Treasury of illustrated classics | Oak Lawn Public Library

1) 20,000 leagues under the sea

Author

Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

Earliest Publication Date

1965

Description

Jules Verne's classic science fiction story Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea tells the great tale of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus. In 1866 a strange and unknown sea monster is sighted by ships and an ocean liner is attacked. An expedition prepares in New York, to find and destroy the menacing creature. The 20,000 of the title refers to an overall distance traveled under the sea, rather than an impossible measure of descent.

2) A journey to the center of the earth

Author

Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

Earliest Publication Date

1905

Description

"As one of the many installments in Jules Verne's Voyage Extraordinaire series, Journey to the Center of the Earth promises high stakes and thrilling adventure. When Professor Otto Lidenbrock bought an ancient runic manuscript, which chronicles the lives of Norwegian Kings, he did not expect to learn of anything but the history of Icelandic leaders. However, upon further inspection, Lidenbrock and his nephew, Axel, find that the manuscript includes...

3) Alice in Wonderland

Author

Quadrum Solutions (Firm)

Earliest Publication Date

2011

Description

A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

4) A little princess

Author

Christopher, Tracy

Earliest Publication Date

2002

Description

When a young girl in a London boarding school is impoverished by her father's death and made to work as a servant, she struggles to remain a "little princess" on the inside, no matter what her position.

5) Anne of Green Gables / L. M. Montgomery; illustrated by Jim Tierney

Author

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942

Earliest Publication Date

1935

Description

"Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a story of transformation for all three; indeed the whole rural community of Avonlea comes under Anne's influence in some way. We see her grow from...

6) Black Beauty / by Anna Sewell

Author

Sewell, Anna, 1820-1878

Earliest Publication Date

1941

Description

"When Black Beauty was born one sweet spring day, he could not have imagined the life ahead of him. Following his mother's advice to do his work with a good will, he enjoys the adventures of country and city life, makes new friends, and suffers from the cruelty and greed of his human masters. Beauty faces each challenge with bravery and kindness -- and then a chance encounter with an old friend brings him the greatest joy of all. Anna Sewell's classic...

7) Frankenstein

Author

March, C. Louise

Earliest Publication Date

2008

Description

A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.

8) Great expectations

Author

Vittiglio, Nicole

Earliest Publication Date

2008

Description

Adventures of a young boy growing up in nineteenth-century England

Author

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855

Earliest Publication Date

1941

Description

In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret. Charlotte Bronte's novel about the passionate love between Jane Eyre, a young girl alone in the world, and the rich, brilliant, domineering Rochester has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic, ever since...

10) Journey to the center of the earth

Author

Rizzi, Kathleen

Earliest Publication Date

2015

Description

Professor Hardwigg, his nephew Harry, and their guide Hans explore a volcanic crater in Iceland that leads them to the center of the Earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries.

11) Little women

Author

Speregen, Devra Newberger

Earliest Publication Date

2001

Author

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

Earliest Publication Date

1900

Description

A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fanatical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed with graphic sketches of life aboard a whaling vessel,...

13) Oliver Twist

Author

Costick, Kathleen

Earliest Publication Date

2004

Description

Oliver Twist is an orphan who runs away to London to escape a harsh life in a workhouse. That life is full of danger, but Oliver ultimately finds safety with a loving family.

Author

Earliest Publication Date

2002

Description

The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.

Author

Vittiglio, Nicole

Earliest Publication Date

2008

Description

Professor Henry Higgins thinks he can turn Eliza Doolittle, a poor flower seller, into a duchess by teaching her how to speak and look a certain way.

16) Swiss family Robinson

Author

Earliest Publication Date

2004

Description

Relates the fortune of a shipwrecked family as they, imaginatively, adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.

17) The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Author

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Earliest Publication Date

1947

Description

Huckleberry Finn, the best friend of Tom Sawyer, is a young boy in the 1840s, who runs away from home, and floats down the Mississippi River. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective). It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi...

18) The adventures of Pinocchio

Author

Rizzi, Kathleen

Earliest Publication Date

2008

Description

A wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy.

19) The adventures of Robin Hood

Author

Earliest Publication Date

2002

Description

Recounts the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.

20) The adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Author

Earliest Publication Date

2002

Description

Recounts the meeting of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson and some of their more famous cases.