: Wendy, Michael, and John begin their greatest adventure when they meet Peter Pan and Lost Boys from Neverland. Come along with them as they battle the pirate Captain Cook and other savage beasts along their way
: After a tumble down the rabbit hole, Alice finds herself far away from home in the absurd world of Wonderland. As mind-bending as it is delightful, Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel is pure magic for young and old alike.
: A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for Tom
: Tom Sawyer can’t seem to keep out of trouble. Living with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, in St. Petersburg, by the Mississippi River, he keeps getting into one sort of mischief or the other. He dirties his clothes, and his aunt forces him to whitewash the paint, which he masterfully connives his friends into doing for him. He uses the Sunday School tickets, given to prodigious scholars to exchange for a Bible when one has enough, to procure treasures. An irascible boy, Tom is so troublesome to have around that the superintendent of the school realizes that if there are more like him, he would be at his wit’s end.
: The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.
: Black Beauty spends his youth in a loving home, surrounded by friends and cared for by his owners. But when circumstances change, he learns that not all humans are so kind. Passed from hand to hand, Black Beauty witnesses love and cruelty, wealth and poverty, friendship and hardship . . . Will the handsome horse ever find a happy and lasting home? Carefully retold in clear contemporary language, and presented with delightful illustrations, these favorite classic stories capture the heart and imagination of young readers.