In this third episode, free-spirited Anne leaves Prince Edward Island for college. She faces hard choices in her aspirations to be a writer and to find a good husband.
...'Little Women' represents Alcott's belief that the fullest art came from women who had fulfilled both their sexual and their intellectual needs....Jo lives and writes, not as the unattainable genius, Shakespeare's sister, but as a ...
The orphaned Pip is serving as a blackmith's apprentice when an unknown benefactor supplies the means for him to be educated in London as a gentleman of "great expectations."
The heart of the magic was sealed with Firefrost, the Weirdstone of Brisingamen...should Nastrond destroy the stone, then the magic will die away. When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, the Wizard - ...
"We've got millions!" the prospectors roared to the throng at Seattles' docks. "The Klondike is the richest goldfield in the world!" Within moments, the telegraph is humming the news. Within hours, fifteen-year-...
Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green...
Lucy Maud MontgomeryThe fifth novel in the Anne of Green Gables saga, Anne's House of Dreams chronicles the early married life of Anne and her husband and childhood sweetheart, Gilbert Blythe.
Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story ofa Vermont boyhood...
William Golding's classic novel of primitive savagery and survival is one of the most vividly realized and riveting works in modern fiction. The tale begins after a plane wreck deposits a group of English school boys, aged six to twel...
Thumbelina And Other Fairy Tales
Hans Christian AndersenA collection of tales includes 'Thumbelina,' The Brave Tin Soldier,' The Princess and the Pea,' 'The Butterfly,' 'The Flea and the Professor,' 'The Flying Trunk,' 'The Metal Pig,' 'The Storks,' 'The Silver Shilling,' and 'The Nighting...
Winnie-the-Pooh (A.a. Milin's Pooh Cl...
A. A. MilneEvery last comforting, amusing story and poem about Christopher Robin and his world of stuffed animals, including Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Tigger, and many others can be found collected together in this massive, de...
King Arthur and the Knights of the Ro...
Benedict FlynnAn exciting, magical plot, along with its unforgettable characters -- the heroic King Arthur, the wizard Merlin, the brave Sir Lancelot, the beautiful Guinevere and the evil Morgana le Fey -- will enchant younger listeners, in this au...
As a baby, Peter Pan falls out of his carriage and is taken by fairies to Never-Never Land. There he can fly, and he befriends the fairy Tinker Bell. After Peter revisits England, Wendy Darling and her younger brothers accompany him...
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ...
C. S. LewisNarnia . . . the land beyond the wardrobe door, a secret place frozen in eternal winter . . . a magical country waiting to be set free.Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At fi...
This is the first in the 14-book Wizard of Oz series. When a tornado hits her small Kansas town, Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are transported to the magical Land of Oz. Seeking a way back home, Dorothy sets out in search of the Wizar...
SYNOPSIS: Meet the Melendys! Mona, the eldest, is thirteen. She has decided to become an actress and can recite poetry at the drop of a hat. Rush is twelve and a bit mischievous. Miranda is ten and a half. She loves dancing and painti...
A Stranger at Green Knowe (Green Know...
L. M. BostonL. 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...
Relates the adventures of a young Englishman who gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves. Illustrated with drawings and maps depicting the period.
The Horse And His Boy: The Chronicles...
Focus on the FamilyAlthough originally published fifth in the Chronicles of Narnia, this classic children’s fantasy actually overlaps in time with THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, when the four Pevensie children ruled as kings and queens in N...
When spoiled Mary Lennox goes to live at her uncle's lonely mansion on the Yorkshire moors, she finds magic and beauty in a mysterious, locked garden with the help of an invalid cousin who has the ability to communicate with animals. ...
Enjoy the adventures of eleven year-old Portia, who together with her younger brother, Foster, spend a summer with their cousin, Julian, engaged in more than the usual summer pastimes of sun, fun and games! The three intrepid children...
Allan Quatermain, gentleman adventurer, is retained to locate a missing man by two Englishmen. The man, brother of one of the Englishmen, has disappeared into the heart of Africa while on a hunt for the lost mines of King Solomon. Joi...
A young girl learns she's half mermaid and plunges into a scheme to reunite with her father in this entrancing, satisfying tale that beckons readers far below the waves.For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap h...
The Silver Chair: The Chronicles Of N...
Focus on the FamilyA few English months and many Narnian years separate this follow-up to THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, the previous installment in the classic children's fantasy series the Chronicles of Narnia. The much-reformed Eustace Scrubb and a ...
Dr. Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter. To test his theories, he collects bones from the charnel-houses to construct a 'human' being, and then gives it life. The creature, endowed with supernatural si...
Who needs a ladder when you've got a giraffe with an extending neck? The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company certainly doesn't. They don't need a pail, either, because they have a pelican with a bucket-sized beak. With a monkey to d...
The Lion, the Witch And the Wardrobe
Focus on the FamilyOne of the most highly respected fantasy novels ever written, THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE can be seen as both an exciting children’s adventure story and an allegory about faith. The story begins when the Pevensie sibli...
The Bronze Bow: New Classic Collectio...
Elizabeth George SpearIn this Newbery Medal-winning novel, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by only one passion: to avenge his father's death by crucifixion by driving the Roman legions from his land of Israel. He joins an outlaw band and leads a dangerous life o...
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.
Little Women: BBC Radio 4 full-cast d...
Louisa May AlcottA brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization of the evergreen classic novel by Louisa May Alcott. With their father away in the American Civil War, the March sisters are facing a lean Christmas with their mother. As the years go by...
Pride and Prejudice Audiobook (Timele...
Jane AustenTimeless Classics--designed for the struggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classic novels will grab a student's attention from the first page. Audiobook for each title is paced for student...