Nesbit: 434 books

" He was waiting for her, he had been waiting an hour and a half in a dusty suburban lane, with a row of big elms on one side and some eligible building sites on the other-and far away to the south-west the twinkling yellow lights of the Crystal Palace. It was not quite like a country lane, for...

MATILDA'S ears were red and shiny. So were her cheeks. Her hands were red too. This was because Pridmore had washed her. It was not the usual washing, which makes you clean and comfortable, but the "thorough good wash," which makes you burn and smart till you wish you could be like the poor...

When Mr. Devigne inherits a house from his aunt, he finds two pictures in the attic. One is of himself wearing old-fashioned clothes and the other is of a beautiful woman. One night he asks her to come out of the frame and lo and behold she does!

Pussy Tales offers unique insight into hidden lives of our feral friends. Adventures, misadventures, and even darkest secrets revealed in this collection of tales told through the eyes of the animal. Mother cats share their life wisdoms and tricks with their kittens. We learn how cats observe humans...

  NOW that I've nearly done my days,   And grown too stiff to sweep or sew,   I sit and think, till I'm amaze,   About what lots of things I know:   Things as I've found out one by one--   And when I'm fast down in the clay,   My knowing things and how they're done...

Bassanio, a young Venetian of noble rank, wishes to woo the beautiful and wealthy heiress Portia of Belmont. Having squandered his estate, he needs 3,000 ducats to subsidise his expenditures as a suitor. Bassanio approaches his friend Antonio, a wealthy merchant of Venice who has previously and repeatedly...

It is not every cat who can get an elephant to catch her mice for her. Buff reveals how he managed to overcome his laziness and make friends with an elephant.

A rare opportunity to hear two seasoned cats share their experiences of life. One spent entire life hopping from one house to another seeking better conditions for herself. The other simply loved her one poor owner and stayed with her for life. Which would you prefer?

Very cute (not cloying) stories written from the viewpoint of cats and dogs. Contents Pussy tales: Too clever by half. The white Persian. A powerful friend. A silly question. The selfish pussy. Meddlesome pussy. Nine lives Doggy tales: Tinker. Rats!. The tables turned. A noble dog. The dyer's dog. The vain setter.

When a young pair of newlyweds settle down into a small cottage in a quiet village, they look forward to a pleasant, pastoral life of domestic bliss. The husband, a practical man, dismisses the superstitious maid's tale of an ancient curse about the local church's marble statues who come to life each...

Cute collection of kids' stories about a variety of dragons: tiny gnat dragons, ice dragons, guard dragons and more.

What dreams the flower cups enfold   Within their fragrant leaves, Of meadow-ways grown fair with spring,   Soft mists that April weaves;     And cottage gardens where the scent     Of flowers is with the wood-smoke blent. The ceaseless ripple of the...

When a young pair of newlyweds settle down into a small cottage in a quiet village, they look forward to a pleasant, pastoral life of domestic bliss. The husband, a practical man, dismisses the superstitious maid's tale of an ancient curse about the local church's marble statues who come to life each...

All round the year the changing suns and rains     Beat on men's work--to wreck and to decay--     But nature builds more perfectly than they,   Her changing unchanged sea resists, remains.   All round the year new flowers spring up to shew    ...