The stories are about Sherlock Holmes and his friend, Dr. Watson. Sherlock Holmes is a private detective. People pay him to find things that are lost or stolen. Holmes likes to solve mysteries an…
King Henry the Eighth of England was famous for many things, but he also famous because he had six wives. One of them was the King's wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half.…
In the jungle of Southern India, the Seeonee Wolf-Pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf. He is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers…
"I can see wonderful things!" said Howard Carter, when he opened the tomb of the Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamun, in 1922. In the tomb were gold chariots, statues, and Tutankhamun's 3000 years old b…
In a city in Arabia, there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp. When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then out of the smoke comes…
When Ping sees Hanno in the zoo, he is excited, but also unhappy. Hanno is a magnificent African gorilla, big and black and much stronger than a man. But how can this wonderful wild animal live i…
There are two love stories in this fast-moving comedy. Brave young Claudio and Leonato's pretty daughter Hero are in love and want to marry, but Don John has a wicked plan to stop their wedding. …
Robin Hood is an outlaw living in the heart of Sherwood Forest. In a time when laws are unfair and the poor must go hungry, Robin Hood is a friend of the poor. He takes money from the rich and hel…
Once upon a time, a very long time ago in the village of Hamelin, there lived a boy named Heinrich. He was a kind boy. He is always helping his mother with pleasure. His daily stories are very inte…
"I am not a thief. I'm an innocent man" shouts Brown. Brown is in prison - for five years! All he can do is read. The prison guard hates him and gives him bad food. Then one day, he looks out of …