Burlington Public Library

Tom, a foundling, is discovered one evening by the benevolent Squire Allworthy and his sister Bridget and brought up as a son in their household; when his sexual escapades and general misbehavior lead them to banish him, he sets out in search of both his fortune and his true identity. Amorous, high-spirited, and filled with what Fielding called the glorious lust of doing good, but with a tendency toward dissolution, Tom Jones is one of the first characters...

An adaptation of the 19th-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and undersea world which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the 20th century.

Chronicles the adventures of a young boy growing up in a 19th-century Mississippi River town.

The adventures of Mowgli, the boy reared by a pack of wolves in an Indian jungle.

Presents a collection of Christmas stories, including "The Christmas bluebird," "Not Evan A. Mouse," and "Crayon box Christmas."

A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running, until the day a wolf is really there and no one answers his call.

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.