Sixty famous and familiar fables.
Author(s):
Aesop
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The African Queen (1935)
In Central Africa of 1914, Rose Sayer buries her brother then sets out on a boat called the African Queen for the adventure of a lifetime.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The African Queen (1940)
In Central Africa of 1914, Rose Sayer buries her brother then sets out on a boat called the African Queen for the adventure of a lifetime. This edition restores the author’s original ending.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
None