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Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Works In Translation Ser.)
By H. C Andersen. 2004
Thirteen short fairy stories, translated in 2004 by Naomi Lewis, with a biography of the Danish author and introductory headnotes.…
Includes old favorites and the less familiar "The Flying Trunk" and "The Goblin at the Grocer's." For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1840National Velvet
By Enid Bagnold. 1953
Classic story of a girl and her horse. Fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown is determined to turn the unruly piebald horse she…
won in a raffle into a champion. But it will take more than just hard work and dedication to win the Grand National steeplechase. For grades 6-9. 1935Jo's boys (Bantam classic)
By Louisa May Alcott. 1995
Follows the lives of Daisy and Demi, Nat and Dan, and the rest of Aunt Jo's little men and women…
as they mature. Concludes the series about the March family. Sequel to Little Men (BR 12486). For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1886The tombs of Atuan
By Ursula K Le Guin. 2001
Arha is taken from her parents to be trained as high priestess to the Old Ones in the Atuan tombs.…
She endures her bleak captivity until a trespasser violates her domain in his search for the tombs' greatest treasure. Sequel to A Wizard of Earthsea (BR 7742). For grades 6-9. 1970Tehanu: the last book of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle Ser. #4)
By Ursula K Le Guin. 1990
Tenar, former priestess of Atuan and now the widow of a Gontish farmer, lives quietly caring for her foster daughter…
Therru. Soon another needs Tenar's care: Ged, no longer archmage of Earthsea, returns home half-conscious--on a dragon's back. Sequel to The Farthest Shore (BR 15408). For grades 6-9. 1990Storybook treasury of Dick and Jane and friends
By Elizabeth Rider Montgomery, Dorothy Walter Baruch, William S Gray. 2003
Reissue of three Dick and Jane books, originally published in the 1940s and 1950s, that were widely used in schools…
to teach reading to children. The stories include: We Look and See, We Come and Go, and The New We Work and Play. For grades K-3. 2003The farthest shore (Earthsea Ser. #Vol. 3)
By Ursula K Le Guin. 2001
Ged, archmage of Roke, and Arren, young prince of Enlad, set out to find and challenge the evil that threatens…
to destroy Earthsea itself. Sequel to The Tombs of Atuan (BR 15379). For grades 6-9. National Book Award. 1972The adventures of Pinocchio: story of a puppet
By Carlo Collodi, Nancy L. Canepa, Carmelo Lettere. 2002
Geppetto carves a wooden puppet and names him Pinocchio. The rascally marionette walks and talks like a real boy, but…
his nose grows longer each time he lies. Classic Italian children's tale originally published in 1883. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2002Junie B. Jones and the mushy gushy valentime [i.e. valentine (Junie B. Jones Ser. #14)
By Barbara Park. 1999
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
By Kate Douglas Wiggin, Barbara Mcclintock. 2003
High-spirited Rebecca leaves her widowed mother and six siblings at Sunnybrook Farm to live with her two spinster aunts in…
Riverboro. She brings zest and grace into their gloomy home and dull lives. For grades 3-6. 1903Peter Pan: Illustrated by Michael Hague
By J. M. Barrie, Michael Hague. 2003
Bread and jam for Frances
By Russell Hoban. 1992
The velveteen rabbit, or How toys become real: The Classic Children's Book
By Margery Bianco. 1922
A velveteen rabbit stuffed with sawdust learns from an older toy that a child's love can make him real. Rabbit…
happily experiences the joy of this love and at last learns of another kind of reality. For grades 2-4 and older readersFalling up: poems and drawings
By Shel Silverstein. 1996
A collection of brief and humorous poems featuring silly situations and a gallery of zany characters. You will see the…
world from "a different angle" as you meet the Terrible Toy-Eating Tookle, attend the "Rotten Convention," and visit Hungry Kid Island. For grades 2-4 and older readers. BestsellerCome back, Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Level 2 Ser.)
By Peggy Parish. 1995
Amelia Bedelia cannot keep a job because she does exactly as she is instructed. For example, as an office clerk…
Amelia jumps up and down on letters that she is asked to stamp. For K-3The last battle (Chronicles Of Narnia Ser. #7)
By C. S Lewis. 1994
When evil comes to Narnia, Jill and Eustace help fight the great last battle, and Aslan leads his people to…
a glorious new paradise. Seventh and final title, sequel to The Silver Chair (BR 13949). For grades 4-7. 1956Sammy the seal (I Can Read Level 1 Ser.)
By Syd Hoff. 1959
Eager to try life outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the…
children but decides that, after all, home is best. For grades K-3. 1959Swallows and Amazons (Swallows And Amazons Ser.)
By Arthur Ransome. 1985
Two English families and their lively children spend the summer camping out on Wild Cat Island. They explore their miniature…
world, hunt for a hidden treasure, and follow the mysterious doings of an uncle suspected of being a pirate. For grades 4-7. 1930Ramona Quimby, age 8: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Ramona #6)
By Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Rogers. 1981
As Ramona enters third grade, her father returns to college to become an art teacher. Having a working mother and…
a student father is tough on the family, but the Quimbys stick together through good times and bad. For grades 3-6 and older Cleary fansA year down yonder
By Richard Peck, Steve Cieslawski. 2000
During the 1937 recession fifteen-year-old Mary Alice from Chicago is sent to live with feisty Grandma Dowdel in rural Illinois.…
There she learns about small-town ways and grows to love her grandmother. Sequel to A Long Way from Chicago (DB 50305, BR 12129). For grades 6-9. Newbery Medal. Bestseller. 2000