This classic children's story has delighted readers both young and old for decades. «Heidi» is the story of a little orphan girl who is sent to live with her Grandfather in the Swiss Alps by her Aunt Dete. Her Grandfather has the reputation of having a nasty disposition but Heidi quickly warms up to him. Just as Heidi finds happiness in the mountains she must return to the city to take care of her invalid cousin Klara. «Heidi» is a charming ...
Lucy Maud Montgomery is best known for her «Anne» series, starting with «Anne of Green Gables». A lifelong writer, Montgomery wrote her first poem at nine years old. Many of her stories, and the characters within them, were written from an autobiographical stance. «Further Chronicles of Avonlea», published in 1920, is a sequel to her «Chronicles of Avonlea». This sequel created a great deal of controversy as it was published without the consent ...
The seventh novel in the «Anne of Green Gables» saga, «Rainbow Valley» finds Anne married with six children. The focus of «Rainbow Valley» is less upon Anne and more upon her neighbor, Presbyterian minister John Meredith and the interaction between his and Anne's children. This novel follows Anne at age forty-one and continues the tale of Lucy M. Montgomery's most popular and well-loved character. ...
Hugh Lofting's follow-up to his popular children's book «The Story of Doctor Dolittle», «The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle» continues the saga of Doctor Dolittle, the man who can talk to animals. In this edition, Doctor Dolittle takes on an assistant, Tommy Stubbins, the young son of the local cobbler and teaches him how to speak with animals. Together the two set out to find Long Arrow, the greatest naturalist in the world, in an adventu ...
Raised in a bleak orphanage without even a name from her parents, this modern girls' fairy tale tells the story of Jerusha Abbott, a plucky young woman without ties and unsure of her future. After a visit from the trustees of the orphanage, Jerusha is told that one of the trustees sees in her the potential of a writer and wishes to be the patron of her college education. In exchange for tuition payment and a generous monthly allowance, Jeru ...
First published in London in 1858, this adult fantasy novel follows Anodos, a man who searches for his ideal of female beauty in a dream-like world. Anodos has many adventures and faces many temptations in this fairyland, from tree spirit confrontations to a long trek to the palace of the fairy queen, where he eventually meets the Marble Lady. MacDonald would later astonish and influence writers such as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and W. H. A ...
Originally written as a series of bedtime stories for the author's son, «The Wind in the Willows» is a classic of children's literature that can equally be enjoyed by adults. It tells the adventures of the Toad, the Mole, the Rat, and the Badger who all live along or by the riverbank. This collection of stories is a captivating timeless classic. ...
"The Red Fairy Book" is the second book in the series of Andrew Lang's «Fairy Books», a popular series of books that collected together various stories of myth, fantasy, and legend which had been passed down through the ages by oral tradition. Included in this volume are the following stories: The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Princess Mayblossom, Soria Moria Castle, The Death of Koschei the Deathless, The Black Thief and Knight of th ...
Rudyard Kipling's «The Second Jungle Book» is a classic collection of fables set predominately in the Indian jungle with animal characters used to teach moral lessons. A sequel to the popular 1894 work, «The Jungle Book», this volume includes five additional stories of one of Kipling's most famous characters, Mowgli, a 'man-cub' raised by wolves, as well as three unrelated stories. In «The Second Jungle Book» Kipling provides ...
