Children & Young Adult Reading

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson

Lewis Carroll

This edition presents Lewis Carroll’s whimsical fantasy for children, a tale that begins with a very ordinary…

That scholarship boy

Emma Leslie

The novel is a school‑yard tale of early‑twentieth‑century British boarding life, centered on the arrival of…

Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young

Various

Little Folks is a Victorian‑era children’s periodical, and the excerpt opens with a stark, first‑person…

The Adventures of Buster Bear

Thornton W. Burgess

The story introduces Buster Bear, a big‑hearted bear who awakens in the Green Forest and spends the morning…

The Tale of Jasper Jay Tuck-Me-In Tales

Arthur Scott Bailey

The Tale of Jasper Jay Tuck‑Me‑In Tales is a lively juvenile story that centers on a boisterous jay who roams…

A Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses is a collection of short poems that capture the everyday…

The Marvelous Land of Oz

L. Frank Baum

The Marvelous Land of Oz is a juvenile fantasy adventure that begins in the northern Gillikin region with a…

Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

Sarah S. Baker

The work is a collection of juvenile fiction centered on the adventures of a determined little Swedish girl…

Christmas Light

Ethel Calvert Phillips

The work opens with a vivid tableau of a modest village garden, where an orange‑tree shades a wooden bench…

The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2

Young, Ella Flagg; Field, Walter Taylor

The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 is a classroom‑style anthology that mixes familiar verse with a…

Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes

The Tale of Nimble Deer Sleepy-Time Tales

Arthur Scott Bailey

Arthur Scott Bailey’s “The Tale of Nimble Deer Sleepy‑Time Tales” is a gentle juvenile story that centers on…

Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1

The Young Folks’ Treasury, Volume 1 is a curated anthology that sets out to fill a home with the literary…

Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens

Margaret W. Eggleston

Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens is a collection of short, didactic tales aimed at adolescent girls,…

Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant: His Many Adventures

Richard Barnum

The story introduces Tum Tum as a “jolly elephant,” immediately establishing a light‑hearted animal adventure…

El libro de las tierras vírgenes

Rudyard Kipling

El libro de las tierras vírgenes reúne en un solo volumen las dos colecciones que originalmente se publicaron…

The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber-Town Tales

Arthur Scott Bailey

The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber‑Town Tales is a whimsical juvenile story that centers on a proud turkey…

Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts

Girl Scouts of the United States of America

The work is an official handbook produced by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, first issued in…

The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering

William Martin

The work is a nineteenth‑century handbook that treats outdoor pastimes, amusements and even practical hobbies…

Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1

E. W. Cole

Cole’s Funny Picture Book No. 1 is a sprawling anthology of verse, riddles, moral tales and illustrated skits…

Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young

Various

Little Folks is a nineteenth‑century children’s periodical that presents a serialized story of a mother’s…

A century of children's books

Florence V. Barry

This work is a scholarly bibliography that surveys a hundred years of British children’s literature, tracing…

The Boy Travellers in The Russian Empire Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with Accounts of a Tour across Siberia, Voyages on the Amoor, Volga, and Other Rivers, a Visit to Central Asia, Travels among the Exiles, and a Historical Sketch of the Empire from Its Foundation to the Present Time

Thomas Wallace Knox

Thomas Wallace Knox’s “The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire” is a juvenile adventure narrative that…

The Tale of Bobby Bobolink Tuck-me-In Tales

Arthur Scott Bailey

The Tale of Bobby Bobolink Tuck‑me‑In Tales is a light‑hearted juvenile story that centers on a community of…