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Aesop's Fables
A collection of nearly 60 fables from Aesop, including such familiar ones as "The Grasshopper and the Ants," "The North Wind and the Sun," "Androcles and the Lion," "The Troublesome Dog," and "The Fox and the Stork."
87 p. 2000 [Aesop's lifespan 620 - 564 B.C.]
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Alcott, Louisa May
Little Women
A classic story about the joys and sorrows of 4 sisters (Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth) as they grow into young women in mid-19th-century New England.
562 p. 2000 [originally published in 1868]
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Atwater, Richard
Mr. Popper's Penguins
The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.
138 p. 1988 [originally published in 1938]
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Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a boy who never grows up. His home is in Neverland, where he leads the Darling children. Together with the Lost Boys they go up against the evil Captain Hook.
200 p. 2002 [originally published in 1928]
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Baum, L. Frank
The Wizard of Oz
Transported by a cyclone to the land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog Toto are befriended by a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lion. They go with her to the Emerald City to look for a wizard who can help her return home.
103 p. 2005 [originally published in 1900]
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Bianco, Margery Williams
The Velveteen Rabbit, Or, How Toys Become Real
By the time the Velveteen Rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real.
33 p. 1991 [originally published in 1922]
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Brink, Carol Ryrie
Caddie Woodlawn
Delightful adventures of an 11-year-old tomboy living in Wisconsin in 1864.
275 p. 1973 [originally published in 1935]
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson
A Little Princess
Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London School, is left in poverty when her father dies, but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
324 p. 1985 [originally published in 1905]
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Carroll, Lewis
Alice in Wonderland
By falling down a rabbit hole and stepping through a mirror, Alice experiences unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.
239 p. 2000 [originally published in 1865]
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Collodi, Carlo
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Pinocchio is a wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble. He wants more than anything else to become a real boy.
149 p. 2002 [originally published in 1883]
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Defoe, Daniel
Robinson Crusoe
During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600's, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.
302 p. 1998 [originally published in 1719]
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Du Bois, William Pene
The Twenty-One Balloons
Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a giant balloon across the Pacific. He survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic. Newbery Medal Winner, 1948.
179 p. 1975 [originally published in 1947]
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Estes, Eleanor
The Hundred Dresses
In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a little Polish-American girl teaches her classmates a lesson.
80 p. [originally published in 1944]
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Farley, Walter
The Black Stallion
Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.
196 p. [originally published in 1941]
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Forbes, Esther
Johnny Tremain
After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.
269 p. 1971 [originally published in 1943]
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George, Jean Craighead
My Side of the Mountain
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains: his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his realization that he needs human companionship.
178 p. 1959 [originally published in 1959]
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Grahame, Kenneth
The Wind in the Willows
The escapades of four animal friends, Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger, who live along a river in the English countryside.
244 p. 1983 [originally published in 1907]
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Henry, Marguerite
Misty of Chincoteague
Two youngsters' determination to own a Chincoteague pony is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among those rounded up for the yearly auction.
173 p. 1975 [originally published in 1947]
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Irving, Washington
Rip Van Winkle
A man who was asleep for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes up to a much-changed world.
94 p. 1987 [originally published in 1920]
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Kipling, Rudyard
The Jungle Book
Selected stories from Kipling's two "Jungle Books" tell the adventures of Mowgli, the boy reared by a pack of wolves in an Indian jungle. Also includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and poems.
258 p. 1995 [originally published in 1894]
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