Classic Books

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne. -An abridged version of the nineteenth-century tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll. -By falling down a rabbit hole, Alice experiences unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.

Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery. -Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Black Beauty - Anna Sewell. -A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.

The Black Stallion - Walter Farley. -The story of the understanding and love between a boy and a magnificent wild horse and the adventures and dangers they shared.

The Borrowers - Mary Norton. -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.

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

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens. -A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

The Courage of Sarah Noble - Alice Dalgliesh. -Remembering her mother's words, an eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness and to stay with the Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.

The Cricket in Times Square - George Selden. -The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York City and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat. Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes. -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.

The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling. -Presents the adventures of Mowgli, the "man-cub," abandoned as a baby by his parents and raised by the wolves in the wilds of the jungle.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis. -Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

Little House on the Prairie - Laura Ingalls Wilder. -Laura Ingalls and her family move to Indian country in frontier Kansas.

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott. -The classic story of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy in nineteenth-century New England.

Mary Poppins - P. L. Travers. -Two English children's new nanny arrives on the East Wind, slides up the bannister, carries an empty carpet bag with all kinds of things in it, and introduces Jane and Michael to some delightful people and experiences.

Misty of Chincoteague - Marguerite Henry. -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.

My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George. -A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains, including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.

Old Yeller - Fred Gipson. -Out of the Texas wilderness they made a home where a boy and a dog could live a thousand adventures.

Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindgren. -Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.

Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe. -As the sole survivor of a shipwreck, an Englishman lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.

Sword in the Stone – T. H. White. The exciting adventure of King Arthur, who rises from a shy, small boy to a mighty king. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett. -Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

Stuart Little - E. B. White. -The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden.

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson. -While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.

The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame. -The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

Winnie the Pooh - A. A. Milne. -Winnie the Pooh's adventures with Piglet, Owl, Tigger, and Eeyore, including his search for honey, meeting Tigger, and a flood.

The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum. -After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.