Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side . . .” It's Christmas time . . . The March family has fallen on bad times after the father lost their money. The four March sisters-the nearly perfect ‘little woman' Meg, the tomboyish Jo, the shy but wise Beth, and the artist of the family Amy-are planning to brighten up their Christmas by buying presents while their father is away, fighting the Civil War. Featuring...

Penned by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling in 1894, The Jungle Book is a collection of allegorical stories that take place in the Indian jungle. The most famous stories of The Jungle Book are those featuring a young boy named Mowgli who was raised by wolves, is friends with a panther, and was educated by the animals of the jungle. Also popular in this collection is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” about a mongoose who protects his human family against cobras....

Tom, always looking for trouble, finds it when he sets out to become Hannibal's First Traveler. Tom, Huck, and Jim find themselves kidnapped by a mad inventor, sailing cross the Atlantic and into Arabian adventure on a hot-air balloon.

Interpretations of traditional stories about heroes, sorceresses, kings, gods, monsters, and other legendary Greek mythological characters.

Originally entitled Children's and household tales, Grimm's fairy tales were first published by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early nineteenth century. This selection contains 80 stories. Also included are more than 45 of Arthur Rackham's marvelous illustrations which inject new life into these timeless tales.

Four stories: Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Spectre Bridegroom, and The Moor's Legacy.