Classic tales from the Brothers Grimm. Read online at Hathitrust.

A collection of Native American myths, legends, and tales. Read online at archive.org.

The further adventures of Giddy, just five, in the Sandman’s country. Read online at archive.org.

Amyas Leigh sails from England with Francis Drake and becomes a freebooter or pirate in the Carribean. He later returns to England at the time of the Spanish Armada. The novel is blighted by it virulent anti-Catholicsm. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Using familiar fairy tales, the author points out the necessity of loving one’s children more than oneself. Read online at archive.org.... View More

A collection of Native American stories. Read online at archive.org.

A historical novel about William Wallace and the Scots revolt against the English beginning in 1297. Read online at Hathitrust.

Familiar stories from the Bible, both the Old Testament and the New. Read online at archive.org.

This is the well loved story of a little Swiss orphan who goes to live in the mountains with her grandfather, her exile in the big city and her return home. Originally published by David McKay it was added to the Scribner’s Illustrated Classics... View More

A selection of poems celebrating America’s martial heritage from the Boston tea party to the end of World War I. Read online at archive.org.... View More

The story of a young Scotsman who goes to France to seek his fortune under King Louis XI. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Mole goes out on a fine spring day and meets the water rat by the riverside. Before he knows it he is wrapped up in the doings of the river dwellers, include the notorious Toad. This is the second fully illustrated edition. The end papers used were f... View More

In this second volume, David Balfour continues his adventures as he puts himself on the right side of the law, reclaims his inheritance and finds himself a wife. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Short excerpts from Dicken’s novels introducing his child characters.

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This is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work. It tells the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian ... View More

The Indian Prince calling himself Captain Nemo prowls beneath the sea seeking his revenge.

Hans and Gretel’s father has been unable to work. If Hans wins the skating race it will help to support the household. Hans decides to ask the famous brain surgeon if he can help their father. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

A tangled tale of love and deceit unfolds beneath Vesuvius in the year 79 A.D. and comes to a climax with the volcano’s eruption

When the Roundheads triumph in the English civil war they burn down the Beverley family’s home. The orphaned children escape to the forest where they are taken in by Jacob Armitage, an old family servant. As in a Robinsonnade, they must learn t... View More

Unusual for Verne, this is a straight adventure story. Michael is sent by the Czar to warn the governor of Irkutsk of the presence of a traitor on his staff. On the Trans-Siberian railway Michael finds a wife. Unfortunately, at least in this translat... View More

This is the story of Johnny Fraser and his part in the Revolutionary War in the South.

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The story of a cow horse and his various masters.

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This is an authentic tale of cattle ranching in the 1880’s.

This is the first appearance of Peter from the book The Little White Bird. This is the fourth Rackham illustrated edition.

James Baldwin retells the story of Roland the great knight of France and his service to Charlemagne. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Chadwick Buford is an orphan who finds a home for himself and his dog Jack in the Kentucky settlement of Kingdom Come. He has many adventures during which he discovers his true parentage, fights in the Civil War and returns to Kingdom Come. Read onli... View More

A retelling of the Norse and German myths of the hero warrior Siegfried.

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This is a fictionalized autobiography by Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, born in Saint-Nazaire-d’Acton, Quebec, who moved to the United States and changed his name to William Roderick James. He is best know as the author of Smoky the Cow Horse.... View More

This is the first of Howard Pyle’s four books that encompass the Matter of Britain - that is the story of King Arthur. It tells of how Arthur became king and some of his adventures. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

This is the third of four volumes by Howard Pyle regarding the Matter of Britain - that is King Arthur and his knights. In this volume he tells of the adventures of Sir Launcelot du Lac and the birth of his son who was to become Sir Galahad - sans pe... View More

This is the Brandywine edition. It includes the stories of Lancelot, Sir Tristram and Sir Percival. There is also a library edition in blue cloth, without the paste on label.

In this, the fourth and final volume of his history of the Matter of Britain - that is King Arthur and his knights, Howard Pyle tells of the adventures of Sir Galahad and the death of King Arthur.

Extracts from Dickens that illuminate his characters.

Selections from the works of Louisa May Alcott, including Little Women, Little Men, Jo’s Boys, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Eight Cousins and Jack and Jill.

Two young men head west by Conestoga to find a better life. This edition bound in black cloth with a paste on cover is more typical of the Scribner’s Illustrated Classics.

The story of Jody and his love for a fawn.

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This is a fairy tale anthology.

The legends of Robin Hood are recounted by Paul Creswick.

First published in 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

This is the well loved story of a little Swiss orphan who goes to live in the mountains with her grandfather, her exile in the big city and her return home. Originally published by David McKay it was added to the Scribner’s Illustrated Classics... View More

This is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work. It tells the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian ... View More

Stolen from his home, Buck is shanghaied to the Klondike gold fields. There he bonds with John Thornton. When Thornton is killed by robbers, Buck becomes the leader of the wolf pack.

A classic story of a half-dog half-wolf who is brutalized by a bad master during the Klondike gold rush, but finally finds a man he can love.

A young soldier in the Civil War must decide what it means to be brave.

The rabbits of Sandleford Warren set out to find a new home on Watership Down.

“Bambi: A Life in the Woods” by Felix Salten was originally published in Austria in 1923. Simon & Schuster’s 1928 edition is based on an English translation by Whittaker Chambers.