Children & Young Adult Reading

The Olive Fairy Book

The Olive Fairy Book is a collection of Indian‑inspired fairy tales that opens with a vivid, night‑time…

Andersens Sproken en vertellingen Morgenrood

H. C. Andersen

Dit bundel is een verzameling van Hans Christian Andersens sprookjes, vertaald naar het Nederlands en…

Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope

Victor Appleton

Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope is a juvenile adventure that plunges the reader straight into the bustling…

The Story of the Greeks

H. A. Guerber

The Story of the Greeks is an elementary history textbook aimed at young pupils, and it begins by explaining…

Little Folks' Handy Book

Beard, Lina; Beard, Adelia B.

Little Folks’ Handy Book is a practical guide to simple handicrafts aimed at children in kindergarten and…

King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls

Henry Gilbert

This volume is a juvenile adaptation of the classic Arthurian romances, drawn chiefly from Sir Thomas…

A World of Girls: The Story of a School

L. T. Meade

The novel opens in a bustling English boarding school setting, introducing a lively scene of a toddler’s…

Deerfoot in The Mountains

Edward Sylvester Ellis

Deerfoot in The Mountains is a juvenile adventure set against the backdrop of the Lewis and Clark era,…

Das Lämmchen

Christoph von Schmid

Das Buch ist ein Jugendroman, der christliche Werte wie Ehrlichkeit und Hilfsbereitschaft in einer ländlichen…

Just Patty

Jean Webster

The novel is a school‑girl comedy set in a strict boarding‑school for adolescent girls, where the three…

The Children's Book of London

G. E. Mitton

The Children’s Book of London is a juvenile guide that frames the capital as a living tableau of contrasting…

The Flag

Homer Greene

The work is a juvenile adventure set against a home‑front version of the First World War, where the conflict…

The Varmint

Owen Johnson

The Varmint is a school‑boy adventure set against the backdrop of an early‑twentieth‑century boarding school,…

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

L. Frank Baum

The book is a whimsical continuation of L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, written expressly for young readers who…

Reels and Spindles: A Story of Mill Life

Evelyn Raymond

Reels and Spindles is a turn‑of‑the‑century novel that blends domestic fiction with the bustling world of…

The Indian Fairy Book: From the Original Legends

Cornelius Mathews

The Indian Fairy Book: From the Original Legends is a collection of Native American tales that have been…

Nobody's Girl (En Famille)

Hector Malot

Hector Malot’s Nobody’s Girl is a nineteenth‑century French adventure aimed at young readers, following the…

A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia

Amanda M. Douglas

The work is a turn‑of‑the‑century novel that situates a young girl’s everyday life within the streets and…

Puck of Pook's Hill

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kip‑Keen’s Puck of Pook’s Hill opens in a bucolic English meadow where two children, Dan and Una,…

Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall

Jean K. Baird

The novel is a turn‑of‑the‑century boarding‑school story that opens in the soot‑blackened mining town of…

The Children's Garland from the Best Poets

The volume is a compendium of short poems and verses aimed at young readers, gathered under the title The…

Dikes and Ditches; Or, Young America in Holland and Belgium

Oliver Optic

The work is a juvenile adventure set within the “Young America Abroad” series, chronicling the voyages of the…

Fairy Prince and Other Stories

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

The story opens with a bustling Thanksgiving scene in a household that is already dreaming of Christmas.

Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures

Heinrich Hoffmann

Heinrich Hoffmann’s Struwwelpeter is a collection of cautionary verses that open with a parade of misbehaving…