Young Readers Books

The School by the Sea

Angela Brazil

The School by the Sea is a mystery novel written for young readers by Angela Brazil, who was one of the first British writers of "modern schoolgirls' stories", written from the characters' point ..

The Princess and the Goblin

George MacDonald

The Princess and the Goblin is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was published in 1872 by Strahan & Co. Anne Thaxter Eaton writes in A Critical History of Children's Literature th..

The Wonders of the Jungle, Book One

Prince Sarath Ghosh

One of the great thinkers of the world has said that all the sciences are embodied in natural history. Hence natural history should be taught to a child from an early age. Perhaps the best method of t..

The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army

Margaret Vandercook

The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army is a juvenile fiction novel written by Margaret Vandercook,  an American writer of children's literature...

From the Earth to the Moon

Jules Verne

Like much classic science fiction and fantasy writing, Jules Verne's novel From the Earth to the Moon seems comically anachronistic: a group of Civil War vets, who are still wistful about the glories ..

More William

Richmal Crompton

More William is the second William collection in the much acclaimed Just William series by Richmal Crompton. It is a sequel to the book Just William. The book was first published in 1922, with a curre..

Rewards and Fairies

Rudyard Kipling

Rewards and Fairies is a historical fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling published in 1910. The title comes from the poem "Farewell, Rewards and Fairies" by Richard Corbet. The poem is referred to by the c..

The Day's Work

Rudyard Kipling

The Day's Work is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in 1898. There are no poems included between the different stories in The Day's Work, as there are in many ot..