Selections from the humorous sporting novel Handley Cross.

I am sure Mr. Sneelock won’t mind when he finds he’s a rather large circus behind. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Eloise invades the city of light.

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The Grinch can’t stand to see the Whos down in Whosville preparing for Christmas.

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is the widow of a pirate who lives in a house built upside down. When worried mothers call her about Jane or Darci’s behavior problems, she always has a solution. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

A collection of poems about fabulous animals.

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More stories about he author’s deplorable Uncle Silas.

The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and we have just covered the T’s. The greatest master of English in his most appealing work.

The most famous exploits of the muddle-headed Don for younger readers.

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A mysterious potion mixed by Kerby with his chemistry set has a beneficial effect on the neighborhood bully but also wreaks havoc at the Sunday School pageant. Read online at archive.org.... View More

The ingenuity of ten-year-old Bottsford enables the three clownish policemen of an isolated idyllic isle to catch thieves who have been stealing the islanders’ fish and fishing nets. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Set along the Mississippi River, this book traces the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Jim, a fugitive slave. The Great American Novel.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Brown’s children are so incredibly naughty that they must call in Nurse Matilda. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The pushcart vendors of New York take on the giant delivery trucks for control of the streets. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Three nonsense stories.

The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah are described by his younger brother, frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or money.

A cat and her home, an old car in a junkyard, suddenly find themselves on the road with a reckless, frenzied traveling salesman at the wheel. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

The Brown children are packed off to London and proceed to terrorize the city until Nurse Matilda takes a firm hand. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The year is 50 BC, and all of Gaul is occupied except for one small village. How much longer can Asterix, Obelix and their friends resist the Roman Empire? Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Take an unforgettable journey through the English countryside and into the homes of its inhabitants--four-legged and otherwise--with the world’s best-loved animal doctor.

Arthur, the church mouse, is lonely with only the church cat Sampson to keep him company and decides, with the parson’s permission, to invite some other mice to join him.

When the Brown children misbehave, Nurse Matilda decides it is time to send them all to the hospital. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

A collection of jokes, cartoons and humorous verse.

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Jeremiah sets out to find what happened to his grandmother’s tarts and meets some familiar nursery characters along the way, as well as a few not so familiar ones. Read online at archive.org.... View More

When he is seven years old, Thomas Tull begin growing backwards.

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It is Christmas Eve and the robbers of London set out to steal as many toys as they can, but Officer Pugh is on the job. Read online at archive.org.... View More

A game of I Spy with favorite nursery characters.

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Two Heads celebrates its birthday.

On Noah’s Ark, it’s time for bed.

As he is about to get on the bus for Camp Soonawissakit, Benjamin “Ape Face” Andrews switches bodies with his father.

Mrs. Bear wants to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, but Mr. Bear is making it very hard to do. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Nicki drops one of his new white mittens in the snow. The animals crawl into it to keep warm, until … someone sneezes! Read online at archive.org.... View More

The Bear Band is on their way to play in the Village Square for the gala ball when the band wagon gets stuck in a rut. Who can get them out? Read online at archive.org.... View More

The Owl and the Pussycat put to sea again, with honey and money and a runcible spoon.

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When two trolls make off with Treva’s family Christmas pudding, she knows something has to be done. Hedgie the hedgehog makes his first appearance. Read online at archive.org.... View More

On the second Thursday of every month, the official town burglars carry out a daring daylight burglary to give the Foxbury Police Force practice in capturing burglars, until one day things do not go as planned. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Eager to leave the hardships of home, Roger becomes part of a pirate crew, only to discover his long-lost father. Read online at archive.org.... View More

’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

In Jan Brett’s telling, the Gingerbread Baby finds a home -- and not in the fox’s stomach! Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Frank O. King’s newspaper strip Gasoline Alley, starring Walt Wallet, first appeared November 24, 1918. In the strip for February 14, 1921, a baby, whom Walt names Skeezix is left on Walt’s doorstep. This is the first volume in the collec... View More