- Browse the Catalog
- » Series
Earliest Publication Date
1889
Book
Checked Out
eBooks
Available Online
Summary
This volume is an anthology of the fairy tales of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). His stories are acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide and have been translated into more than 150 languages. They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films. It contains familiar tales, such as "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Princess and the Pea" and also Andersen's lesser-known stories, such as "The Sandman"...
Author
Earliest Publication Date
1903
Book
On Shelf
Playaway
Not Owned
eAudiobook
Available Online
eBooks
Available Online
Summary
A nineteenth-century English horse tells his life story--describing his many experiences and masters, both good and bad.
3) Heidi
Author
Earliest Publication Date
1924
Book
On Shelf
Audiobook CD
Not Owned
Large Print
Not Owned
Playaway
Not Owned
eAudiobook
Checked Out
eBooks
Available Online
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.
4) Little women
Earliest Publication Date
1915
Book
On Shelf
Audiobook CD
Not Owned
Large Print
Not Owned
Playaway
Not Owned
eAudiobook
Available Online
eBooks
Available Online
Kindle
Available Online
Picture Book
Not Owned
Summary
For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...
Author
Earliest Publication Date
1920
Book
On Shelf
Audiobook CD
On Shelf
Large Print
Not Owned
eAudiobook
Available Online
eBooks
Available Online
Kindle
Available Online
Summary
"Mark Twain created the memorable characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn drawing from the experiences of boys he grew up with in Missouri. Set by the Mississippi River in the 1840's, it follows these boys as they get into predicament after predicament. Tom's classic whitewashing of the fence has become part of American culture, and the book paints a nostalgic picture of life in the middle of the nineteenth century. Tom runs away from home to an...
