Deidre S Laiken

"Fresh from his escapades with Tom Sawyer, with six-thousand dollars in the bank and the Widow Douglas as his guardian, Huck Finn faces unforeseen challenges. He bridles under the Widow's and Miss Watson's attempts to 'sivilize' him, as even Tom insists he become respectable. Then, Huck's father, Pap, shows up, determined to steal Huck's fortune. When things don't go Pap's way, he kidnaps Huck. Escaping from Pap, Huck meets Jim, Miss Watson's slave,...

After being transported by a cyclone to the land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog are befriended by a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion, who accompany her to the Emerald City to look for a wizard who can help Dorothy return home to Kansas.

A tale told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Among the crew, however, is the treacherous Long John Silver who is determined to keep the treasure for himself.