George MacDonald

The works of George MacDonald, the Scottish author, poet, and minister, have influenced the likes of W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, Madeleine L'Engle, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain. MacDonald wrote some of the first popular fantasy novels and is best known for his enduring stories, such as "Phantastes", "The Princess and the Goblin", "Lilith", and "At the Back of the North Wind". Macdonald said of his work that he wrote "not for children, but for the...

Rev. ed. of: Thomas Wingfold, curate. 1876. Thomas Wingfold, Curate, has settled into his first parish. But his confidence is deeply shaken by the question "Tell me, do you really believe one word of all that?"

This picture book is an ode to newborn babies.

Richard, an young man who was rescued as an infant from someone who perceived him as a threat, unknowingly returns to the estate of his birth when he is hired as a bookbinder to repair old volumes in the library.