About 19 minutes
Little Black Sambo — Story, Setting & Ideas
Childrens Adventures
4,215 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
View Gutenberg source #17824
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About 21 minutes
The Story of Little Black Mingo — Story, Setting & Ideas
Childrens Adventures
4,758 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
View Gutenberg source #11162About 25 minutes
Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures — Context and Discussion
Childrens Adventures
5,553 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
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Catalog snapshot checked: 2026-09-25. Coverage: 96 public books, 96 available source excerpts.
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AHUEL Historical Children’s Library – Public Domain Classics
How do you want to enter a 19th- or early 20th-century children’s library? This catalogue organizes 96 public-domain works by the questions readers bring: stories for young children, tales set in classrooms, adventures away from home, and fairy or moral lessons. Each record links to a Project Gutenberg edition, adds a catalogue note to guide reading, and lists keywords and intended audience. Browse the four categories, or use the suggested reading paths to move from one book to the next. Search by author, title, or keyword when you have a specific interest. Use the categories as starting points, not strict boxes.
96 public-domain works119 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
Children’s — Editor’s Selection
Newly Catalogued by AHUEL
Moufflou, and other stories — Th...
In Childre...
Our trip to Blunderland — Story,...
In Childre...
Uncle Wiggily's rolling hoop — T...
In Childre...
The cats' Arabian nights, or, Ki...
In Childre...
Uncle Wiggily on roller skates —...
In Childre...
Quarterdeck and Fok'sle: Stories...
In Young R...
Edith and Her Ayah, and Other St...
In Childre...
The New-Year's Bargain — Backgro...
In Childre...
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