A Little Princess
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.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 540
subjects: schools, orphans, school stories, london (england), private schools, boarding schools, great britain, princesses, school-girls, kings, queens, rulers, etc, short stories, audiobooks, orphans fiction, schools fiction, compact discs, children's stories
Aesop's Fables
A collection of the brief animal tales with specific morals which are attributed to a wise Greek slave.
398.2
year: 2015
copies: 282
call number/section: 398.2
lexile: 760
subjects: fables, folklore, aesop, a lion and mouse, wind and sun, fables, greek, aesop, mythology, classical, mythology myth myths, folktales folk tales, fairy tales folklore legends, animals, legends and stories of, fables, aesop's fables, fables, picture books for children, storytelling, reading readiness
The Wind In The Willows
To help students experience the joys and benefits of reading, Townsend Press presents the Townsend Library - a collection of high-interest classics.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 114
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1140
subjects: animals, fantasy, friendship, toad of toad hall (fictitious character), toads, moles (animals), rats, badgers, country life, large type books, large print books, england, friends, england, toy and movable books, fantasy fiction, rivers, toad, nature stories, pastoral fiction, animal fiction, nature fiction
A Christmas Carol
The tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 316
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: christmas, ghosts, ghost stories, england, misers, scrooge, ebenezer (fictitious character), cartoons and comics, poverty fiction, ghosts fiction, misers fiction, christmas fiction, great britain, england fiction, christmas stories, poor families, sick children, london (england), scrooge, ebenezer (fictional character), didactic fiction, animated films, closed caption video recordings, dvds, poor, family life, sick, christmas stories, ghost stories, audiobooks, scrooge, ebenezer, fiction, juvenile works, holidays, film novelizations, audiobooks, compact discs, jewish holidays, fasts and feasts, christmas fiction
Little Women
An abridged version of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of four sisters growing up in 1800s New England; and contains over 400 vocabulary words and definitions, synonyms and pronunciation for each word, and discussion questions.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 204
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1300
subjects: sisters, family life, new england, historical fiction, family life- new england, new england- history- 19th century, march family (fictional characters), mother-daughter relationship, young women, march family (fictitious characters), mothers and daughters, family, compact discs, bildungsromans, girls, family - fiction, new england - fiction, united states, families, autobiographical fiction, domestic fiction, bildungsromans, domestic fiction, autobiographical fiction, march, jo, march, amy (fictitious character), march, beth (fictitious character), march, meg (fictitious character), cartoons and comics, manga, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, graphic novels, confederate states of america, electronic books
The Secret Garden
An illustrated edition of Frances Hodgson Burnett's children's classic about a ten-year-old girl named Mary, orphaned by a cholera outbreak, who comes to live at a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers Colin, her invalid cousin, and the mysteries of a locked garden.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 173
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 970
subjects: gardens, physically handicapped, yorkshire (england), large type books, orphans, england, people with disabilities, great britain, loneliness, closed caption video recordings, orphans -, children, orphans-fiction, gardens-fiction, physically handicapped-fiction, yorkshire (england)-fiction, friendship, people with physical disabilities, children's stories, children with disabilities, children with physical disabilities, yorkshire, cousins, secrecy, secrets
David Copperfield
David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: recitations, young men, england, character studies fiction, london fiction, great britain fiction, children, orphans, child labor, boys, stepfathers, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, great britain, autobiographical fiction, bildungsromans, men, london (england), aunts, historical fiction, bildungsromane, autobiographical fiction, bildungsromans, electronic books
Gulliver's Travels
A new illustrated gift edition of a beloved classic. Three hundred years ago, a great deal of the world as we now know it was still undiscovered.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 111
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: size and shape, fantasy fiction, voyages, imaginary, imaginary voyages, fantasy, satire, size, gulliver, lemuel (fictitious character), travelers, comic books, strips, etc, giants, reading materials, islands, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, castaways, survival, fantasy fiction, satire, electronic books, action and adventure fiction, gulliver, lemuel, satirical literature, shipwrecks, allegories
Anne Of Green Gables
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, who is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 148
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 990
subjects: adoption, orphans, friendship, country life, prince edward island, orphans fiction, shirley, anne (fictional character), girls, canada, farm life, shirley, anne (fictitious character), coming of age, islands, large type books, montgomery, l. m, islands, historical fiction, shirley, anne, bildungsromans, bildungsromans, prince edward island, country life, friendship, orphans
Heidi
Contains the complete text of the story of a young girl from the Swiss Alps whose life takes a dramatic turn when she must go to live in the city, leaving behind the people and the mountains she loves, with annotations providing background information on the history, geography, social customs, and the arts of the era.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: grandfathers, mountain life, orphans, switzerland, switzerland fiction, alps fiction, family life, grandparent and child, alps, alps, swiss (switzerland), orphan, television movies, children's films, heidi (fictitious character : spyri), heidi (fictional character : spyri), heidi (fictitious character), alps (mountains), historical fiction
Treasure Island
When young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in a pirate's chest in his parents' inn, he is drawn into a world of danger and adventure.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 193
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: pirates, buried treasure, adventure and adventurers, treasure island (imaginary place), treasure-troves, caribbean area, treasure troves, adventure stories, treasure-trove, adventure fiction, cartoons and comics, adventure and adventures-fiction, pirates-fiction, buried treasure-fiction, feature films, children's films, caribbean region, action and adventure fiction, boys, caribbean region, adventure and adventures, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, adventure fiction, historical fiction, historical fiction
Black Beauty
They tried their best to break his powerful body. But they could never break his magnificent spirit! Anna Sewell's timeless tale of the powerful, yet gentle Black Beauty has become the best-loved horse story of all time.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 160
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1010
subjects: animal cruelty, horses, great britain, horse racing, black beauty (fictitious character), black beauty (fictional character), england, animals, horses fiction. sears, great britain fiction. sears, animal welfare, horses, reading counts!, graphic novels, compact discs
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 96
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: fantasy, alice (fictitious character : carroll), alice (fictional character : carroll), fantasy fiction, fairy tales, japanese language, fantastic fiction, children's literature-english, nonsense verses-english, fantasy-english, alice, fantasy fiction, english, girls, rabbits, fantasy fiction, hello kitty, dreams, fairy tales, picture books, imaginary places, fiction / fantasy / general
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
A sumptuous dramatization of Victor Hugo's novel produced in 1923 by Universal Studios at the then phenomenal cost of $1.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1340
subjects: physically handicapped, france, paris (france), people with disabilities, quasimodo (fictitious character), quasimodo (fictional character), hugo, victor, fiction, love, notre-dame de paris (cathedral), fantasy, middle ages, french fiction, notre-dame de paris (cathedral), people with physical disabilities, romances
White Fang
Follows the adventures of a dog who is part wolf as he eventually makes his peace with man in the wilderness of northern Canada.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 146
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: human-animal relationships, dogs, wolves, yukon territory, london, jack, canada, pets, wolves legends and stories, animals, alaska, large type books, large print books, adventure fiction, california, wolfdogs, adventure stories, audiobooks, human-animal relationship, adventure fiction, electronic books