The Light Princess
Story 9: “Put Me in Again!”
by George MacDonald
The princess meets a very selective prince. He immediately falls in love with her quirky personality and surreal condition as they swim in the lake beside the palace.
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The Invisible Man
Chapter 20
by H.G. Wells
Griffin recalls the events leading up to his invisibility. (London, England; Pearson's Magazine, 1897)
Japanese Fairy Tales
The Stones of Five Colors and the Empress Jokwa
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
A Chinese Empress quells an uprising and then has to mend the heavens and the pillars that hold up the sky.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Chapter 8: The Leader of the Lions
by Hugh Lofting
The doctor, busy taking care of the sick and dying monkeys, asks a favor of the the King of Beast. Exhausted, the doctor finally gets some much needed sleep.
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 13: The Delights of Anticipation
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne is anxious to attend the church picnic.
The Little Lame Prince
Chapter 4
by Maria Dinah Mulock Craik
Dolor would hide the traveling cloak in the cupboard. His godmother introduces herself as Stuff and Nonsense. She showed the young prince the mysteries of the cloak—which he didn’t understand at all.
Peter Rabbit and Other Stories
“The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher”
by Beatrix Potter
This book tells the story of a frog who decides to go fishing for minnows for supper. After several misadventures he gives up and has a dinner of roasted grasshopper and salad with his friends.
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 8: Anne's Bring-up is Begun
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Marilla gives Anne some pleasant news.
Canoemates: A Story of the Florida Reef and Everglades
Chapter XVIII: “Off for the Everglades”
by Kirk Munroe
The boys try their hand at fishing and discover a mysterious sloop.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
The King of the Golden Mountain
by Grimm Brothers
A poor merchant is promised future riches.
The Yellow Fairy Book
Fairer-Than-A-Fairy
by Andrew Lang
The story of Fairer-Than-A-Fairy and the Rainbow Prince.
Anne of Green Gables
Chapter 23: Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne's defense of her honor ends in injury. The new teacher arrives.
Hamlet
Act 4, Scene 5
by William Shakespeare
Ophelia behavior is cause for concern. Laertes returns from France seeking revenge of his own.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Chapter 17: “The Nine Tiny Piglets”
by L. Frank Baum
We learn more about a parade, tricks, games. Jim loses a race.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 49: Haidee
by Alexandre Dumas, pére
The Count of Monte Cristo visits Haidee in his home and tells her that she is free from being his slave now that they are in Paris.
Moby Dick
Chapter 119: The Candles
by Herman Melville
A typhoon destroys a harpoon boat as Ahab continues to put the crew in harms way unnecessarily.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Hans In Luck
by Grimm Brothers
Hans travels home to see his mother.
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Chapter 12: A Night in the Parson's Kitchen
by William Wells Brown
A dinner-party is held at Mr. Peck's house. Sam shares stories from his past.
The Crimson Fairy Book
“The Colony of Cats”
by Andrew Lang
The colony of cats take in an abused daughter, Lizina, and give her the fair treatment she deserves.
Deductive Logic
Exercises Part 2
by George William Joseph Stock, M.A.
The Emerald City of Oz
Chapter 14: “How the Wizard Practiced Sorcery”
by L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and the gang decide to head for the Rigmaroles. Before they get there, it starts to get dark and they set up camp. The Wizard makes tents out of a handkerchief. Aunt Em and Bellina quarrel about chickens.
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
Chapter V: "The First Campfire"
by Captain Quincy Allen
Jerry soon realizes the cause of the “snag” and hurries back into the boat. The boys stop for supper, joking with one another about their past adventures. Suddenly Will spots something in the woods.
Deductive Logic
Part 1: Chapter 3
by George William Joseph Stock, M.A.
Uncle Tom's Cabin Told to the Children
Chapter 8: Uncle Tom Meets Eva
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
While traveling with Mr. Haley, Uncle Tom encounters Evangeline St. Clare. An act of kindness by Tom does not go unnoticed.
Half-Past Seven Stories
Story 10: "When Jehosophat Forgot His Piece"
by Robert Gordon Anderson
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. For Commencement all the children have to memorize pieces of poetry. Jehosophat works very hard to try to memorize his, but his nerves get the best of him due to the teasing of his friends and he suddenly forgets it.