Mark Twain created the memorable characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn drawing from the experiences of boys he grew up with in Missouri. Set by the Mississippi River in the 1840’s, it follows these boys as they get into predicament after predicament. Tom’s classic whitewashing of the fence has become part of American legend, and the book paints a nostalgic picture of life in the middle of the nineteenth century. Tom runs away from home to an island in the river, chases Injun Joe and his treasure, and even gets trapped in a cave for days with Becky Thatcher. The book is one of Twain’s most beloved stories.
This story by Roald Dahl is about a young girl named Sophie who is whisked away from her home in an orphanage by the BFG – the Big Friendly Giant. He tells her about his job, to blow dreams into the rooms of children, and also about his terrifying neighbours – other giants who EAT children.
A tale in which a giraffe with a magic neck, a pelican with a retractable beak and a very agile monkey form the world’s finest Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company, along with their friend Billy, the Duke and Duchess of Hampshire and the Cobra, the cleverest and most dangerous cat-burglar in the world.
Clare discovers in a junk room the vividly painted shield which her great-grandfather, an eminent anthropologist, had brought back from New Guinea. She becomes obsessed with its past and determined to find out more about its strange tribal origins.
The story of Mowgli, the abandoned “man-cub” who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created.
A favorite children’s book for over a century, The Prince and the Pauper is the fanciful story of two sixteenth-century boys who exchange identities. One is Edward, the young son of Henry VIII, and the other is Tom Canty, a poor London beggar. When the two boys, who happen to have been born on the same day and look remarkably alike, meet one day by chance, they decide to trade clothesand lives.
The story features The Twits (Mr. and Mrs. Twit), a spiteful, idle, unkempt couple who continuously play nasty practical jokes on each other to amuse themselves, and exercise their wickedness on their monkeys.
For fifty years, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been a part of every family’s bookshelf. Now in its golden anniversary year, you can celebrate the caterpillar’s birthday with him!
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