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Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Children's Literature - Volume 6 - cover

Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Children's Literature - Volume 6

Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, Maria Edgeworth, Kenneth Grahame, Laura E. Richards, August Nemo

Publisher: Tacet Books

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Summary

This book contains 25 short stories from 5 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers.The theme of this edition is: Children's Literature
For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections.
This book contains:
Kenneth Grahame:

- The Twenty-First of October
- Dies Irae
- Mutabile Semper
- The Magic Ring
- Its Walls Were as of Jasper
- A Saga of the Seas
- The Reluctant DragonL. Frank Baum:

- A Kidnapped Santa Claus
- The Man In The Moon
- Little Dorothy and Toto
- Ozma and the Little Wizard
- The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger
- The Scarecrow and The Tin Woodman
- How The Beggars Came To TownLaura E. Richards:

- Maine to the Rescue
- The Coming of the King
- The Golden Windows
- The Shed Chamber
- The Green Satin Gown
- The Scarlet Leaves
- Don AlonzoLouisa May Alcott:

- A Modern Cinderella
- My Red Cap
- A Christmas Dream, and How it Came to Be True
- An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
- Aunt Kipp
- Rosy's Journey
- The BrothersMaria Edgeworth:

- The Grateful Negro
- The Prussian Vase
- The Good Aunt
- The Good French Governess
- The Orphans
- The False Key
- Tarlton

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