General Cao Cao is coming from the north. He wants to control all of China. But there are strong generals in the south who are ready to fight him. The problem is that Cao Cao's army is very large. How can the smaller army in the south fight him? They need a clever man to lead them. Zhou Yu believes Zhuge Liang might be that man. But can Zhuge Liang be trusted? The fate of China may be decided as the armies meet to battle at Red Cliffs. Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learn

Dantes works hard to become the captain of a ship. But another man, Danglars, also wants to be captain. By a trick, Danglars sends Dantes to prison. After years in prison, Dantes learns about Danglars's trick. He also learns about a chest of treasure buried on the island of Monte Cristo. After that, Dantes thinks about only two things: revenge and treasure. If he can escape from prison, he hopes to get both. Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy readi

A boy's father dies. His brothers get the farm, but the boy only gets the cat. How can he live? The boy does not know how smart his cat, Puss, is! With Puss's help, the boy can get new clothes, land, a castle, and a wife. All Puss needs from the boy is a good pair of boots. Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy reading practice of famous stories from around the world. Young English-language learners will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading f

Every night, Ole-Luk-Oie visits children to put them to sleep. He gives good dreams to good children. Hjalmer is a very good boy. The dream god brings him interesting dreams every night. Together, Ole-Luk-Oie and Hjalmer sail into a picture. They help a tired stork. They go to the weddings of mice and dolls. And they even meet the dream god's brother, Death. Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy reading practice of famous stories from around the world

Pollyanna must live with her Aunt Polly after her father dies. It is a difficult time for her, but Pollyanna's father taught a game to help in difficult times. He taught her The Glad Game. Whatever happens, Pollyanna always tries to find something to be glad about. In time, she teaches the people she meets the game. They all like it! The only person who does not seem to want to play The Glad Game is Aunt Polly. Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy re

A king and queen have a daughter. She is very special to them. They have a special party for her. The king and queen ask seven fairies to come to the party. But they forget the eighth fairy. She is angry! The angry fairy puts a magic spell on the baby. When she is older, she will hurt her finger and fall asleep. The girl will never wake up! But one fairy still has a gift to give the baby. She changes the magic spell. A kiss from a prince can break the eighth fairy's spell. Young Learners Classic Readers pr

A toy soldier is made of tin. He has only one leg. The tin soldier is in love with a toy dancer. She dances on one leg. A black goblin tells the toy soldier not to look at the dancer. Then the toy soldier falls out the window! Was it the wind? Or was it the black goblin? Now the brave toy soldier must find his way home. Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy reading practice of famous stories from around the world. Young English-language learners will

A little fir tree has big dreams. He wants to grow big. He wants to go home with a family for Christmas. But there is more to that dream than he knows. Where do fir trees go after Christmas? It is a lesson this fir tree learns the hard way. Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy reading practice of famous stories from around the world. Young English-language learners will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading fluency with the easy-to-read adapt

Della and Jim are poor, but they love each other very much. At Christmas, they both want to find the best gift for each other. But they have a problem. They have no money for gifts. Then they both have the same idea. They can sell something special. With the money, they can buy gifts for Christmas. What can each one sell? The answer may surprise you. Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy reading practice of famous stories from around the world. Young

Quasimodo is an ugly hunchback. He rings the bells of a church, Notre Dame. One day Quasimodo sees a beautiful gypsy named Esmeralda. He loves her, but she thinks he is a monster. Esmeralda loves a handsome soldier named Phoebus. But another man loves Esmeralda, too. He is an evil man named Frollo. The three men and the gypsy come together in this sad story of love that takes place in and near the church of Notre Dame. Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and

Jerry has a sister, Cathy, and a brother, Jimmy. Together, the three children find a castle where a girl is sleeping. Is she princess? Is this an enchanted castle? No, the girl's name is Mabel. Mabel's aunt is a maid at the castle. The children are happy to play together anyway. Then they find a magic ring, and the adventure for all four children begins. Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy reading practice of famous stories from around the world. Yo

A Baron with magical powers finds out that his son will marry a poor girl. Of course, the Baron does not want that to happen! The best way to stop his son from marrying the girl is to kill her. But each time the Baron tries to kill her, something happens to save her life. But the Baron plans to keep trying until the girl is dead. Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy reading practice of famous stories from around the world. Young English-language lear

Three bears live in the woods. One day while they are out, a young girl visits their house. She lets herself in and makes herself at home. She eats their food, breaks their chairs, and sleeps in their beds! What will the bears think when they come home? Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy reading practice of famous stories from around the world. Young English-language learners will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading fluency with the easy-

Three pigs are brothers. Each brother builds a house for himself. Then a wolf comes. He visits each pig's house and blows it down! One by one, the pig's houses fall. Can any of the houses stand against the big, bad wolf? Or will the wolf get all three pigs in the end? Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy reading practice of famous stories from around the world. Young English-language learners will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading fluency

A woodman drops his only ax into a pool. He needs the ax to work. What can he do? Mercury comes to help the woodman. He gives the woodman his lost ax. He also gives him gold and silver axes as well! When the other woodsmen in town hear about it, they want gold and silver axes, too. Will Mercury help them if they just hide their axes? Young Learners Classic Readers provide beginning English-language learners enjoyable and easy reading practice of famous stories from around the world. Young English-language

Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils. Set just before the Jacobite Rising in 1715, Scott drew upon the political and economic struggles leading up to the rebellion and the tumultuous history of the Highlands in his classic adventure novel Rob Roy. Despite the books title, Frank Osbaldistone is the protagonist, travelling through England and the Scottish Highlands to collect a debt owed to his father by his cousin Rashleigh. On his journey he comes across the mysterious and striking Rob

I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a cold sweat. When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a war, and then a few days later discovers the murdered body of the American that warned him in his flat, he becomes a prime suspect. He flees to the moors of Scotland and a spirited chase begins as he is pursued by the police and the German spies involved with steal

Don't you sometimes feel that this is the kind of life we were meant to live on this earth? Everything we need, everything, right here, right at our fingertips. Said to be inspired by Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe, Wyss tale of a family stranded at sea and washed up on a tropical island has become a much-loved classic. As the Swiss pastor, his wife and four sons struggle to create a life for themselves on the island, they soon learn to use their own ingenuity and rely upon the natural resources supplied by

I've worn that mask so long I don't feel safe without it. The Man in the Iron Mask sees DArtagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis return to meet their destinies in their final adventure. DArtagnan still remains in the service of King Louis XIV while Aramis is a priest at the Bastille prison. Upon listening to a confession from an iron-masked prisoner who tells him that he is the twin brother of the King of France, Aramis is convinced that he will be rewarded if he can help him become king and he devises a plan

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within as on the state of things without and around us. Considered one of her less well-known novels, Shirley is Charlotte Brontës only historical work, set during the Napoleonic Wars. Wealthy and independent, Shirley is very different from her friend Caroline, who has few prospects and is dependent on her uncle. Struggling mill owner Robert Moore considers marriage to the monied Shirley in order to secure his fin