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Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty and at the mercy of a cold-hearted school mistress when her father dies, but she continues to believe in her own self worth and is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.

Ichabod Crane tells tales of ghpsts, goblins, and the Headless Horseman.

Nine short stories, which must always be told "just so," in order that the sleepy child listening will not have to put back missing sentences.

Rip Van Winkle is based on a folktale. Henpecked Rip and his dog Wolf wander into the Catskill mountains before the Revolutionary War.

Presents a collection of eleven short science fiction and fantasy stories by American author Neil Gaiman.

With these stories, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Masque of the Red Death, The Facts in the Case of M.

A selection of ten humorous stories by Mark Twain, including "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," and "Journalism in Tennessee.

A collection of short stories featuring characters from earlier books by Chris Crutcher.

Presents ten short stories set in the Florida Everglades and starring children who must survive against incredible odds.

Contains illustrated adaptations of four stories by nineteenth-century American horror writer Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Oblong Box," "The Facts in the Case of M.

Collects all twenty-three Peter Rabbit tales and verses, featuring the complete, unabridged texts and illustrations of the original stories, arranged in the order in which they were first issued, and includes four additional stories which remained unpublished in author Beatrix Potter's lifetime.

From basketball dreams and family fiascos to first crushes and new neighborhoods, this anthology, written by award-winning children's authors, celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.