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Call me Ishmael. These three famous words begin one of America's most epic novels, a tale of one obsessed captain, his doomed crew, and an elusive white whale named Moby-Dick. The massive original, however, can be very hard for young readers to navigate. This beautifully abridged and adventure-filled version will thrill children and whet their appetite for the complete work--when they are ready to tackle it.

When we think of Robert Frost, the most celebrated American poet of the twentieth century, certain poems immediately come to mind: “The Road Not Taken” – “Fire and Ice” – “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” – and numerous others. This volume—Frost’s second—may, however, become the volume that first comes to mind. Unless you are one of the few intimately familiar with these offerings, you will find gems sure hereafter to be listed among your very favorites. Frost, unlike the nineteenth century romantics, does not glorify nature—he, with classic understatement and subtle rhyme, becomes one with nature. And he draws his reader in to take part. Robert Frost was the recipient of more Pulitzer Prizes than any other poet, recognized in 1924, 1931, 1937, and 1943. Decades will pass before another will be so honored.

There once was an Emperor who loved new clothes more than anything else. He spent huge amounts of money buying new clothes. As a result he neglected the needs of his subjects and his army. See how two scoundrels tricked him and how it would change the Emperor forever. Michael James retells this classic tale by Hans Christian Anderson. The story has delighted children and adults alike for over a hundred years. The storybook is richly illustrated in full color to bring the story to life for your kids. It shows your kids how misplaced vanity can affect how people see them.

Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This Complete and Unabridged version (Airmont Books, Classics Series CL169) is Illustrated and includes the following selections: The Little Swineherd (or The Prince In Disguise); The Nightingale; The Steadfast Tin Soldier; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Ugly Duckling; The Flying Trunk; Thumbelina; The Little Mermaid; The Tinder Box; The Princess and the Pea; The Candles; The Snow Queen. "For more than half a century the great Danish story-teller has been beloved by children in all parts of the world, and nowhere has he more devoted admirers than in Great Britain and those lands where English is the common tongue. As has been well said, 'Andersen was a Norseman, and the blood of Norsemen is in our veins.' This book has been chiefly designed for younger children, only those stories have been included which are most suitable for the purpose."

11-1/2 X 9" Book. The little boy who never grows up flies into the Darlings' nursery window in search of his lost shadow. Accompanied by his feisty fairy sidekick, Tinkerbell. Peter teaches Wendy, John and Michael to fly. Before they know it, the children are whisked off to Never Land and caught up in high-flying battles against swashbuckling pirates led by Peter's archenemy, Captain Hook.

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a two-week boating holiday on the Thames from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford and back to Kingston. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers - the jokes have been praised as fresh and witty.The three men are based on Jerome himself (the narrator Jerome K. Jerome) and two real-life friends, George Wingrave (who would become a senior manager at Barclays Bank) and Carl Hentschel (the founder of a London printing business, called Harris in the book), with whom Jerome often took boating trips. The dog, Montmorency, is entirely fictional but, "as Jerome admits, developed out of that area of inner consciousness which, in all Englishmen, contains an element of the dog". The trip is a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff. This was just after commercial boat traffic on the Upper Thames had died out, replaced by the 1880s craze for boating as a leisure activity.Following the overwhelming success of Three Men in a Boat, Jerome later published a sequel, about a cycling tour in Germany, titled Three Men on the Bummel (also known as Three Men on Wheels, 1900).World's Classics Deluxe EditionThis book and other World's Classics Deluxe Edition are frequently included among the great literature of the 20th century, including the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, The Observer's, BBC's and The Telegraph's "100 Greatest Novels of All Time", and The Guardian's "1000 novels everyone must read".iBoo Press House uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work. We preserve the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. All titles are unabridged (100% Original content), designed with a nice cover, quality paper and a large font that's easy to read. Visit our web page at iboo.com/novels to see all the Greatest Novels.

William Blake was born in 1757 in London. He spent his childhood in Dublin and then moved to Switzerland. Initially unappreciated and considered insane, William Blake is now known as one of the most inspiring and influential English artists of all times. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience were originally produced as engraved and illuminated books, colored by the author himself.After publishing Songs of Innocence, William Blake wrote a new set of songs (Songs of Experience), which in a harsh but satirical way responded to those collected in his first work.Songs of innocence and experience contrast the innocent and idyllic childhood existence with the repression and corruption of an adult environment. In his work, Blake shares his individual political and spiritual believes. He touches on difficult topics such as poverty, children abuse and repressive nature of church and skillfully paints a portrait of a complex political and social landscape of his era.