Peter Pan
Wendy Darling and her brothers fly away with Peter Pan to Neverland, an island of fairies, pirates, and lost boys. There they battle Captain Hook and confront the choice between eternal childhood and growing up.
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The Secret Garden
Orphaned and spoiled, Mary Lennox is sent to her uncle’s bleak Yorkshire estate. She discovers a hidden, locked garden and, with new friends, brings it — and herself — back to life.
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The Wind in the Willows
Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger share gentle adventures along the riverbank and in the Wild Wood. When the irrepressible Toad’s motorcar obsession lands him in trouble, his friends must rescue both his home and his good name.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
A cyclone carries Dorothy and her dog Toto from Kansas to the magical Land of Oz. To find her way home, she follows the Yellow Brick Road with a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodman, and a Cowardly Lion to seek the great Wizard.
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The Jungle Book
Orphaned boy Mowgli is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, learning its laws from Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther while the tiger Shere Khan hunts him. Kipling’s tales explore freedom, belonging, and the pull between the wild and civilization.
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The Princess and the Goblin
Young Princess Irene, aided by her mysterious great-great-grandmother and the miner boy Curdie, discovers a race of goblins plotting beneath the mountain. George MacDonald’s fairy tale is a classic of courage, trust, and quiet magic.
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Through the Looking-Glass
Alice steps through the drawing-room mirror into a chessboard world where everything runs backward. As she journeys from pawn to queen, she meets Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty, and the gentle White Knight.
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Bored on a riverbank, young Alice follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit hole into a topsy-turvy world of talking animals, mad tea parties, and a capricious Queen. Wonderland’s dream-logic has delighted readers since 1865.
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A Christmas Carol
Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his partner Jacob Marley and the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. One night of visions teaches a cold heart to find warmth again.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Superstitious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane courts Katrina Van Tassel in the haunted glen of Sleepy Hollow, only to meet a terrifying rival — the Headless Horseman — on a fateful ride home.
