11 Top childrens books like Alfie Treasury by Shirley Hughes

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Alfie Treasury

By: Shirley Hughes

4.63

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Alfie and Annie Rose are two of the best-loved characters in children's picture books. A generation…

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1. The Witch of Blackbird Pond

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Newbery Medal Winner (1959) Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the col… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"People are afraid of things they don’t understand."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"She and Prudence sat on a cool grassy carpet. A pale green curtain of branches just brushed the grasses and threw a filigree of shadows, as delicate as the wrought silver, on the child’s face."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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2. The Wind in the Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

Format: 197 pages, Paperback

“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight..."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."

-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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3. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

By: Grace Lin

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the valley of Fruitless Mountain, a young girl named Minli spends her days working hard in the f… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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4. The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)

By: Robert Jordan

3.93

Format: 685 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Seanchan invasion force is in possession of Ebou Dar. Nynaeve, Elayne, and Aviendha head for Ca… read more

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"Under the Light,"

-Robert Jordan, The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)

"I am Elayne Trakand,"

-Robert Jordan, The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)

"A secret spoken finds wings."

-Robert Jordan, The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)

"I would not mind you in my head, if you were not so clearly mad."

-Robert Jordan, The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)

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5. Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time, #13)

By: Brandon Sanderson , Robert Jordan

3.63

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The end draws near.... The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One's prison are crumblin… read more

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  • fiction
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6. 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
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7. A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time, #14)

By: Brandon Sanderson , Robert Jordan

4.12

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

"And it came to pass in those days, as it had come before and would come again, that the Dark lay h… read more

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  • fiction
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8. Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)

By: Robert Jordan

3.78

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

In the tenth book of The Wheel of Time from the New York Times #1 bestselling author Robert Jordan,… read more

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"Sometimes, pain is all that lets you know you're alive."

-Robert Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)

"If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third."

-Robert Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)

"The surface of the water may be still, but the fish never stop swimming."

-Robert Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)

"When you knew you were going to hang, the only thing to do was grin at the noose."

-Robert Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time, #10)

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9. Phantastes

By: George MacDonald

3.48

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

"I was dead, and right content," the narrator says in the penultimate chapter of Phantastes. C.S. L… read more

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  • fiction
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10. The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

By: Brandon Sanderson , Robert Jordan

4.43

Format: 824 pages, Hardcover

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to … read more

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"Women,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"Then why let me go?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"So I believe you’ve told me,"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

"Then how did you end up here?"

-Brandon Sanderson, The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)

11. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

5.00

Format: None pages,

Precious Ramotswe has only just set up shop as Botswana's No.1 (and only) lady detective when she i… read more

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  • fiction
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12. The Magical Land of Noom

By: Johnny Gruelle

4.42

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Come on a high-flying adventure with Johnny and Janey as they travel from their own backyard to the… read more

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  • childrens
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13. The Story of Ferdinand

By: Robert Lawson , Munro Leaf

3.33

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinandhas enchanted readers since it was fi… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

14. Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet Laura Ingalls . . . . . . the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books. P… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. 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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  • childrens
  • fiction
"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

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16. A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)

By: Robert Jordan

4.06

Format: 880 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and go. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall un… read more

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"I won't shout at you!" Nyanaeve shouted."

-Robert Jordan, A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)

"Believing because you think you know is dangerous."

-Robert Jordan, A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)

"Men teach cats curiosity, but cats keep sense for themselves."

-Robert Jordan, A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)

"If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know."

-Robert Jordan, A Crown of Swords (The Wheel of Time, #7)

Cover of Winter's Heart (The Wheel of Time, #9) by Robert Jordan

17. Winter's Heart (The Wheel of Time, #9)

By: Robert Jordan

3.97

Format: 780 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rand is on the run with Min, and in Cairhein, Cadsuane is trying to figure out where he is headed. … read more

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"A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough."

-Robert Jordan, Winter's Heart (The Wheel of Time, #9)

"Stories have power. Gleemen's tales, and bards' epics, and rumors in the street alike. They stir passions, and change the way men see the world."

-Robert Jordan, Winter's Heart (The Wheel of Time, #9)

"You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway."

-Robert Jordan, Winter's Heart (The Wheel of Time, #9)

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18. Jamberry

By: Bruce Degen

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Board Book

This bestselling classic features a berry-loving boy and an endearing rhyme-spouting bear. The fun … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

19. Why I Wake Early

By: Mary Oliver

3.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

The forty-seven new works in this volume include poems on crickets, toads, trout lilies, black snak… read more

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20. 84, Charing Cross Road

By: Helene Hanff

3.57

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This charming classic love story, first published in 1970, brings together twenty years of correspo… read more

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21. Catwings (Catwings, #1)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin , None

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

The bestselling Catwings series! Mrs. Jane Tabby can't explain why her four precious kittens were b… read more

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22. The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes

3.96

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch. NARNIA...where owls are wise, where… read more

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  • fiction
"Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

"It's expression was solemn, its complexion muddy."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

"You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

"Though under earth, and throneless now I be Yet while I lived all earth was under me."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

23. 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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24. Farmer Boy (Little House, #3)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Growing up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing--his very own… read more

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25. The Complete Brambly Hedge

By: Jill Barklem

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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26. Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)

By: Robert Jordan

4.19

Format: 860 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The dead are walking, men die impossible deaths, and it seems as though reality itself has become u… read more

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  • fiction
"Toy, are you ill?"

-Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)

"What else did she tell you about—"

-Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)

"Small hopes can grow surprising fruit."

-Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)

"You're not my enemy, but your Empire is."

-Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)

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27. Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6)

By: Robert Jordan

4.19

Format: 1011 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Fires of Heaven, we plunge again int… read more

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  • fiction
"People are people, low or high."

-Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6)

"A man without trust might as well be dead."

-Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6)

"They will pay. I am the Lord of the Morning"

-Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6)

"Women do not become exhausted they only exhaust others."

-Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6)

28. The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)

By: Lloyd Alexander

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Taran wanted to be a hero, and looking after a pig wasn't exactly heroic, even though Hen Wen was a… read more

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29. Devoted: Great Men and Their Godly Moms

By: Tim Challies

4.53

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Women shaped the men who changed the world. History tells of women whose love for the Bible shaped… read more

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30. Alfie Treasury

By: Shirley Hughes

4.63

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Alfie and Annie Rose are two of the best-loved characters in children's picture books. A generation… read more

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21 must-read fiction books like Alfie Treasury by Shirley Hughes

Transform Your Habits

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Elizabeth George Speare

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Grace Lin

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Path of Daggers (The Wheel of Time, #8)

Robert Jordan

3.93

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14 Top fiction books like Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

Transform Your Habits

Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

L.M. Montgomery

4.31

Transform Your Habits

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

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Little House on Rocky Ridge (Little House: The Rocky Ridge Years, #1)

Roger Lea MacBride , David Gilleece

4.00

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