A simple game of hide-and-seek turns into a thrilling and dangerous adventure in this beloved tale in C.S. Lewis' classic The Chronicles of Narnia series.Through the wardrobe, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy enter the mystical land of ...

Originally written for children and first published in 1881, Twain's delightful satire of England's past will amuse listeners young and old alike. The Prince and the Pauper relates the hilarious adventures of Tom Canty, a ragged stree...

Genuinely funny books for children are few and far between. So, when a story like Henry Huggins comes along, it comes to stay. Children everywhere see themselves in this irresistible boy's adventures.During an unforgettable year that ...

L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century. Now the children of Green Knowe--both alive and gho...

This set includes all seven volumes of the classic, allegorical, and greatly beloved children's fantasy series, the Chronicles of Narnia: THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW; THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE; THE HORSE AND HIS BOY; PRINCE...

Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, in triumphing over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter. Read by Michae...

The kids in the Melendy family decide to pool their money and form a club named I.S.A.A.C.--the Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club. Each week, one of the siblings uses the money to travel alone into New York City and have a...

One of the world's greatest storytellers weaves together an unforgettable collection of animal tales, including how the camel got its hump, how the leopard got its spots, and how even a butterfly stamping his leg can change a man's li...

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy manage to lead interesting lives despite Father's absence at war and the family's lack of money. Whether they're putting on a play or forming a secret society, their gaiety is infectious. Written from Louisa May ...

Focusing on the struggles and triumphs of the Logans, a poor African-American family, ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY explores themes of racism, family heritage, sacrifice, pride, and accountability in Depression-era Mississippi. The Log...

Beautiful princesses, genies who emerge from bottles, and talking birds in 26 magical tales: 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp,' 'Sindbad the Sailor,' 'Noureddin and the Fair Persian,' 'Merchant of Bagdad,' and more. 66 illustrations.

Doctor Dolittle--a 19th-century English physician--has never been one for worrying much. Even after his human patients desert him (when one too many sit on one of the doctor's unusual parlor pets), he manages to convert gracefully to ...

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a...

Dwarves, giants, princesses, kings, fairies, and magicians ... all can be found in the enchanting fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. Twenty-two of the Grimms' best stories are brought to life in this deluxe edition, from well-known fa...

These delightful, whimsical adventures of the good doctor who talks to the animals are still enthralling children and adults alike nearly a century after their original publication.

The legend of King Arthur comes to life! Howard Pyle recounts the great moments of Arthur's life: the infant son of the dying king, hidden for his protection by the magician Merlin; the boy who reclaims his destiny by pulling the swor...

This sequel to Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women follows the adventurous life of the naughty but soft-hearted boys of a boarding school at Plumfield.

Nothing's more magical than going down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass with Alice. There, in worlds unlike any other ever created, conventional logic is turned upside down and wrong-way round to enchanting effect. Childr...

Alice is wondering what to do one day, when a talking rabbit steals her attention. She is so intrigued that she follows him into his hole, and tumbles down into Wonderland. Alice soon discovers that reality and logic, as she knows the...

On the river bank, Mole meets the Water Rat, and stays with him in his snug waterside home where the river laps at the sill of his window. Here he meets Ratty's friends: Badger, who lives in the Wild Wood; Otter; and the incorrigible ...

A classic of magical fancy and enchanting wit, this children's tale follows the adventures of an intrepid quartet of heroes---Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and the incorrigible Toad.

Disguised as a boy, Alanna of Trebond becomes a squire -- to none other than the prince of the realm. But Prince Jonathan is much more to Alanna; he is her ally, her best friend, and one of the few who knows that she's really a girl. ...

This first sequel to Anne of Green Gables has our heroine beginning her new role as a full-fledged schoolma'am. Join Anne and her friends as they encounter accidents and adventures, scandal and romance, and at last, a wedding.

A tall, slim girl, 'half-past sixteen,' with serious gray eyes and hair which her friends called auburn, had sat down on the broad red sandstone doorstep of a Prince Edward Island farmhouse one ripe afternoon in August, firmly resolve...

Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor after the death of her parents. When she finds the door to a secret, neglected garden and decides to tend and car...

Taran, The Assistant Pig-Keeper,' longs to be a hero. He begins his journey with a strange assortment of companions on a dangerous mission to save his beloved land, Prydain.    Packed with action, humor, romance, and gallant...

Deep underground, a web of evil magic holds a prince in captivity.Narnia ... where owls speak, where evil weaves a spell ... where sorcery enslaves the land.Narnia is in peril, and only Eustace and Jill can help. Along with Puddleglum...

Since childhood, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who refuse to stay dead. But now her father, the Mage Abhorson, is missing, and Sabriel must cross int...

This captivating tale, set in London and Paris at the time of the French Revolution, uses the contrasts between the cities' 'beliefs' to reveal the central choice confronting all of society: should a person work to change society or s...

Shipwrecked on a desert island, Crusoe's fate is precipitated by his rebellious behavior against his father's authority and his wandering disposition, in this popular classic adventure.