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The Railway Children
The Railway Children

by Edith Nesbit

The beginning of things - They were not railway children at the beginning...

1900 985 ed.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

In 1815 Monsieur Charles-Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of Digne.

1862 526 ed.
The House of Seven Gables Readalong
The House of Seven Gables Readalong

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

HALFWAY DOWN A bystreet of one of our New England towns stands a rusty wooden house, with seven acutely peaked gables, f...

1851 471 ed.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
The Story of Doctor Dolittle

by Hugh Lofting

ONCE upon a time, many years ago-when our grandfathers were little children-there was a doctor, and his name was Dolittl...

1920 224 ed.
Roughing It
Roughing It

by Mark Twain

My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory-an office of such majesty that is concentrated in itsel...

1872 408 ed.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-loo...

1911 1594 ed.
The Magician's Nephew
The Magician's Nephew

by C. S. Lewis

This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child.

1955 163 ed.
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

ALONG TIME AGO, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babi...

1935 130 ed.
Heidi
Heidi

by Spyri, Johanna

The pretty little Swiss town of Mavenfeld lies at the foot of a mountain range, whose grim rugged peaks tower high above...

1885 180 ed.
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Há bastante tempo, o autor tem a opinião de que muitos dos mitos clássicos poderiam se tornar uma excelente leitura para...

1800 144 ed.
Meditations
Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

Her reverence for the divine, her generosity, her inability not only to do wrong but even to conceived of doing it.

1626 642 ed.
Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones

by Stephen King

Un bochornoso dia de agosto de 1994, mi mujer me dijo que iba al Rite Aid de Derry a comprar un recambio para el inhalad...

1998 75 ed.
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia

by C. S. Lewis

This is the story of an adventure that happened in Narnia and Calormen and the lands between, in the Golden Age when Pet...

1970 60 ed.
Runaway Ralph
Runaway Ralph

by Beverly Cleary

The small brown mouse named Ralph who was hiding under the grandfather clock did not have much longer to wait before he ...

1970 60 ed.
Many Waters (Time Quintet #4)
Many Waters (Time Quintet #4)

by Madeleine L'Engle

A sudden snow shower put an end to hockey practice.

1986 26 ed.
Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit

by Charles Dickens

As no lady or gentleman, with any claims to polite breeding, can possibly sympathise with the Chuzzlewit Family without ...

1800 290 ed.
Little Bear's Visit
Little Bear's Visit

by Else Holmelund Minarik

One day Little Bear came to visit Grandmother and Grandfather Bear in their little house in the woods.

1961 50 ed.
Gilead
Gilead

by Marilynne Robinson

I told you last night that I might be gone sometime, and you said, Where, and I said, To be with the Good Lord, and you ...

2004 37 ed.