Children's Literature (Bookshelf)
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Children's literature is a literary genre whose primary audience is children, although many books within the genre are also enjoyed by adults.
—Excerpted from Children's literature on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.
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Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888
- Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5;
Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc.
(English)
- Eight Cousins (English)
- Flower Fables (English)
- A Garland for Girls (English)
- Jack and Jill , Human-read Audio
(English)
- Jo's Boys (English)
- Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories (English)
- Little Men Audio Book, human-read (English)
- Little Women (English)
- The Louisa Alcott Reader: a Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School (English)
- Marjorie's Three Gifts (English)
- Mia Kontrabandulo
My Contraband (Esperanto)
- A Modern Cinderella (English)
- The Mysterious Key and What It Opened (English)
- An Old-Fashioned Girl (English)
- Onder Moeders Vleugels (Dutch)
- Op Eigen Wieken (Dutch)
- Rose in Bloom (English)
- Shawl-Straps;
A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag (English)
- Under the Lilacs (English)
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Frank L. Baum (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919
- American Fairy Tales (English)
- Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Illustrated , non-illustrated , Audio (English)
- The Emerald City of Oz (English)
- The Enchanted Island of Yew (English)
- Glinda of Oz (English)
- A Kidnapped Santa Claus (English)
- Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (English)
- Little Wizard Stories of Oz , Audio (English)
- The Lost Princess of Oz (English)
- The Magic of Oz (English)
- The Marvelous Land of Oz (English)
- The Marvelous Land of Oz (English)
- The Marvelous Land Of Oz
Reading by Roy Trumbull (English)
- Mary Louise (English)
- Mary Louise in the Country (English)
- The Master Key, an Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity , Audio (English)
- Mother Goose in Prose (English)
- Ozma of Oz Audio (English)
- The Patchwork Girl of Oz (English)
- Rinkitink in Oz (English)
- The Road to Oz (English)
- The Scarecrow of Oz (English)
- The Sea Fairies (English)
- Sky Island: being the further exciting adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after their visit to the sea fairies (English)
- The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People (English)
- Tik-Tok of Oz , Audio (English)
- The Tin Woodman of Oz (English)
- The Woggle-Bug Book (English)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (English)
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Margery Williams Bianco 1880-1944
- The Velveteen Rabbit Ebook , Audio Book, Human Read
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John Brown (1810-1882)
- Rab and His Friends (English)
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Thornton W. Burgess 1874-1965
- The Adventures of Grandfather Frog (English)
- The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat (English)
- The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk (English)
- The Adventures of Johnny Chuck (English)
- The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer (English)
- The Adventures of Mr. Mocker (English)
- The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad (English)
- The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (English)
- The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver (English)
- The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack (English)
- The Adventures of Prickly Porky (English)
- Adventures of Reddy Fox (English)
- The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum (English)
- Blacky the Crow (English)
- Bowser the Hound (English)
- Happy Jack (English)
- Lightfoot the Deer (English)
- Mother West Wind's Children (English)
- Mother West Wind "Where" Stories (English)
- Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories (English)
- Mrs. Peter Rabbit (English)
- Old Granny Fox (English)
- Old Mother West Wind (English)
- Whitefoot the Wood Mouse (English)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)
- The Dawn of a To-morrow
- The Land of the Blue Flower
- The Little Hunchback Zia
- Little Lord Fauntleroy
- A Little Princess (also as audio book read by Kara Shallenberg )
- Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories
- The Lost Prince
- My Robin
- Sara Crewe: or, What happened at Miss Minchin's boarding school , Audio
- Racketty-Packetty House
- The Secret Garden (also as alternate version , Audio Book, computer-generated and Audio Book, Human read )
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Dorothy Canfield (Fisher) (1879-1958)
- Understood Betsy (English)
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Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (English) non-illustrated version , PG's original version , Audio, human read , Audio, different human read
- Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland (German) trans. Zimmermann, Antonie
- La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando (Esperanto) trans. Kearney, Elfric Leofwin, 1856-1913
- Alice's Adventures Under Ground;
Being a facsimile of the original Ms. book afterwards developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (English)
- The Hunting of the Snark (English), Audio, human read
- Jabberwocky (human read) (English)
- Through the Looking-Glass (English), Audio, human read
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Susan Coolidge (1835-1905)
- What Katy Did (English)
- What Katy Did Next (English)
- What Katy Did at School (English)
- Clover (English)
- Verses (English)
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
- A Christmas Carol (English)
- illus by Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939 , illus by Williams, George Alfred, 1875-1932 , PG's first version, text-only , Audio, human-read , Another Audio, human-read
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Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty, 1841-1885
Wikipedia: Juliana Horatia Ewing
- Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men (English)
- The Brownies and Other Tales (English)
- A Flat Iron for a Farthing
or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son (English)
- A Great Emergency and Other Tales (English)
- Jackanapes (English)
- Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other Stories (English)
- Jan of the Windmill (English)
- Mary's Meadow
And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers (English)
- Melchior's Dream and Other Tales (English)
- Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances (English)
- Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales (English)
- The Peace Egg and Other tales (English)
- Six to Sixteen
A Story for Girls (English)
- Verses for Children
and Songs for Music (English)
- We and the World, Part I
A Book for Boys (English)
- We and the World, Part II
A Book for Boys (English)
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Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)
- The Reluctant Dragon (English)
- The Wind in the Willows (English) Audio , Different Audio
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Joel Chandler Harris 1848-1908)
- A Little Union Scout (English) illus. Gibbs, George, 1870-1942
- Mingo
And Other Sketches in Black and White (English)
- Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country (English) illus. Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935
- Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings (English)
- Uncle Remus
- Nights With Uncle Remus (English) illus. Winter, Milo, 1886-1956
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Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804-1864
- Beneath an Umbrella (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- Chippings with a Chisel (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- Edward Fane's Rosebud (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- Fancy's Show-Box (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- From Twice Told Tales (English)
- The Gorgon's Head
(From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys") (English)
- The Haunted Mind (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- The Lily's Quest (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- Little Annie's Ramble (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- The Miraculous Pitcher
(From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys") (English)
- The Paradise of Children
(From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys") (English)
- The Seven Vagabonds (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- Sights from a Steeple (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- The Sister Years (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- Snow Flakes (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- Sunday at Home (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- Tanglewood Tales (English)
- The Threefold Destiny (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- The Three Golden Apples
(From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys") (English)
- The Toll Gatherer's Day (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- Twice Told Tales (English)
- The Village Uncle (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- The Vision of the Fountain (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
- The White Old Maid (From "Twice Told Tales") (English)
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Washington Irving (1783-1859)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (English), Audio
- La Legendo de Dorm-Valeto (Esperanto) trans. Grobe, Edwin, 1927-
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Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)
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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
- The Jungle Book (English)
- The Second Jungle Book (English)
- Just So Stories (English)
- Puck of Pook's Hill Version 1 Version 2 (English)
- Kim (English)
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Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
- The Blue Fairy Book (English)
- The Brown Fairy Book (English)
- The Crimson Fairy Book (English)
- The Green Fairy Book (English)
- The Grey Fairy Book (English)
- The Lilac Fairy Book (English)
- The Orange Fairy Book (English)
- The Pink Fairy Book (English)
- The Red Fairy Book (English)
- The Violet Fairy Book (English)
- The Yellow Fairy Book (English)
- Prince Prigio; From "His Own Fairy Book" (English)
- Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia; being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son (English)
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Hugh Lofting (1886-1947)
- The Story of Doctor Dolittle (English)
- The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle (English)
If you live in a Life + 50 country you can legally download more Doctor Dolittle ebooks from PG of Australia.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
- The Children's Own Longfellow (English) (Poetry)
- The Song of Hiawatha (English) (Poetry)
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George MacDonald (1824-1905)
- At the Back of the North Wind Text-only original Illustrated, Simplified by Elizabeth Lewis (English)
- The Light Princess (English)
- The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories (English)
- The Princess and Curdie (English)
- The Princess and the Goblin (English)
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Frederick Marryat (1792-1848)
- Children of the New Forest (English)
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Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Wikipedia: Lucy_Maud_Montgomery
- Anne of Avonlea (English)
- Anne of Avonlea (English, human-read)
- Anne of Green Gables (English)
- Anne of Green Gables (English, human-read)
- Anne of the Island (English)
- Anne of the Island (English, human-read)
- Anne's House of Dreams (English)
- Chronicles of Avonlea (English)
- Further Chronicles of Avonlea (English)
- The Golden Road (English)
- Kilmeny of the Orchard (English)
- Rainbow Valley (English)
- Rilla of Ingleside (English)
- The Story Girl (English)
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Mulock, Dinah Maria 1826-1887
- The Little Lame Prince (English), Audio Book, Human Read
- The Little Lame Prince;
Rewritten for Young Readers by Margaret Waters (English)
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E. Nesbit (1858 - 1924)
- Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
- The Book of Dragons
- The Enchanted Castle
- Five Children and It (also as audio book, human-read and in alternate version )
- In Homespun
- The Magic City
- New Treasure Seekers;
or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune
- The Phoenix and the Carpet
- The Railway Children
- The Rainbow and the Rose
- The Story of the Amulet
- The Story of the Treasure Seekers
- The Wouldbegoods
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Ouida (Ramée, Louise de la) (1839-1908)
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Christoph von Schmid, (1768-1854)
- Contes pour les petits garçons (French)
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Anna Sewell (1820-1878)
- Black Beauty - The Autobiography of a Horse (also as human-read audio book )
- Black Beauty, Young Folks' Edition
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Margaret Sidney (1844-1924)
- Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (English) (also as human-read audio book )
- Five Little Peppers Midway (English)
- Five Little Peppers Grown Up (English)
- The Adventures of Joel Pepper (English)
- Five Little Peppers Abroad (English)
- Five Little Peppers and Their Friends (English)
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Johanna Spyri
- Cornelli (English)
- Erick and Sally (English)
- Gritli's Children (English)
- Heidi (English) (text only ) (Librivox Audio )
- Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat (German)
- Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre (German)
- Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre (German)
- Heimatlos;
Geschichten für Kinder und auch für solche, welche die
Kinder lieb haben, 1. Band (German)
- Maezli;
A Story of the Swiss Valleys (English)
- Moni the Goat-boy (English) (Also available in German
)
- Rico and Wiseli (English)
- Toni, the Little Woodcarver (English)
- Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country (English)
- Veronica And Other Friends;
Two Stories For Children (English)
- Vom This, der doch etwas wird
Erzählung (German)
- Was die Großmutter gelehrt hat
Erzählung (German)
- What Sami Sings with the Birds (English)
- Wie Wiselis Weg gefunden wird Erzählung (German)
- Wo Gritlis Kinder hingekommen sind
Geschichten für Kinder und auch für solche, welche die
Kinder lieb haben, 8. Band (German)
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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
- The Black Arrow (English)
- A Children's Garden of Verses (English)
- Illustrator: Mars, E. (Ethel), 1876- and Squire, Maud Hunt, 1873-
- Illustrator: Robinson, Charles, 1870-1937
- Illustrator: Myrtle Sheldon
- Illustrator: Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935
- Illustrator: Sowerby, Millicent, 1878-1967
- Kidnapped (English)
- Treasure Island (English)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
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Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923)
- The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales (English)
- The Birds' Christmas Carol (English), plain text version
- Children's Rights: A book of nursery logic (English)
- The Diary of a Goose Girl (English)
- The Flag-Raising (English)
- Homespun Tales (English)
- Marm Lisa (English)
- Mother Carey's Chickens (English)
- New Chronicles of Rebecca (English)
- Penelope's English Experiences (English)
- Penelope's Experiences in Scotland (English)
- Penelope's Irish Experiences (English)
- Penelope's Postscripts (English)
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (English)
- Rose O' the River (English)
- The Story Hour (English) (as editor)
- The Story of Patsy (English)
- Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know (English) (as editor)
- The Talking Beasts (English) (as editor)
- Timothy's Quest (English)
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
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About Children's Books
- Children and Their Books Penniman, James Hosmer
- A History of Nursery Rhymes Green, Percy B.
- Children's Literature;
A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Clippinger, Erle Elsworth, 1875- and Curry, Charles Madison, 1869-1944
