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There were many more books I would have put here, but they were already on one of my other lists.
(The RC Page has more classics and history, including substitutes not on RC's list.) Be sure to take a look at the Free Books Online page for more great homeschool books, and the links section for free grammar, spelling, phonics books, etc.
Many of these books are also available in HTML with pictures and maps, but I have not marked them as I did on the RC page. You can skim through a book, or use the Book Wizard or AR Book Finder to determine a book's reading level.
Please see About the Format of Online Books if you have questions about online books.
For your eBook reader, use one of Gutenberg's formats, or click on the MB links to find more formats at ManyBooks.
Note: I have tried to learn what I could about these books and select them with care, but I still haven't read most of them. So if you find any that are inappropriate, please let me know.
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Biographies (and autobiographies) Conduct of Life Fiction / Classics Folklore, Myths, and Fairy Tales Geography / Social Studies Historical Fiction History (non-fiction) Holidays |
Miscellaneous Music One-syllable Books Poetry Science (not text books) Series Books or Dime Novels (like supplemental books on RC list) - Web Sites with More Free Books |
| BIOGRAPHIES Author | Title | Subject |
| To find more biographies, try searching for specific names at Project Gutenberg. Or try their list of Historical Biographies list, as well as the Biography Section at MB. Or here are links to Audio Biographies and Memoirs. | ||
| Abbott, Jacob | Alexander the Great, History of Julius Caesar, Peter the Great, Queen Elizabeth, etc. MB. Or audio - Wrote many biographies for children. Some available at Gutenberg, many more available in HTML. | Numerous biographies for children |
| Abbott, John S. C. | Christopher Carson, David Crockett, Daniel Boone, etc. MB. Or audio. | Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, etc. |
| Bolton, Sarah K. | Boys Who Became Famous, Girls Who Became Famous, Famous American Statesmen, European Artists, etc. MB. Or audio. | Numerous biographies per book (for children) |
| Bradford, Sarah H. | Harriet, the Moses of Her People. Or audio (which is an earlier, slightly different version than the text file, before it was rewritten). | Harriet Tubman / Underground Railroad |
| Brooks, E. S. | Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times MB | Marcus Aurelius, Brian Boru, Olaf II, William the Conqueror, Baldwin III, Frederick II, Henry V, Pope Leo X, King of Tezcuco, Louis XIV, Charles XII, Van Rensselaer |
| Brooks, E. S. | Historic Girls: Stories of Girls Who Have Influenced the History of Their Times MB. Or audio. | Zenobia, Helena (mother of Constantine), Pulcheria Augusta, Queen Clotilda, Empress Woo, Good Queen Maud, Countess Jacqueline, Queen Catarina, St. Theresa of Avila, Elizabeth I, Christina of Sweden, Pocahontas |
| Brown, William Wells | The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave MB | Autobiography / Underground Railroad |
| Courtenay, Calista McCabe | George Washington MB. Or audio. Good for younger readers. | George Washington |
| Craft, Ella and William | Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom MB | A couple's escape from slavery |
| Douglass, Frederick | My Bondage and My Freedom, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, etc. MB. Or audio. | Autobiographical works of an ex-slave |
| Ellis, Edward S. | Thomas Jefferson; a Character Sketch, The Life of Kit Carson, Dewey and Other Naval Commanders MB. Or audio. | Thomas Jefferson, Kit Carson, Various Naval commanders |
| Fields, Annie | Authors and Friends MB | Emerson, Holmes, Longfellow, Stowe, Tennyson, Thaxter, Whittier |
| Fields, James T. | Yesterdays with Authors - Contains a lot of the authors' correspondence. | Thackeray, Hawthorne, Dickens, Wordsworth, Miss Mitford, etc. |
| Greenwood, Grace | Queen Victoria, Her Girlhood and Womanhood MB | Queen Victoria |
| Hartley, Cecil B. | Life and Times of Colonel Daniel Boone MB | Daniel Boone |
| Holland, Rupert S. | Historic Boyhoods, Historic Girlhoods, etc. MB. Or audio. | Numerous biographies per book |
| Horne, Charles F. (editor) | Great Men and Famous Women MB. Or audio. 8 volumes containing many short biographies by various authors. | Numerous biographies per book |
| Howells, William Dean | Literary Friends and Acquaintance MB | Harte, Holmes, Longfellow, Lowell, Taylor, Twain |
| Keller, Helen | The Song of the Stone Wall and The Story of My Life MB. Or audio. | Autobiographical works of a deaf and blind woman |
| Ketcham, Henry | The Life of Abraham Lincoln MB | Abraham Lincoln |
| Lee, Sir Sidney | A Life of William Shakespeare MB | William Shakespeare |
| Jefferson, Thomas | Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson |
| Johnston, Charles H. L. | Famous Frontiersmen and Heroes of the Border, Famous Indian Chiefs, Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America, etc. MB | Numerous biographies per book |
| Nicolay, Helen | The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln MB. Or audio. | Abraham Lincoln |
| Marden, Orison Swett | Little Visits with Great Americans, Vols. 1 & 2 - Great biographies of both familiar and unfamiliar names. Note: The table of contents in Volume 1 covers both volumes. | Numerous biographies per volume |
| McSpadden, J. Walker | Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers MB. Or audio. | Washington, Grant, Lee, Napoleon, Wellington, Gordon, Roberts, Kitchener, Haig, Joffre, Foch, Pershing |
| Parton, James | Captains of Industry MB. Or audio. | 46 short biographies representing many interesting trades (watches, gardening, printing, cotton goods, hammers, ice) |
| Parton, James | Famous Americans of Recent Times MB | Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Randolph, Girard, Bennett, Goodyear, Beecher, Vanderbilt, Burr, Astor |
| Parton, James | Revolutionary Heroes and Other Historical Papers MB | Warren, Hale, Washington's Spies, Soldiers at Valley Forge, Adams, Signers of Declaration of Independence, Morris, John Jay, Ames |
| Peters, De Witt C. | The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson . . . from Facts Narrated by Himself MB. Or audio. | Kit Carson |
| Plutarch | Plutarch's Lives MB (complete). Or audio. Or the Children's version. MB. Or audio (of a different child's version). | Numerous Greek and Roman historical biographies |
| Sabin, Edwin L. | Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters and Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women MB | Numerous biographies per book |
| Stratemeyer, Edward | American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt MB | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Sweetser, Kate Dickinson | Ten American Girls from History MB | Pocahontas, Dorothy Quincy, Molly Pitcher, Elizabeth Van Lew, Ida Lewis, Clara Barton, Virginia Reed, Louisa Alcott, Clara Morris, Anna Dickinson |
| Sweetser, Kate Dickinson | Ten Boys from History MB | Stephen and Nicholas (child crusaders--may not appeal to all families), Peter of Haarlem, David, Louis XVII, Edward Plantagenet, Tad Lincoln, Samuel Morse, David Farragut, Mozart |
| Sweetser, Kate Dickinson | Ten Girls from History MB | Jeanne D'Arc, Queen Victoria, Sally Wister, Cofachiqui, Jenny Lind, Eliza Lucas, Lady Jane Grey, "Gentle Annie," Madeleine de Vercheres, Adrienne de Lafayette |
| Thayer, William M. | From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin MB - A complete biography. (Though Franklin's autobiography is great, it doesn't include his last 30+ years.) | Benjamin Franklin |
| Thayer, William R. | George Washington MB - A single-volume biography. | George Washington |
| Various | Stories of Achievement Vol. III MB - Orators and Reformers | Demosthenes, Douglass, Beecher, Booker Washington, Burritt, Gough, Lindsey |
| Various | Stories of Achievement Vol. IV MB - Authors and Journalists | Rousseau, Burns, Bronte, Dickens, Keller, Greeley, Alcott, H. George, Rideing, Riis |
| Warner, Charles Dudley | Captain John Smith, The Story of Pocahontas, Washington Irving MB | John Smith, Pocahontas, Washington Irving |
| Watson, Virginia | The Princess Pocahontas MB | Pocahontas |
| CONDUCT OF LIFE Author | Title | Subject |
| Allen, James | As A Man Thinketh, Above Life's Turmoil, etc. MB - Still very highly rated. | Motivational |
| Burgess, Gelett | The Goop Directory | Humorous book of manners - poetry |
| Burgess, Gelett | Goops and How to Be Them - At Google Books. Or visit my free files page to get it in Text Format. | Humorous book of manners - poetry |
| Burgess, Gelett | More Goops and How Not to Be Them | Humorous book of manners - poetry |
| Marden, Orison Swett | The Victorious Attitude, An Iron Will, Architects of Fate, etc. MB - Still very highly rated | Motivational / Character |
| Smiles, Samuel | Self-Help, Character, Thrift MB - Still very highly rated | Motivational / Character |
| Washington, George | George Washington's Rules of Civility MB | Manners |
| Waterman, Nixon | The Boy Wanted: A Book of Cheerful Counsel and The Girl Wanted: A Book of Friendly Thoughts MB - These include advice on how to live and act, as well as wonderful positive quotes. | Motivational / Character |
| FICTION / CLASSICS Author | Title - Many of the books listed in the other categories are also classics. | Subject |
| Alcott, Louisa May | Little Women, Jack and Jill, Eight Cousins, An Old-Fashioned Girl, etc. MB. Or audio. | Classic literature |
| Aldrich, Thomas Bailey | The Story of a Bad Boy MB - Similar to "Huck Finn," though written earlier. Used to be quite popular with boys. | Literature |
| Atkinson, Eleanor | Greyfriars Bobby MB | Classic literature |
| Austen, Jane | Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, etc. MB. Or audio. | Classic literature |
| Barrie, J. M. | The Peter Pan books MB | Classic juvenile fiction |
| Baum, L. Frank | The Wizard of Oz books, and others MB - See the Oz book order. | Classic juvenile fiction |
| Bronte, Charlotte | Jane Eyre MB. Or audio, or dramatic reading. | Classic literature |
| Burnett, Frances Hodgson | A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Lost Prince, etc. MB. Or audio. | Classic literature |
| Dickens, Charles | Great Expectations, The Pickwick Papers, David Copperfield, Bleak House, etc. MB | Classic literature |
| Doyle, Arthur Conan | Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Lost World, etc. MB | Classic literature |
| Fisher, Dorothy Canfield | Understood Betsy MB. Or audio. | Classic juvenile fiction |
| Grahame, Kenneth | The Wind in the Willows, Dream Days, The Golden Age MB | Classic children's fiction |
| Gruelle, John B. (Johnny) | Raggedy Ann Stories, Raggedy Andy Stories, etc. MB. Or audio. | Classic juvenile fiction |
| Irving, Washington | The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon MB - 34 stories, including Rip Van Winkle, the stories from Old Christmas, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow . | Classic short stories |
| Kipling, Rudyard | Kim, Puck of Pook's Hill, Jungle Book, etc. MB | Classic literature |
| Lagerlof, Selma | The Wonderful Adventures of Nils MB - A fun children's novel that also teaches about the geography, nature, and folklore of Sweden. | Classic children's book |
| Lamb, Charles and Mary | Tales from Shakespeare MB - Adapted for children | Classics for children |
| MacDonald, George | Thomas Wingfold, Malcolm, Robert Falconer, etc. MB - Many of his books are novels set in the Scottish countryside, and are very religious, while others are fantasy stories. | Classic literature |
| Malot, Hector | Nobody's Boy (Sans Famille) and Nobody's Girl (En Famille) MB - These have long been childhood favorites, and many say they inspired their love of reading. Each is a stand-alone novel, translated from the French. | Classic literature |
| Mee, Arthur and John Hammerton | The World's Greatest Books - Similar to the condensed literature in the "The Book of Knowledge." (Read more about it, and find other Mee books.) | Classic literature (abridged) |
| Melville, Herman | Moby Dick, Bartleby, Typee, etc. MB | Classic literature |
| Montgomery, L. M. | The Anne of Green Gables Series, The Story Girl, The Golden Road, short story collections, etc. MB. Or audio - See chronological order. | Classic literature |
| Nesbit, Edith | Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, The Railway Children, Five Children and It, The Treasure Seekers, etc. MB - See chronological order, and which are for children. | Classics for children |
| Porter, Eleanor H. | Pollyanna, Pollyanna Grows Up, Just David, etc. MB. Or audio. | Classic literature |
| Potter, Beatrix | Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter, etc. MB | Classic animal stories for young readers |
| Pyle, Howard | Robin Hood, Men of Iron, Otto of the Silver Hand, etc. MB - A number of his books deal with medieval folklore, while some are historical. | Classic literature |
| Sewell, Anna | Black Beauty MB - Or the Young Folks' Edition | Juvenile literature |
| Shakespeare, William | Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, etc. MB | Classic literature / drama |
| Stevenson, R. L. | Kidnapped, Treasure Island, The Black Arrow, etc. MB | Classic literature |
| Stratton-Porter, Gene | Freckles, Girl of the Limberlost, Laddie, etc. MB. Or audio - The author was a naturalist without being like today's environmentalists. She just loved nature. (Most of her books are about people, but a few are about animals.) | Classic literature |
| Twain, Mark | Tom Sawyer, Connecticut Yankee, Innocents Abroad, The Gilded Age, etc. MB - Genres cover humor, historical fiction, travel essays, memoirs and short stories. | Classic literature |
| Various | Books from the "Every Child Should Know" library (edited by different people), including: Famous Stories, Legends, Folk Tales, Heroes, Heroines, Fairy Tales, Myths, Tales of Wonder, Poems, Pictures, Birds, Songs, Operas, etc. To find these, search Gutenberg using the phrase "every child should know". Find more at IA, and more at Google Books, and at least one more here. MB. Or audio. | Collections for children |
| Various | Great Sea Stories MB - Excerpts from 15 novels by Melville, Marryat, Hugo, Cooper and more. | Sea Stories |
| Verne, Jules | Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Voyage in a Balloon, etc. MB | Classic literature |
| Wallace, Lew | Ben-Hur; A Tale of the Christ MB | Early Christianity / Classic literature |
| Wiggin, Kate Douglas | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Timothy's Quest, Mother Carey's Chickens, etc. MB. Or audio. | Classic literature |
| FOLKLORE, MYTHS, and FAIRY TALES Author | Title - It was hard to choose which Arthur tales to list, since they're aimed at different ages. Warning: Older fairy tales are not as gentle as what we're used to today, and some may be too scary for smaller children. | Subject |
| Andersen, Hans Christian | Andersen's Fairy Tales (a small collection), Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (a large collection), plus other books. MB | Fairy Tales |
| Berens, E. M. | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome MB | Greek and Roman Mythology |
| Bulfinch, Thomas | Bulfinch's Mythology: MB 1 - The Age of Chivalry 2 - The Age of Fable 3 - Legends of Charlemagne | Mythology of many countries |
| Cutler, U. Waldo | Stories of King Arthur and His Knights MB - 42 chapters. | Arthurian Legend retold |
| Gilbert, Henry | King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls MB - 13 chapters | Arthurian Legend retold for children |
| Grimm, The Brothers | Household Tales by Brothers Grimm MB - Includes all the Grimm's fairy tales | Fairy Tales |
| MacDonald, George | The Light Princess, At the Back of the North Wind, Phantastes, etc. MB - Many of his books are fairy tales or fantasy, while others are regular novels. | Fairy Tales / Fantasy |
| Lang, Andrew | The Fairy Books MB - 12 volumes of classic fairy tales from around the world. (Learn more about the books, and their order.) | Classic fairy tales |
| Mathews, Cornelius | The Indian Fairy Book MB | Native American legends |
| Radford, Maude L. | King Arthur and His Knights MB - Of all the Arthurian stories I've listed, this one seems to be for the youngest readers. (See Cutler, Gilbert, and Tennyson in this section) | Arthurian legend for younger readers |
| Stockton, Frank R. | The Lady or the Tiger, The Bee Man of Orn, Ting-a-ling, etc. MB - Fairy tales with a moral, written in the late 1800s. | Victorian Era Fairy Tales |
| Tennyson, Alfred Lord | Idylls of the King MB | Arthurian legend in Poetry |
| GEOGRAPHY / SOCIAL STUDIES Author | Title | Subject |
| If you have a place in mind you'd like to study, search for it at Project Gutenberg. Or try Explorion for more free geography / travel texts, and the Travel Section at MB. Or here are links to Audio Travel & Geography and Exploration books. | ||
| Amundsen, Roald | The South Pole MB | 1st expedition to reach the South Pole |
| Andrews, Jane | The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air MB | World geography for young readers |
| Bird, Isabella | Among the Tibetans, The Hawaiian Archipelago, Unbeaten Tracks in Japan, Journeys in Perisa and Kurdistan, etc. MB. Or audio. | Her travels in Asia, the Middle East, the U.S., etc. |
| Brooks, Noah | First Across the Continent MB | Lewis and Clark |
| Cooke, Captain James | Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World, A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World MB | Circumnavigating the globe |
| De Windt, Harry | From Paris to New York by Land MB | Adventurous travels through Siberia, Canada, and U.S. |
| Der Ling, Princess | Two Years in the Forbidden City MB. Or audio. | Life in the old Chinese court |
| Eastman, Charles A. (Ohiyesa) | Indian Boyhood, Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains, Old Indian Days. MB - Autobiographical and biographical works, as well as historical fiction, about Native American life. | Native American life |
| Fairbanks, Harold W. | The Western United States A Geographical Reader MB - Covers the geography, geology, and history of the area. | Geography of Western U.S. |
| Jacobs, Joseph | Story of Geographical Discovery MB | General history of explorers and discovery, in one volume |
| Lewis, Meriwether / Clark, William | The Journals of Lewis and Clark and History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark Vol. 1-2 (which is an edited version of the journals, with editor's additional material) MB | Accounts of their travels and discoveries |
| Park, Mungo | Travels in the Interior of Africa, Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa, etc. MB | Exploration of Central Africa |
| Peary, Robert E. | The North Pole MB | 1st expedition of reach the North Pole |
| Perkins, Lucy Fitch | The Twins Books MB. Or audio - Each story is about a set of twins (usually a boy and a girl) from another country. Some have pictures, some don't. There are more pictures available here, and some more here. Note: Some readers may want to skip "The Spartan Twins" (which focuses on pagan beliefs) and "The Cave Twins" (if your views of creation don't include tree-dwelling, hairy "monkey people"). | Life of children in other lands |
| Polo, Marco | The Travels of Marco Polo MB - Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 | Worldwide travels |
| Shaw, Edward R. | Discoverers and Explorers MB | History of exploration and discovery |
| Stuck, Hudson | Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled MB | Travels in Alaska |
| Synge, M. B. | A Book of Discovery MB | Explorers and their journeys |
| Various | "Our Little Cousin" books. Includes titles like "Bertha (Our Little German Cousin)," and "Our Little Dutch Cousin". Find a few more at Kellscraft in HTML. (Scroll down to the "O" titles.) More than 20 books available. | Life of children in other lands |
| Yonge, Charlotte M. | Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe MB. Or audio. | Fiction about children in many lands |
| HISTORICAL FICTION Author | Title | Subject |
| There's more historical fiction from which to choose by many of the authors listed here. (Some of them only wrote historical fiction.) Also see the Historical Fiction page for more. Authors marked with * here are also listed on that page. And check out the Series section below for a few historical series. | ||
| Adams, Andy | The Log of a Cowboy, Cattle Brands, etc. MB | American West; Cowboy stories |
| Altsheler, Joseph | The Last of the Chiefs, The Civil War Series, The French and Indian War Series, etc. MB - He wrote specifically for young people. Some books are stand-alone novels, and some are in a series (see their order here.) | American Historical series and novels |
| Ballantyne, R. M. | The Coral Island, The Lighthouse, The Young Fur Traders, etc. MB - This boys' author was very religious, and his books reflect that. His books focus more on geography than Henty's. | Historical adventures |
| *Barr, Amelia | Remember the Alamo, The Bow of Orange Ribbon, The Hallam Succession, etc. MB. Or audio - Her novels were well researched, and full of wholesome characters. | Historical Fiction |
| *Chambers, Robert W. | Ailsa Paige MB - This author has the same name, but is not the evolutionist. | NY during firing on Fort Sumter |
| *Chambers, Robert W. | The Maid-at-Arms MB - This author has the same name, but is not the evolutionist. | American Revolution |
| *Churchill, Winston | Richard Carvel, The Crossing, The Celebrity, etc. MB - This is the American novelist, not the politician. (Though his books are fine, too.) | Historical Fiction |
| Connor, Ralph | The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail, The Prospector, The Sky Pilot, etc. MB - His stories are said to be very moral as well as historical. | Canadian frontier |
| *Cooper, James Fenimore | The Last of the Mohicans, The Pilot, The Spy, etc. MB - See a short description of each book. Some are in a series. | Historical Fiction |
| Curtis, Alice Turner | The Little Maid of Old Maine, Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter, A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia, etc. MB. Or audio - Written for young girls. | Historical Fiction, American |
| Douglas, Amanda M. | A Little Girl in Old Salem, A Little Girl in New York, A Little Girl in Philadelphia, etc. MB - Written for young girls. | Historical Fiction (mainly America) |
| *Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard and The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard / The White Company and its prequel Sir Nigel MB | Napoleonic Wars / Hundred Years War |
| *Dumas, Alexandre (pere) | The Three Musketeers, Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge, etc. MB - Most of his works of fiction were historical. You could probably choose any. | Historical Fiction (mainly French) |
| *Ebers, Georg | Homo Sum, Cleopatra, In the Blue Pike, etc. MB - Ebers was an Egyptologist who also wrote historical fiction. At first his novels were only about Egypt, but later he covered other historical subjects. | Historical Fiction |
| *Ellis, Edward S. | The Huge Hunter, Brave Tom, The Daughter of the Chieftain, etc. MB - Mostly historical fiction, but also some historical non-fiction. Written for youth. | Historical Fiction (mainly American) |
| Fox, John Jr. | The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come MB | American Civil War |
| *Frederic, Harold | In the Valley MB | American Revolution |
| *Johnston, Mary | 1492, Lewis Rand, Sir Mortimer, etc. MB. Or audio - Her books are supposed to contain a bit of romance, so girls may particularly like them. | Historical Fiction |
| King, Charles | A Daughter of the Sioux, Sunset Pass, Warrior Gap, etc. MB - This general put his war and frontier experiences into his novels. These books may appeal to girls as well as boys, as they may contain a bit of romance. | Historical Fiction (mainly American) |
| *Lang, Andrew | Pickle the Spy, or, The Incognito of Prince Charles MB | Charles E. Stuart |
| Meigs, Cornelia | Master Simon's Garden - in HTML MB - By the Newbery Honor author. | Colonial America through Revolution |
| *Muhlbach, Louise | The Daughter of an Empress, Marie Antoinette and Her Son, Prince Eugene and His Times, etc. MB | Historical Fiction |
| Orczy, Baroness Emmuska | The Scarlet Pimpernel books. MB - See the series order. | Historical Fiction (mainly French Revolution) |
| Otis, James | Richard of Jamestown, The Minute Boys of Mohawk Valley, Neal the Miller, etc. MB | American History |
| *Parker, Gilbert | When Valmond came to Pontiac, Donovan Pasha and Some People of Egypt, Pierre and His People, etc. MB | Historical Fiction (mainly Canadian, but some others as well) |
| Parrish, Randall | Molly McDonald: A Tale of the Old Frontier, When Wilderness Was King: A Tale of the Illinois Country, Wolves of the Sea, etc. MB | Historical Fiction |
| Sabatini, Rafael | Scaramouche, The Lion's Skin, The Snare, etc. MB - These historical novels are often referred to as "swashbuckling" adventures. | Historical Fiction |
| *Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Uncle Tom's Cabin MB - Or try the Young Folks' Edition, or the more advanced Juvenile Uncle Tom's Cabin (at Google Books). Later Stowe wrote a defense of this book (showing the facts behind it) called The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Note: We recommend reading this first, to see if it's too violent for your child. | Slavery in America |
| Watson, Henry C. | The Old Bell of Independence, or Philadelphia in 1776 MB | American independence |
| Watson, Henry C. | The Yankee Tea-party, or Boston in 1773 MB | Boston Tea Party |
| Webb, Mrs. J. B. | The Pilgrims of New England MB | Pilgrims in America |
| *Yonge, Charlotte | A Modern Telemachus, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest, The Lances of Lynwood, etc. MB. Or audio - See a list and summary of her works, and links to texts (besides just at PG) at Charlotte Mary Yonge Fellowship. She also wrote some non-fiction history books, and a few moral novels. | Historical Fiction |
| HISTORY (non-fiction) Author | Title - Be sure to see the Biographies section and Geography / Social Studies section above, for more great books about history. | Subject |
| Baldwin, James | Fifty Famous People, Fifty Famous Stories Retold (and Thirty More...), Four Great Americans, Old Greek Stories, etc. Find more here (in HTML). MB | History for Children (worldwide) |
| Bailey, W. F. | The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad MB | First trans-continental railroad |
| Bradford, William | Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' MB - Written by the leader of the Plymouth Colony | Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony |
| Bradley, Glenn D. | The Story of the Pony Express MB | The Pony Express |
| Brown, William Wells | The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity | African Americans in the Civil War |
| Carpenter, John A. | The Star Spangled Banner MB | Francis Scott Key and the writing of the song |
| Channing, Edward | A Short History of the United States MB - A basic history text intended for school use, written by the award-winning historian. | American History for children |
| Davis, William Stearns | A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life MB - Illustrates what day-to-day life may have been like. Interesting details, clear down to the furniture. | Life in ancient Athens |
| Dickens, Charles | A Child's History of England MB | History of England for children |
| Drake, Francis S. | Tea Leaves - Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party). MB | Boston Tea Party |
| Earle, Alice Morse | Home Life in Colonial Days MB. Or audio. | Colonial Life in America |
| Eggleston, Edward | Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans MB - To help young readers, long words are hyphenated until repeated enough to be familiar (then hyphens are dropped). | Famous Americans for young readers |
| Eggleston, George C. | Strange Stories from History for Young People MB - "Strange" meaning less familiar, or uncommon. | History for children (worldwide) |
| Ferris, W. A. | Life in the Rocky Mountains - HTML or PDF. Written by a fur trapper. Tells of life with Native Americans, trapping, clothing, food and cooking, tools and weapons, travel and geography, daily life, health, etc. | Life of a fur trapper |
| Fisher, George Park | Outline of Universal History MB - "Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading." A great overview, and reference tool. | History (worldwide) |
| Gordy, Wilbur Fisk | Stories of Later American History MB - Elementary school level. | American History for children |
| Hall, Mrs. Cecil (Mary) | A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba MB. Or audio - This books is a series of letters she wrote after leaving England, that tell about adjusting to her new life. | Pioneer life |
| Henry, Patrick | Give me Liberty or Give Me Death MB | Historic Speech |
| Higginson, Thomas W. | Army Life in a Black Regiment MB - Written by a white commander, and supposed to be one of the best Civil War narratives written from the Union point of view. | Civil War (Union) / African American soldiers |
| Larcom, Lucy | A New England Girlhood MB. Or audio. | Childhood in 1800s America |
| Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman | The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read MB | American History for children |
| Lord, John | Beacon Lights of History (14 volumes) MB. Or audio - Written from a religious perspective. | Ancient to modern times |
| Marshall, Logan | The World War: A History of The Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in The Great Conflict MB | World War I |
| Morris, Charles | Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality (15 volumes) MB - Each volume is devoted to a different region of the world. Most volumes are just history, but there's also a some legend, like King Arthur, thrown in. | History (worldwide) |
| Paine, Thomas | Common Sense MB | Pamphlet written during American Revolution |
| Pratt, Mara L. | American History Stories - Multiple volumes in HTML. Or visit my free files page to get them in Text Format. | American History for children |
| Roosevelt, Theodore and Henry Cabot Lodge | Hero Tales from American History MB | Tales of American heroes and historical events |
| Stevens, William O. and Allan Westcott | A History of Sea Power MB - From ancient times through World War I. | Naval History - Worldwide |
| Still, William | The Underground Railroad MB | The Underground Railroad |
| Sweeney, W. Allison | History of the American Negro in the Great World War MB - Also includes accounts of the other U.S. wars dating back to the Revolution. | African Americans in WWI and other wars |
| U. S. Army Corps of Engineers | The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki MB | WWII |
| U. S. Presidents | Various works of the Presidents. Some include their speeches or writings. See the 2 listings below for speeches collected into one file. | Inaugural addresses, State of the Union, etc. |
| U. S. Presidents | Complete State of the Union Addresses, from 1790 to ___ MB - The file at PG is periodically updated, whereas MB's probably isn't. | State of the Union Addresses |
| U. S. Presidents | U. S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses MB - The file at PG appears to be updated every four years, so it's always up-to-date. But the file at MB probably isn't. | Inaugural addresses |
| Various | Chronicles of America - Fifty-volume history series. This list was big enough I had to put it on another page. These are more along the lines of text-books. | American History |
| Yonge, Charlotte | Young Folks' History of England MB | History of England for children |
| HOLIDAYS Author | Title | Subject |
| Also see Project Gutenberg's "Christmas Bookshelf" as well as the Christmas books at MB. | ||
| Alcott, Louisa May | An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving MB | Thanksgiving - short story |
| Brown, Abbie Farwell | The Christmas Angel MB | Christmas - short story |
| Dalrymple, Leona | When the Yule Log Burns MB | Christmas - short story |
| Dickens, Charles | A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, Seven Poor Travellers, Going Into Society, The Holly-Tree, Wreck of the Golden Mary, Perils of Certain English Prisoners, A Message from the Sea, Tom Tiddler's Ground, Somebody's Luggage, and "Some Christmas Stories." MB | Christmas - short stories |
| Dickinson, Asa Don and Ada M. Skinner | The Children's Book of Christmas Stories MB | Christmas - short stories |
| Dickinson, Asa Don | The Children's Book of Thanksgiving Stories MB (Sometimes labeled as "Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know," but it's the same as this Thanksgiving book.) | Thanksgiving - short stories |
| Gale, Zona | Christmas: A Story MB | Christmas story |
| Hanson, Glenn | The Frontier Holiday "Being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded their divers ways of observing Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's" - in HTML | Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year - short stories |
| Henry, O. | The Gift of the Magi MB | Christmas - short story |
| Howells, William Dean | Christmas Every Day and Other Stories; told for children MB | Silly, short Christmas stories |
| Irving, Washington | Old Christmas MB | Christmas - short stories |
| Moore, Clement C. | The Night Before Christmas MB - There are two versions available here, both in text or HTML with pics. | Christmas poem |
| Olcott, Frances Jenkins | Good Stories for Great Holidays MB - This book covers just about every holiday, and was written for children. | Year-round holiday stories |
| Pringle, Mary Poague and Clara A. Urann | Yule-Tide in Many Lands MB | History and description of Christmas celebrations around the world |
| Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and The First Christmas of New England MB - The second story is a Thanksgiving one. The other two are for Christmas, the last being the story of the Pilgrim's first Christmas in America. | Thanksgiving and Christmas - short stories |
| Van Dyke, Henry | The First Christmas Tree, The Lost Word, The Spirit of Christmas, The Sad Shepherd, The Story of the Other Wise Man MB | Christmas - short stories |
| Various | Christmas Sunshine MB | Christmas poems |
| Various | Our Holidays - From the "St. Nicholas Magazine." | History of various holidays |
| Wiggin, Kate Douglas | The Birds' Christmas Carol (about a family named Bird, not animals), The Romance of a Christmas Card (not really a "romance"), The Old Peabody Pew MB. Or audio. | Christmas - short novels |
| MISCELLANEOUS Author | Title | Subject |
| Holbrook, Florence | Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades MB | Short plays for children |
| Lyng, Mary Ella | History Plays for the Grammar Grades MB | History plays for children |
| McBrien, Jasper L. | America First MB - Collection of patriotic readings (from speeches, addresses, etc.), poems, and even a short play. | Oral reading - Patriotic |
| Stevenson, Augusta | Children's Classics in Dramatic Form and Book Two MB | Short plays for children |
| Various | Familiar Quotations MB (Bartlett's Quotations) | Quotations |
| Various | Graded Memory Selections MB - Arranged by grade, this is mostly poetry, plus some speeches and sayings. | Pieces for recitation |
| Various | Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations MB - Short selections which may be useful for copywork. | Quotations from poetry |
| Various | Many Thoughts of Many Minds MB - A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age | Quotations from Literature |
| Various | Standard Selections MB - Contains poetry as well as selections from novels, speeches, etc. | Pieces for recitation |
| MUSIC Author | Title - This section is small, because biographies of musicians are often not very wholesome. But those listed here were written with young readers in mind. | Subject |
| Brower, Harriette | The World's Great Men of Music MB - For young people. | 25 biographies |
| Rowbotham, Francis J. | Story-Lives of Great Musicians MB - For young-ish readers. | Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert |
| Scobey, Kathrine Louis and Olive Brown Horne | Stories of Great Musicians - Written for school use. | Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner |
| ONE-SYLLABLE BOOKS Author | Title | Subject |
| Bakewell, Esther | The Book of One Syllable MB - Collection of short stories. | Told in one-syllable words (short words) |
| Fanny, Aunt | The First Little Pet Book with Ten Short Stories in Words of Three and Four Letters | Told in one-syllable words (short words) |
| Godolphin, Mary | The Pilgrim's Progress in Words of One Syllable MB | Retold in one-syllable words (short words) |
| Godolphin, Mary | Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable MB | Retold in one-syllable words (short words) |
| Godolphin, Mary | Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One Syllable MB | Retold in one-syllable words (short words) |
| Gorham, J. C. | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Retold in Words of One Syllable MB | Retold in one-syllable words (hyphenated) |
| Putnam, Harriet | The Life of Abraham Lincoln for Young People: Told in Words of One Syllable - Uncorrected OCR text or PDF of scanned book at GB. | Told in one-syllable words (hyphenated) |
| Remy, Jean S. | Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable MB | Told in one-syllable words (hyphenated) |
| POETRY Author | Title - Also search this page for poetry in other categories, like the Misc. section. | Subject |
| I've mostly listed anthologies, for the sake of being well-rounded, and because they were often for students, therefore less likely to contain inappropriate material. For more poetry search Gutenberg for your favorite author, or try the Poetry Section at MB. | ||
| Anonymous | Beowulf (Gummere's translation) MB Or in prose (Kirtlan's translation) | Epic poetry |
| Anonymous | The Real Mother Goose | The classic rhymes |
| Field, Eugene | Love-Songs of Childhood MB - The Duel, The Ride to Bumpville, Picnic-Time, etc. | Poetry, childhood |
| Frost, Robert | North of Boston MB - Mending Wall, After Apple-Picking, The Wood Pile, etc. | Poetry |
| Homer | The Iliad (Pope's translation) MB Or in blank verse (Cowper's translation) MB Or the child's version - in HTML. | Epic poetry |
| Homer | The Odyssey (Pope's translation) MB Or in blank verse (Cowper's translation) MB Or the child's version - in HTML. | Epic poetry |
| Paterson, A. B. "Banjo" | The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses MB - The Man from Snowy River, Clancy of the Overflow, A Bushman's Song, etc. | Poetry, Australian frontier life |
| Shakespeare, William | The Sonnets, The Phoenix and the Turtle, etc. MB | Poetry |
| Stevenson, R. L. | A Child's Garden of Verses MB | Poetry |
| Various | The Best Nonsense Verses - Includes poems by Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Gelett Burgess, etc. | Poetry, humorous |
| Various | The Book of Humorous Verse MB - The Chemist to His Love, The Ballad of Bouillabaisse, Lay of the Deserted Influenzaed, etc. | Poetry, humorous |
| Various | Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations MB - Short selections which may be useful for copywork. | Quotations from poetry |
| Various | It Can Be Done; Poems of Inspiration MB - The Gifts of God, Gladness, The Daffodils, etc. | Poetry, motivational |
| Various | Poems Every Child Should Know MB - Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, Charge of the Light Brigade, Lochinvar, etc. (Arranged by difficulty.) | Poetry |
| Various | Poems of American Patriotism MB - Paul Revere's Ride, O Captain! My Captain!, The Unknown Soldier, etc. | Poetry, Patriotic |
| Various | Poems Teachers Ask For MB - The Brook, The First Snowfall, Landing of the Pilgrims, etc. | Poetry |
| Various | Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two MB - Annabel Lee, The Legend Beautiful, Our Presidents, etc. | Poetry |
| Various | The Posy Ring; A Book of Verse for Children MB - O Lady Moon, Violets, The Fairy Folk, etc. | Poetry |
| Virgil | The Aeneid (Taylor's translation) MB Or in prose (Mackail's translation) MB Or the child's version - in HTML. | Epic poetry |
| Wheatley, Phillis | Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral MB - On Virtue, On Being Brought from Africa, On Imagination, An Hymn to Humanity, etc. (The first African American woman to publish a book.) | Poetry, moral |
| SCIENCE Author | Title | Subject |
| Bailey, Arthur Scott | The Animal Tale books such as The tale of: Betsy Butterfly, Old Mr. Crow, Nimble Deer, Timothy Turtle, and many more. MB - These books teach about wildlife in a fun story format for children. They also teach great vocabulary. (Some prefer these to the Burgess books.) | Wildlife |
| Ball, Robert S. | Great Astronomers MB | Biographies and discoveries of 18 astronomers |
| Bassett, Sara Ware | The Story of Glass, The Story of Sugar, The Story of Wool, Ted and the Telephone, etc. MB | Fiction that teaches about science |
| Bolton, Sarah K. | Famous Men of Science MB | Biographies and accomplishments of Galileo, Newton, Linnaeus, Cuvier, Herschel, Von Humboldt, Davy, Audubon, Morse, Lyell, Henry, Agassiz, Darwin [can skip, or discuss], Buckland |
| Brewster, Sir David | The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler MB | Lives and accomplishments of Galileo, Brahe, and Kepler |
| Burgess, Thornton | Burgess Bird Book for Children, Burgess Animal Book for Children, Bowser the Hound, etc. MB - These books teach a great deal while still being in an entertaining story format for children. (Similar to the fun Arthur Scott Bailey stories.) | Wildlife |
| Buckley, Arabella B. | The Fairy-Land of Science MB | Science for children |
| Burroughs, John | Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers, Birds and Bees, Wake-Robin, etc. MB | Nature and Wildlife |
| Casson, Herbert Newton | The History of the Telephone MB | Bell and the telephone |
| Doubleday, Russell | Stories of Inventors - The enthusiastic author called these "stories of adventure in invention" and hoped the reader would feel the thrill of inventing. MB | Steamboats, trains, cars, dirigibles, radios, movies, bridges, submarines, telephones, adding machines, ice-makers, etc. |
| Dyer, Frank Lewis | Edison, His Life And Inventions MB | Edison's inventions |
| Fabre, Jean-Henri | Life of the Spider, Life of the Fly, Bramble-Bees, etc. MB | Nature (bugs) |
| Fabre, Jean-Henri | The Story Book of Science, and the second book The Secret of Everyday Things - both in HTML. | Many nature topics |
| Fairbanks, Harold W. | The Western United States A Geographical Reader MB - Covers the geography, geology, and history of the area. | Geology in the Western U.S. |
| Forbes, George | History of Astronomy MB | History of astronomy and astronomers |
| Galbreath, C. B. | Story of the Aeroplane MB | History of aeronautics |
| Gibson, Charles R. | War Inventions and How They Were Invented - in HTML | Shells, submarines, guns, etc. |
| Haseman, Leonard | An Elementary Study of Insects MB - This book was intended for school use. | Insects |
| Holland, Rupert S. | Historic Inventions | Printing, steam power, transportation, communication, electricity, machinery, etc. |
| Kingsley, Charles | Madam How and Lady Why MB | Early geology |
| Leathley, Mary Elizabeth S. D. | Mamma's Stories about Birds MB | Birds |
| Lewis, Meriwether / Clark, William | The Journals of Lewis and Clark and History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark Vol. 1-2 (which is an edited version of the journals, with editor's additional material) MB | Their observations of nature |
| Matthew, William Diller | Dinosaurs, with Special Reference to the American Museum Collections MB | Dinosaurs |
| Munro, John | Heroes of the Telegraph MB | History of the telegraph |
| Munro, John | The Story of Electricity MB | Electricity (and its part in history) |
| Paley, William | Natural Theology - at GB. Contains the famed watchmaker analogy. | Uses the natural world as evidence that God exists |
| Runciman, Walter C. | Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained | Internal combustion engines |
| Seton, Ernest Thompson | Wild Animals I Have Known, Woodland Tales, Johnny Bear, etc. MB | Nature and animal stories taken from his experiences |
| Smiles, Samuel | Men of Invention and Industry, Industrial Biography, Lives of the Engineers, etc. MB | Inventors and their inventions |
| Towers, Walter Kellogg | Masters of Space: Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty MB | History of communication, from the telephone back to ancient times |
| United States F. B. I. | The Science of Fingerprints; Classification and Uses MB | Fingerprints |
| United States Rubber Company | The Romance of Rubber MB - Includes study questions and review. | History of rubber / vulcanization |
| Unknown | The History of Insects - You may want to print the pictures from the HTML version. There is at least one picture per insect mentioned. (It's not a long book.) | Bugs |
| Vivian, Evelyn Charles | The History of Aeronautics MB | History of aeronautics |
| SERIES BOOKS / DIME NOVELS Author | Title - While labeled for boys or girls, based on the author's intent, these books can be enjoyed by anyone. Also see the Historical Fiction section above for more historical series. | Subject |
| For even more series books, see the following: My series books page, Project Gutenberg's Children's Series Bookshelf, and the Series Section at MB. Also try Mary Crosson's page for lists of many series order, and more info about the books. | ||
| Aldridge, Janet | The Meadow-Brook Girls MB | Girls Outdoor Series |
| Alger, Horatio | Ragged Dick, The Store Boy, Try and Trust, etc. MB - Rags-to-riches stories where boys achieve success due mainly to hard work and determination. | Boys Dime Novels |
| Allen, Capt. Quincy | The Outdoor Chums MB - Four boys have adventures and teach how to camp, hunt, fish, canoe, etc. | Boys Outdoor Series |
| Appleton, Victor | Moving Picture Boys, Tom Swift MB | Boys Series |
| Baker, Willard | The Boy Ranchers MB - Each story is based on historical or scientific fact. | Boys Ranch Series |
| Beach, Charles A. | Air Service Boys MB - An air force series set during WWI. | Boys Historical Series |
| Bonehill, Ralph (aka Edward Stratemeyer) | Frontier, Outdoor, and Hunter books MB | Boys Hunter Series |
| Bowen, Robert Sidney | The Dave Dawson (aka War Adventure) series MB - Set during WWII. | Boys Historical series |
| Brooks, Amy | Dorothy Dainty, Princess Polly, etc. MB - For younger readers. These girls are supposed to be good examples to readers. | Girls Series |
| Bruce, Mary Grant | Bush Maid and Billabong books MB | Australian Series |
| Burnham, Margaret | The Girl Aviators MB | Girls Series |
| Carr, Annie Roe | Nan Sherwood books MB - About high school girls. | Girls Series |
| Castlemon, Harry | The Frank Nelson books (The Rocky Mountain Series) MB | Boys Series |
| Chapman, Allen | Bart Stirling, Frank Roscoe, etc. MB - These look similar to Alger books. | Boys Series |
| Coolidge, Susan | "What Katy Did" books MB - About a girl who learns to deal with a spinal injury, plus her later adventures with family and friends. | Girls Series |
| Cox, Stephen Angus | The Dare Boys series MB - Set during the American Revolution. | Boys Historical Series |
| Durham, Victor G. | The Submarine Boys MB | Boys Series |
| Emerson, Alice | Betty Gordon books, and Ruth Fielding books MB - Betty, orphaned at age 12, begins a new life with her uncle at Bramble Farm. Orphaned Ruth goes to live with her uncle, a miserly miller. Both girls go on to travel and have many adventures. | Girls Series |
| Ferguson, Donald | The Chums of Scranton High MB | Boys Series |
| Fitzhugh, Percy | The Pee-Wee Harris, Roy Blakeley, and Tom Slade books MB - His books have a Boy Scouting theme. See series order here. (Author listed as both Percy K. and Percy Keese at Gutenberg, so search for both.) | Boys Series |
| Flower, Jessie G. (aka Josephine Chase) | The Grace Harlowe books MB - They may not all be online yet, but originally there were 4 series: High school, College, Overseas (serving in the Red Cross), and Overland Riders (outdoor adventures). | Girls Series |
| Garis, Howard | Uncle Wiggily, some animal stories, and more. MB (He also wrote under the pseudonym of Laura Lee Hope.) | Different serial books, some great for younger children. |
| Goldfrap, John H. (aka Fremont B. Deering or Wilbur Lawton) | The Border Boys, Boy Aviators, Bungalow Boys, Ocean Wireless Boys, etc. MB and more at MB | Boys Series |
| Hancock, H. Irving | Dave Darrin, Dick Prescott, High School Boys, Uncle Sam's Boys, Young Engineers, etc. MB | Boys Series |
| Hayes, Clair W. (aka Robert L. Drake) | The Boy Allies of the Army and The Boy Allies with the Navy MB - Two WWI series with similar titles. See the army order, and navy order. | Boys Historical Series |
| Hope, Laura Lee | Bobbsey Twins, Bunny Brown (about children), Six Little Bunkers, Outdoor Girls, etc. MB | Different serial books, some for younger children. |
| Johnston, Annie Fellows | The Little Colonel MB. Or audio - About a 5-year-old girl and life in Kentucky after the Civil War. Based on real events. See the series order (scroll down) and more titles, with illustrations. | Girls Series |
| Judson, Clara Ingram | The Mary Jane Books MB - A good-natured little girl and her adventures. For younger readers. | Girls Series |
| Langworthy, John | Aeroplane Boys MB | Boys Series |
| Lavell, Edith | The Linda Carlton series - A girl aviator and her adventures, set in the 1930s. | Girls series |
| Leslie, Lawrence J. | At Whispering Pine Lodge, In Camp on the Big Sunflower, With Trapper Jim in the North Woods, etc. MB - Wholesome outdoor stories for boys. | Boys Outdoor Series |
| Matthews, Stanley R. | The Motor Matt books MB - About a daring racer / inventor. | Boys Series |
| May, Sophie | Dotty Dimple, Little Prudy, and Little Folks books, etc. MB - For younger readers. | Girls Series |
| Optic, Oliver | Across India, Fighting for the Right, Poor and Proud (the fortunes of Katy Redburn) MB - Most of his books were written with boys in mind, but the last one listed may interest girls. | (Mainly) Boys Adventure |
| Penrose, Margaret | Dorothy Dale books and The Motor Girls books MB - Dorothy, age 14, lives in a small town with her father, who runs a weekly newspaper. The Motor Girls have adventures and get involved in mysteries. | Girls Series |
| Rockwood, Roy | Dave Dashaway, Five Thousand Miles Underground, Lost on the Moon, etc. MB - Boys adventure stories, and some early sci-fi-type stories. | Boys Adventure and Sci-Fi |
| Smith, Mabell | The Ethel Morton books MB | Girls Series |
| Stratemeyer, Edward (aka Arthur Winfield) | Rover Boys, Dave Porter, Putnam Hall, Richard Dare, etc. MB | Boys Series |
| Various | Boy Scouts Series MB (scroll down) - More than one series, by multiple authors. See more about these series, including the order. (Scroll down to find.) | Boys Series |
| Various | The Camp Fire Girls MB (scroll down) - More than one series, by multiple authors. (Listed under both "Camp Fire" and "Campfire.") See more about these series, including the order. (Scroll down to find.) | Girls Series |
| Various | Girl Scouts Series MB (scroll down) - More than one series, by multiple authors. See more about these series, including the order. (Scroll down to find.) | Girls Series |
| Various | Radio Boys MB (scroll down) - More than one series, by multiple authors. See more about these series, including the order. (Scroll down to find.) - Besides being adventure stories, at least one of these series also tells how to make and operate radios. | Boys Series |
| Webster, Frank | Comrades of the Saddle, Jack of the Pony Express, The Young Firemen of Lakeville, etc. MB - Similar to Alger's works, but newer. | Novels About Boys |
| Wells, Carolyn | Patty books and Marjorie books, etc. MB - Fun stories about the lives of these likeable girls. At the beginning Patty's 14 and Marjorie's 12. | Girls Series |
SITES WITH FREE BOOKS
There are 4 sites marked with *. Between these sites you can find just about any online book there is.
Bartleby.com - A nice HTML library, including fiction and non-fiction, The Harvard Classics, and many useful reference materials.
Children's Books Online: The Rosetta Project - Beautiful children's books reproduced on the web. They say that "Creating a copy strictly for your own personal use is considered 'fair use'." So fire up that printer!
Explorion - Free e-texts about explorers and travel (many by the explorers themselves.)
Gateway to the Classics - Great place to find public domain texts for children in HTML format. You could probably use any book on this site for homeschool. Some are classic literature, many are educational. (Used to be The Baldwin Project.)
* Google Book Search - Scans of many public domain books, in PDF format. You can load 1 page at a time to preview (works fine with slow connections) or download the entire book. (They also have uncorrected OCR text, but text takes long to load, and seems less accurate than others I've seen.) For easier searching, try the advanced search.
* Internet Archive - Scans of many public domain books, in PDF format. Some are yellowed (how to fix that), but now more black and white are being offered. Enter what you are searching for, and select "Texts" from the drop down menu. For slower connections, save the PDF rather than trying to load it in your browser. (They also offer uncorrected OCR text. If you use that, be sure to copy and paste because using "save link target" causes errors in the text files. [But it works fine for saving PDFs.] )
Kellscraft - HTML books, a fair number of classics and children's books not found elsewhere.
* The Online Books Page - At the University of Pennsylvania. If you can't find something at PG, try here. Though it's not always up to date with what's available at PG (so look at both places), it does have links to books at other sites where you may not think to look.
* Project Gutenberg - My favorite source for books! To find things by subject, try the Category Bookshelves. They don't categorize everything at Project Gutenberg, but can still be helpful.