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The Secret of the Old Mill
Summary
The police are out of their depth as counterfeit bills circulate through the city, but two amateur sleuths are on the case.
Written by
Franklin W. Dixon
Language
English
Category
Adventure · Children's · Fiction · Mystery
Source
Standard Ebooks
The Water-Babies
A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby
Summary
A young, uneducated, and mistreated chimney sweep is reborn as a denizen of the fairy world, beginning a journey of moral and spiritual growth.
Written by
Charles Kingsley
Language
English
Category
Children's
Source
Standard Ebooks
The House on the Cliff
Summary
After visiting a suspected haunted house, two brothers and their friends embark on an adventure to see if there’s trouble afoot.
Written by
Franklin W. Dixon
Language
English
Category
Adventure · Children's · Fiction · Mystery
Source
Standard Ebooks
The Gold Bat
Summary
The boys of Wrykyn School battle to defend their honor against rival sports teams and enemies from within.
Written by
P. G. Wodehouse
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
The Blue Bird
The Wonderful Adventures of Tyltyl and Mytyl in Search of Happiness
Summary
Two children go on a magical adventure in search of the Blue Bird.
Written by
Georgette Leblanc
Maurice Maeterlinck
Translated by
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Ragged Dick
Or, Street Life in New York with the Bootblacks
Summary
A young shoeshiner rises the social ladder thanks to his wits, his work ethic, his honesty, and a bit of luck.
Written by
Horatio Alger Jr.
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
At the Back of the North Wind
Summary
A young boy’s life is transformed by his visit to the country at the back of the north wind.
Written by
George MacDonald
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fantasy
Source
Standard Ebooks
The Tower Treasure
Summary
After a tower mansion is robbed, two boys are determined to find the culprit and exonerate their friend’s father.
Written by
Franklin W. Dixon
Language
English
Category
Adventure · Children's · Fiction · Mystery
Source
Standard Ebooks
The Middle Five
Indian Boys at School
Summary
Five Omaha boys attend a mission school.
Written by
Francis La Flesche
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
A Little Princess
Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe, Now Told for the First Time
Summary
A young girl discovers a life of unexpected challenges when she goes to live at a London boarding school.
Written by
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Heidi
Summary
A small girl is left with her grandfather and falls in love with his alpine home.
Written by
Johanna Spyri
Translated by
Elisabeth P. Stork
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune
Summary
Six siblings search for treasure in order to restore their lost family fortune.
Written by
E. Nesbit
Language
English
Category
Adventure · Children's
Source
Standard Ebooks
Old Indian Legends
Summary
A collection of Dakota legends retold by Zitkála-Šá.
Written by
Zitkála-Šá
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fiction · Shorts
Source
Standard Ebooks
The Coral Island
Summary
Three shipwrecked youths encounter delights and dangers as they attempt to escape their uninhabited tropical island paradise.
Written by
R. M. Ballantyne
Language
English
Category
Adventure · Children's · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Summary
A young boy begins his apprenticeship with Doctor Dolittle, accompanying him on a series of adventures in search of a floating island and a missing naturalist.
Written by
Hugh Lofting
Language
English
Category
Adventure · Children's · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Smoky the Cowhorse
Summary
Smoky, a gray-colored horse, grows into adulthood on the ranges of the American West.
Written by
Will James
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Catriona
Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad
Summary
After coming into his fortune and evading his uncle’s schemes, young gentleman David Balfour continues his adventures in 18th century Scotland, helping a politically unwelcome friend escape into France, avoiding the hangman himself, finding his place as a gentleman in Edinburgh society, and falling in love with the daughter of a notorious Macgregor clansman.
Written by
Robert Louis Stevenson
Language
English
Category
Adventure · Children's · Fiction
Source
Standard Ebooks
Darby O’Gill and the Good People
Summary
When Tipperary man Darby O’Gill is imprisoned by the fairies of Sleive-na-mon in their home under the hollow mountain, he starts a lasting friendship with their King Brian Connors.
Written by
Herminie Templeton Kavanagh
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fantasy · Shorts
Source
Standard Ebooks
Wet Magic
Summary
A group of children visiting the seaside free a captive mermaid and visit her domain.
Written by
E. Nesbit
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fantasy
Source
Standard Ebooks
Household Tales
Summary
A collection of Germanic fairy tales containing the classic stories of Cinderella, Snow-White, Rapunzel, and other well known characters.
Written by
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Translated by
Margaret Hunt
Language
English
Category
Children's · Fiction · Shorts
Source
Standard Ebooks