Young Readers Books

In Search of the Castaways

Jules Verne

In Search of the Castaways is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867–1868. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Édouard Riou. In 1876, ..

Adrift in the Wilds

Edward S. Ellis

One beautiful misummer night in 18— a large, heavily laden steamer was making her way swiftly up the Pacific coast, in the direction of San Francisco. She was opposite the California shore, only a day..

Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks

Horatio Alger Jr.

Ragged Dick was contributed as a serial story to the pages of the Schoolmate, a well-known juvenile magazine, during the year 1867. While in course of publication, it was received with so many evidenc..

The Quilt that Jack Built; How He Won the Bicycle

Annie Fellows Johnston

The Quilt that Jack Built; How He Won the Bicycle is a short story for children written by Annie Fellows Johnston whose other writings includes "The Little Colonel" Series, "Big Brother," "The St..

The fables of Phaedrus

Anonymous

Aesop is credited with inventing animal fables, but the earliest written versions are by Phaedrus, apparently a slave, who introduced them to Latin literature in the time of Augustus. Many other story..

The Riddle of the Sands

Erskine Childers

A WORD about the origin and authorship of this book. In October last (1902), my friend 'Carruthers' visited me in my chambers, and, under a provisional pledge of secrecy, told me frankly the whole of ..

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Anonymous

The story of Aladdin is a Middle-Eastern folk tale that is included in A Thousand and One Nights, and is the story of a poor boy in a Chinese city. Aladdin is convinced by a sorcerer to fetch a magic ..

An American Robinson Crusoe for American Boys and Girls

Samuel B. Allison

An American Robinson Crusoe is the outcome of many years of experience with the story in the early grades of elementary schools. It was written to be used as a content in giving a knowledge of the beg..