#ChildrenClassic
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Lost World ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
About the Author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland from where he did his graduation in medicine in 1881. He had started writing and publishing short stories to some acclaim during his student life but it was after the publication of A Study in Scarlet, his first Sherlock Holmes work that he became widely famous. Arguably the best crime fiction character ever, Sherlock Holmes practically made Doyle immortal as a writer. Featuring Holmes he wrote 4 novels and 56 short stories. Doyle was a prolific writer and in addition to his Holmes oeuvre he wrote many other novels and short stories. Among them The Lost World is another great work of fiction.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Magician’s Nephew- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 1) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
Books, Classic, FictionsThe Magician’s Nephew- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 1) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
About the Author
C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis) was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1898. He was a prolific writer and wrote more than 30 books on subjects both scholarly and fictional. He wrote fiction for both adults and children which includes very popular The Space Trilogy for adults and The Chronicles of Narnia for children. He died in 1963.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Phoenix and the Carpet ,(Reading Classic): Writer: E.Nesbit
About the Author
E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit) was an English writer who lived from 1858 to 1924. Although she wrote for adults too,
her fame chiefly rests upon the fictional and poetic works she penned down for children. She wrote as many as40 children books including novels, short stories and picture books of which many are still extremely popular.
Her famous works include The Enchanted Castle, The Railway Children, Five Children and It etc.SKU: 16558 -
Books, Classic, Fictions
The Railway Children ,(Reading Classic): Writer: E. Nesbit
About the Author
E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit) was an English writer who lived from 1858 to 1924. Although she wrote for adults too, her fame chiefly rests upon the fictional and poetic works she penned down for children. She wrote as many as 40 children books including novels, short stories and picture books of which many are still extremely popular. Her famous works include Enchanted Castle, Railway Children, Five Children and It etc.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Secret Garden ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Frances Hodgson Burnett
About the Author
Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in England in 1849. She was only three years old when her father died. Consequently, her family faced financial issues and moved to America in 1865. It was there to support her family that Burnett started publishing her early works in magazines. This sharpened her writing skills and she wrote her first novel That Lass O Lorrie s in 1877. There was no stopping her then. She wrote many fictional and dramatic works of which most enduring are her two children novels A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. Burnett died in 1924.
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The Silver Chair- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 6) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
Books, Classic, FictionsThe Silver Chair- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 6) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
About the Author
C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis) was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1898. He was a prolific writer and wrote more than 30 books on subjects both scholarly and fictional. He wrote fiction for both adults and children which includes very popular The Space Trilogy for adults and The Chronicles of Narnia for children. He died in 1963.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
The Voyage Of the Dawn Treader- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 5) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
Books, Classic, FictionsThe Voyage Of the Dawn Treader- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 5) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
About the Author
C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis) was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1898. He was a prolific writer and wrote more than 30 books on subjects both scholarly and fictional. He wrote fiction for both adults and children which includes very popular The Space Trilogy for adults and The Chronicles of Narnia for children. He died in 1963.
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The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz ,(Reading Classic): Writer: L. Frank Baum
About the Author
Frank L. Baum (1856-1919) was born in New York. He enjoyed making up stories, particularly for his own children. The Wizard of Oz, based on their favorite bedtime story about a land of Oz, was published in 1900 and it immediately became a huge international success. He wrote several sequels and numerous other kinds of books under a pseudonym.
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Through the Looking-Glass ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Lewis Carroll
About the Author
Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98), grew up in Cheshire in the village of Daresbury, the son of a parish priest. He was a brilliant mathematician, a skilled photographer and a meticulous letter and diary writer. Alice s Adventures in Wonderland, inspired by Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church in Oxford, was published in 1865, followed by Through the Looking-Glass in 1871. He wrote numerous stories and poems for children including the nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark and fairy stories Sylvie and Bruno.
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Treasure Island ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson
About the Author
Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850-3 December 1894) was a Scottish writer. Although he lived a short life, his work is abounding and spreads in many literary genres including fiction, poetry, essays and travel writings. He wrote for adults as well as children and is exceedingly popular among both for his masterpieces such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde etc.
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What Katy Did,(Reading Classic): Writer: Susan Coolidge
About the Author
Susan Coolidge is the pen name of the American author of children s literature Sarah Chauncey Woolsey. She was born into a wealthy family in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1835. She served as a nurse during the American Civil War. After the war, she took to writing. She was a prolific writer who produced novels, short stories, poems, and translations, many of which were posthumously published. Her works have been translated into several major languages. She is best known for What Katy Did, her notable series of classic juvenile novels which she wrote as What Katy Did or What Katy Did at Home (1872), What Katy Did at School (1873), What Katy Did Next (1886), Clover (1888), and In the High Valley (1890). Coolidge remained single throughout her life. She died at her family home in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1905.
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White Fang ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Jack London
About the Author
Jack London (1876-1916) was an American writer. He wrote prolifically during his short life amassing an extensive collection of fiction, poetry, memoirs, essays and plays. The Call of the Wild and White Fang remain his most popular fictional works today.
SKU: 52574
