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A little princess

2005
Presents an illustrated retelling of the classic novel in which Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.

Horton Halfpott, or, The fiendish mystery of Smugwick Manor, or, The loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's corset

2011
Horton, an upstanding kitchen boy in a castle in nineteenth-century England, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts, which is also connected to the pursuit of a very eligible and wealthy young lady's affections.

The quite contrary man

a true American tale
2010
In nineteenth century New England, Joseph Palmer flouts the law against wearing a beard and is accused by his fellow citizens of being unpatriotic and sinful, stubbornly refusing to shave even when he is sent to jail.

A ghost tale for Christmas time

2010
Jack and Annie travel back to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to inspire Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol.".

The evolution of Calpurnia Tate

2009
In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.

Leprechaun in late winter

2010
Jack and Annie travel back to nineteenth-century Ireland to inspire a young Augusta Gregory to share her love of Irish legends and folktales with the world.

David Copperfield

1995
An adaptation of the novel, abridged by Dickens for public readings. Tells the story of a young man, orphaned as a boy, growing up in nineteenth-century England.

Great women of pioneer America

2006
Presents biographical sketches of women from the period of westward expansion of the United States, including doctors, social reformers, and trailblazers.

Friend on freedom river

2004
The Winter of 1850 finds young Louis alone with his mother when his father heads north for work, but when runaway slaves ask Louis for help being ferryed across the Detroit River he wonders what his father would do.

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