Alcott: 604 books

A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott. When Christmas comes for the four March girls, there is no money for expensive presents and they give away their Christmas breakfast to...

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Originally published under a pseudonym, this is not a typical...

Volume five of the Children's Treasure Book contains the classic novel Little Women, following the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. The story is complimented by the delightful illustrations of Margaret Tulloch. Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's...

In vain they searched; in vain Marie wailed and Belle declared it must be somewhere; no wreath appeared. It was duly set down in the bill, and a fine sum charged for a head-dress to match the dainty forget-me-nots that looped the fleecy skirts and ornamented the bosom of the dress. It had evidently...

Sunshine streamed in through the one small window, where a caged bird was blithely singing, and a few flowers blossomed in the light. But blither than the bird's song, sweeter than the flowers, was the little voice and wan face of a child, who lay upon a bed placed where the warmest sunbeams fell.

A 14-year-old country girl, Polly Milton, visits her friend, Fanny Shaw, and her wealthy family in the city for the first time. Poor Polly is overwhelmed by the splendor and their urbanized, fashionable lifestyles, expensive clothes and other habits she has never been exposed to. Fanny's friends reject...

A 14-year-old country girl, Polly Milton, visits her friend Fanny Shaw and her wealthy family in the city for the first time. Poor Polly is overwhelmed by the splendor and their urbanized, fashionable lifestyles, expensive clothes and other habits she has never been exposed to. Fanny's friends reject...

To and fro, like a wild creature in its cage, paced that handsome woman, with bent head, locked hands, and restless steps. Some mental storm, swift and sudden as a tempest of the tropics, had swept over her and left its marks behind. As if in anger at the beauty now proved powerless, all ornaments...

Take part in the plays written and performed by two of the Marsh girls in the Little Women books. This 1893 volume—introduced by Meg—includes “Norna; Or, the Witch's Curse," “The Captive of Castile; Or, the Moorish Maiden's Vow,” "The Greek Slave," "Ion," "Bianca: An  Operatic Tragedy," and...

Published in 1875, this novel tells the story of a sickly orphan girl, Rose Campbell, who is sent to live with her wealthy maiden aunts in Boston.  There, under the tutelage of her guardian, Uncle Alec, she regains her health and happiness by strict regimen of fresh air and a connection with her populous new family.

We can do nothing about it except show our displeasure in some proper manner, said Portia, in her most dignified tone. "I should like to cut them all dead for a year to come; and I'm not sure that I won't!" cried Pauline, fiercely. "We ought to make it impossible for such a thing to...

The blooms of a colonial New Hampshire town inspired this heartwarming 1878 children’s novel. A tea-party-crashing dog introduces two girls to Ben Brown, a boy on the run from the circus. The friends help Ben find home, family, and a happy ending, but not before misunderstanding, adventure, and tragedy strike.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: A boy sat on a door-step in a despondent attitude, with his eyes fixed on a pair of very shabby shoes, and his elbows resting on his knees, as if to hide the big patches there. But it was not the fact that...