Young readers' classics | Oak Lawn Public Library

1) Black Beauty

Author

Greenwood, Barbara, 1940-

Earliest Publication Date

2001

2) Heidi

Author

Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901

Earliest Publication Date

1945

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At the age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him, but Heidi is fascinated by his long beard and bushy gray eyebrows. She loves her life in the mountains, playing in the sunshine and growing up among the goats and birds. But one terrible day, Heidi is collected by her aunt and is made to live with a new family in town. Heidi can't bear to be away from her grandfather;...

3) The adventures of Tom Sawyer

Author

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Earliest Publication Date

1922

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"Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been enjoyed by generations of readers across the world since its publication in 1876. With its humorous glimpses into life in nineteenth-century, small-town America, this novel has provided unique social commentary that continues to be discussed in classrooms today. Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy growing up in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, is constantly getting in and out of...