Louisa May Alcott

A collection of American Christmas stories spanning traditional, Civil War-era holiday storytelling to modern times in genres including science fiction, fantasy, westerns, humor, and horror that focus on Christmas morning, gifts, wise men, nativities, family, commercialism, or dinners.

"With the holidays over, the little fillies settle back into everyday life, but they still dream for more: Twilight Sparkle wishes to attend more parties in the hopes of becoming a magical apprentice, Rarity wishes for more emeralds to trade at school, and Rainbow Dash wishes to publish a novel as grand as A.K. Yearling's writings"--Amazon.

"Spring is finally here, and with it comes challenges for the little ponies, including sickness, departures, and, worst of all, a bad haircut"--Amazon.

Chronicles the lives of the March family during the American Civil War when the father is away fighting and spunky daughter Jo resolves to become a writer.

This anthology of unabridged short stories represents some of the most significant works from the most influential American authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Included are Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, Mermaids by Louisa May Alcott, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge...

Set in New England during the Civil War, it chronicles the lives and loves of Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth, four sisters who must rely on each other for strength in the face of tragedies both large and small, after their father leaves for battle.

The old curiosity shop: Peter Ustinov plays the lovable old shopkeeper who lives with his granddaughter, Nell, in turn-of-the-century England. The old man has borrowed heavily from his evil landlord, Daniel Quilp. When Quilp discovers his tenant has been throwing the money away at the gaming tables, Quilp takes possession of the shop and threatens to have the old man thrown in the madhouse. Nell and her grandfather are forced to flee London. so begins...

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England. Born into poverty yet taught to live generously by their mother, the sisters encounter the classic struggles all girls face.