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 | Brighten the season with tales from the master of Christmastime fiction.
Charles Dickens' most famous holiday story was the 1843 publication, A Christmas Carol, but he was a prolific writer in the yuletide genre and a great contributor to many now-prevalent traditions of the holiday itself. In the year following the release… | Literature ⋅ Classics | ||
 | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | It's riches to rags for Sara Crewe, the pampered but generous child of a widowed British officer. When her father dies penniless, Sara becomes a cold and hungry drudge at Miss Minchin's boarding school.
This edition is part of the beautiful WordCloud Classics series of imitation leather-bound classics. We believe classics… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Hilariously picaresque, epic in scope, alive with the poetry and vigor of the American people, Mark Twain's story about a young boy and his journey down the Mississippi was the first great novel to speak in a truly American voice.
This edition is part of the beautiful WordCloud Classics series of… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
 | A classic tale of adventure from renowned French author Jules Verne.
Originally published in 1872, Around the World in Eighty Days imagined for readers the possibility of circumnavigating the world when the prospect of such a feat was still in its infancy. After an argument with colleagues at London's Reform Club, the wealthy… | Literature ⋅ Classics | ||
 | Sewell, Anna | "Where we saw people who loved their neighbors, and were kind to man and beast, we might know that was God's mark." --Anna Sewell, Black Beauty
Anna Sewell's 1877 classic, Black Beauty, is considered to be one of the foremost works in animal welfare literature and a leading work in the children's… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | McKelvey, Douglas | The three volumes of Every Moment Holy contain beautiful prayers that remind us that God is present and involved in every detail of our lives. Every moment is holy if we dedicate it to God, and these prayers help us do that. In our fast-paced world, these books remind us… | Christian Living ⋅ Devotionals ⋅ Prayer | |
 | McKelvey, Douglas | Every Moment Holy, Volume II: Death, Grief, and Hope offers prayers for all of us, for we all face loss, death, and grief in the course of our lives. In times of deep loss, when facing our own mortality or grieving the death of one close to us, prayer can… | Christian Living ⋅ Devotionals ⋅ Pain & Grief ⋅ Prayer | |
 | McKelvey, Douglas | Every Moment Holy, Volume III: The Work of the People is a collection of over 100 liturgies written by a range of authors from ancient theologians to contemporary poets. These prayers remind us that every moment is indeed holy if we offer ourselves and our activities in worship to our… | Christian Living ⋅ Devotionals ⋅ Prayer | |
 | Victor Hugo | A gypsy girl's beauty and charm captivate a priest, a vagabond, a soldier, and a deformed bell-ringer, in a gripping tale that culminates in a riot and murder. More than simply a thrilling story, Victor Hugo's tale explores the mysteries of good and evil in the human heart and illuminates… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Bronte, Charlotte | Jane Eyre is Charlotte Bronte's most enduring masterpiece, the unforgettable tale of an orphan girl's ardent search for a wider and richer life. Originally published in 1847, it was an immediate popular success, but it also caused a storm of controversy. Bronte's firm insistence on the equality of the sexes… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Cather, Willa | Travel to the Old West with Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather.
Willa Cather's novels brought the life of American settlers on the Great Plains to the forefront of the nation's consciousness during a time when the lands west of the Mississippi were undergoing rapid transformation. My Ántonia, considered by many scholars to… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Meet the boy who can find trouble without even looking. At school, at home, in church and outdoors, if there's mischief afoot, Tom Sawyer will be in the thick of it! 320 pages.
This edition is part of the beautiful WordCloud Classics series of imitation leather-bound classics. We believe classics deserve… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
 | Kipling, Rudyard | "For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack," --Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
Penned by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling in 1894, The Jungle Book is a collection of allegorical stories that take place deep in the Indian jungle. The most famous stories of The… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | "No archer ever lived that could speed a gray goose shaft with such skill and cunning as his, nor were there ever such yeomen as the sevenscore merry men that roamed with him through the greenwood shades. Right merrily they dwelt within the depths of Sherwood Forest, suffering neither care… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
 | Dickinson, Emily | "This is my letter to the world . . ." -- Emily Dickinson
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson is a collection of pieces by 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, who insisted that her life of isolation gave her an introspective and deep connection with the world. As a result, her work parallels… | Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle's gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Stevenson, Robert Louis | Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and the stash… | Literature ⋅ Classics |