is a 1991 animated television series produced by French writer Jean Chalopin. It follows the fictional quest of two children, Jules and Julie, in their travels across Eurasia seeking to overthrow the Empress Dowager of China, and consequently, release their fathers from imprisonment.

is a work of fiction by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in literature. Nils Holgersson, whose "chief delight was to eat and sleep, and after that he liked best to make mischief" is turned into a tomte, after rejecting to free a tomte he captures, leaving him shrunk and able to speak to animals ...

is a Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation, as part of the World Masterpiece Theater series. It is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic 1862 novel Les Misérables, depicting the troubles little Cosette goes through after her mother, Fantine, leaves her in care of the Thénardier family ...

is an adaptation of Canadian children's literature author Budge Wilson's 2008 prequel novel Before Green Gables. It chronicles the early years of main character Anne Shirley as she loses both her parents and is adopted by Joanna (her maternal aunt) and Bert Thomas.

is a Japanese animated television series and the fifth entry in Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater. It was adapted from the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Anne Shirley, a girl raised in an orphanage, is accidentally sent to Miss Marilla and Mr. Matt Cuthbert, who had originally requested a boy. Marilla is surprised at first but as she learns of her sad past, Anne gradually becomes an irreplaceable member of the Cuthbert family.

is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation and the fourth production in the World Masterpiece Theater series. It is based on the French novel En Famille by Hector Malot. Perrine Paindavoine is the daughter of an Anglo-Indian mother and a French father who dies at the very beginning of the story. Before dying, he asks his wife and Perrine to return to his hometown, Maraucourt, where Perrine's grandfather owns a factory.

is a 1993 Japanese animated television series based on Louisa May Alcott's Little Men, produced by Nippon Animation. The title is taken from Jo's Boys, the title of the sequel to Little Men, on which the series is also partially based. Josephine March has grown into womanhood about ten years since Tales of Little Women and is now married to the German Professor, Friedrich Bhaer. In the Plumfield farm-house that Aunt March had left her, Jo Bhaer has established a new school for her two sons, Robby and Teddy, nephews (Franz, Emil, Demi-John), niece (Daisy) and a gang of orphaned children, including Annie "Nan" Harding and a rough, street-wise adolescent named Dan.