I've only been a grown-up for a very little time," sixteen-year-old Anne Shirley tells her dearest friend Diana Barry. "It takes some getting used to." Anne's life in Avonlea is changing. She still lives with her aunt Marilla who took her in as a young girl from an orphanage. But Anne is about to begin her new job as the teacher at Avonlea School and also start the Avonlea Village Improvement S…
The March sisters my not have much, but they have each other. Join Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth as they grow from girls into young women, learning about life, friendship, and the power of love along the way. With Classic Starts, young readers can experience the wonder of timeless stories from an early age. Abridged for easier reading and carefully rewritten, each classic novel is filled with all t…
An abridged version of the stories that tells Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole and steps through a mirror, thereby experiencing unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters. —Summary from the back of Title Page
The night was full of the sounds and movements of other nocturnal creatures Erik could only guess at. There were times when the noises in the dark sounded awfully close. Sometimes it seemed that whatever was making them had to be very big. But Erik wasn't afraid, and it wasn't apprehension that kept him awake. He'd never felt quite so alive, and he didn't want to miss anything on this first nig…
Searching for treasure, tricking others into doing his work, and running away with Huckleberry Finn--Tom Sawyer's antics and mischief-making are sheer, child-pleasing delight. This simpler version of Twain's classic is ideal for elementary readers.
Jules Verne’s classic science fiction fantasy carries its hero—Professor Aronnax of the Museum of Paris—on a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live in the ocean’s depths. In the process, Verne imagined a vessel that had not yet been invented: the submarine.
Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty-five years, bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. This hardback version of Puss in Boots is based on the original Ladybird retelling by Vera Southgate, with beautiful pictures of the kind children like best - full of richness and detail.
Popular Illustrated Classics is a series of masterpieces from world literature. It includes the works of English authors such as William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens as well as authors such as Cheklov and Maupassant in translation. Realising the importance of the line drawings in enhancing the intimacy of the reading experience, it has been conceived as an illustrated series. For the first t…
A Christian at age twenty-two, J.C. Ryle went on in later life to become the first Bishop of Liverpool. Loved and looked up to by the children in his congregation he took their teaching and spiritual lives very seriously. Children will enjoy reading these stories but this is also an interesting and intriguing book for any involved with children at home or at church. Ryle's stories open a win…
Although she ruled England for less than two weeks and was executed for treason at the age of sixteen, Lady Jane Grey has been admired for generation for her courage and faithfulness to the gospel. In this addition to the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series, Simonetta Carr tells Lady Janes Grey's story of intrique and explains its context: te tumultuous politics of Reformation Englan…