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Five Children and It
This classic of children's literature dates from 1902. Four children -- Robert, Anthea, Jane, and Cyril (the fifth is their infant brother known as La...

Magic City
Philip Haldane, 10, is not happy when his older half-sister Helen marries a widowed man with a daughter named Lucy. In a sour mood because he has had ...

The Enchanted Castle
Three children in early twentieth century England have to spend the summer vacation staying at a private school in the country. They go looking for a...



The House of Arden
The once great English House of Arden has fallen on hard times and much reduced circumstances, and although they are not yet starving, life is not too...

The Phoenix and the Carpet
In their second adventure, published in 1904, Robert, Anthea, Cyril, and Jane (not to mention Baby Lamb) encounter the legendary magical creature, the...

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The Railway Children
This is a story of three children, Roberta, Phyllis, and Peter, who live in a respectable suburban villa with a wonderful mother and father and a cook...

The Story of the Amulet
In their third adventure, published in 1906, Robert, Anthea, Jane, and Cyril discover their old friend the Psammead in a pet store in London. The magi...

The Story of the Treasure Seekers
This is a very funny story set in London in Victorian time, when children learned Latin and went to boarding school, and the fortunes of the honourabl...

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