Young Readers Books

You Are Old, Father William

Lewis Carroll

You Are Old, Father William is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is recited by Alice in Chapter 5, "Advice from a Caterpillar"...

The Wanderers

Kingston

The Wanderers; Or, Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco is a juvenile fiction novel written by Kingston...

How to Succeed

Orison Swett Marden

How to Succeed; Or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune is a self help book written by Orison Swett Marden whose popular books include "Pushing to the Front; or, Success Under Difficulties,"..

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Little Lord Fauntleroy is a novel by the English-American writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, her first children's novel. It was published as a serial in St. Nicholas Magazine from November 1885 to Octobe..

Peter and Jane

Sarah Macnaughtan

Peter and Jane; Or, The Missing Heir is a novel written by Sarah Macnaughtan. Sarah Broom Macnaughtan was a Scottish novelist. With the outbreak of the First World War, she volunteered with ..

Kipps - The Story of a Simple Soul

H. G. Wells

Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. Humorous yet sympathetic, the perceptive social novel is generally regarded as a masterpiece, and it was his own f..

The adventures of Buster Bear

Thornton W. Burgess

Gentle morality lessons, delightfully taught, in a tale about an amiable bear who comes to live in the Green Forest. Large. Easy-to-read type and charming illustrations...

The National Nursery Book

Various Authors

The National Nursery Book with 120 illustrations contains stories like Red Riding-Hood, Puss-in-boots, Mother Hubbard, Cock Robin's death, Jack and the bean-stalk, Tom Thumb, Cinderella, The thre..