An adaptation of the nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.

Deep in the Alaskan wilds, 9-year-old Rachel dreams of owning and racing a sled dog one day. When her father, who breeds and races huskies, gives her the runt of the litter, Rachel names the puppy Silver and sets out to prove he's a champion.

"'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.' Shipwrecked on the high seas, Lemuel Gulliver finds himself washed up on the strange island of Lilliput, a land inhabited by quarrelsome miniature people. On his travels he continues to meet others who force him to reflect on human behaviour – the giants of Brobdingnag, the Houyhnhnms...

"There's a mysterious tree house in the woods, filled with books. Before Jack and Annie can find out where it came from, the tree house whisks them back in time to the prehistoric past! now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark? Or will they become a dinosaur's dinner?"--book jacket.

A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

"When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie back to the Middle Ages for another wild adventure, they find a castle with a secret passage! In the Great Hall, a feast is under way. But Jack and Annie aren't exactly welcome guests!" --back cover.

"A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor-these form a series of events that change the orphan Pip’s life forever, as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens’s haunting novel depicts Pip’s education and development...

"Jack and Annie blast off in the magic tree house for a mission on the moon--in the future! Maybe the mysterious moon man can help. Will they complete their task before the air in their oxygen tanks runs out? And why is Peanut the mouse acting so strange?"--Cover page [4].

"Orphaned at birth to labor in a workhouse, Oliver Twist is barely ten when he flees for London. There he befriends young Jack Dawkins, who educates the innocent Oliver in the ways of survival. When Jack draws Oliver into a gang of juvenile pickpockets, tutored by the unscrupulous Fagin, Oliver's corruptive influences grow. But for a boy taught only wrong, Oliver must hold on to what he knows is right. In Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens furiously condemns...

Written in 1880, Heidi is a novel for children which remains one of the most well-known pieces of Swiss literature. A young girl is taken to live with her grandfather in a remote alpine village. He has been estranged from the village for years, but his granddaughter penetrates his crusty exterior and transforms his isolated life into one of joy. She also befriends the young goat-herd, Peter.