The classic novel Little Women, following the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood, emphasising, periodically, the importance of domesticity, work, and true love, all of them interdependent and each necessary to the achievement of its heroine’s identity. By: Louise M Alcott Excerpt: (click on the link below …

Mark Twain writes: Persons attempting to find a narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot will be shot. A classic tale of a young boy, written by a legendary writer. Wiki notes: It is a colourful description of people and places along the …

What the Moon Saw, A scanned illustrated copy of Hans Christian Anderson’s classic stories. Engraved Etchings by AW Bayes, Translated by HW Dulcken Published 1866 George Routledge and Sons, London By: Hans Christian Anderson Excerpt What the Moon Saw and Other Stories INTRODUCTION. IT is a strange thing, that when I feel most fervently and most …

The Classic Stories Big Book from the Core Knowledge Foundation includes condensed versions of ten famous classic stories or fables, each includes beautiful illustrations, perfect for reading to kindergarten or early grade children, and suitable for early reading by early grade developing readers. This book is designed for the US preschool / pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) syllabus …

A Christmas Carol the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. By: Charles Dickens   Excerpt: Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And …

In this version of the classic Raggedy Ann stories for children, the original text is provided with images. Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and has …

Puss in Boots is a classic children’s stories. The most renowned version was published by Charles Perrault, as retold here by Kiwi Opa. As a folk tale, no one knows the exact origin, but this version of the classic tale was published in France in 1697.         Check Out More Classic Stories. …

The Child’s first picture book, A poetic look into children’s picture books from a time gone by. A scanned pdf, with beautiful illustrations, and poetic versus, and formatted with one page of text opposing the illustrations. First published 1933, by an experimental psychologist, an educator, and written with the help of one hundred nursery children …

A Tale of Two Cities, An Epic tale which needs no introduction. This is a Project Gutenberg recreation. By: Charles Dickens   Text from A Tale of Two Cities Chapter I – The Period It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age …

Raggedy Ann Stories, abridged and adapted from the original, contains 13 short stories about the classic rag doll and her friends. The text is from the US government English language department and is accompanied a picture glossary, and questions to aid comprehension. The language has been simplified for high-beginning level English language learners (with vocabulary …