18 must-read childrens books like The Jazzman's Trumpet: A Kit Mystery (American Girl Mysteries) by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

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The Jazzman's Trumpet: A Kit Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)

By: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

3.94

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Kit can hardly believe her luck when she wins tickets to a sold-out jazz concert, and a chance to w…

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1. Danger in Paris: A Samantha Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)

By: Sarah Masters Buckey

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Samantha and Nellie are thrilled to visit Paris with Grandmary and the Admiral! But what could be b… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Changes for Josefina: A Winter Story (American Girls: Josephina, #6) by Valerie Tripp, Jean-Paul Tibbles

2. Changes for Josefina: A Winter Story (American Girls: Josephina, #6)

By: Valerie Tripp , Jean-Paul Tibbles

3.93

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Josefina and her sisters are shocked when Tía Dolores announces her plans to leave the rancho. Is t… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Kit's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Kit, #3)

By: Valerie Tripp

4.02

Format: 73 pages, Paperback

It's just before Christmas when Kit overhears the terrible news that her family may lose their hous… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Molly's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Molly, #3)

By: Valerie Tripp

4.04

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Even though he is away serving in an English hospital during World War II, Molly's father finds a w… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Curse of Ravenscourt: A Samantha Mystery

By: Sarah Masters Buckey , Jean-Paul Tibbles , None

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Samantha is excited about her family's stay at a fancy new "apartment-hotel" - until she learns the… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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6. Changes for Kit: A Winter Story (American Girls: Kit, #6)

By: Valerie Tripp , Walter Rane

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

When cranky Uncle Hendrick comes to stay with Kit's family, Kit is less than enthusiastic. With his… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Happy Birthday, Kit: A Springtime Story (American Girls: Kit, #4) by Valerie Tripp, Susan McAliley, Walter Rane

7. Happy Birthday, Kit: A Springtime Story (American Girls: Kit, #4)

By: Valerie Tripp , Susan McAliley , Walter Rane

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of No Ordinary Sound: A Melody Classic by Denise Lewis Patrick, Juliana Kolesova

8. No Ordinary Sound: A Melody Classic

By: Denise Lewis Patrick , Juliana Kolesova

4.02

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

Melody Ellison is an optimistic, enthusiastic girl growing up in Detroit, Michigan during the civil… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Meet Josefina: An American Girl (American Girls: Josefina, #1)

By: Valerie Tripp , Susan McAliley , Jean-Paul Tibbles

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Paperback

Josefina Montoya is growing up on a rancho near Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1824. Ever since Mama died… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. Josefina Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls: Josefina, #5)

By: Valerie Tripp

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Josefina's family is in Santa Fe to make a trade that will affect the future of their "rancho." An … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Stolen Sapphire: A Samantha Mystery

By: Sarah Masters Buckey

3.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

Samantha and Nellie set sail for Europe in 1906. Also aboard the ship is a world-famous archaeologi… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Kit Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls: Kit, #5) by Valerie Tripp

12. Kit Saves the Day: A Summer Story (American Girls: Kit, #5)

By: Valerie Tripp

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kit meets a young hobo who shares his exciting life on the road. When Kit decides to pursue some ad… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Meet Molly: An American Girl (American Girls: Molly, #1)

By: Valerie Tripp , C.F. Payne

3.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

While her father is away fighting in World War II, Molly finds her life full of change as she eats … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

14. Really Truly Ruthie

By: Valerie Tripp

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ruthie Smithens, a girl who believes in fairy tales and happy endings, would do almost anything to … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

15. Taking Off: A Maryellen Classic 2

By: Valerie Tripp , Juliana Kolesova

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Turning ten is a big deal, and Maryellen Larkin wants to celebrate it in a very special way. Will s… read more

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16. Never Stop Singing: A Melody Classic Volume 2 (American Girls: Melody #2)

By: Denise Lewis Patrick , Juliana Kolesova

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

Melody Ellison just turned ten, and she's dreaming of new ways to make her community a better place… read more

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17. Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder?

By: Patricia Brennan Demuth

4.12

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, based on her own childhood and later life, are still bel… read more

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18. Josefina Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Josefina, #2)

By: Valerie Tripp , Susan McAliley

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

Josefina is delighted when Tia Dolores returns to the Montoyas' rancho. But soon after she arrives,… read more

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19. Kit's Railway Adventure

By: Harriet Brown , Jodi Evert

4.20

Format: 192 pages,

All aboard with Kit Kittredge for a memorable railroad adventure to Montana's majestic Glacier Nati… read more

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20. Who Was Helen Keller?

By: Nancy Harrison , Gare Thompson

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and sh… read more

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21. The One and Only (American Girls: Maryellen #1)

By: Valerie Tripp , Juliana Kolesova

4.23

Format: 690 pages, Paperback

Maryellen Larkin is nine years old and longs to stand out, but in a family with five brothers and s… read more

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22. Clue in the Castle Tower: A Samantha Mystery

By: Sarah Masters Buckey , Sergio Giovine

4.50

Format: 176 pages,

Samantha and Nellie are in England for the first time, vacationing with Grandmary and the Admiral. … read more

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23. Happy Birthday, Felicity! A Springtime Story (American Girls: Felicity, #4)

By: Valerie Tripp

4.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Spring brings Felicity's tenth birthday, and a visit from her Grandfather. He arrives with a precio… read more

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24. Pinky Pye (The Pyes, #2)

By: Edward Ardizzone , Eleanor Estes

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Pinky Pye, the Pye family adds another member. A furious black kitten abandoned on their doorste… read more

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25. Josefina's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American girls: Josefina #3)

By: Valerie Tripp , Susan McAliley , Jean-Paul Tibbles

4.25

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

Christmas won't be the same without Mama, and Josefina fears one special tradition will be forgotte… read more

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26. Menace at Mammoth Cave: a Kit Mystery

By: Mary Casanova

3.78

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Kit is in Kentucky to visit her brother, Charlie, and her Aunt Millie. She's looking forward to rid… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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27. Dolls of Our Lives

By: Mary Mahoney

3.53

Format: None pages, None

For Feiwel & Friends, Kat Brzozowski bought world rights to a currently untitled book by Allison Ho… read more

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28. Adventures with Claudie (American Girl: Claudie #2)

By: Brit Bennett

4.38

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Claudie is traveling from Harlem to Georgia with Mama and Cousin Sidney to meet her grandmother and… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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29. Meet Claudie (American Girl® Historical Characters)

By: Brit Bennett

4.35

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

Claudie Wells wants more than anything to be a person whose imagination can fly, instead of a perso… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"She was good at this, too, she supposed--getting on her brother's nerves."

-Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie (American Girl® Historical Characters)

"Miss Zula smiled. 'I did not ask if you were good at it,' she said. 'I asked if you liked to dance."

-Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie (American Girl® Historical Characters)

"Maybe anyone could be an artist, no matter what she did for a living, as long as she found a way to create beauty in her own life."

-Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie (American Girl® Historical Characters)

"About the only thing I understand is this here cornet. You move this finger and you get one note. That finger, and you get a different one. But people are a mystery."

-Brit Bennett, Meet Claudie (American Girl® Historical Characters)

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30. The Jazzman's Trumpet: A Kit Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)

By: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

3.94

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Kit can hardly believe her luck when she wins tickets to a sold-out jazz concert, and a chance to w… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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31. What Is the Story of Alice in Wonderland?

By: Dana M. Rau

4.13

Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition

Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most beloved characters of our time.Find out how Alice in … read more

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  • middle grade

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3.65

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4.34

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