Dive into Daniel Defoe’s heroic adventure in this beautiful version of an enduring classic. Join Robinson Crusoe as he find himself far from home, confronted by perilous conditions and encountering people of all backgrounds and dispositions. In this story of self-reliance and endurance, we are introduced to a narrator who will survive at any cost, and can never truly leave his beloved homelan…
The first story – The Wizard of Oz – is all about the adventures of a young country girl from Kansas named Dorothy, and her dog, Toto. They are swept away from their house one day by a strong wind which eventually lands them in a place where she gets accredited as a sorceress. She goes on to meet a living Scarecrow, a tinman and a fearful lion. The second book – The Marvelous Land of O…
This collection of L. Frank Baum’s Oz stories finds Dorothy being, yet again, transported to fantastic lands, where she finds herself in the midst of adventures—both pleasant and dangerous. Baum bring back all the beloved characters of Oz—Ozma, the Wizard of Oz, Sawhorse, Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tik-tok, the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger, and Billina among others—and introduces ne…
In The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Ojo Munchkin pushes his uncle to visit their neighbour, the crooked magician where they meet the Patchwork girl. An unfortunate accident turns Ojo’s uncle and the magician’s wife into statues, and brings the Patchwork girl to life. The rest of the story follows their quest to bring the statues to life. Will they succeed? Read and learn! In the Tik-Tok of Oz, …
L. Frank Baum takes us to the distant island of Pingaree, where Inga, the Prince, along with King Rinkitink of Gilgad, undertakes the dangerous voyage to the Island of Regos and Coregos to rescue his captive parents and free the enslaved people of his kingdom. We get to visit, for the first time, the lands of Thi, and Herku, and meet the Bears of the Bear Centre, as Dorothy and company, which i…
The first story, The Magic of Oz, introduces us to Kiki Aru of Mount Munch and the enchanted floer pot on the Magic Isle. Kiki learns, by accident, the Magical World of transformations and joined by the wicked Ruggedo, aspires to become the King of Oz, while in another part of Oz, Trot and Cap’n Bill find their meat-legs growing roots on the Magic Isle. Glinda of Oz takes us to the mountain o…
‘Oh, it seems so wonderful that I’m going to live with you and belong to you. I’ve never belonged to anybody – not really.’ When a scrawny, freckled girl with bright red hair arrives on Prince Edward Island, Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are taken by surprise: they’d asked for a quiet boy to help with the farm work at Green Gables. But how can you return a friendless little girl t…
‘Having adventures comes natural to some people,’ said Anne serenely. ‘You just have a gift for them or you haven’t.’ Five years ago, a skinny, unwanted orphan arrived at Avonlea without a friend in the world; now it would be impossible to imagine Green Gables without Anne. Her high spirits and warm heart have won her a family and friends who love her. But when Anne starts a new j…
‘All life lessons are not learned at college. Life teaches them everywhere.’ At eighteen years old, Anne is leaving Green Gables for university – her life’s dream. But her feeling are bittersweet: although excited to see the world, she is heartbroken to leave her home and everyone she loves. Before long she has made new friends – including handsome Roy Gardner, who seems to have…