A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection Evil Roots. Amelia is constantly overshadowed by her beautiful cousin Ernestine. When two men both fall for...

It is often said that if you want to make the world a better place, start with children!Do you still remember what it was like to be a child? It was frustrating, and you often...

This novel is the aquatic adventure of a lifetime.Four siblings, Francis, Mavis, Bernard, and Kathleen set out to rescue the sister of a mermaid who is being held captive at a...

After Philip's older sister and sole family member Helen marries, he goes off to live with his new step sister Lucy. He has trouble adjusting at first, thrown into the world...

This book is a children's fantasy novel written by E. Nesbit; it is followed by a trilogy of novels which follows the adventures of five children: Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane...

In this volume we enter hidden world of cats, discover their ways of life, how cat mothers teach their kittens important wisdoms and lessons of life. The humorous tales are told...

This book is about the vicissitudes of a family that moves to "Tre camini", a house near the railway. The father, who works at the Foreign Ministry, is imprisoned after...

The story begins when a group of children move from London to the countryside of Kent. The five children – Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, known as the Lamb...

In this book E. Nesbit tells the story of six children named Dora, Oswald, Noël, Alice and H.O. Bastable and two children going to stay with them, Denny and Daisy. Children...

Dolly asks her kitten to explain why he's white and all his brothers are tabby. Dolly was not surprised to hear the kitten speak, for she had read her fairy books, as all good...