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The coral island

1994
Three English boys, Ralph, Jack, and Peterkin, create an idyllic society for themselves after being shipwrecked on a coral reef in the South Seas, but their paradise is disturbed by the arrival of cannibals and pirates.

Rose in bloom

1995
Rose returns home after two years of travel with her Uncle Alec to find herself suddenly surrounded by young men vying for her hand in marriage, but she vows to have nothing to do with romance until she has established her own independence and is sure she has found a man she can trust.

An old-fashioned girl

1996
Polly's friendship with the wealthy Shaws of Boston helps them to build a new life and teaches her the truth about the relationship between happiness and riches.

Eight cousins, or, The Aunt Hill

2004
Orphaned Rose Campbell finds it difficult to fit in when she goes to live with her six aunts and seven mischievous boy cousins.

Grimms' fairy tales

1994
Presents twenty-two of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale stories and artwork from the original Grimm's Fairy Tales, including original classics such as, "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," "Rapunzel," and "Rumplestiltskin.".

Tales of ancient Egypt

1995
A collection of myths, folktales, and legends of ancient Egypt.

King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table

retold out of the old Romances
1994
A retelling of the story of the boy fated to be the "true-born King of Britain," covering his glorious reign and his tragic, yet triumphant, passing.

The tale of Troy

1958
A retelling in prose of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Includes the story of Helen of Troy, the Trojan War, and Odysseus's adventures on his journey home to Greece.

Twenty thousand leagues under the sea

1994
An abridged version of the nineteenth-century tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world.

Dracula

1994
The mysterious Transylvanian Count Dracula wreaks havoc onyoung businessman Jonathan Harker, his fianc?e Mina, and several others, and when he is revealed to be a vampire, he must be destroyed at all costs.

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