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.
See also Scouts (Bookshelf)
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)
- 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)
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)
Margery Williams Bianco 1880-1944
- The Velveteen Rabbit Ebook , Audio Book, Human Read
John Brown (1810-1882)
- Rab and His Friends (English)
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)
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 )
Dorothy Canfield (Fisher) (1879-1958)
- Understood Betsy (English)
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
Susan Coolidge (1835-1905)
- What Katy Did (English)
- What Katy Did Next (English)
- What Katy Did at School (English)
- Clover (English)
- Verses (English)
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
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)
Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)
- The Reluctant Dragon (English)
- The Wind in the Willows (English) Audio , Different Audio
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
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)
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (English), Audio
- La Legendo de Dorm-Valeto (Esperanto) trans. Grobe, Edwin, 1927-
Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)
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)
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)
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.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
- The Children's Own Longfellow (English) (Poetry)
- The Song of Hiawatha (English) (Poetry)
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)
Frederick Marryat (1792-1848)
- Children of the New Forest (English)
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)
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)
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
Ouida (Ramée, Louise de la) (1839-1908)
Christoph von Schmid, (1768-1854)
- Contes pour les petits garçons (French)
Anna Sewell (1820-1878)
- Black Beauty - The Autobiography of a Horse (also as human-read audio book )
- Black Beauty, Young Folks' Edition
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)
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)
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)
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
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)
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
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
