14 best-selling classics books like Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hathorne

Cover of Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hathorne

Tanglewood Tales

By: Nathaniel Hathorne

3.50

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Hawthorne wrote these stories for children based on Greek myth and legend. They are incomparable re…

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Cover of Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1) by Ralph Moody

1. Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

By: Ralph Moody

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Ralph was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Thr… read more

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  • classics
  • school
"There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. There are black men and white men and yellow men and red men, but nothing counts except whether they're honest men or dish…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

"You know, Son, sometimes a fellow has to take a licking for doing the right thing. A licking only lasts a short while, even if it's a hard one, but failing to do the right thing will often make a mar…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

Cover of D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

2. D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

By: Ingri d'Aulaire , Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

4.42

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Here are the gods, goddesses, and legendary figures of ancient Greece--mighty Zeus, with his fistfu… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • mythology
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3. The Dancing Master

By: Julie Klassen

3.68

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

Finding himself the man of the family, London dancing master Alec Valcourt moves his mother and sis… read more

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  • fiction
"But I don't think any parent can expect to escape this life without disappointing his child at some point. And the same could be said the other way around. We all of us fall short now and again, and …"

-Julie Klassen, The Dancing Master

Cover of Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, John Carey

4. Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray , John Carey

4.28

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Edited by John Carey. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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5. The Bronze Bow

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Sa… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

"It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

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6. Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds

By: Phillip E. Johnson

3.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

With all of the complicated scientific debate swirling around the topic of evolution, is there an e… read more

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  • school
Cover of Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

7. Till We Have Faces

By: C.S. Lewis

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis rewo… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • mythology
Cover of The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

8. The Door in the Wall

By: Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

Format: 242 pages,

The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Reginald Birch

9. Little Lord Fauntleroy

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett , Reginald Birch

4.23

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885, 1886) by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a beloved children's novel that m… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction

10. Candle in the Darkness (Refiner's Fire, #1)

By: Lynn Austin

3.97

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

The daughter of a wealthy slave-holding family from Richmond, Virginia, Caroline Fletcher is raised… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux by Thérèse of Lisieux, John Clarke

11. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

By: Thérèse of Lisieux , John Clarke

4.42

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

This book, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual cl… read more

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"Love lives only by sacrifice"

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"I have at last found my vocation; it is love!"

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender."

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"and I realized that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name."

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Cover of Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney

12. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

By: Margaret Sidney

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Five Little Peppers and How They Grewwas originally serialized in an 1880 edition of Wide Awake, a … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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13. Where the Red Fern Grows

By: Wilson Rawls

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann—a boy and his two dogs... A loving threesome, they ranged the dar… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"I looked at his grave and, with tears in my eyes, I voiced these words: "You were worth it, old friend, and a thousand times over."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it wouldn't be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it woukdn't be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too"."

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

"What I saw was more than I could stand. The noise I heard had been made by Little Ann. All her life she had slept by Old Dan's side. And although he was dead, she had left the doghouse, had come back…"

-Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows

14. On the Incarnation

By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more

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15. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Six legends of Greek mythology, retold for children by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Included are The Gorgon… read more

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16. DragonLight (DragonKeeper Chronicles, #5)

By: Donita K. Paul

3.85

Format: 370 pages,

The breathtaking conclusion to the DragonKeeper chronicles! The fantastic land of Amara is recoveri… read more

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17. The Phantom Tollbooth

By: Jules Feiffer , Norton Juster

4.20

Format: 24 pages,

Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click . Hailed as "a classic. .… read more

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18. A Philosophy of Education

By: Charlotte M. Mason

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

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19. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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20. The Water Babies

By: Charles Kingsley

3.91

Format: None pages,

Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep, Grimes, to climb up inside flues t… read more

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21. Five Children and It (Five Children, #1)

By: E. Nesbit

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The five children find a cantankerous sand fairy, a psammead, in a gravel pit. Every day 'It' will … read more

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22. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Corrie ten Boom

3.81

Format: None pages,

At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell… read more

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Cover of Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2) by C.S. Lewis

23. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.00

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"It is not for nothing that you are named Ransom,"

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

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24. The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

By: Sara Brunsvold

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Aidyn Kelley is talented, ambitious, and ready for a more serious assignment than the fluff pieces … read more

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  • fiction
"Ours is a God of new life~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Keep the fight in your veins, honey. Never let it fade."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Hard things usually end in the biggest blessings. ~Mrs. Kip"

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

"Lord, you are so good, and your love holds everything together."

-Sara Brunsvold, The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip

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25. The Problem of Pain

By: C.S. Lewis

4.13

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all: If God is good and all-powerful… read more

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  • classics
"Man is to be understood only in his relation to God."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

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26. Marilla of Green Gables

By: Sarah McCoy

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and mo… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Keep yourself open to unexpected blessings, dear."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"There was power in knowledge. Like the gears of a steam engine, the more active knowledge was, the more force it produced."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Human hearts are full of strife. It's a fallen world, my dears. We can only do our best to establish safe havens where we can."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Just take a deep breath and go on in there with your head held high. Look for good things and good things [are] what you'll find..."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

Cover of In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character by Jen Wilkin

27. In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

By: Jen Wilkin

4.45

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

Sometimes we ask What is God's will for my life? when we should really be asking Who should I be? T… read more

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"How should the knowledge that God is ______ change the way I live?"

-Jen Wilkin, In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

"God's will for our lives is that we conform to the image of Christ, whose incarnation shows us humanity perfectly conformed to the image of God."

-Jen Wilkin, In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

"No longer can we parse our fellow humans into the categories of ‘lovable’ and ‘unlovable.’ If love is an act of the will — not motivated by need, not measuring worth, not requiring reciprocity — then…"

-Jen Wilkin, In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

"If we focus on our actions without addressing our hearts, we may end up merely as better behaved lovers of self (...) The hope of the gospel in our sanctification is not simply that we would make bet…"

-Jen Wilkin, In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

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28. The American Experience Storybook

By: Stephanie B. Meter

3.63

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

None read more

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  • school
Cover of The Conversation: Challenging Your Student with a Classical Education by Leigh A. Bortins

29. The Conversation: Challenging Your Student with a Classical Education

By: Leigh A. Bortins

4.38

Format: 267 pages, Paperback

Why do so many families stop homeschooling when their children reach high school? Why, when young a… read more

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Cover of Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hathorne

30. Tanglewood Tales

By: Nathaniel Hathorne

3.50

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Hawthorne wrote these stories for children based on Greek myth and legend. They are incomparable re… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • mythology
  • school

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4.42

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Julie Klassen

3.68

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William Makepeace Thackeray , John Carey

4.28

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Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

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Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

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Elizabeth Enright

3.75

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Joan W. Blos

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