When Kat, her father, and brother visit an old gold mine that has been turned into a tourist attraction, she falls down a mine shaft and meets an ancient dragon, the last of his kind, and inadvertently triggers a twenty-first century gold rush.

When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.

An illustrated collection of forty-one fairy tales by Andersen, including "The Mermaid," "The Red Shoes," and "The Swineherd."

An illustrated collection of forty-one fairy tales by Andersen, including "The Mermaid," "The Red Shoes," and "The Swineherd."

When Mary Lennox is sent from India to the moors of England to live with her uncle after losing her parents, not only does she discover a secret garden, but she also discovers the true meaning of family, friendship, and perseverance. This magical, timeless classic, originally published in 1911, is by the author of A Little Princess and Little Lord Faunteleroy.

A retelling of the battle between Odysseus and the Cyclops in Homer's ancient epic "The Odyssey."

Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Odysseus is more desperate than ever to return home. His wife Penelope, and their son Telemachus, are warding off the men who want to marry her. Then a mysterious stranger gives Telemachus the courage to confront the suitors and to search for his father.

As soon as Anne Shirley arrived at the snug, white farmhouse called Green Gables, she knew she wanted to stay forever. But would the Cuthberts send her back to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected -- a skinny girl with decidedly red hair and a temper to match. If only she could convince them to let her stay, she'd try very hard not to keep rushing headlong into scrapes or blurt out the very first thing she had to say. Anne was...

Presents an excerpt from Homer's Odyssey where Odysseus returns to Ithaca and finds that he must fight to regain control from those who are plaguing his family.

Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Odysseus and his men, returning from the Land of the Dead determined to sail home to Ithaca, encounter Scylla, the six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool.