Uncle Tom's Cabin Told to the Children
Chapter 10: Uncle Tom's New Home
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The various members of the St. Clare family are introduced to the reader.
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The Tale of Brownie Beaver
Chapter 9: “The Sign on the Tree”
by Arthur Scott Bailey
Brownie asks Uncle Jerry Beaver about a sign. Jerry makes a mistake as to the meaning of the sign’s phrase. Tommy Fox sets him straight.
The Four Million
"A Cosmopolite in a Café"
by O. Henry
A tale about world travel.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Sweetheart Roland
by Grimm Brothers
A witch plots against her stepdaughter.
Sylvie and Bruno
Chapter 16: “A Changed Crocodile”
by Lewis Carroll
Lady Muriel and the narrator talk about inviting Dr. Forester to a future picnic. the narrator sees Bruno and Sylvie curled up in the moss asleep.
Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories
“The Cat and the Parrot”
by FCIT
A fairy tale about a cat that eats all who disagree with him.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Part 1, Chapter 13: A Traveler Arrives
by Hugh Lofting
Tommy's abilities continue to progress under the tutelage of Polynesia. A long lost friend returns from Africa.
Winesburg, Ohio
Mother, concerning Elizabeth Willard
by Sherwood Anderson
An infuriated Elizabeth Williard devises a plan, but succumbs to fatigue before she can carry it out.
Oliver Twist
Chapter 15: Showing How Very Fond of Oliver Twist, The Merry Old Jew and Miss Nancy Were.
by Charles Dickens
While running an errand for Mr. Brownlow, Oliver runs into Nancy and Bill Sikes.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Goose-Girl
by Grimm Brothers
A betrothed princess is betrayed by her waiting maid.
The Heart of Happy Hollow
Chapter 15: The Home-Coming of 'Rastus Smith
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
No one is more excited about the homecoming of Erastus Smith, than his old childhood sweetheart Sally Martin.
Moby Dick
Chapter 2: The Carpet-Bag
by Herman Melville
Ishmael spends some time in New Bedford.
The War of the Worlds
Book One—The Coming of the Martians, Chapter 14: In London
by H.G. Wells
In London, the narrator's brother learns of the Martian attack.
Behind the Scenes
Chapter 3: How I Gained My Freedom
by Elizabeth Keckley
Elizabeth is given the opportunity to purchase the freedom of herself and her son.
Main Street
Chapter 36
by Sinclair Lewis
Will is bothered by Carol's apathy towards the Gopher Prairie boosting campaign. Carol and Will continue to argue about her impending departure. Carol departs for Washington.
Curly and Floppy Twistytail, the Funny Piggie Boys
Chapter 8: “Curly is Vaccinated”
by Howard R. Garis
Curly finds out that he can’t go to school until he’s vaccinated.
Crime and Punishment
Part 1, Chapter 1
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov walks to the pawnbroker in an attempt to alleviate his mounting debt.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Chapter 6: “The Mangaboos Prove Dangerous”
by L. Frank Baum
The vegetable people don’t want “meat people” around and drive the group towards a pit despite the Wizard’s magic tricks.
Songs of the Wind on a Southern Shore, and other Poems of Florida
“Exiles”
by George E. Merrick
The sparse number of maple trees are perceived as exiles in contrast to the jungles of cypress that surround them.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Part 3, Chapter 2: Good-Bye!
by Hugh Lofting
After a number of delays, the Curlew departs to great fanfare and celebration by the citizens of Puddleby.
The Emerald City of Oz
Chapter 10: “How the Cuttenclips Lived”
by L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and her friends continue to explore and come upon the Cuttenclips, a paper doll town. They meet Miss Cuttenclip, a real girl who makes the town from magic paper. Shaggy Man sneezed and the group decided to leave the town before they did any further harm.
Tales of the Jazz Age
My Day Chapter III
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Four Million
"The Cop and the Anthem"
by O. Henry
A vagrant attempts in vain to be arrested.
The Secret Garden
Chapter 26: “‘It’s Mother!’”
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mrs. Sowerby visits the garden. Everyone notices how much Colin looks like his mother. Mary and Colin embrace Mrs. Sowerby and wish that she were their mothers.
A Tale of Two Cities
Book the Second: The Golden Thread—Chapter 1: Five Years Later
by Charles Dickens
Jerry Cruncher heads off to run an errand, while his son waits for him at Tellson's Bank.