Books with author Maple Press

The Invisible Man is a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and has devised a way to become invisible.This is a story about a man who stays underground. This man stays under the ground of New York. Throughout the story, this man does not have a name. He takes the electricity from New York and uses it to light his own light bulbs. Let us read the story and find out, why he started staying underground. Complete story is available in ebook.This 16-page richly illustrated book is a part of our Classic tales collection, which consists of stimulating and enthralling stories for children.

Once upon a time there lived a woman called Marmee March. She had four little daughters Meg, Jo, Aby and Beth. This story takes place in a time when her husband, Mr. March was away at war. Marmee teaches her daughters a valuable lesson on sharing and caring. When Mr. March comes back from war, he find out that his daughters have behaved themselves and have grown up to be Little women.

This is one of the old stories of Bible, this tells about birth of Jesus Christ. Once upon a time, there was a young lady. She was called Virgin Mary. She lived in Nazareth. One day, when Mary was sitting, she saw Angel Gabriel. Mary became very scared. When Virgin Mary heard this, she felt very happy. She said, “Dear angel, I am so lucky that God has chosen me for this good work. I am very happy. I will do just as God wants me to do.” The Angel continued, “Joseph, the poor shepherd will help you and take care of you.” After saying this, the Angel disappeared. Mary thanked God and then slept. Sign up and read the complete story online.

Once upon a time, in Arabia, there lived a man called Hatim Tai. Hatim Tai was very kind and gentle. He was very handsome and also very intelligent. He was famous all over the world for his kindness. A lot of kings were jealous of Hatim Tai.Hatim Tai is the legendary chief of a small district known for his generosity, wisdom and courage.Hatim had a horse which was very fast. When the King of Turkey came to know about Hatim, he said, “Everybody says Hatim is very kind. I will go and test Hatim myself. I will ask him for the horse and, if he gives me the horse, then I will agree that he is the kindest man on this Earth.” How does king test Hatim to get his horse? What is Hatim's response to test?This 16-page richly illustrated book is a part of our Classic tales collection, which consists of stimulating and enthralling stories for children.

his is a story of a man called Edward Dunn Malone. He was very brave and always wanted to look at new things. One day, he got a chance to see something very new. What was this new thing? Was it dangerous? Let us read the story and find out. Some time back, there was a scientist called, Professor Challenger. He had just returned from South America. He said, “I saw some really strange things, when I was in South America. He said, “I saw some really strange things, when I was in South America. I do not know whether to call them animals or not.” When Edward Dunn Malone heard Professor Challenger’s statement, he got very excited. Edward was a reporter in a newspaper. Edward always wanted to do something new. He thought, “I must go and speak with Professor Challenger about these strange animals.This 16-page richly illustrated book is a part of our Classic tales collection, which consists of stimulating and enthralling stories for children.

This is a story about a young boy. one day, when the boy was coming back from his work, he had a very big fight with some robbers. What happened after that? Did he live after the fight? Let us read the story and find out. Once upon a time, there was a family. This family had a young boy. The family shifted to Australia, because the father of the family had got a job in Australia. This young boy wanted to work on a circus. While the boy was looking for work in a circus, he found work at a dock. He started washing the ships. He also helped in keeping the goods on the ships. One night, after a full day’s work, the boy was going back home. Suddenly, five robbers attacked the boy. They tried to take away everything the boy had.This 16-page richly illustrated book is a part of our Classic tales collection, which consists of stimulating and enthralling stories for children.

Once, there was a statue of a Happy Prince on the top of a very tall pillar. It was covered with gold. The statue had two big and bright sapphires on his eyes and the handle of his sword had a large red ruby in it. Everybody liked and praised the prince a lot. One day, a swallow flew over the city. His friends had gone to Egypt 6 weeks back, but he did not go. Now, he also wanted to go to Egypt. He thought, ‘Where should I stay for the night?’ Suddenly, he saw the statue of the prince. He flew towards the prince and sat between his legs. Then what after this?

Once, there were twenty five Tin-Soldiers. There were all brothers because they were made of the same tin spoon. All of them wore a beautiful red and blue uniform. One of them had only one leg because the tin, which was used to make them, was not enough. The Tin-Soldier stood on a table, covered with a lot of other toys. There was a very pretty paper castle. The rooms of the castle could be seen through the small windows of the castle. There was also a mirror which showed a transparent lake with swans swimming in it.This 16-page richly illustrated book is a part of our Classic tales collection, which consists of stimulating and enthralling stories for children.

This story is from the famous Panchatantra Stories for kids. This is a story of rats and a cat. You have read a lot of stories of rats and cats. But, you will enjoy this story a lot. Let us read the story and see what happens. Do the rats win or does the cat win in this battle? Not very long time ago, there was a colony of rats. All these rats stayed in a very large house. They were very happy in that large house. They were so happy because that house had a lot of food. The rats really enjoyed themselves. The whole day, they ate whatever they wanted to eat. They ate and slept. Then they got up, played a little, ate again and then slept again. The mistress of the house was very tired of these rats. She hated these rats. Whenever the mistress got any food from the market, the rats ate all the food. Whatever the Mistress cooked, the rats ate half of it. The Mistress tried everything to get rid of the rats. She was sick of threats. Whenever she opened the cupboard, she saw a rat in the cupboard.

Wessex tales talks about nineteenth century marriage, grammar, class status, medical diseases etc. The wessex tale is a story of three strangers. They meet at the house of a shepherd. Who are these three strangers? Are they related? Why have they come to the shepherd’s house? Let us read the story and find out. It was the month of March. In a village in Casterbridge, a baby girl was born to a shepherd. He was so happy that he decided to throw a dance party. Though it was raining heavily outside, nineteen guests were enjoying the party inside the house. The shepherd had spent a lot of money and invited a troop of singers to his house. They were a famous troop. They sang to the guests. There was food and drinks for everyone. Everybody was having a lot of fun at the party. Meanwhile, a poor, thin man was walking towards the village in the heavy rain. He was around forty years old and was about five feet nine inches tall. As he walked through the streets, the rain soaked his coat and made it heavy. To know complete story sign up for eBook.