Illustrated Classics Collection
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by
A young professor goes in search of a legendary seas monster, only to find the sea monster is really an underwater ship invented by the mad Captain Nemo. Imprisoned on the ship, the Nautilus, Professor Aronnax must find a way to escape, and figure out a way to stop the mad captain from his insane attacks on innocent ships.
Call Number: F V594t 1996 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9780759396135
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by
Universally acclaimed as one of the greatest creations of American fiction, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a wonderful tale of adventure and self-discovery along the mighty Mississippi.
Call Number: F L1425a 1989 (Level 5 orange)ISBN: 9781424005420
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by
Match wits with the mastermind of mystery and suspense as the great Sherlock Holmes solves the most baffling crimes ever conceived! Here are 3 fantastic adventures in one book--The Red-Headed League, The Speckled Band, and The Copper Beaches, all guaranteed to keep you guessing and gasping for more!
Call Number: F V862a 1997 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9780759398740
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by
The classic story of Mississippi River-rat Tom Sawyer is told in this unabridged edition that contains an up-to-date bibliography and notes which discuss literary allusions and other references to the story.
Call Number: F L1425a 1989 (Level 5 orange)ISBN: 9781424005581
Black Beauty by
Recounts how a horse in nineteenth-century England experiences both good and bad masters. Features pop-up illustrations.
Call Number: F Se89b 1989 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9780759398849
A Christmas Carol by
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
Call Number: F C464 1990 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9780759398863
The Count of Monte Cristo by
Sent to prison on a false accusation in 1815, Edmond Dantes escapes many years later and finds a treasure which he uses to exact his revenge.
Call Number: F Y145c 1992 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9781424005338
Dracula by
Jonathan Harker is sent to see a client of his and the Count is a very strange host. But little does young Jonathan suspect that he and the people closest to him are about to be into the worst danger and the most gruesome terror that anyone can imaggine!
Call Number: F K297d 1997 (Level 3 yellow)ISBN: 9780866118729
Great Expectations by
Young Pip, an orphan boy, apprenticed to the village blacksmith, yearns to be a gentleman. Suddenly a mysterious person will him a fortune, and he leaves his village to be educated as a rich gentleman. Pip longs to marry Estella, beautiful ward of the eccentric Miss Havisham. But Pip's new life is shattered by the re-appearance of Magwitch, a convict who once forced him to steal. Will Magwitch's demands spell the end of Pip's "great expectations?"
Call Number: F Y145g 1992 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9781424005383
Gulliver's Travels by
Lemuel Gulliver is a doctor who long for adventure. But when he signs on board a sailing ship, he gets much more than he bargained for. A shipwreck leaves him swept ashore on a distant island inhabited by people no bigger then his finger, as astonished by his size as he is by theirs.
Call Number: V862g 1995 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9781424005390
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by
All Paris taunts and torments Quasimodo, the hunchback who lives among the carved stone gargoyles of the great cathedral spires. Nobody thinks he has human feelings and emotions, but Quasimodo will show enormous love and loyalty as this dramatic and unusual story unfolds.
Call Number: 181.112 C76 2009 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9781424005550
The Invisible Man by
A quiet English country village is disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious stranger who keeps his face hidden and his back to everyone. The stranger--a brilliant scientist--has uncovered the secret to invisibility, but his grandiose dreams and the power he unleashes cause him to spiral into intrigue, madness, and murder!
Call Number: 630 M999 2009ISBN: 9780866119955
A Little Princess by
Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
Call Number: 952 L626 2009 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9781590603307
Little Women by
The warmhearted story of four March sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy growing up in 19th century America. Their happy family life is disturbed when their father leaves for the Civil War and is shaken further when their mother must leave to nurse their wounded father back to health. But family love and loyalty keep them together. As the years pass, the girls become women and learn more about life and love.
Call Number: F M746L 1989 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9780759398788
The Phantom of the Opera by
There are strange things happening at the opera house that no one can explain. Rumors tell of a mysterious masked man many claim to have seen, while others say he doesn't exist. But when a beautiful young singer falls under the phantom's spell, the man who loves her must come face to face with unspeakable evil in order to save her!
Call Number: F D7183p 2004 (Level 5 orange)ISBN: 9781424005499
Pollyanna by
When orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.
Call Number: F L533p 1995 (Level 5 orange)ISBN: 9781424005505
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by
Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.
Call Number: F W639rs 1995 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9781424005635
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles by
The curse of supernatural hound brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to England's gloomy moor country to solve Sir Charles Baskerville's murder. Will they find the murderer in time to prevent another killing? And what strange secrets are the people in and around Baskerville Hall trying to hid?
Call Number: 553.873 Op1 2009 (Level 5 orange)ISBN: 9781424005536
Swiss Family Robins by
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island abundantly inhabited by animal and plant life.
Call Number: F W252s 1990 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9780759398733
A Tale of Two Cities by
Young Englishman Sidney Carton gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves, in an epic novel set against the turbulent backdrop of eighteenth-century France.
Call Number: 551.553 T6326 2009 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9781424005280The Three Musketeers by In seventeenth-century France, young D'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen.
Call Number: F D891t 1990 (Level 5 orange)ISBN: 9781424005574
The Time Machine by
A young scientist, to the amazement and disbelief of his colleagues and other experts, has perfected a machine that lets him live one of mankind's oldest dreams--to live in times other than his own
Call Number: 597.98 G348 2009 (Level 5 orange)ISBN: 9780866119832
The War of the Worlds by
As life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade the earth.
Call Number: F V862wa 1997 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9781424005598
White Fang by
"Part wolf, part dog, with the strength and courage of both in his blood, White Fang is an orphan cub in the frozen frontier of the Yukon. His is a world of enemies, animal and human. His inborn instincts and acquired ways teach him to hunt--to fight--to win! Nothing else matters. Men exploit and abuse him until one man teaches the noble animal to recognize his own greatest attribute-his loyalty. Only then can White Fang face the most dangerous challenge of all!"--Bk. back cover.
Call Number: F V862wf 1994 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9781424005604
The wind in the willows by
The animals who live in River Bank invite us to follow them as they scamper about, make friends, have fun, and get into trouble, just as people do. Join Mole, Otter, and Water Rat as they get into and out of the mischief that vain, self-centered Toad creates.
Call Number: F V862w 1994 (Level 6 red)ISBN: 9781424005611
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