Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
JF ALCOTT, L.
This is the story of the four March sisters as they grow into young women while their father is off fighting in the Civil War.
National Velvet
by Enid Bagnold
J PBK B
In mid-twentieth-century England, fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown, determined to turn the unruly horse she wins in a raffle into a champion, learns that she needs more than hard work and dedication to achieve her goal of riding her horse in the Grand National steeplechase.
Peter Pan
by J.M. Barrie
JF BARRIE, J.
The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
JF BAUM, L.
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
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A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
JF BURNETT, F.
Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
JF BURNETT, F.
Orphaned, ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
JF CARROLL, L.
- Alice falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.
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Beezus and Ramona
by Beverly Cleary
JF CLEARY, B.
Beezus' biggest problem is her 4-year-old sister Ramona. Even though Beezus knows sisters are supposed to love each other, with a sister like Ramona, it seems impossible.
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The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pène Du Bois
J PBK D
Three weeks after leaving San Francisco in a balloon to fly across the Pacific, Professor Sherman is picked up in the Atlantic clinging to wreckage.
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
JF GRAHAME, K.
The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
J PBK K
This is the story of Mowgli, the Man-Cub raised by wolves in the jungles of India.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
JF LEWIS, C.
- Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
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Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
JF LINDGREN, A.
Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.
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The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
J PBK L
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
by Betty Bard MacDonald
JF MACDONALD, B.
From her upside-down house, the eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle issues to parents her marvelous cures for such common children's diseases as Won't-Put-Away-Toys-itis, Answerbackism, and Fighter-Quarrelitis.
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Winnie-The-Pooh : The Color Edition
by A.A. Milne
JF MILNE, A.
The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends, in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Heffalump, and Eeyore has a birthday.
Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery
JF MONTGOMERY, L.
- Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
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The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
JF NORTON, M.
Have you ever lost a button or a pair of scissors never to see them again? If so, maybe your home is inhabited by the Borrowers--little people who recycle big people's household items to make their furniture and decorate their rooms.
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The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
JF SAINT-EXUPERY, A.
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
JF SEWELL, A.
- A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
JF STEVENSON, R.
A well-respected doctor is turned into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own making.
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
JF STEVENSON, R.
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate's fortune.
The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again
by J.R.R. Tolkien
JF TOLKIEN, J.
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
Mary Poppins
by P.L. Travers
JF TRAVERS, P.
- An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
J PBK T
A young boy and a runaway slave raft down the Mississippi River to freedom.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
J PBK T
Young rascal Tom Sawyer has many adventures including tricking his friends into white-washing the fence and playing pirate in the forest.
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
J PBK V
A wealthy gentleman makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
JF SF WELLS, H.
Human civilization is under threat as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines, destroying all life in their path with black gas and burning rays.
Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
JF WHITE, E.
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
Stuart Little
by E.B. White
JF WHITE, E.
The Little family is surprised when their second child turns out to be a mouse.
Little House on the Prairie
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
JF WILDER, L.
A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
The Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss
JF WYSS, J.
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.
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