Reading path
Once Upon a Time
The books that taught you what a story is, read again with grown-up eyes. A fox under a vine, a rabbit hole, an island with a map, a wardrobe with a winter in it, a spider who can spell. Some were written for children and some were only claimed by them, which is how Crusoe and Gulliver came to live on the nursery shelf. Nearly all of them turn out stranger, sadder and funnier than you remember.
In the app a path keeps your place, marks what you have read, and hands you the next work when you are ready for it.
The first button needs the app on this device; the second gets it there.
The route
- 1. Aesop's FablesAesop, 560 BCE
- 2. The Monkey and the CrocodileUnknown, 300 BCE
- 3. One Thousand and One NightsAnonymous, 1400
- 4. Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe, 1719
- 5. Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift, 1726
- 6. Household TalesBrothers Grimm, 1812
- 7. Fairy Tales and StoriesHans Christian Andersen, 1835
- 8. Goblin MarketChristina Georgina Rossetti, 1862
- 9. The Water-BabiesCharles Kingsley, 1863
- 10. Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll, 1865
- 11. Little WomenLouisa May Alcott, 1868
- 12. Through the Looking GlassLewis Carroll, 1871
- 13. At The Back Of The North WindGeorge MacDonald, 1871
- 14. The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twain, 1876
- 15. Black BeautyAnna Sewell, 1877
- 16. HeidiJohanna Spyri, 1881
- 17. Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson, 1883
- 18. Pinocchio: The Tale of a PuppetCarlo Collodi, 1883
- 19. Huckleberry FinnMark Twain, 1884
- 20. A Child's Garden of VersesRobert Louis Stevenson, 1885
- 21. KidnappedRobert Louis Stevenson, 1886
- 22. The Happy PrinceOscar Wilde, 1888
- 23. The Jungle BookRudyard Kipling, 1894
- 24. The Wonderful Wizard of OzL. Frank Baum, 1900
- 25. Just So StoriesRudyard Kipling, 1902
- 26. Five Children And ItEdith Nesbit, 1902
- 27. The Tale of Peter RabbitBeatrix Potter, 1902
- 28. A Little PrincessFrances Hodgson Burnett, 1905
- 29. The Railway ChildrenEdith Nesbit, 1906
- 30. The Wonderful Adventures of NilsSelma Lagerlöf, 1906
- 31. The Wind in the WillowsKenneth Grahame, 1908
- 32. Anne of Green GablesL.M. Montgomery, 1908
- 33. Peter And WendyJ.M. Barrie, 1911
- 34. The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett, 1911
- 35. The Velveteen RabbitMargery Williams, 1922
- 36. Winnie the PoohA.A. Milne, 1926
- 37. Emil And The DetectivesErich Kästner, 1929
- 38. Swallows and AmazonsArthur Ransome, 1930
- 39. Mary PoppinsP.L. Travers, 1934
- 40. The HobbitJ.R.R. Tolkien, 1937
- 41. The Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943
- 42. Pippi LongstockingAstrid Lindgren, 1945
- 43. Finn Family MoomintrollTove Jansson, 1948
- 44. The Lion, The Witch and the WardrobeC.S. Lewis, 1950
- 45. Charlotte's WebE.B. White, 1952
- 46. The BorrowersMary Norton, 1952
- 47. Tom's Midnight GardenPhilippa Pearce, 1958
- 48. The Phantom TollboothNorton Juster, 1961
- 49. A Wrinkle In TimeMadeleine L'Engle, 1962
- 50. Watership DownRichard Adams, 1972