"Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography, describing the world through the eyes of the creature. In taking this anthropomorphic approach, the author Anna Sewell broke new literary ground and her effective storytelling ability makes it very easy for the reader to accept the premise that...

Fifteen-year-old Dakin embarks on a dangerous journey to fulfill her three desires: to visit the farthest-away mountain, to meet a gargoyle, and to find a prince.

Presents the saga of the Norse explorer who settled Greenland.

Combines the efforts of several modern scientists to explain the ancient mystery of Stonehenge; who built it and why? How was it built and when?

Nine of the tales told by Shaharazad to enchant the cruel sultan and stop him from executing her as he had his other daily wives.

An illustrated collection of horse stories and excerpts from longer works by a variety of authors, including Arthur Ransome, Walter Farley, and C.S. Lewis.

An ilustrated retelling of Geoffrey Chaucer's famous work in which a group of pilgrims in fourteenth-century England tell each other stories as they travel on a pilgrimage to the cathedral at Canterbury.