The War of the Worlds

H G Wells

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• When four Martian spaceships land in England, masses of people flee the cities, driven by an overwhelming fear of the alien creatures with their devas... Lees meer

Aesop's Fables

Aesop

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• While scholars are uncertain about the identity of Aesop or whether he was even an actual person, there is no doubt that the stories originally collec... Lees meer

African Myths and Folk Tales

Carter Godwin Woodson

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• How was the earth formed, and where did animals come from? Why does the hippopotamus live in water, and why do cats chase rats? Imaginative answers to... Lees meer

Whitefoot the Wood Mouse

Thornton W Burgess

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• As the days grow colder, little Whitefoot the Wood Mouse decides it is time to find a warm, safe place to spend the winter. The happy little creature ... Lees meer

Bowser the Hound

Thornton W Burgess

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Bowser the Hound isn't very clever -- certainly not as clever as Old Man Coyote, who's full of tricks! There's one thing, though, that Bowser's really... Lees meer

The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack

Thornton W Burgess

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• One day, Peter Rabbit happens upon a surprise visitor to the Smiling Pool. It's Mrs. Quack the Duck, who is dreadfully upset after having narrowly esc... Lees meer

A Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson

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• Scottish novelist, poet and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson dedicated A Child's Garden of Verses to Alison Cunningham, the nurse of his early childhoo... Lees meer

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

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• Set in seventeenth-century France, this swashbuckling novel relates the daring escapades of D'Artagnan, a Gascon adventurer, and his three friends -- ... Lees meer

Mrs. Peter Rabbit

Thornton W Burgess

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Something is definitely wrong with Peter Rabbit . . . he has no appetite! Deciding he is terribly lonely, Peter sets off to visit some friends in the ... Lees meer

The Adventures of Bob White

Thornton W Burgess

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Bob White is a busy bird with many friends, so why is he keeping his new nest a secret? Why did Mrs. Bob White choose such a dangerous location for th... Lees meer

The Adventures of Old Man Coyote

Thornton W Burgess

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• "Listen," whispered Jimmy Skunk to Peter Rabbit as the strange howling sound echoed through the Green Forest. But Peter was listening. He had never he... Lees meer

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Throughout her long and successful career, Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) had a reputation for delighting readers with stories about people whose... Lees meer

Old Granny Fox

Thornton W Burgess

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Winter's here, and there's a carpet of deep snow covering the Green Forest and the nearby meadow -- which means Reddy Fox and Granny Fox are having tr... Lees meer

The Adventures of Old Mr. Buzzard

Thornton W Burgess

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Old Mr. Buzzard has arrived from the sunny South, and he's going to stay in the Green Forest till Jack Frost returns. Once the local woodland creature... Lees meer

Favorite Poems of Childhood

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Superb treasury of time-honored poetic gems includes Lewis Carroll's "The Walrus and the Carpenter," Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat," Eugene... Lees meer

The Adventures of Johnny Chuck

Thornton W Burgess

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Spring has arrived at the Green Meadow and Johnny Chuck is strangely discontent. On a whim, he offers Jimmy Skunk his house and then wanders off. Alon... Lees meer

Favorite North American Indian Legends

Philip Smith

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Here is a treasury of charming tales brimming with the humor, whimsy and imagination characteristic of Native American folklore. Specially chosen from... Lees meer

A Dog of Flanders

Ouida

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Marie Louise de la Ramée (1839-1908) wrote many popular novels of adventure and romance in the 1870s and 80s under the pen name of Ouida, among them s... Lees meer

The Story of King Arthur

Tom Crawford

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Centuries ago, a great king lived and fought in the British Isles. His name was Arthur, and since that time, numerous stories and legends have sprung ... Lees meer

Billy Mink

Thornton W Burgess

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Join Billy Mink, Bobby Raccoon, and Jumper the Hare as they battle the Rats, a crew of robbers that takes over the Big Barn and makes life miserable f... Lees meer

Uncle Wiggily Bedtime Stories

Howard Garis

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Howard Garis (1873-1962) was a young reporter for the Newark Evening News when he first started writing stories for children about a lovable rabbit na... Lees meer

Robin Hood

Bob Blaisdell

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Generations of young readers have thrilled to the legend of the noble outlaw of Sherwood Forest. Now Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men come to life... Lees meer

The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver

Thornton W Burgess

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• As this delightful story opens, something strange is going on! The waters of the Laughing Brook and Smiling Pool have become a mere trickle, causing a... Lees meer

The Story of the Nutcracker

E T a Hoffmann

• Paperback | Engels | Dover Children's Thrift Classics
• Now young children can enjoy this beloved classic in a specially abridged version by Bob Blaisdell. Included are all the wonderful scenes and characte... Lees meer