Young Readers Books

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

Stephen Leacock

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literat..

Maintaining Health

R. L. Alsaker

Writings on hygiene and health have been accessible for centuries, but never before have books and magazines on these subjects been as numerous as they are today. Most of the information is so general..

The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll

S. D. Collingwood

Author's preface from the book.To write the life of Lewis Carroll as it should be written would tax the powers of a man of far greater experience and insight than I have any pretension to possess, and..

De Lotgevallen van Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

De Lotgevallen van Tom Sawyer is the dutch version of Mark Twain's most popular novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Excerpts:Wacht! daar hoort ze plotseling een licht gedruisch achter zich en zij keer..

Andersens Sproken en vertellingen

Hans Christian Andersen

Sprookjes van Hans Christiaan Andersen, naverteld door Simon Jacob Andriessen. Deze verzameling bevat een aantal overbekende sprookjes, zoals Het lelijke jonge eendje en De prinses op de erwt, maar oo..

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales ( Second Series )

Hans Christian Andersen

The present volume is the second of the selected stories from Hans Andersen. Together the books include what, out of a larger number, are the best for children's use. The story-telling activity of thi..

The Book of Wonder

Lord Dunsany

The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ur..

Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie

Peter Pan and Wendy (1911) is the brainchild of Scottish playwright and novelist J.M. Barrie, who wrote the book after the the success of his play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904) Be..