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This is a list of notable books by young authors and of books written by notable writers in their early years. These books were written, or substantially completed, before the author's twentieth birthday. Alexandra Adornetto (born 18 April 1994) wrote her debut novel, The Shadow Thief, when she was 13. It was published in 2007.
Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of books or individual stories in the public domain. All files can be accessed for free under an open format layout, available on almost any computer. As of 13 February 2024, Project Gutenberg had reached 70,000 items in its collection of free eBooks. [4] The releases are available in plain ...
In the 19th century, improvements in paper production, as well as the invention of cast-iron, steam-powered printing presses, enabled book publishing on a very large scale, and made books of all kinds affordable by all. Scholarship on children's literature includes professional organizations, dedicated publications, and university courses.
The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling (1894) Through the Sikh War, A Tale of the Conquest of the Punjab, G. A. Henty (1894) The Carved Lions, Mary Louisa Molesworth (1895) The Second Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling (1895) Minstrel Dick, Christabel Rose Coleridge (1896) Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling (1897) The Story of the Treasure Seekers, E ...
The Hut-man's Book: G. D. Fisher: E. V. Shaw: 1950: Living in a hut out in the fields alone with his dog, watching the wild life about him, exploring round about the woods and fields by night as well as by day, in winter as well as in summer – that is what makes this book different from many other story-books of natural history: PS 59
Conor Kostick (born 1964) – Epic, Saga, Edda, Move, The Book of Curses, The Book of Wishes; Erik P. Kraft – Chocolatina, Lenny and Mel series, Miracle Wimp; Ruth Krauss (1901–1993) – The Carrot Seed; Adrienne Kress – Alex and the Ironic Gentleman, Timothy and the Dragon's Gate; Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956) – Naming Maya, Monsoon
Richard F. Burton included it in the supplemental volumes (rather than the main collection of stories) of his translation (published as The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night). [ 2 ] The American Orientalist Duncan Black MacDonald discovered an Arabic-language manuscript of the story at the Bodleian Library ; [ 3 ] however, this was later ...
This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...