A Dalmatian Press children's classic | Park County Library System

Author

Earliest Publication Date

2001

Summary

Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.

2) Black Beauty

Author

Colln, Louise

Earliest Publication Date

2001

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A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.

3) The adventures of Tom Sawyer

Author

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Earliest Publication Date

1920

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"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...