21 must-read childrens books like Nanny Piggins and the Rival Ringmaster by R.A. Spratt

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Nanny Piggins and the Rival Ringmaster

By: R.A. Spratt

4.51

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

In book five of her enthralling adventures, Nanny Piggins discovers some startling truths about the…

If you liked the childrens plot in Nanny Piggins and the Rival Ringmaster by R.A. Spratt , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Vanished! (Framed, #2) by James Ponti

1. Vanished! (Framed, #2)

By: James Ponti

4.49

Format: 289 pages,

Florian Bates—the only kid on the FBI Director’s speed dial and several international criminals’ mo… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

2. George's Marvellous Medicine

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

George's Grandma is a grizzly, grumpy, selfish old woman with pale brown teeth and a small puckered… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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3. Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This heartwarming story has beckoned generations of readers into the special world of Green Gables,… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I love a book that makes me cry."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"Red hair is my life long sorrow."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"All i want is a dress with puffy sleaves"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"True friends are always together in spirit."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

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4. 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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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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5. Framed! (T.O.A.S.T. Mystery #1)

By: James Ponti

3.70

Format: 640 pages, Kindle Edition

Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director's speed dial and several international criminals' most… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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6. The Invention of Hugo Cabret

By: Brian Selznick

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his s… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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7. A Wind in the Door (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #2)

By: Madeleine L'Engle

4.04

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A Wind in the Dooris a fantastic adventure story involving Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wal… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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8. Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1)

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Deepdean School for Girls, 1934. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secre… read more

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  • middle grade
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9. The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #0.5)

By: Trenton Lee Stewart , Del Roy

3.57

Format: None pages, Audio

Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict has more problems than most children his age. Not only is he an orp… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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10. Echo

By: Pam Muñoz Ryan

3.95

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himsel… read more

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  • middle grade
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11. Stuart Little

By: E.B. White , Garth Williams

3.90

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

E.B. White's classic novel about one small mouse on a very big adventure! Stuart Little is no o… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Well,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"Very fine law,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"(Not every doctor can look into a mouse's ear without laughing)"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

"A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note of music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells if it’s mother keeps it tidy,"

-E.B. White, Stuart Little

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12. 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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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"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

13. The Tale of Despereaux

By: Kate DiCamillo , Timothy Basil Ering

3.49

Format: 465 pages,

A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Ka… read more

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14. The Magic Finger

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.70

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Just look at that beastly duck cooking at my stove!" Cried Mrs Gregg as she flew past the kitchen window. "How dare she!"

-Roald Dahl, The Magic Finger

15. Pippi Longstocking

By: Astrid Lindgren , Louis S. Glanzman , Florence Lamborn

4.41

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. Tommy and his sister Annika h… read more

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16. Alice-Miranda at School

By: Jacqueline Harvey

3.96

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennigton-Jones can't wait to start boarding school. When she arrives a… read more

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17. The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues, #1)

By: Rick Riordan

3.00

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decisio… read more

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18. The Road to Roswell

By: Connie Willis

3.74

Format: 399 pages, Hardcover

A delightful novel about alien invasions, conspiracies, and the incredibly silly things people are … read more

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19. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

By: Nicholas Day

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."

-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

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20. Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jjason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"At this point, my mom started crying. She let out a sob so thunderous, I wondered if my cousins in China could hear her."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

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21. The Ickabog

By: J.K. Rowling

3.91

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time there was a tiny kingdom called Cornucopia, as rich in happiness as it was in gold… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Tears can heal a mind, as well as laughter."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

"Still, it was hard to have parents who lived inside you, when all you really wanted was for them to come back, and hug you."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

"You may think this strange, but Mrs. Beamish was glad to hear Mr. Dovetail cry, because tears can heal a mind, as well as laughter."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

"Lži, lži a zase lži. Jakmile jednou začnete lhát, musíte lhát dál a pak jste jako kapitán na děravé lodi a lepíte jednu díru za duhou, abyste se nepotopili."

-J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

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22. Trapped! (Framed, #3)

By: James Ponti

4.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

“A top-shelf test of courage, friendship, and ingenuity.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Floria… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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23. Royals

By: Tegan Bennett Daylight

3.35

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Six teenagers. An empty shopping centre. No Wi-Fi. And … a baby? Acclaimed author Tegan Bennett Day… read more

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24. Silver Linings

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad Nettie… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
"How can anyone eat now that Billy is gone? How can we even breathe?"

-Katrina Nannestad, Silver Linings

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25. Jessi's Secret Language: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #12)

By: Chan Chau

4.38

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

A brand-new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by Eisner-nominated artist Chan Chau! Jessi … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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26. Weapon (Whisper, #2)

By: Lynette Noni

4.20

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling WHISPER series concludes with WEAPON: I already knew he was a psychopath. But… read more

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"Maybe he's right Maybe I am a weapon But I'm not his weapon Not anymore"

-Lynette Noni, Weapon (Whisper, #2)

"I need to see him again. Because I have questions, and something tells me he has the answers."

-Lynette Noni, Weapon (Whisper, #2)

"I refuse to be the type of girl who waits for a prince to come riding in on a white horse to save the day."

-Lynette Noni, Weapon (Whisper, #2)

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27. The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1)

By: Amelia Mellor

3.86

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole’s Book Arcade in … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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28. A Hunt of Shadows (A Trial of Sorcerers, #2)

By: Elise Kova

4.02

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

Eira is now a champion of the Solaris Empire. She’s off to a land she’s only dreamed about. But a n… read more

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29. Big Nate: Pray for a Fire Drill

By: Lincoln Peirce

4.46

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

 Big Nate, who is always notoriously unprepared for class, turns to divine intervention to spare hi… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
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30. Alice-Miranda Shines Bright

By: Jacqueline Harvey

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Mysteries abound and Alice-Miranda is on the case. Eight-year-old Alice-Miranda and her friend M… read more

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  • childrens
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31. Nanny Piggins and the Rival Ringmaster

By: R.A. Spratt

4.51

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

In book five of her enthralling adventures, Nanny Piggins discovers some startling truths about the… read more

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4.49

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4.31

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3.93

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Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

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4.16

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