Children's Classics
These are the books that survive being read a hundred times — the talking spiders and secret gardens, the toy soldiers and yellow brick roads. Each summary keeps the plot honest for grown-ups checking a memory, and stays safe to share with younger readers. Several take under four minutes, which is roughly one bedtime.
A Little Princess
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
At the Back of the North Wind
Black Beauty
Daddy-Long-Legs
Eight Cousins
Five Children and It
Hans Brinker
Heidi
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Men
Little Women
Ozma of Oz
Pinocchio
The Coral Island
The Jungle Book
The Marvelous Land of Oz
The Phoenix and the Carpet
The Prince and the Pauper
The Princess and the Goblin
The Railway Children
The Secret Garden
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Water-Babies
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Tom Brown's School Days
What Katy Did