The Wonder Shelf

Knowledge map

children

• Old Indian Legends#Zitkála-Šá #public-domain #Dakota Indians #Folklore
• Plays#Zeami Motokiyo #public-domain #Theater--Japan #Nō plays
• Smoky the Cowhorse#Will James #public-domain #Horses--Juvenile fiction #Horses--Fiction #West (U.S.)--Fiction
• Cakes and Ale#W. Somerset Maugham #public-domain #Authors' spouses--Fiction #Married people--Fiction #Biographers--Fiction #Authors--Fiction #England--Fiction
• Green Meadow Stories#Thornton W. Burgess #public-domain #Squirrels #Juvenile fiction #Forest animals
• Green Forest Stories#Thornton W. Burgess #public-domain #Deer #Fiction #Forest animals #Juvenile fiction
• Jenny#Sigrid Undset #public-domain #Adultery #Fiction #Young women #Illegitimate children #Artists #Painters
• Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit#S. M. Mitra #public-domain #Tales #India #Sanskrit literature #Translations into English
• Murder by the Clock#Rufus King #public-domain #Detective and mystery stories #Murder #Investigation #Fiction #Police #New York (State) #New York
• The Walls of Jericho#Rudolph Fisher #public-domain #African Americans #Harlem Renaissance
• Short Fiction#Ring Lardner #public-domain #Short stories #Baseball #Humorists #Satire #Comedy #Short stories, American
• Gullible’s Travels#Ring Lardner #public-domain #Humorous stories, American #Courtship #Fiction #Chicago (Ill.) #Opera #Bridge players #Voyages and travels #Husband and wife #Sisters-in-law
• Just William#Richmal Crompton #public-domain #Humorous stories #William (Fictitious character : Crompton) #Juvenile fiction
• The Coral Island#R. M. Ballantyne #public-domain #Conduct of life #Juvenile fiction #Shipwreck survival #Islands #Pirates #Camping #Natural history #Survival skills #Shipwrecks #Outdoor life #Oceania #Robinsonades
• The Gold Bat#P. G. Wodehouse #public-domain #Humorous stories, English #Boys #Conduct of life #Juvenile fiction #Schools #Sports
• The Adventures of Sally#P. G. Wodehouse #public-domain #New York (N.Y.) #Fiction #Humorous stories #Inheritance and succession
• Children’s Stories#Oscar Wilde #public-domain #Fairy tales #Children's stories, English #Short stories, English
• Last and First Men#Olaf Stapledon #public-domain #Science Fiction #Human beings in literature
• Our Baseball Club and How It Won the Championship#Noah Brooks #public-domain #Baseball stories
• The Inspector General#Nikolai Gogol #public-domain #Comedy plays #Russia #Social life and customs #Drama #Russian drama #Translations into English
• The Blue Bird#Maurice Maeterlinck, Georgette Leblanc #public-domain #Children's stories #Children #Juvenile fiction
• Hamilton#Mary P. Hamlin, George Arliss #public-domain #Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804--Drama #Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 #Historical drama, American
• The Windfairies#Mary De Morgan #public-domain #Fairy tales #Children's stories
• Armed with Madness#Mary Butts #public-domain #Fiction
• Lady Rose’s Daughter#Mary Augusta Ward #public-domain #English fiction #19th century
• The Venetians#M. E. Braddon #public-domain #Venice (Italy) #Fiction
• The Lusiads#Luís de Camões #public-domain #Epic poetry, Portuguese #Translations into English
• Emily of New Moon#L. M. Montgomery #public-domain #Orphans #Juvenile fiction #Aunts #Authorship #Moving, Household #Prince Edward Island #History #20th century #Canada #1867-1914
• The Road to Oz#L. Frank Baum #public-domain #Oz (Imaginary place) #Children's fiction #Fantasy literature #Voyages and travels #Juvenile fiction #Uncles #Magic #Kings and rulers #Farms #Good and evil #Animals, Mythical #Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character)
• Ozma of Oz#L. Frank Baum #public-domain #Oz (Imaginary place) #Juvenile fiction #Fantasy literature #Vacations #Voyages and travels #Uncles #Magic #Physicians #Kings and rulers #Steamboats #Hens #Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character)
• Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz#L. Frank Baum #public-domain #Oz (Imaginary place) #Juvenile fiction #Fantasy literature #Friendship #Dragons #Cousins #Mountains #Magic #Cats #Ranches #Earthquakes #Kittens
• With the Empress Dowager of China#Katharine A. Carl #public-domain #Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908 #Empresses #China #Biography #Court and courtiers
• Indian Fairy Tales#Joseph Jacobs #public-domain #Fairy tales #India #Folklore
• The Arrow of Gold#Joseph Conrad #public-domain #Sea stories #Young men #Fiction #Adventure stories #Illegal arms transfers #Marseille (France)
• Chance#Joseph Conrad #public-domain #Sea stories #Psychological fiction #Young women #Fiction #Love stories #Fathers and daughters #Children of prisoners #Ship captains' spouses
• María#Jorge Isaacs #public-domain #Colombia--Fiction #Colombia--Cauca River Valley
• Olney Hymns#John Newton, William Cowper #public-domain #Hymns, English
• Heidi#Johanna Spyri #public-domain #Orphans #Fiction #Grandfathers #Mountain life #Switzerland #History #19th century
• Household Tales#Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm #public-domain #Fairy tales #Germany
• Ragged Dick#Horatio Alger Jr. #public-domain #New York (N.Y.) #Fiction #Bildungsromans #Boys #Poor children #Shoe shiners #Street children
• Martin Birck’s Youth#Hjalmar Söderberg #public-domain #Swedish fiction #Translations into English #Youth--Sweden
• The Cruise of the Nona#Hilaire Belloc #public-domain #Voyages and travels #Great Britain--Description and travel
• Darby O’Gill and the Good People#Herminie Templeton Kavanagh #public-domain #Ireland--Social life and customs--Fiction #Fairy tales--Ireland
• Gallions Reach#H. M. Tomlinson #public-domain #Fiction
• Black No More#George Schuyler #public-domain #Science fiction #Satire #Humorous stories #Picaresque literature #African Americans #Fiction #United States #Race relations #Human skin color
• The Portent#George MacDonald #public-domain #Short stories #Highlands (Scotland) #Fiction
• Short Fiction#George MacDonald #public-domain #Children's stories, English #Christian fiction #Fairy tales #Conduct of life #Juvenile fiction #Fantasy fiction #Love stories #Short stories #Fairies #Fairy tales--England #Highlands (Scotland) #Fiction
• Back to Methuselah#George Bernard Shaw #public-domain #Drama
• The Cheyne Mystery#Freeman Wills Crofts #public-domain #Detective and mystery stories #Police #Great Britain #Fiction #French, Joseph (Fictitious character)
• The Tower Treasure#Franklin W. Dixon #public-domain #Brothers #Juvenile fiction #Mystery and detective stories #Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters)
• The Shore Road Mystery#Franklin W. Dixon #public-domain #Brothers #Juvenile fiction #Mystery and detective stories #Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters) #Automobile theft
• The Secret of the Old Mill#Franklin W. Dixon #public-domain #Brothers #Juvenile fiction #Mystery and detective stories #Counterfeits and counterfeiting #Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters)
• The Secret of the Caves#Franklin W. Dixon #public-domain #Brothers #Juvenile fiction #Mystery and detective stories #Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters)
• The Mystery of Cabin Island#Franklin W. Dixon #public-domain #Islands #Juvenile fiction #Brothers #Mystery and detective stories #Iceboating #Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters)
• The Missing Chums#Franklin W. Dixon #public-domain #Brothers #Juvenile fiction #Missing persons #Mystery and detective stories #Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters)
• The House on the Cliff#Franklin W. Dixon #public-domain #Brothers #Juvenile fiction #Mystery and detective stories #Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters)
• Hunting for Hidden Gold#Franklin W. Dixon #public-domain #Brothers #Juvenile fiction #Gold mines and mining #Mystery and detective stories #Montana #Robbers and outlaws #Hardy Boys (Fictitious characters)
• The Middle Five#Francis La Flesche #public-domain #Indians of North America #Juvenile literature
• A Little Princess#Frances Hodgson Burnett #public-domain #Orphans #Juvenile fiction #Schools #Boarding schools #Girls #London (England)
• Bambi#Felix Salten #public-domain #Nature stories #Deer #Fiction
• Jibby Jones#Ellis Parker Butler #public-domain #Adventure stories #Boys #Fiction #Mississippi River
• Pollyanna Grows Up#Eleanor H. Porter #public-domain #Orphans #Juvenile fiction #Conduct of life #Friendship #Aunts #Families #Happiness
• Pollyanna#Eleanor H. Porter #public-domain #Orphans #Juvenile fiction #Conduct of life #Aunts #Cheerfulness #Interpersonal relations #Vermont #History #20th century
• The Hoosier Schoolmaster#Edward Eggleston #public-domain #Teachers #Fiction #Indiana #Country homes
• Styrbiorn the Strong#E. R. Eddison #public-domain #Styrbjörn Starki, -983--Fiction
• Wet Magic#E. Nesbit #public-domain #Fantasy fiction #Circus #Juvenile fiction #War #Mermaids
• The Story of the Treasure Seekers#E. Nesbit #public-domain #Siblings #Fiction #Family life #England #Imagination #Moneymaking projects #Great Britain #History #19th century
• The Story of the Amulet#E. Nesbit #public-domain #Fantasy literature #Brothers and sisters #Juvenile fiction #England #Wishes
• The Railway Children#E. Nesbit #public-domain #Railroads #Fiction #Country life #England #Family life #Brothers and sisters
• The Phoenix and the Carpet#E. Nesbit #public-domain #Fantasy fiction #Brothers and sisters #Juvenile fiction #Magic #Great Britain #History #Edward VII, 1901-1910 #Phoenix (Mythical bird)
• The Magic City#E. Nesbit #public-domain #Fantasy literature
• The House of Arden#E. Nesbit #public-domain #Brothers and sisters #Juvenile fiction #Treasure troves #Magic #Time travel #Great Britain #History #Edward VII, 1901-1910
• The Enchanted Castle#E. Nesbit #public-domain #Fantasy fiction, English #Friendship #Juvenile fiction #Brothers and sisters #Magic #Wishes #Castles #Rings #Great Britain #History #Edward VII, 1901-1910
• Harding’s Luck#E. Nesbit #public-domain #Fantasy fiction
• Five Children and It#E. Nesbit #public-domain #Brothers and sisters #Fiction #Wishes #Fairies #Great Britain #History #Edward VII, 1901-1910
• The Documents in the Case#Dorothy L. Sayers, Robert Eustace #public-domain #Detective and mystery stories #England #Fiction #Epistolary fiction
• Understood Betsy#Dorothy Canfield Fisher #public-domain #Orphans #Juvenile fiction #Country life #Fiction #Vermont #Self-perception
• Blind Corner#Dornford Yates #public-domain #Adventure stories #Well water
• Home to Harlem#Claude McKay #public-domain #African Americans--Fiction #Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
• The Water-Babies#Charles Kingsley #public-domain #Chimney sweeps #Juvenile fiction #Fairy tales #England
• Barnaby Rudge#Charles Dickens #public-domain #Historical fiction #Gordon Riots, 1780 #Fiction #London (England) #History #18th century #Apprentices #Political fiction #Mystery fiction #Locksmiths
• The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective#Catherine Louisa Pirkis #public-domain #Brooke, Loveday (Fictitious character) #Private investigators #England #Fiction #Detective and mystery stories
• A Bride of a Summer’s Day#Catherine Louisa Pirkis #public-domain #Detective and mystery stories, English #Brides--Fiction
• The Secret of the Old Clock#Carolyn Keene #public-domain #Mystery and detective stories
• The Mystery at Lilac Inn#Carolyn Keene #public-domain #Mystery and detective stories
• The Hidden Staircase#Carolyn Keene #public-domain #Mystery and detective stories
• The Bungalow Mystery#Carolyn Keene #public-domain #Mystery and detective stories
• Short Fiction#Beatrix Potter #public-domain #Rabbits #Juvenile fiction #Squirrels #Mice #Christmas #Conduct of life #Theft #Dogs #Cats #Frogs #Kittens #Foxes
• Swallows and Amazons#Arthur Ransome #public-domain #Boats and boating--Fiction #Adventure and adventurers--Juvenile literature
• The Getting of Wisdom#Henry Handel Richardson #public-domain #Australia #Fiction #Autobiographical fiction #Bildungsromans #Melbourne (Vic.) #Young women
• At the Back of the North Wind#George MacDonald #public-domain #Fairy tales
• Pollyanna#Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter #public-domain #Aunts #Juvenile fiction #Cheerfulness #Conduct of life #Interpersonal relations #Orphans #Vermont #History #20th century
• The Swiss family Robinson#Johann David Wyss #public-domain #Family life #Fiction #Islands #Survival
• The Princess and Curdie#George MacDonald #public-domain #Children's stories #Fairy tales #Fantasy literature
• Cornelli#Johanna Spyri #public-domain #Family #Juvenile fiction #Switzerland
• Emily of New Moon#L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery #public-domain #Aunts #Juvenile fiction #Authorship #Canada #History #1867-1914 #Moving, Household #Orphans #Prince Edward Island #20th century
• Pollyanna Grows Up#Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter #public-domain #Aunts #Juvenile fiction #Conduct of life #Families #Friendship #Happiness #Orphans
• Driven Back to Eden#Edward Payson Roe #public-domain #Country life #Juvenile fiction #Families #Farm life #New York (State)
• The Story of Doctor Dolittle#Hugh Lofting #public-domain #Animals #Juvenile fiction #Fantasy literature #Human-animal communication
• Little Lord Fauntleroy#Frances Hodgson Burnett #public-domain #Altruism #Juvenile fiction #Children #Conduct of life #England #Family #Grandfathers #Grandparent and child #Inheritance and succession #Mother and child #Wealth
• Stover at Yale#Owen Johnson #public-domain #College stories #Yale University #Fiction
• Just so stories#Rudyard Kipling #public-domain #Animals #Fiction #Children's stories, English #Short stories
• The Sundering Flood#William Morris #public-domain #Fantasy literature
• Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz#L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum #public-domain #Cats #Juvenile fiction #Cousins #Dragons #Earthquakes #Fantasy literature #Friendship #Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character) #Kittens #Magic #Mountains #Nephews
• The Coral Island#R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne #public-domain #Camping #Juvenile fiction #Conduct of life #Islands #Natural history #Oceania #Outdoor life #Pirates #Robinsonades #Shipwreck survival #Shipwrecks #Survival skills
• The Prince and the Pauper#Mark Twain #public-domain #Boys #Fiction #Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553 #Historical fiction #Impostors and imposture #London (England) #Lookalikes #Poor children #Princes #Social classes
• The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle#Hugh Lofting #public-domain #Animals #Juvenile fiction #Fantasy literature #Human-animal communication #Voyages and travels
• The Wonderful Adventures of Nils#Selma Lagerlöf #public-domain #Boys #Juvenile fiction #Conduct of life #Fantasy literature #Geese #Kindness #Sweden
• The Pearl#Anonymous #public-domain #Christian poetry, English (Middle) #Translations into English
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight#Anonymous #public-domain #Arthurian romances #Gawain (Legendary character) #Romances
• Winnie-the-Pooh#A. A. Milne #public-domain #Children's Books
• The House at Pooh Corner#A. A. Milne #public-domain #Animals #Juvenile fiction #Toys #Teddy bears #Winnie-the-Pooh (Fictitious character) #Piglet (Fictitious character) #Eeyore (Fictitious character) #Christopher Robin (Fictitious character)
• The Phoenix and the Carpet#E. (Edith) Nesbit #public-domain #Fantasy fiction #Great Britain #History #Edward VII, 1901-1910 #Juvenile fiction #Magic #Phoenix (Mythical bird) #Siblings
• Wet Magic#E. (Edith) Nesbit #public-domain #Circus #Juvenile fiction #Fantasy fiction #Mermaids #War
• The Enchanted Castle#E. (Edith) Nesbit #public-domain #Castles #Juvenile fiction #Fantasy fiction, English #Friendship #Great Britain #History #Edward VII, 1901-1910 #Magic #Rings #Siblings #Wishes
• The Magic City#E. (Edith) Nesbit #public-domain #Fantasy literature
• The Railway Children#E. (Edith) Nesbit #public-domain #Country life #England #Fiction #Family life #Railroads #Siblings
• Five Children and It#E. (Edith) Nesbit #public-domain #Fairies #Fiction #Great Britain #History #Edward VII, 1901-1910 #Siblings #Wishes
• The Water-Babies#Charles Kingsley #public-domain #Chimney sweeps #Juvenile fiction #Fairy tales #England
• Through the Looking-Glass#Lewis Carroll #public-domain #Fantasy literature
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz#L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum #public-domain #Courage #Juvenile fiction #Cowardly Lion (Fictitious character) #Cyclones #Dreams #Fantasy literature #Gale, Dorothy (Fictitious character) #Good and evil #Home #Oz (Imaginary place) #Scarecrow (Fictitious character from Baum) #Tin Woodman (Fictitious character)
• Little Women#Louisa May Alcott #public-domain #Autobiographical fiction #Bildungsromans #Domestic fiction #Family life #New England #Fiction #March family (Fictitious characters) #Mothers and daughters #Sisters #Young women
• The Adventures of Pinocchio#Carlo Collodi #public-domain #Fairy tales #Pinocchio (Fictitious character) #Juvenile fiction #Puppets
• Anne of Green Gables#L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery #public-domain #Bildungsromans #Canada #History #1867-1914 #Fiction #Country life #Prince Edward Island #Friendship #Girls #Islands #Orphans #20th century
• Undine#La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de #public-domain #Fairy tales #Germany #Fantasy fiction #Knights and knighthood #Fiction #Love stories #Romances #Translations into English #Water spirits
• The Wind in the Willows#Kenneth Grahame #public-domain #Animals #Fiction #Country life #England #Fantasy fiction #Friendship #Humorous stories #Pastoral fiction #River life
• Black Beauty#Anna Sewell #public-domain #Great Britain #History #19th century #Juvenile fiction #Historical fiction #Horses #Human-animal relationships
• Grimms' Fairy Tales#Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm #public-domain #Fairy tales #Germany
• The Jungle Book#Rudyard Kipling #public-domain #Adventure stories, English #Animals #Fiction #Feral children #India #History #19th century #Jungle animals #Jungles #Mowgli (Fictitious character) #Short stories
• The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall#Edward Stratemeyer #public-domain #Brothers #Juvenile fiction #Military education #Schools
• Peter Pan#J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie #public-domain #Fairies #Fiction #Fantasy literature #Never-Never Land (Imaginary place) #Peter Pan (Fictitious character) #Pirates
• The Secret Garden#Frances Hodgson Burnett #public-domain #Gardens #Juvenile fiction #Orphans #People with disabilities #Yorkshire (England)
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland#Lewis Carroll #public-domain #Alice (Fictitious character from Carroll) #Juvenile fiction #Children's stories #Fantasy fiction #Imaginary places

literary-fiction

• Mary Olivier: a Life#May Sinclair #public-domain #Bildungsromans #Domestic fiction #Mothers and daughters #Fiction
• Freckles#Gene Stratton-Porter #public-domain #Indiana #Fiction #Orphans #People with disabilities #Swamps

history-biography

• With the Empress Dowager of China#Katharine A. (Katharine Augusta) Carl #public-domain #China #Court and courtiers #Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908 #Empresses #Biography

poetry-drama

• The Inspector-General#Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol #public-domain #Comedy plays #Russia #Social life and customs #Drama #Russian drama #Translations into English