18 Top classics books like Mrs. Pepperpot's Outing (Young Puffin Books) by Alf Prøysen

Mrs. Pepperpot's Outing (Young Puffin Books)

By: Alf Prøysen

3.95

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

You remember Mrs. Pepperpot? She's the little old woman who lives on a hillside in Norway and has t…

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1. The Boy on the Porch

By: Sharon Creech

3.92

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech comes a singular story that reminds us of the surprising co… read more

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childrens
fiction

2. May B.

By: Caroline Starr Rose

3.83

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

I’ve known it since last night: It’s been too long to expect them to return. Something’s happened… read more

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"I am Mavis Elizabeth Betterly. I am used to hard work. I can run a household better than Mrs. Oblinger ever could. What does it matter, those things that hold me back? What does it matter when I make…"
-Caroline Starr Rose, May B.

3. Justin Morgan Had a Horse

By: Marguerite Henry , Wesley Dennis

4.05

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Joel's face suddenly lit up as if he had thought of something for the first time. He spoke now to t… read more

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4. There's a Monster in Your Book

By: None , Greg Abbott , Tom Fletcher

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author of The Christmasuarus, Tom Fletcher, has written a brand new picture book perfec… read more

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fiction
childrens
fantasy

5. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.76

Format: None pages,

When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more

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childrens
fiction

6. My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)

By: Ruth Stiles Gannett

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Elmer Elevator (narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby… read more

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chapter books
childrens
fiction
fantasy

7. Red Sails to Capri (Puffin Newberry Library)

By: Ann Weil

4.00

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The minute he saw the boat with the red sails moving into the harbor, Michele knew that something e… read more

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childrens
fiction

8. The Smartest Giant in Town

By: Julia Donaldson , Axel Scheffler

3.40

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

George was very happy being the scruffiest giant in town. But one day, when he sees a shop stocking… read more

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fiction
childrens
fantasy

9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

By: Eric Carle

4.33

Format: 26 pages, Board book

THE all-time classic story, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 sec… read more

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childrens
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"On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcak…"
-Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

10. Hetty Feather

By: Jacqueline Wilson

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

London, 1876 and Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hosp… read more

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childrens
fiction

11. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded… read more

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childrens
fiction

12. The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook

By: Joyce Lankester Brisley

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The stories of Milly-Molly-Mandy and her family and friends have charmed generations of children si… read more

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chapter books
childrens
fiction

13. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)

By: Beatrix Potter

4.22

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

"Now, my dears," said old Mrs Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but… read more

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fiction
classics
childrens
fantasy

"I am aware these little books don't last long even if they are a success."
-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
"Peter was not very well during the evening. His mother put him to bed, and made some chamomile tea: "One table-spoonful to be taken at bedtime."
-Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)

14. The Borrowers Aloft (The Borrowers #4)

By: Mary Norton

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock -- the family of tiny Borrowers -- think they have at last found an… read more

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fiction
classics
childrens
fantasy

15. Corduroy

By: Don Freeman

4.72

Format: 64 pages,

Have you ever dreamed of being locked in a department store at night? The endearing story of Cordur… read more

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fiction
classics
childrens
fantasy

16. Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

4.09

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more

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chapter books
childrens
fiction

"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"
-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price
"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"
-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

17. Mr. Popper's Penguins

By: Richard Atwater , Florence Atwater , Robert Lawson

3.97

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

The Poppers unexpectedly come into possession of a penguin, then get a penguin from the zoo who mat… read more

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chapter books
childrens
fiction
fantasy

18. The Trumpet of the Swan

By: E.B. White , Fred Marcellino

4.10

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Generations have grown up with E. B. White's classic novels. One of his best-loved books, The Trump… read more

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chapter books
childrens
fiction
fantasy

"When in love, one must take risks."
-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan
"Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom."
-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan
"Besides, my life is a catastrophe. It's a catastrophe to be without a voice."
-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan
"In almost everyone's life there is one event that changes the whole course of his existence."
-E.B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan

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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classics
childrens
fiction

20. Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

By: Patricia MacLachlan

3.83

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter… read more

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chapter books
childrens
fiction

"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."
-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
"There are always things to miss," said Maggie. "No matter where you are."
-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."
-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)

21. Freddy the Detective

By: None , Kurt Wiese

3.50

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

Freddy the pig, stimulated by reading Sherlock Holmes, sets up in a business as a detective. read more

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22. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

By: Barbara Robinson

4.22

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! The Best Christmas Pageant… read more

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fiction

"I've got the baby here," Imogene barked at the Wise Men. "Don touch him! I named him Jesus."
-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)
"When they got to the part about swaddling clothes and the manger, Imogene asked, “You mean they tied him up and put him in a feedbox? Where was the Child Welfare?"
-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

23. Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1)

By: Beverly Cleary

3.15

Format: 252 pages,

Nine-year-old Beezus Quimby has her hands full with her little sister, Ramona. Sure, other people h… read more

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24. Henry Huggins (Henry Huggins, #1)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the first novel from Newbery Award-winning author Beverly Cleary, boys and girls alike will inst… read more

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25. The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Ralph S. Mouse, #1)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary , Louis Darling

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Pb-pb-b-b-b. Pb-pb-b-b-b." With these magic vocables, Ralph the mouse revs up a dream come true--h… read more

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26. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

By: Beatrix Potter

3.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkinis an original classic by Beatrix Potter. Beatrix Potter's famous tale o… read more

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27. The Tiger Rising

By: Kate DiCamillo

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

The National Book Award finalist from the best-selling author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE - now in pap… read more

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28. The Sign of the Beaver

By: Elizabeth George Speare

3.87

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring th… read more

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childrens
fiction

29. Astrid the Unstoppable

By: Maria Parr

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A modern classic in the making, this hilarious and heartwarming story explores the true meaning of … read more

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childrens
fiction

30. Snowman

By: Michael Morpurgo and Robin Shaw