Puffin classics | Park County Library System

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1) Anne of Green Gables

Author

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942

Earliest Publication Date

1908

Summary

"Anne of Green Gables' tells the tale of a little red headed orphaned girl, mistakenly sent to the Cuthbert's' farm on Prince Edward Island. Anne's strong character and vivid imagination both help and hinder her as she makes her way through childhood in the pretty little town of Avonlea. This early work by Lucy Maud Montgomery was originally published in 1908 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Lucy Maud Montgomery...

2) Around the world in eighty days

Author

Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

Earliest Publication Date

1924

Summary

One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.

3) Daddy-Long-Legs

Author

Webster, Jean, 1876-1916

Earliest Publication Date

1940

Summary

All sorts of things begin to happen when an orphaned boarding school student finally meets the wealthy guardian with whom she has corresponded for years sight unseen.

4) David Copperfield

Author

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Earliest Publication Date

1907

Summary

David Copperfield enjoys an idyllic life with his gentle, widowed mother and his loving nurse, Peggotty. Then tragedy strikes when Mr. Murdstone weds David's mother and drives her to an early grave. Despised by his stepfather, the boy is forced to live in misery and poverty until he runs away to throw himself upon the mercy of his eccentric aunt. Charles Dickens's classic tale of growing up.

5) Eight cousins, or, The aunt-hill

Author

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

Earliest Publication Date

1927

Summary

Orphaned Rose Campbell finds it difficult to fit in when she goes to live with her six aunts and seven mischievous boy cousins.

6) Five children and It

Author

Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924

Earliest Publication Date

1996

Summary

When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother start exploring a gravel pit not far from their new countryside home, they make an unexpected and very curious discovery. The gravel pit is home to a Psammead, a sand fairy. This ugly creature has eyes like a snail, ears like a bat and the body of a spider, and is very grumpy indeed. He grants the children one wish every day, and though they are excited to have all their desires fulfilled, they...

7) Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus

Author

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

Earliest Publication Date

1934

Summary

Presents the story of Dr. Frankenstein and his obsessive experiment that leads to the creation of a monstrous and deadly creature. "First published in 1818, Frankenstein electrified the world with its haunting exploration of reckless innovation, misplaced justice, and what makes a man or a monster. This keepsake edition presents Mary Shelley's 1831 revision, which reflects significant shifts in her philosophy and includes her introduction to the...

8) Good wives: Little women, part II

Author

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

Earliest Publication Date

1978

9) Grimms' fairy tales

Author

Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863

Earliest Publication Date

1945

Summary

Linguists, philologists, and restorers of ancient texts, the Brothers Grimm practically invented the science of folklore with the publication of Kinder-und Hausmarchen (1812-1815), which became popularly known as Grimm's Fairy Tales. Comprising 120 of their best-loved tales, this new Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales includes criticism, reception, discussion questions, and legacies, to appeal to readers of all ages.

10) Heidi

Author

Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901

Earliest Publication Date

1924

Summary

A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. This edition of the classic tale includes illustrations and notes about the life of the times.

Author

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

Earliest Publication Date

1994

Summary

Look out for Little Women-soon to be a major motion picture starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, and Meryl Streep! Louisa May Alcott's enchanting tale of Jo March and her former students concludes with this beautiful keepsake edition of Jo's Boys, the final novel in the Little Women Collection! Ten years after Jo opened a school for boys, the little men have grown up and left Plumfield. Now college students, sailors, and musicians,...

12) King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

Author

Green, Roger Lancelyn

Earliest Publication Date

1953

Summary

A legend is born when young Arthur meets Merlin and draws the mighty sword from its stone. Join King Arthur and the adventures of his Knights, from the quest for the Holy Grail to the final tragedy of the last battle.

13) Little Lord Fauntleroy

Author

Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924

Earliest Publication Date

1911

Summary

An American boy goes to live with his grandfather in England where he becomes heir to a title, estate, and fortune.

14) Little men: life at Plumfield with Jo's boys

Author

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

Earliest Publication Date

1871

Summary

Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.

Author

Earliest Publication Date

1990

Summary

"Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It will take superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!

16) Myths of the Norsemen: retold from the old Norse poems and tales

Author

Green, Roger Lancelyn

Earliest Publication Date

1964

Summary

A retelling of the Norse sagas about Odin, Freya, Thor, Loki and the other gods and goddesses who lived in Asgard before the dawn of history.

Author

Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

Earliest Publication Date

1950

Summary

Classic fiction. Neverland is home to Peter Pan, a young boy who has never grown up. On one of his visits to London, Peter makes the acquaintance of young Wendy Darling, whom he invites to travel with him to Neverland and become the mother of his gang of Lost Boys. Flying through the night sky to Neverland, Wendy and her brothers John and Michael soon become caught up in marvelous adventures with the Indian Princess Tiger Lily, the loyal fairy Tinker...

Author

Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890

Earliest Publication Date

1968

Summary

The adventures of the puppet boy created by an old Italian woodcarver from a piece of wood that talked. Includes vocabulary notes in the margin, a brief biography of the author, and instructions for making a hand puppet.

Author

Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman), 1868-1920

Earliest Publication Date

1913

Summary

Unwanted and unloved, Pollyanna Whittier comes to her aunt's home without a warm welcome. Pollyanna's irrepressible spirits make punishments seem like treats and her cheerfulness brings happiness to her aunt and other members of the community.

20) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Author

Wiggin, Kate Douglas, 1856-1923

Earliest Publication Date

1962

Summary

In early twentieth century New England, talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, and spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up in their company.

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