Children's Classics

Jules Verne's classic science fiction story Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea tells the great tale of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus. In 1866 a strange and unknown sea monster is sighted by ships and an ocean liner is attacked. An expedition prepares in New York, to find and destroy the menacing creature. The 20,000 of the title refers to an overall distance traveled under the sea, rather than an impossible measure of descent.

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Driven by imagination, an insatiable desire for freedom, and his knack for getting into trouble, Tom Sawyer, a mischievous twelve-year-old orphan, finds himself entangled in a series of thrilling escapades in this coming-of-age tale set in a quiet, rural Mississippi River town. Joined by his loyal friend, Huckleberry Finn, a vagabond who relishes the thrill of independence, Tom runs away from home one day, embarking on unforgettable adventures that...

In this sequel to "Alice in Wonderland" Alice goes through the mirror to find a strange world where curious adventures await her.

The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York in the early twentieth century.

After Tacy Kelly moves into the house across the street from Betsy Ray, the five-year-olds become inseparable friends.

Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.

The Call of the Wild is Jack London's most popular book and is considered by many to be his best. Telling the story of Buck, a domesticated dog whose wild instincts begin to kick-in while serving as a sled dog in the treacherous Yukon. The novel's tone is often dark, and despite being considered juvenile literature by some, it portrays much violence and cruelty. The Call of the Wild was followed in 1906 by White Fang with its

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Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

A new translation of 230 fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. Also includes a listing of their oral and/or literary sources.

A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all.