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Mother GooseSeries
series5 books1897
Whimsical in tone, set in our world.
Start with Mother Goose in Prose →
Bastable ChildrenSeries
series24 books1898
completed
Funny in tone, about coming of age, set in british isles.
“E. Nesbit's Bastable novels follow their well-meaning, thoroughly unsuccessful schemes across three books published between 1899 and 1904, mixing believable sibling squabbles with the children's own overactive imaginations.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Story of the Treasure Seekers →
The Adventures of Arabella AshbySeries
series5 books2016
Science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in mars.
Start with Arabella of Mars →
Time at the TopSeries
series2 books1963
completed
Time travel.
“Susan Shaw lives in a 6-story apartment building with her widowed father.”
from the catalogue
Start with Time at the Top →
The Wheels of ChanceNovel
H. G. Wellsstandalone novel1896
Humor and literary & general, funny in tone, set in british isles.
“In 1922 it was adapted into a silent film The Wheels of Chance directed by Harold M. Shaw.”
from the catalogue
Magic Tree HouseSeries
series81 books1992
Fantasy, adventurous in tone.
Start with Dinosaurs Before Dark →