Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (read online)

Novel Analysis Romeo and Juliet

Lesson Plans and Activities Romeo and Juliet

Activity Romeo and Juliet

213059: Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet

The magnificent, timeless drama is the world's most famous tale of "star-crossed lovers." The young, unshakable love of Juliet and Romeo defies the feud that divides their families--the Capulets and Montagues--as their desperate need to be together, their secret meetings, and finally their concealed marriage drive them toward tragedy. A masterwork that has long captured the hearts of audiences, this romantic tragedy has become part of the literary heritage of all peoples in all nations.
Other works by Shakespeare (read online)


Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (read online)

Lesson Plans and Activities George Bernard Shaw - Pygmalion

6500405: Enriched Classic: Pygmalion Enriched Classic: Pygmalion

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Softcover, 194 pages.


Heidi by Johanna Spyri (read online) beautifully illustrated

69872: Heidi Heidi

Heidi is one of the world's most cherished stories. It is the classic tale of a sunny little girl with a gift for happiness--whose gift transforms the lives of those around her. Set in the majestic Swiss Alps, the narrative opens with the unforgettable scene of an orphaned Heidi being taken to live with her grandfather who lives high in the mountains, alone and in self-imposed exile. In the years that follow, Heidi's irrepressibly loving, candid nature works its magic on her grandfather, Peter the goatherd and his family, the invalid Clara, and others, in this moving novel of healing and redemption. Heidiis more than a great storytelling. With it's insights into the lives of children in the late 1800's, as well as its concern with spirituality an the health of mid and body, it is also a remarkable snapshot of its time. Recommended for ages 8 and up.

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Stories of the Italian Painters by Amy Steedman (read online)

422936: Getting to Know the World"s Greatest Artists: Michelangelo Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Michelangelo
By Grolier Publishing Company

Get acquainted with the world's greatest artists in this colorful series. See with your own eyes the amazing paintings, sculptures and other artwork that these artists created. Informative and easy to understand text highlights the fact that these artists were real people, and describes some of their most famous accomplishments. 32 pages, softcover.





 



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Aesop Aesop's Fables

Alcott, Louisa May Little Women

Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

Anderson, Victor Tom Swift and His Motor Boat

Anonymous Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan

Baum, L.Frank The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Brooks, Elbridge S. The True Story of Christopher Columbus

Burnett, Frances Hodgson A Little Princess

Little Lord Fauntleroy

The Secret Garden

Carroll, Lewis Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Through the Looking Glass

The Hunting of the Snark

Collodi Pinocchio, the Tale of a Puppet

DeFoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe

Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol

David Copperfield

Dodge, Mary Mapes Hans Brinker, The Silver Skates

Douglass, Frederick The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Eliot, George Silas Marner

Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows

Grey, Zane Riders of the Purple Sage

Grimm Brothers Grimm's Fairy Tales

Harris, Joel Chandler Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit

Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter

Headland, Isaac Taylor The Chinese Boy and Girl

O Henry The Four Million, short stories

Hope, Laura Lee The Bobbsey Twins at Home

Irving, Washington The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Kipling, Rudyard The Jungle Book

Linderman, Frank B. Indian Why Stories

Lofting, Hugh The Story of Dr. Doolittle

London, Jack The Call of the Wild

White Fang

Loon, Hendrik Van The Story of Mankind

Montgomery, Lucy Maud Anne of Green Gables

McGuffey, William The New McGuffey Fourth Reader

McLaughlin, Marie L. Myths and Legends of the Sioux

Mulock (Maria Dinah Craik) The Little Lame Prince

Nesbit, E. The Enchanted Castle

Nicolay, Helen The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln

Perkins, Lucy Fitch The Belgian Twins

Poe, Edgar Allen The Raven

The Tell-Tale Heart

Porter, Eleanor H. Pollyanna

Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Pyle, Howard The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Sewell, Anna Black Beauty, the Autobiography of a Horse

Shakespeare, William Romeo and Juliet

Shaw, George Bernard Pygmalion

Spyri, Johanna Heidi

Steedman, Amy Stories of the Italian Painters

Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island

Kidnapped

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Swift, Jonathan Gulliver's Travels

Tarkington, Booth Penrod

Tolstoy, Leo Childhood

Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Verne, Jules Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Various Author Twilight Stories

Washington, Booker T. Up From Slavery

Webster, Jean Daddy Long Legs

Wells, H.G. The War of the Worlds

Wiggin, Kate Douglas The Arabian Nights

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Wilde, Oscar The Happy Prince

A House of Pomegranates

Williams, Margery The Velveteen Rabbit

Wyss, Johann David The Swiss Family Robinson