Evergreen Classics – serie

When orphaned Pollyanna Whittier comes to live with her stern maiden aunt, she not only manages to spread her perpetual cheerfulness and optimism among the miserable people of the town, she also transforms the life of her lonely relative. Pollyanna was made into a Broadway play and a popular motion picture.

From the author of The Railway Children and Five Children and It comes this tale of six siblings and their adventures in Victorian London. The Bastable children are determined to restore their impoverished family's fortune, and each chapter of this hilarious book finds them busily attempting another get-rich-quick scheme: digging for treasure, becoming detectives and highway robbers, selling wine, and earnestly chasing other comic ventures.

The "man who invented the future," Jules Verne created the prototype for modern science fiction. His prophetic 1870 novel, featuring a bizarre underwater craft commanded by the brilliant and mysterious Captain Nemo, predated the submarine. The crowning achievement of Verne's literary career, this fantastic adventure tale of underwater monsters and civilizations influenced H. G. Wells and generations of writers.

The characters from Five Children and It are back! This time they've discovered part of a magic amulet that will grant their heart's desire. The kids must time-travel to find the other half of the amulet, setting off on a fantastic journey from Edwardian London to ancient Egypt, Babylon, Atlantis, the camps of Julius Caesar, and into a utopian future.

This hair-raising collection includes eight of the most ingenious and gripping tales by the great master of suspense and creator of the American Gothic horror story. Includes "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "William Wilson," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Gold-Bug," "The Purloined Letter," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."

The oldest at a dreary home for foundlings, Judy Abbott finds her life completely changed when, with the help of a mysterious benefactor, she is granted her wish to be able to go to college. A meeting with the rich, handsome uncle of her snobbish roommate sets Judy on the road to discovering her secret friend.

One of 19th-century America's greatest authors recounts timeless tales from Greek mythology in this grand partner to A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls. Hawthorne's evocative interpretations of stories about Theseus and the Minotaur, Circe the enchantress, Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece, and other ancient legends provide a spellbinding introduction to these mythic characters and their adventures.

This perennial holiday favorite relates Ebenezer Scrooge's ghostly journeys through Christmases past, present, and future and his ultimate transformation from a harsh and grasping old miser to a charitable and compassionate human being. Dickens' classic has become as much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen wreaths, and this edition promises to delight a new generation of readers.

When Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin's boarding school, the well-to-do student has every material comfort that her doting father can buy as well as the headmistress's fawning approval. But when Sara falls upon hard times and is left to the mercy of the suddenly vindictive headmistress, she must rely on her optimistic outlook, lively imagination, and innate goodness to see her through a reversal of fortunes. English-born novelist and playwright Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) wrote dozens of warmhearted books and is best known for her three children's classics: A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. The National Education Association selected A Little Princess as one of its Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children, and a survey by School Library Journal ranked it as number 56 among its Top 100 Children's Novels. Frequently adapted for stage and screen, it remains a favorite with dreamers of all ages.