A lonely woodcutter creates a puppet that comes to life, but Pinocchio is more of a prankster than a pleasure until he learns that being a real boy is much more complicated than simply having fun.

5) Black Beauty

Author

Sewell, Anna

Series

Eyewitness classics
Scholastic classics
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Puffin classics
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Language

English

Appears on list

JEF - Historical Fiction - Juvenile

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"Born in a sunlit meadow in and English village, Black Beauty is a carefree colt enjoying a wonderful home, with a kind and caring master. Then the beautiful young horse is sold and separated from his friends. So begins an extraordinary journey through life for Black Beauty that brings pain, suffering, loneliness, and hardship. Will Black Beauty ever find the true happiness of his upbringing? Told as an autobiography, Black Beauty is an ultimately...

6) King Arthur

Author

Riordan, James

Pub. Date

[1998]

Language

English

7) The Odyssey

Author

McCaughrean, Geraldine

Pub. Date

1993.

Language

English

8) Tales of King Arthur

Author

Riordan, James

Pub. Date

1982.

Language

English

Description

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Twelve of the best-known tales of King Arthur and his knights, retold from Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" and other medieval sources.

9) Tales from the Arabian nights

Author

Riordan, James

Pub. Date

1985.

Language

English

Description

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Nine of the tales told by Shaharazad to enchant the cruel sultan and stop him from executing her as he had his other daily wives.

10) Favorite stories of the ballet

Author

Riordan, James

Pub. Date

1984.

Language

English

Description

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An illustrated retelling of seven stories that have been the basis of famous ballets with notes on the origins of each story and on the music composed for them. Includes "Petrushka, " "Swan Lake, " "Cinderella, " "Giselle, " "The Nutcracker, " "Stone Flower, " and "Sleeping Beauty."

11) Robin Hood, his life and legend

Author

Miles, Bernard

Pub. Date

1979.

Language

English

Description

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Chronicles the life and adventures of Robin Hood who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest dedicated to fight against tyranny.

12) The Canterbury tales

Author

McCaughrean, Geraldine

Pub. Date

1985.

Edition

School and library edition.

Language

English

Description

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A retelling of the Canterbury tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, for children.

13) Shakespeare and MacBeth: the story behind the play

Author

Ross, Stewart

Pub. Date

[1994]

Language

English

14) Heather, oak, and olive: three stories

Author

Sutcliff, Rosemary

Pub. Date

[1972]

Edition

[First edition].

Language

English

15) The shoemaker's boy

Author

Aiken, Joan

Pub. Date

1994.

Language

English

Description

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When his father goes off on a long quest to find a way to cure his wife's mysterious illness, a shoemaker's son has some strange and frightening experiences.