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Young Readers
Stories of childhood, exploration, resilience and imaginative adventure represented across the current public-domain collection.
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FAEEF Historical Children’s Library – Discover Classic Youth Literature
This library holds 93 works of juvenile fiction from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, all sourced from Project Gutenberg. The four active categories—Young Readers, School Stories, Children's Adventures, and Fairy Moral Tales—overlap, so a single book may appear in more than one. Rather than a strict taxonomy, these categories are browsing aids that reflect recurring themes: war and conflict, social observation and reform, and domestic and moral dilemmas. Each entry includes editorial commentary on diction, dialogue, and narrative structure, inviting comparison of stylistic strategies across genres. New readers can enter through three suggested reading paths, each linking books by theme rather than category alone.
93 public-domain works99 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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School Stories
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Childrens Adventures
Stories of childhood, exploration, resilience and imaginative adventure represented across the current public-domain collection.
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Fairy Moral Tales
Fairy tales, legends, myths and traditional narratives drawn from different literary and cultural settings.
Children’s — Editor’s Selection
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One work and three nearby readings from the current catalogue.
Childrens Adventures
The Six River Motor Boat Boys on...
Authored by Authors: Gordon, Harry, Davis, J. ..., 'The Six River Motor Boat Boys on...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Childrens Adventures category. The opening establishes a dark, foggy St. Lawrence night and the Rambler's powerful motor boat, then shifts to a sandbar stranding where the crew's resourcefulness and a chance encounter with Captain Morgan set up the search for a lost channel. This volume offers essential insights for researchers and enthusiasts alike.
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Mollie and the Unwiseman — Backg...
In Childre...
Girls of Highland Hall: Further ...
In Young R...
Bobby Blake at Rockledge School;...
In School ...
Samba: A Story of the Rubber Sla...
In Childre...
The Broncho Rider Boys on the Wy...
In Childre...
Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail; ...
In Childre...
The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and P...
In Childre...
Little Friend Lydia — Key Ideas ...
In Childre...
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Reading Paths
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Begin with Young ReadersOpen a focused route to works connected with Young Readers.Explore School StoriesCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within School Stories.Read through Childrens AdventuresMove from introductory records to related works in Childrens Adventures.Browse Fairy Moral TalesUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Fairy Moral Tales.
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