A Light in the Attic
Silverstein's attic poems and line drawings turn chores, monsters, and homework into jokes and small rebellions.
2,998-word summary · 13 min read
classics + humor
12 books tagged both “classics” and “humor”.
James and the Giant Peach
Lonely James escapes two cruel aunts inside a giant peach with huge insect friends, rolling to the sea and floating on gulls to New York City.
2,384-word summary · 11 min read
The BFG
Orphan Sophie is taken by the Big Friendly Giant, who blows happy dreams and eats vile snozzcumbers, and helps her stop nine man eating giants.
2,812-word summary · 12 min read
The Cat in the Hat
A tall Cat turns a rainy day upside down for Sally and her brother, with Thing One and Thing Two in tow.
2,546-word summary · 11 min read
The House at Pooh Corner
Tigger bounces into the Hundred Acre Wood while Pooh builds Eeyore a house and Piglet does a grand thing.
2,022-word summary · 9 min read
Winnie-the-Pooh
Edward Bear comes downstairs bump-bump-bump and into the Hundred Acre Wood for honey, hunneys, and heffalumps.
2,068-word summary · 9 min read
Catch-22
Yossarian tries to survive Pianosa bombing runs while the catch traps him.
3,764-word summary · 17 min read
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Poor Charlie Bucket finds a golden ticket to tour Wonka's factory with four spoiled kids.
3,574-word summary · 16 min read
Matilda
Brilliant Matilda Wormwood teaches herself to read, faces her crooked parents and the fearsome Miss Trunchbull, and finds Miss Honey.
2,296-word summary · 10 min read
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer skips school, chases Becky Thatcher and sees Injun Joe kill in a graveyard on the Mississippi.
3,439-word summary · 15 min read
The Princess Bride
Buttercup loses Westley to pirates and is forced to marry Prince Humperdinck in Florin.
3,412-word summary · 15 min read
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Sidewalk Ends retold: poems and drawings, Sarah Cynthia, unicorns, homework and giants.
1,952-word summary · 9 min read