Books

Born in a workhouse, Oliver runs away from an abusive mistress to seek his fortune in London where he falls in with a gang of pickpockets. Read online at archive.org: Volume 1, and Volume 2, and Volume 3.

The adventures of Mr. Pickwick, his servant Sam Weller and his friends. Read online at archive.org.

Hans and his sister must help keep the family going while their father is ill.

Founded in 1873, this popular magazine was edited by Mary Mapes Dodge until her death in 1905. It published many well known and popular children’s authors, including Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, Joel Chandler Harris and Mark Twain. It ceased publication in 1940, although a few issues were published in 1943.

Read for free online at HathiTrust or at the University of Florida.

Jenny the bus may be old, but she has a golden button on her dashboard that will take you anywhere. This is an abridged edition of Jenny, the Bus that Nobody Loved.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective, and illustrated by Sidney Paget.

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Alleyne Edricson joins The White Company of English mercenaries and serves as squire to Sir Nigel Loring during their campaigns in France and Spain under the Black Prince. Read online at archive.org.

When the Finches move into Number Seven Pride Street, they discover something in the cellar.

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A ship’s crew searches for underwater treasure and deals with a runaway locomotive.

The big brown bear just cannot keep away from the honey tree, even though he knows what will happen if he tries to steal some honey. This Big Golden Book was also shortened and published as a Little Golden Book.

The story of a famous rooster, Chanticleer.

A friendly lion wanders around town after escaping the zoo.

When Laura learns the well at her new house is a wishing well, she plunges right in.

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Laura, Lydia, James and Kip put the old wishing well on its mettle, and it delivers.

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Evie’s pet kangaroo is named Cookie. She is very neat and polite.

The four Melendy children move to an old house in the country which sports a cupola atop its three stories.

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Portia and her cousin Julian discover an abandoned summer colony on the shores of a gone-away lake.

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Mab has been living with her aunt Sarah in Iowa. Now she is going to live with Aunt Belinda on Nantucket Island.

The four Melendys meet Mark, and then there are five.

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Garnet lives on a farm in Wisconsin and has adventures all summer long.

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