Shannon K., from the Gere Branch Library, recently presented a book talk on Classic Children's Stories. All of the stories listed below exist in the libraries' collection in a variety of different editions and formats. Clicking on the title link (or the book cover image) will take you to a list of all the varying editions and formats through the library system.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain [a.k.a. Samuel Clemens]

Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain [a.k.a. Samuel Clemens]

The Sword in the Stone
by T.H. White

Stuart Little
by E.B. White

Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Secret Garden
by Francis Hodgson

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne

Peter Pan
by J.M. Barrie

Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White

A Little Princess
by Mary Hodgson Burnett

Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott

Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
by Howard Pyle

Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe

Anne of Green Gables
by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis

Heidi
by Johanna Spyri

A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle

Mary Poppins
by P.L. Travers