Young Readers Books

Black-Eyed Susan

Ethel Calvert Phillips

Black-Eyed Susan is a farm life fiction written for young readers by Ethel Calvert Phillips, who has written books like Wee Ann and Little Friend Lydia. Excerpts from the book:Susan herself didn’..

The Animals' Rebellion

Clifton Bingham

The Animals' Rebellion is a collection of poems for children written by Clifton Bingham, the author of The Animals' Trip to Sea, and The Animals' Picnic...

Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit

Siddha Mohana Mitra

Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit is a collection of tales translated to English. These tales are not only of a kind to enchain the attention of children. They also illustrate well the close affinity..

Æsop's Fables - A Version for Young Readers

Aesop

The good fortune which has attended the earlier edition of this book is a proof that there is less occasion now than formerly to plead the cause of fables for use in elementary schools. And yet their ..

About Peggy Saville

Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

About Peggy Saville is a story for girls which introduces Peggy Saville who has left India to be educated in England. Written by Jessie Bell, later Jessie Mansergh, was an English writer bor..

Aunt Judy's Tales

Mrs. Alfred Gatty

Aunt Judy's Tales is a collection short stories for children written by Margaret Gatty, an English children's author and writer on marine biology. Some of her writings argue against Charles Darwi..

Fighting the Whales

R. M. Ballantyne

A fatherless boy joins the crew of a whaling ship in order to earn a living for himself and his mother. Beyond being a fascinating depiction of a now-alien time, occupation, and culture, it's also a r..

Five Little Peppers Abroad

Margaret Sidney

This book is the next in the series of the Five Little Peppers, by Margaret Sidney, after Five Little Peppers and How They Grew and Five Little Peppers Midway. It continues the series where Ben, Polly..