Children & Young Adult Reading

The Road to Oz

L. Frank Baum

The Road to Oz is a whimsical continuation of L. Frank Baum’s beloved Oz series, written expressly for the…

Seek and Find; or, The Adventures of a Smart Boy

Oliver Optic

Seek and Find; or, The Adventures of a Smart Boy is a nineteenth‑century juvenile novel that blends moral…

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

The book is a whimsical fantasy set in an English countryside where animals speak and behave like genteel…

Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times

Elbridge S. Brooks

The volume is a collection of twelve biographical sketches that present young men from disparate eras and…

Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student

Oliver Optic

Breaking Away; or The Fortunes of a Student is a juvenile fiction narrative that follows the young Ernest…

Short Stories of Various Types

This collection gathers a dozen short pieces selected especially for early‑high‑school readers, each chosen…

Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young

Various

Little Folks, September 1884, is a children’s periodical that opens with a vivid, almost cinematic scene of…

In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk

Hezekiah Butterworth

This work is a nineteenth‑century historical novel that frames a largely factual portrait of Abraham…

The Hero of Garside School

Panting, J. Harwood,

The Hero of Garside School is a juvenile adventure that opens with a somber portrait of Paul Percival, a…

The Peterkin Papers

Lucretia P. Hale

The Peterkin Papers is a collection of light‑hearted family sketches that began as a simple postal‑card idea.

The Magic Pudding

Norman Lindsay

The Magic Pudding is a whimsical Australian fantasy that opens with a playful portrait of Bunyip Bluegum, a…

The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old

Florence Partello Stuart

The work is a juvenile adventure set in the Philippines, written by Florence Partello Stuart and framed as a…

The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief

Morrison Heady

The work is a nineteenth‑century juvenile biography that frames George Washington’s early life as “The Farmer…

The Book of Stories for the Story-teller

Fanny E. Coe

The Book of Stories for the Story‑teller is a practical anthology assembled by Fanny E.

Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, Volume 6: An old-fashioned Thanksgiving, etc.

Louisa May Alcott

Aunt Jo’s Scrap‑Bag, Volume 6 is a sprawling, episodic children’s story that opens in the thick of a New…

The Lilac Lady

Ruth Brown MacArthur

The Lilac Lady is a juvenile tale that follows six orphaned sisters as they leave their modest brown house in…

With Spurs of Gold: Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds

Greene, Frances Nimmo; Kirk, Dolly Williams

With Spurs of Gold is a juvenile historical adventure that strings together a series of short narratives…

Anecdotes of Animals

Unknown

Wood Magic: A Fable

Richard Jefferies

Wood Magic is a whimsical animal fable set in a bucolic English garden, where the young protagonist,…

A Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson

A Little Girl in Old Quebec

Amanda M. Douglas

The work is a juvenile historical adventure set in early New France, blending the romance of exploration with…

At the Little Brown House

Ruth Brown MacArthur

The book is a juvenile tale set in a bucolic village, introducing readers with a vivid early‑June sunrise…

The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries

Francis Rolt-Wheeler

The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries is an adventure tale aimed at younger readers that places a spirited boy,…

Left Guard Gilbert

Ralph Henry Barbour

The novel is a school‑yard sports story set in a New England preparatory academy, where the opening scene…