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L. Frank Baum - Sky Island (version 2)

A little girl (Trot) and her friend (Cap'n Bill) team up with a young boy named Button-Bright. Button-Bright had found a magical umbrella in his attic. He meets the kind girl and sailor and they are transported to a...

ASPotter and 14 more 5 hours 37 minutes

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Unknown - Ontario Public School Geography

This Ontario Public School textbook, published in 1922, contains some fascinating facts of a world which no longer exists. It seems politically incorrect in some of its descriptions by modern day standards. (Summary...

David Lawrence and 16 more 12 hours 58 minutes

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Mary F. Nixon-Roulet - Our Little Australian Cousin

Another delightful look back at how people and children lived in the late 1800s in this part of the British Empire. This book introduces us to Fergus and Jean Hume and their family who are sailing to Australia from...

Kathrine Engan and 4 more 2 hours Our Little Cousin Series

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Mary F. Nixon-Roulet - Our Little Spanish Cousin

Another book written for American children in the early 1900's to help educate them about the customs and lives of their 'cousins' in many parts of the world. Naturally the cultures described are as they might have...

Kathrine Engan and 6 more 2 hours 7 minutes Our Little Cousin Series

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Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald - Our Little Canadian Cousin

In " Our Little Canadian Cousin," the author's intention is to tell, in a general way and in one defined local setting, the story of Canadian home life in the late 19th century. To Canadians, home life means...

rookieblue and 5 more 2 hours 5 minutes Our Little Cousin Series

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Junior Classics Volume 5: Stories That Never Grow Old

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William Patten - Junior Classics Volume 5: Stories That Never Grow Old

A selection of famous tales selected and re-worked for a junior audience. Stories are taken from Arabian Nights, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, Shakespearean plays, Pilgrim's Progress, Ivanhoe, and The Startling...

Lynne T and 19 more 13 hours 56 minutes The Junior Classics

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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade - Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin

«Long before Columbus discovered America, there were brave men in the north of Europe who dared to sail farther out upon the unknown waters of the Atlantic than any other people in the world. These daring seamen were...

Ernst Pattynama and 6 more 1 hour 39 minutes Our Little Cousin Series

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Historic Adventures: Tales from American History

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Rupert S. Holland - Historic Adventures: Tales from American History

This is a collection of early American stories, interesting read. (Summary by sidhu177)

Greg Giordano and 6 more 7 hours 3 minutes

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L. Frank Baum - Patchwork Girl of Oz (version 2)

Yes, this is another wonderful OZ book with all the old familiar characters and some new delightful ones. The Patchwork Girl, a free spirit if ever there was one, is brought to life in this story and then sets out...

Phil Chenevert 6 hours 42 minutes Oz books

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Louisa May Alcott - Under the Lilacs (version 2)

Under the Lilacs is a tale of friendship and adventure from celebrated author Louisa May Alcott. When sisters Bab and Betty Moss decide to have a tea party one spring morning, little did they know a strange and...

Tara Dow 8 hours 23 minutes

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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade - Our Little Irish Cousin

This little book is intended to help American children (and adults) learn more about the children of Ireland, their culture and how they live their daily lives. It is one of a series attempting to do this with...

Woolly Bee and 6 more 1 hour 31 minutes Our Little Cousin Series

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Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola

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Frances M. Perry - Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola

Four American Indians by Edson L. Whitney and Frances M. Perry, gives a short history of King Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags; Pontiac, an Ottawan chief; Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief; and Osceola, a Seminole chief....

Laura Victoria 5 hours 38 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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