Then There Were Five (The Melendy Family, #3)
By: Elizabeth Enright
3.89
Format: 221 pages,
A summer that promises to be eventful turns into something extra special when the four Melendy chil…
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1. The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable Children, #1)
By: Cecil Leslie , E. Nesbit
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
When their father's business fails, the six Bastable children decide to restore the family fortunes… read more
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"If what we have written brings happiness to any sad heart we shall not have laboured in vain. But we want the money too."-Cecil Leslie, The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable Children, #1)
"Being editors is not the best way to wealth. We all feel this now, and highwaymen are not respected any more like they used to be."-Cecil Leslie, The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable Children, #1)
"I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought of this."-Cecil Leslie, The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable Children, #1)
"Albert's uncle says I ought to have put this in the preface, but I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought of th…"-Cecil Leslie, The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable Children, #1)
2. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)
By: Jeanne Birdsall
4.19
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
The Penderwick sisters busily discover the summertime magic of Arundel estate’s sprawling gardens, … read more
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"The cuter the boy, the mushier your brain."-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)
"Don't kill her now, just when we've gone to all that trouble to rescue her," said Jeffrey."-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)
"Maybe it's fate Hound ate the map. Maybe we'll discover something wonderful while we're lost."-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)
"Toward the urn the three children raced in a dead heat, Jane still shouting . FOR CHURCHILL, NELSON, AND PRINCE WILLIAM!"-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1)
3. Betsy-Tacy and Tib (Betsy-Tacy, #2)
By: Lois Lenski , Maud Hart Lovelace
3.82
Format: 224 pages,
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- classics
- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
- juvenile
4. Then There Were Five (The Melendy Family, #3)
By: Elizabeth Enright
3.89
Format: 221 pages,
A summer that promises to be eventful turns into something extra special when the four Melendy chil… read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- juvenile
5. The Penderwicks in Spring (The Penderwicks, #4)
By: Jeanne Birdsall
4.01
Format: 175 pages, Hardcover
Springtime is finally arriving on Gardam Street, and there are surprises in store for each member o… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
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- young adult
6. The Moffats (The Moffats, #1)
By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin
4.01
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Four Moffat children and a hard-working widowed mother live on New Dollar Street in Cranbury villag… read more
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- historical fiction
7. Ballet Shoes (Shoes, #1)
By: Noel Streatfeild , Diane Goode
3.97
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Pauline, Petrova and Posy are orphans determined to help out their new family by joining the Childr… read more
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8. The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
By: Garth Williams , George Selden
4.04
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
One night, the sounds of New York City--the rumbling of subway trains, thrumming of automobile tire… read more
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"Harry had been down to Washington Square to hear an open-air concert of chamber music. How you could play chamber music outdoors Chester didn't understand—but it was New York and anything could happe…"-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
"I guess I'm just feeling Septemberish," sighed Chester. "It's getting towards autumn now. And it's so pretty up in Connecticut. All the trees change color. The days get very clear―with a little smoke…"-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
"Just this once, in the very heart of the busiest of cities, everyone was perfectly content not to move and hardly to breathe. And for those few minutes, while the song lasted, Times Square was still …"-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
"Chester's playing filled the station. Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles of silence spread out from the newsstand. And as people listened, a change came over their face…"-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
9. The Moffat Museum (The Moffats, #4)
By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
There has never been a museum in Cranbury...until now. Among its treasures are the first bike each … read more
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- classics
- childrens
- middle grade
- fiction
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- juvenile
10. Rufus M. (The Moffats, #3)
By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
You've never met anyone quite like Rufus Moffat. He gets things done, but he gets them done his way… read more
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- historical fiction
- juvenile
11. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
By: Margaret Sidney
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Five Little Peppers and How They Grewwas originally serialized in an 1880 edition of Wide Awake, a … read more
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- juvenile
12. Caleb's Story (Sarah, Plain and Tall #3)
By: Patricia MacLachlan
4.03
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Anna has done something terrible. She has given me a journal to fill. "It's your job now," Anna say… read more
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- classics
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13. Strawberry Girl
By: Lois Lenski
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
The land was theirs, but so were its hardships Strawberries -- big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old B… read more
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14. Paddle-to-the-Sea
By: Holling Clancy Holling
4.28
Format: 64 pages, Library Binding
A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and na… read more
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15. Miracles on Maple Hill
By: Beth Krush , Virginia Sorensen
3.86
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Marly and her family share many adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hil… read more
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16. The Wheel on the School
By: Maurice Sendak , Meindert DeJong
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina,… read more
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"... but first to dream and then to do - isn't that the way to make a dream come true?"-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
"That's the trouble with being twins - if you don't know something, you don't know it double."-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
17. Augustus Caesar's World
By: Genevieve Foster
3.11
Format: 216 pages,
Considered the innovator of "horizontal history," Genevieve Foster became frustrated when her two s… read more
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18. Understood Betsy
By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more
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"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy
19. All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1)
By: Sydney Taylor
4.24
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
It's the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement … read more
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20. All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown (All-of-a-Kind Family, #4)
By: Sydney Taylor
3.93
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
Based on the author's family and childhood, these charming books capture the everyday life of a hom… read more
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21. More All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #3)
By: Sydney Taylor , Mary Stevens
4.24
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In the third book of Sydney Taylor's classic children's series, Ella finds a boyfriend and Henny di… read more
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- historical fiction
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22. Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind Family, #5)
By: Sydney Taylor
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
World War I has ended, and Ella, the oldest of the five sisters, who dreams of singing and dancing … read more
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23. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
By: Carol Ryrie Brink
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more
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"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
24. Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (Betsy-Tacy, #3)
By: Lois Lenski , Maud Hart Lovelace
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
Betsy, Tacy, and Tib can't wait to be ten. After all, getting two numbers in your age is the beginn… read more
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25. All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #2)
By: Sydney Taylor
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sydney Taylor grew up among immigrant families on New York City's Lower East Side prior to World Wa… read more
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26. The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (The Penderwicks, #3)
By: Jeanne Birdsall
4.36
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick fam… read more
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- young adult
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27. The View from Saturday
By: E.L. Konigsburg
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
How has Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But we… read more
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28. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)
By: Jeanne Birdsall
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Penderwick sisters are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they… read more
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- young adult
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"...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons. - Mr. Penderwick"-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)
"I got a C because she has no imagination. Who cares about writing essays, anyway, when you can write stories?"-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)
"The referee told me this league has never had a brawl of that magnitude," said Mr. Penderwick after a long, painful silence. "Of course, at the time I was pretending to be a casual passerby and not a…"-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)
"[The kitchen] was also messy--delightfully so, thought Jane--and it didn't look as though lots of cooking went on there. There was a laptop computer on the counter with duck stickers on it, the spice…"-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks, #2)
29. Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
By: Cindy Rollins
4.75
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable … read more
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"The truth is that all humans are always seeing something, paying attention to something, learning something. Perhaps, we are learning every sort of sexual innuendo known to man by watching endless re…"-Cindy Rollins, Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
30. The Vanderbeekers Make A Wish (The Vanderbeekers, #5)
By: Karina Yan Glaser
4.45
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
Witness the power of family history and family love in this funny, poignant addition to a series th… read more
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31. The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)
By: Karina Yan Glaser
4.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Return to Harlem's "wildly entertaining" family in this funny, heartwarming sequel. When catastroph… read more
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"Keep calm and garden on! -Oliver"-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)
"Music makes a garden bloom. -Isa"-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)
"Being in a garden makes we want to dance! -Laney"-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)
"A garden should always have a party in it. -Jessie"-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (The Vanderbeekers, #2)
