The project became somewhat curious for the way the authors' contentious interrelationships mirrored the sometimes dysfunctional family they described in their chapters. The collaboration may have been an uncomfortable one, but a final product did emerge with some clever and entertaining contributions from its often squabbling authors.

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The Secret Garden is now one of Frances Burnett's most popular novels and is considered to be a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been produced.

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This is a book series of children's novels about the adventures of the children of the middle-class Bobbsey family, which included two sets of fraternal twins: Bert and Nan, who were 12 years old, and Flossie and Freddie, who were six.

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The first book in a long running series centering around four girls: Betty Nelson, Mollie Billette, Amy Stonington, and Grace Ford. The girls go on many exciting adventures and solve mysteries. In this book the girls go on a long walking tour and in the process find a hundred dollar bill.

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This was the first novel to be written on a typewriter. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri.

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Margaret Sanger was an American sex educator and nurse who became one of the leading birth control activists of her time, having at one point, even served jail time for importing birth control pills, then illegal, into the United States. Woman and the New Race is her treatise on how the control of population size would not only free women from the bondage of forced motherhood, but would elevate all of society. The original fight for birth control was closely tied to the labor movement as well as the Eugenics movement, and her book provides fascinating insight to a mostly-forgotten turbulent battle recently fought in American history.

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The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River, and its sober and often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism.

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The story is based on the author's life, telling a story about little sister. The brother who loved her most, and whom she loved most in the world, is Laddie. She is almost lonely and it's hard for her to study. She takes comfort in nature in an unforgettable way, funny and sad.

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Jack and Jill tumble off their sled on the first good snow of the season, their injuries cause them to be bedridden for many months putting an end to their fun and frolics. Both learn how to become better friends to each other and their other school mates through their many trials.

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A collection of fourteen adventure stories that helped to create America for younger readers to enjoy.

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The sweet story of a five year old boy named Bobby, who is an orphan. When Bobby learns that other children have birthdays, he goes hunting to find his. Go with him and meet the Man with the Pocketful of Quarters and the Lady Who Likes Little Boys and learn how he finds his birthdays and a family besides!

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The novel tells of the troubles of a wealthy young girl, Sara Crewe, who is sent to an oppressive London boarding school during her father’s campaign in India.

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A collection of thirteen stories set in the mythical town of Whilomville. the stories are poignant, funny, and tell us something about our quirky human nature.

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The story takes place in Indiana, in and around the famous Limberlost Swamp. This impressive wetland region was being reduced by heavy logging, natural oil extraction and drainage for agriculture. (The swamp eventually ceased to exist.)

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1906 - Another book written for American children in the early 1900's to help educate them about the customs and lives of their 'cousins' in many parts of the world. Naturally, the cultures described are as they might have been at the end of the 1800's. "Washed by the Mediterranean and kissed by the warm Southern sun, the Iberian peninsula lies at the southwestern corner of Europe. To this sunny land of Spain we owe much for, from its hospitable shores, aided by her generous queen, Columbus sailed to discover that new world which is today our home. We should be very friendly to the country which helped him and American boys and girls should welcome the coming of Our Little Spanish cousin."

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1903 - A book written for children to see what life is like for their 'cousins' in Siam. This is part of the "Our Little Cousin" series and like the others, brings to life the day to day occurrences and celebrations of children around the world that are so different, yet at heart, all the same because children and the parents who love and cherish them are the same too no matter where they live. This book lets us attend some of their Siamese festivals, take a peep into the royal palace, enter the temples, and learn something about the ways and habits of that far-away eastern country.

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam (until 1939), is a country at the center of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1903 - This little volume gives just a glimpse into the mode of life, the habits and customs, and the traditions of the Koreans.

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1904 - In whatever direction you may travel,—north, south, east, or west,—you will doubtless meet some of your Jewish cousins. They live here in America.

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1901 - Meet Lotus Blossom, our little Japanese Cousin and her little brother Toyo. Join them in their everyday life and learn about Japanese customs and culture.

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1907 - With the home of our Irish cousins we are not very familiar, but with our Irish cousins themselves we have a better acquaintance, for many of them have come over to settle in America, and they were among the bravest of the American troops in the World War. Of the part in the war taken by their people in Ireland we do not know so intimately, but we do know that they sent many men to France to help England defeat the Germans. They took our boys to their homes, and fed and clothed them; they nursed them back to health and strength, and by so doing the people of Ireland won their way into the hearts of the people of America. (Summary by from the preface)

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1907 - This book is one of a series that aims at describing other cultures to children in an entertaining way that honors the culture, educates the child and keeps their minds open to the possibility of other people living wonderful lives in far off places. India is a big country, and there are many different races of people living within its borders, the two principal ones being the Mohammedans and the Hindus. The Mohammedans number about sixty millions and there are about a hundred and eighty millions of Hindus. The intelligence of the Hindus is of a very high order. Their attention to their food and drink and personal cleanliness is remarkable, and they follow a healthful and sanitary manner of living which might well be practiced by Western folk." (Summary by from the preface)

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1904 - "Our Little German Cousin," written for North American children to tell them about their 'cousins' from other parts of the world. Embark on a journey to 19th Century Germany with Bertha, Gretchen and Hans. They live in a toy-making village in the Black Forest. Learn about their work and customs; get to know facts and lore, hear about architecture, music and more.

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1905 - The life of Edith, a little English child living at the turn of the last century. This is a fictional account of her daily life and relates special events including visits to Windsor Castle, Kew Gardens and many other delightful parts of the country. The story is simply told and highly suitable for all ages.

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1904 - In "Our Little Canadian Cousin," the author's intention is to tell, in a general way and in one defined local setting, the story of Canadian home life in the late 19th century. To Canadians, home life means not merely sitting at a huge fire-place, or brewing and baking in a wide country kitchen, or dancing of an evening, or teaching, or sewing ; but it means the great outdoor life — sleighing, skating, snow-shoeing, hunting, canoeing, and, above all, "camping out" — the joys that belong to a vast, uncrowded country, where there is "room to play."

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1913 - In this volume I have endeavored to give my young readers a clearer and a more intimate knowledge than is usually possessed of the vast territory known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is a collection of provinces united under one ruler, and which is, strange to say, the only country of importance in the world that has not a distinctive language of its own, since the various races—German, Slav, Magyar and others—each speak their own tongue. The book is chiefly devoted to Austria proper and Tyrol, but the other provinces, including Dalmatia and Bosnia, are not neglected.

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1903 - "Long before Columbus discovered America, there were brave men in the north of Europe who dared to sail farther out upon the unknown waters of the Atlantic than any other people in the world. These daring seamen were called Vikings. Their home was the peninsula of Scandinavia, now ruled over by one king, although divided into two distinct countries, Norway and Sweden.

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Children's Life in Other Countries Published 1908 - Australia, though a continent, is a part of the Empire of Great Britain. A few years ago it was a wild country, where no white people lived, filled with Blacks, who were man-eating savages. These are fast dying out, but in this story you will learn something about them, and of the lives of your Australian Cousins.

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