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Saturday, February 7, 2026

Read Books Written for Children like "All Around the Moon" by Jules Verne for FREE!

Do you enjoy reading children's books? I do.

I found an incredible treasure trove of historical children’s books at openculture.com, ALL digitized and free to read online. FREE!!

I know all about “Around the World in 80 Days”. But I never knew Jules Verne wrote a book titled “All Around the Moon”. Did you?

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Rediscovering Historical Children’s Books

There’s something magical about opening a children’s book from another era. The language, illustrations, and moral lessons offer a window into how past generations understood childhood, imagination, and education. These books aren’t just quaint artifacts—they reveal shifting cultural values, forgotten storytelling styles, and the evolution of what adults once believed children needed to learn.

Exploring historical children’s literature can deepen our understanding of social history, art, and even parenting trends. It’s also a reminder that stories have always shaped how young people see the world.

If you’re curious to explore this rich legacy, one of the best resources available is a remarkable digital archive hosted by Open Culture. They’ve gathered over 6,000 historical children’s books, all fully digitized and completely free to read. The collection spans centuries and genres, making it an invaluable resource for educators, researchers, parents, and anyone who loves the charm of vintage storytelling.

This site offers open access to rare materials that would otherwise be locked away in special collections. It’s a treasure trove of cultural history—beautiful, surprising, and endlessly inspiring.

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The Space Novels of Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon, All Around the Moon

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Thrills & Hearts: Must-Read Books: Two Thrillers and One Romance

In the mood for an intense read?

You could get engrossed in a heady romance novel or bury your face in two compelling mystery thrillers with just the right amount of suspense to make your heart race and keep you on the edge of your seat.

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A strong-minded intelligent beauty and a new king. Tell me you don’t want to know what’s gonna happen!!

Novel by award-winning author Selena Montgomery.

Power Of Persuasion (Arabesque)

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5 STARS! Author Mary Leo has constructed a unique example of a one-of-its-kind historical fiction based on actual horrendous murders that occurred in Chicago.

Trusting Evil

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Texas Deputy Sheriff Jim Doe is on the hunt for a sociopath who has been abducting Indian children in the heartland. The suspect is an American Indian. Doe, a descendant of the Blackfeet Nation himself, keeps getting mistaken for the killer that he’s chasing.
[ Sounds like fun, huh?! :) ]

Author Stephen Graham Jones, born and raised in Texas; American Indian, Blackfeet Nation. This is his second novel.

All the Beautiful Sinners

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NOTE: Content previously published elsewhere on the web, however, the site shut down.
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Saturday, June 12, 2021

Vintage Books for Your Personal Library or Book Collections

No matter what anybody says I say that libraries will never go out of style. Yes, there is and always will be digitized literature. But nothing will ever replace resting comfortably in your bed or on your sofa and curling with a good book! NOT a tablet!

That being said, I have always loved most things vintage. Have to define “vintage” in case you happen to be about the age of one of my kids. Vintage for them might be circa 1980 or 1990, and they may think vintage for me would be circa 1880 or 1890. Not so.

Vintage, by my definition, is back in my day, the 1950s and 60s, or anything before that but still in the 1900s.

Are we clear? Good!

One of my favorite things is “library trash”. Books that some public libraries toss like trash because they do not have enough room on their shelves and have to make space for the “new”.

In my dictionary: old books = vintage books; and they are still worth reading!

Of course, if it is left up to chance and you are searching for a specific book, the odds are not in your favor and you may be waiting a while – wishing and hoping for that particular reading material to end up on the pile. Not all awesome vintage books are tossed by the head librarian.

Fortunately, there is a bookstore called Vintage Books, that has been around since 1954. It is physically located in New York, New York, but thanks to the wonders of information technology, you can peruse their bookshelf online. There are books listed by the usual genres from Art to History to Mystery to Travel. But you might find the selected works categorized in the Vintage Series worth examining. There are 5 different series: Civil War; Classics; Contemporaries, Departures; and International.

Vintage books are priceless additions to your own personal library and are great gift ideas. What is also great is that these published works are not very expensive, come in paperback or hardcover, as well as audio-book format or in the Kindle edition.

(NOTE: Vintage Books is part of the Random House/Knopf Doubleday network of bookselling sites. Below are book Selections From the Vintage Series

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