Freckles

by Gene Stratton Porter

Characters:

Freckles - watchguard of Limberlost
Swamp Angel - Freckles dream girl
Mc Lean - the company manager of timber
The Duncans - the accommodating couple
Wessner and Black Jack - the wood thiefs

Summary:

The kind Duncan family not thinks twice to allow poor Freckles to board on their home. Freckles got a job as watchman at the Limberlost forest company. Freckles witness anomaly in the forest, a lumberjack thief Wessner offered him money whenever they cut woods illegally. This happens all without the awareness of company manager Mc Lean. But the young watchman didn’t know that Mc Lean and the Duncans observe and knew everything.

Swamp Angel, as Freckles use to call her dream lady make friend with him. Swamp is the daughter of owner of the lumber. At the forest, she likes stunning to butterflies and birds and even flowers. Freckles and Swamp Angel became good buddies; they compromise each other in many things. One time, a lady who sells butterflies to Swamp Angel came, informing that thieves are cutting woods. Freckles act fast; he made a warning shot to fright the thieves Wessner and Black Jack.

The Adventures of Robin Hood

by Howard Pyle

Characters:

Robin Hood - nobleman of Locksley
King Richard - the Lionheart King of England
King John - the bad-mannered half-brother of Richard
Little John, Friar Tuck and Allan-a-Dale.

The Story:

King Richard of England leaves together with his armies to unite a sacred campaign. Upon his absence, his half-brother King John takes his place in handling the English people but turned out to be brutal. Robin, the young earl of Locksley, was banned and chased with the Sheriff of Nottingham because of winning for the poor.

One time, Robin Hood saved a father who slays a deer in the forest to earn and feed his family from taking into custody and punishment. He run after by the king’s gamekeeper, he then went to the sheriff’s hall along with the dead deer and challenge to battle.

The Lark On The Wing

by Elfrida Vipont

Characters:

Kit Haverard - dreams to become a singer
Laura Haverard - Kit’s relative
Terry Chauntesinger - co-singer of Kit
Papa Andreas - voice teacher
Laurence Cray - a kind young man

The Story:

A young girl from Heryot Friends School dreams to become a singer and don't want to be a secretary to his professor father. Though most of the time Laura Haverard, a close relative make fun of her thoughts. Also her other relatives always tell her that there’s no benefit in singing.

When his father got ill he brought him to the French town of Rosayac. While dining in a cafe, she was invited to sing and Kit graced the stage and sings few songs which amuse the happy listeners. Returning to England finally Kit was so happy to permit by his father study singing.

Beautiful Joe

by Marshall Saunders

Characters:

Beautiful Joe - a little dog
Jenkins - the milkman
Harry Gray - a young man
Laura - the Morris daughter
Jack Morris - Joe’s protector

The Story:

There is a nasty milkman named Jenkins who owned a middle-sized brown dog named Beautiful Joe. His brutal master cut off his ears and tail when his mother died. Joe was fortunate that Harry Gray came along and took him out of Jenkins hands. Harry gave him to the kind Morris family.

His stay with the Morris family comforts Joe because they treated him well. He gains a long-lasting companionship with a little puppy named Billy. He is bright and amusing with his learned tricks from the Morris family. He also got close to birds, and a cat named Malta who is always frightened to a bully dog that Joe fought.

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

by Selma Lagerlof

Characters:

Nils Holgersson, a Swedish boy
Thumbietot, the elf
Akka, the goose leader
Wind Rush, a crew wild crow
Jarro, the wild duck

The Novel:

Little Nils, a little Swedish boy, was turning selfish to his parents and neighbourhood people, and even cruel to his friends. Suddenly he discovered himself transformed into an elf doomed to travel everywhere.

Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans

by T. Herold

Characters:

Jeanne D'Arc, illiterate Domremy village girl.
Charles, French dauphin crowned Charles VII.
Tremoille,the king's evil adviser.
Duke Alencon and La Hire, Joan's loyal generals.
Bishop Pierre Cauchon, who tried Joan.

The Story:

Joan of Arc, or Jeanne d' Arc, was an illiterate daughter of farmer Jacques Darc in Domremy, France. At 13, she began seeing visions of Archangel Michael and hearing the heavenly voices of St. Marguerite and St. Catherine urging her to deliver France from the English and crown the French dauphin.

Pinocchio

by "C. Collodi" (Carlo Lorenzini)

Characters:

Pinocchio, the wooden puppet.
Geppetto, the poor Italian beggar.
Harlequin and Punchinello, other puppets.
The Fox and The Cat, swindlers.

The Story:

Italian beggar Geppetto made a wooden puppet which he named Pinocchio, so he could put up puppet shows. The long-faced puppet became a living thing, ran out of Geppetto’s house and met many adventures outside. Hungry, Pinocchio wandered about; water was poured on him by angry homeowners; his feet got burned when he slept with a brazier full of burning embers for a footstool.

The Jungle Book

by Rudyard Kipling

Characters:

Mowgli, a boy of India.
Shere Khan, a Bengal tiger; Tabaqui, the jackal.
Balao, a small bear; Bagheera, a phanter.

The Story:

A collection of connected short stories about Mowgli, a little boy from a village in India who got lost in the forests. A mother wolf who had just given birth allowed Mowgli to suckle with her young. He grew up with the bests of the forests.

The Young Pitcher

by Zane Grey

Characters:

Kenneth Ward, the pitching freshman.
Worry Arthurs, baseball coach.
Captain Dale, sophomore president.
Graves, Reddy Ray, Duncan, Weir, other friends.

The Story:

Kenneth Ward, forestry student at Wayne College, discovered that as a freshman he was considered dirt and had to fight his way to recognition. Sophomores picked up a fight with him when he sat on a front row belonging to sophomores, although freshies were supposed to stay in back seats. Ken and the freshmen beat the sophomores in fist fights.

Adventures Of Kenji Of Japan

by Albert J. Nevine

Characters:

Kenji Tagao, a Japanese farm body.
Taro, his brother.
The American missionary.

The Story:

Young Kenji Tagao and his family live on a prosperous farm in the fertile Omani valley in Japan. He does his chores, goes to school were he becomes the Kendo champion and wins a trip that sends his around the country. He sees the wonders of his native land, the beauty of cities and towns, the agriculture and industries everywhere.