Robert R. Ingpen

"Young Jim Hawkins and his friends set sail for Treasure Island, hoping to find the buried loot of Captin Flint, fiercest of all the pirates. But, unknown to them, the crew of their own ship is made up of Flint's former crew, led by the evil one-legged pirate Long John Silver. Once on the island Jim and his friends must find the buried treasure and escape before the pirates capture them. Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of greed and gold remains...

One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days -- and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompaned by his hot-blooded manservant Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings,...

Briefly describes the beginning and end of life for plants, animals, insects, and people.

Life and work of the man who wrote A Christmas carol and Oliver Twist.

A misshapen dwarf named Pico shares the gift of song with others and is rewarded with a crystal that reflects only his inner beauty.

Follows human activities around a fictitious river as they represent the development of civilization over thousands of years, from the visits of Stone Age hunters to modern efforts to stem pollution.

On its way to England, as a gift from the King of Siam to the Queen of England, the white elephant is stolen from its quarters in Jersey City.

Rhyming tale of the music and magic that fill a graveyard one special night each year, when all sorts of creatures gather for a circus.

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.