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On a bright, summer day, a cyclone suddenly sweeps across the Kansas sky. A young girl named Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are carried up into the terrible storm. Far, far away, they crash down in a strange land called Oz. To return home, Dorothy must travel to the Emerald City and meet the all-powerful Wizard of Oz. But the journey won't be easy, and she'll need the help of a few good friends.

Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor after the death of her parents. With the help of a robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden brings happiness to Mary.

"For many days we had been tempest-tossed...the raging storm increased in fury until on the seventh day all hope was lost." So begins this delightful adventure story. The Robinson family, a Swiss pastor, his wife, and four sons, will emerge alive from this terrible storm, bringing to land two dogs and a shipload of livestock: hens, pigeons, and geese.

Sara Stanley is only 14, but she can weave tales that are impossible to resist. In the charming town of Carlisle, children and grown-ups alike flock from miles around to hear her spellbinding narratives. And when Bev King and his younger brother, Felix, arrive for the summer, they, too, are captivated by the Story Girl.

The winsome Anne Shirley is grown, has married her beloved Gilbert, and is the mother of six frolicsome children. Anne and her family experience some unimaginable events when a strange family moves into a nearby mansion. The Meredith family is comprised of two boys and two girls, a minister father but no mother, and a runaway girl named Mary Vance.

Three people set out to research a large unknown sea animal that turns out to be an advanced submarine roaming the ocean. The three find the vessel and are taken aboard but are not allowed off since the captain does not want to be discovered. The three manage to escape after the captain becomes despondent and allows the craft to be caught in a whirlpool.

The French Revolution is the setting for this fictional tale of the lives of certain people living between London and Paris during that era. This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short, easy-to-understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. Composition includes original custom background music. This adventure tale is appropriate for children and adults.

War, wilderness, adventure, and intrigue are a part of this story that takes place in the 1700s in upstate New York. French, British, and native Indian forces move about the area. This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short, easy-to-understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. Composition includes original custom background music. This adventure tale is appropriate for children and adults.

This classic action novel takes place in England in 1194. Knights, wars, and nobility abound. This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short, easy-to-understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. This adventure tale is appropriate for children and adults.

The son of an Irish soldier and poor Irish woman is orphaned in India. The boy learns of India's culture and religions and makes decisions on how to achieve enlightenment. This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short, easy-to-understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. This tale is appropriate for children and adults.

An experienced man known as the Pathfinder helps others traverse dangerous territory on land and through the "inland sea" that is also known as Lake Ontario. This classic audio novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short, easy-to-understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. Composition includes original custom background music. This adventure tale is appropriate for children and adults.

A ship of whalers seeks the large white whale that caused the captain to lose his leg. This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short, easy-to-understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story. This adventure tale is appropriate for children and adults.

David Copperfield - or Trotwood Copperfield, as his Aunt Betsey referred to him - shares a look into his life, family, and romance. Discussion is given to some of the people in his life such as his landlord, father, mother, and aunt.

Oliver Twist is a young boy whose mother died upon his birth and father is nowhere to be seen. Oliver ends up in an orphanage and is not treated especially well. When he asks for more food he is relegated to a workhouse where the conditions are poor. From there on, he lands in a number of uncomfortable situations including thieving gangs, though sometimes finding kind people who take pity on him. In the long run, he has a difficult life, but in the end, he emerges with good friends and peace in his life.

Ese pais de felicidad y de misterio que es la Tierra de Oz, donde un poderoso mago resuelve todos los problemas, no es sino una satira a muchas creencias, bajo el disfraz de un libro juvenil. Que los ninos tambien puedan gozar el brillante libro es testimonio de su calidad.

L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century. This is the sixth book in this classic series. While eagerly following each stage of the new stone manor house his father is building to replace their old wooden Saxon hall, a young boy, part Saxon and part Norman, becomes involved with ancient magic that carries him through time.

A willful orphan named Anne, a red-haired "exception", arrives at the home of an elderly sister and brother, and wonderful life adventures begin as Anne matures from a skinny, freckled girl into an intriguing young woman. Along the way, she embraces everyone with her imagination and dreams, and the beautiful town of Avonlea will never be the same.

A merchant sailor is falsely imprisoned, but once freed is able to acquire a treasure and buy the island of Monte Cristo as well as the title of count. He secretly helps a family that was kind to him and also seeks revenge on those who unfairly imprisoned him. This audio classic novel has been carefully abridged and adapted into 10 short, easy-to-understand chapters. This format enables listeners of all ages and English language abilities to understand and enjoy the story.

This novel is about the adventurous boy Huck and his friend Jim, who venture down the Mississippi River on a raft.

This audiobook is about Rip Van Winkle, who falls asleep before the Revolutionary War and wakes up 20 years later, when the war is over, and faces an independent country no longer under British rule.