El maravilloso mago de Oz

A boy in a river town talks his way out of trouble and into a murder investigation. The complete novel in Spanish, in large readable type.

Mark Twain

The four March sisters growing up while their father is away at war. Alcott's full novel in Spanish, long enough to carry a reader for weeks.

Louisa May Alcott

A map, a schooner and Long John Silver, in the novel that set the template for pirate stories. Illustrated across 122 pages and fast from the first chapter.

Robert Louis Stevenson

A talkative red-haired orphan is sent by mistake to a farm that wanted a boy. The full novel in Spanish, and the start of one of the best loved series for this age.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Alice steps through a mirror into a world laid out as a chess game. Carroll's sequel, denser in wordplay than the first book and a better fit for older readers.

Lewis Carroll