Rebecca K. Reynolds

"At the Back of the North Wind" is a classic children's story first serialized in England in 1868 and published into a book in 1871 by the Scottish author George MacDonald. This enchanting fairy tale follows Diamond, a sweet, innocent, and joyful young stable boy in Victorian London who goes on adventures with the majestic North Wind. The North Wind is personified as a lovely and mysterious woman, both severe and kind, who teaches young Diamond about...

The adventures and misadventures of the five children of the Pepper family.

First published in 1903, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" is the charming and classic children's novel beloved the world over. Written by the American author and educator Kate Douglas Wiggin, it is the story of young and poor Rebecca Rowena Randall, who goes to live with her spinster aunts in the town of Riverboro when she is ten years-old. Rebecca's father had died three years before and the family farm had become heavily indebted. In order to ease the...

First published in 1903, "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights" is Howard Pyle's brilliantly illustrated book, which chronicles some of the major episodes of the legend of King Arthur. The tales of England's mythological first king are told over a series of two books in this volume. In the first book, "The Book of King Arthur", Pyle relates how a young King Arthur wins the throne by pulling the sword from the stone, wins the magical sword Excalibur...

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902) is a children's book by L. Frank Baum. Although less popular than his influential Wizard of Oz series-fourteen novels that inspired the classic 1939 film-The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus has been adapted as a graphic novel and into multiple animated films. A sequel short story, "A Kidnapped Santa Claus," appeared in 1904. Discovered as a baby in the Forest of Burzee by Ak, the Master Woodsman of...

Tom Canty and Edward Tudor look alike, but their lives couldn't be more different. For Edward is a royal prince, heir to the throne, and Tom is a miserable pauper. Until one day, fate intervenes, and for a while each has to live the other's life.

Sky Island (1912) is a novel by L. Frank Baum. A sequel to The Sea Fairies (1911), Sky Island was part of a larger series of planned novels that Baum hoped would move beyond the universe he created for his Oz books. Discouraged by poor reviews of The Sea Fairies, however, Baum featured several characters from The Road to Oz (1909) in Sky Island, including Button Bright and Polychrome. A young Californian girl named Trot meets a strange boy from Philadelphia...

Here come the animals! From Rudyard Kipling's most popular Just-So Stories to Jack London's "Brown Wolf," this collection features some of the best-loved animal tales of all time. They include Kipling's "How the Elephant Got His Trunk"; Hans Christian Andersen's "The Wild Swans"; Mark Twain's "A Dog's Tale"; Harriet Beecher Stowe's "The Squirrels That Live in a House," and more. Here come the animals! From Rudyard Kipling's most popular Just-So Stories...

Several of the best-loved Roman myths are gathered in this one beautiful abridged collection, from "Romulus and Remus" (which tells how Rome came to be) to "Cupid and Psyche," "Oedipus and the Sphinx," and more. For easy reference, there's also a detailed list and family tree of all the important gods and goddesses right at the start. Several of the best-loved Roman myths are gathered in this one beautiful abridged collection, from "Romulus and Remus"...

This lovely collection will make little ballerinas dance for joy! Inside, they'll find eight of the most beautiful ballet stories, including "Swan Lake," "Coppélia," "The Firebird," and of course, that perennial holiday favorite, "The Nutcracker." It's the perfect way to prepare a child for seeing a performance--or to keep the magic going afterward. Authored by Lisa Church.