A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Picture book · ages 5–10 · grades K–5 · 1100L · 159 pages · 1966
Why we'd hand it over
Hawthorne's 19th-century prose is ornate and demanding, but the mythological tales are vivid enough to anchor a child's understanding of classical heroes—better as a read-aloud than independent reading for most 7–9 year-olds.