This volume contains a brand-new collection of classic short stories for children written by Lucy Clifford (1846–1929). Clifford, also known under the pseudonym Mrs. W. K. Clifford, was an English journalist, novelist, and wife of notable philosopher and mathematician William Kingdon Clifford. Contents include: “On the Way to the Sun”, “For Money - For Love”, “The Sandy Cat”, “The New Mother”, “Writing a Book”, “Over the Porridge”, “Wooden Tony”, “In the Moonlight”, “Tommy”, “The Donkey on Wheels”, “The Boy and Little Great Lady”, “Good-Day, Gentle Folk”, and “Bibliography”. A timeless collection of classic children's stories that would make for perfect bedtime reading and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Clifford's delightful work. Other works by this author include: “Mrs. Keith's Crime” (1885), “The Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise” (1882), and “Aunt Anne” (1892). Read & Co. Children's is proudly republishing this brand new collection of classic children's short stories now for the enjoyment of a new generation of young readers.

Lucy Clifford (1846–1929), also known as Mrs. W. K. Clifford, was an English journalist, novelist, and wife of notable philosopher and mathematician William Kingdon Clifford. She garnered significant acclaim and successes for her novels, which led to her becoming a literary hostess and friend to a number of notable literary figures of her time including Rudyard Kipling and George Eliot. Originally published in her collection “The Last Touches and Other Stories” (1892), “Wooden Tony” is a Victorian fairy tale about an indolent boy whose laziness results in his metamorphosing into a wooden statue. Also included in this edition is Clifford short story “The Wooden Doll”. An interesting short children's story not to be missed by fans and collectors of Victorian literature of this ilk. Read & Co. Classics is proudly publishing this brand-new collection of classic children's poems now for the enjoyment of a new generation of young poetry lovers.

Hugo Award Winner: In backwoods Wisconsin, an ageless hermit welcomes alien visitors—and foresees the end of humanity . . . Enoch Wallace is not like other humans. Living a secluded life in the backwoods of Wisconsin, he carries a nineteenth-century rifle and never seems to age—a fact that has recently caught the attention of prying government eyes. The truth is, Enoch is the last surviving veteran of the American Civil War and, for close to a century, he has operated a secret way station for aliens passing through on journeys to other stars. But the gifts of knowledge and immortality that his intergalactic guests have bestowed upon him are proving to be a nightmarish burden, for they have opened Enoch’s eyes to humanity’s impending destruction. Still, one final hope remains for the human race . . . though the cure could ultimately prove more terrible than the disease. Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Way Station is a magnificent example of the fine art of science fiction as practiced by a revered Grand Master. A cautionary tale that is at once ingenious, evocative, and compassionately human, it brilliantly supports the contention of the late, great Robert A. Heinlein that “to read science-fiction is to read Simak.”

From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature. Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. You won't find any elves or wizards here...but you will find the biggest, boldest, and downright most peculiar stories from the last hundred years bound together in the biggest Weird collection ever assembled. The Weird features 110 stories by an all-star cast, from literary legends to international bestsellers to Booker Prize winners: including William Gibson, George R. R. Martin, Stephen King, Angela Carter, Kelly Link, Franz Kafka, China Miéville, Clive Barker, Haruki Murakami, M. R. James, Neil Gaiman, Mervyn Peake, and Michael Chabon. The Weird is the winner of the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service The definitive collection of traditional British folk tales, selected and retold by the renowned Alan Garner.

"Flawless. . . . Readers of John Crowley, Ray Bradbury, and Sally Rooney alike will find a home."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Remember the girl you once knew, the theater kid? Now she’s become the Queen, and you might need to rescue her. There’s the historic house, where someone once saw a ghost and you almost fell in love. An ornithopter hangs in the lobby of your corporate workplace: your co-worker thinks he might be able to operate it. Once you found a tunnel under your old high school, and couldn’t resist going to see where it led. Sometimes a door will open into a new world, sometimes into the past. Putting on a costume might be the restart you are half hoping for. There are things buried here. You might want to save them. You might want to get out of the way. Butner’s allusive and elusive stories reach into the uncanny corners of life—where there are no job losses, just HCAPs (Head Count Allocation Procedures), where a tree might talk to just one person, where Death’s Fool is not to be ignored.

Clifford hooks up with a motley pack of dogs and goes off to play on the wrong side of town!

Clifford's first day at school is filled with misadventures.

For use in schools and libraries only. Clifford and Emily Elizabeth love doing activities together and taking care of each other. The "Big, Red Dog" is a beloved and highly recognized character to the preschool set.