These heartwarming tales from the canon of childhood classics remind us that, at any age, friendship is the most priceless and enduring gift of all.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
The Enchanted Castle and Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
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