16 must-read classics books like Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. Burgess

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Buster Bear's Twins

By: Thornton W. Burgess

4.20

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Mother Bear has a secret! In fact, she has two of them. They're her brand new cubs — Boxer and Woof…

If you liked the classics plot in Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. Burgess , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve (Merlin Missions, #2) by Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca

1. Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve (Merlin Missions, #2)

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

4.06

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

The intrepid Jack and Annie are summoned once again to the fantasy realm of Camelot. There, Merlin … read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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2. On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the pra… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Mary was too scared to move. Laura was too scared to stand to still."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"Snow as fine and grainy as sugar covered the windows in and sifted off to the floor and did not melt."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"When gloomy clouds across the sky Cast shadows o'er the land, Bright rays of hope illumine my path, For Jesus holds my hand."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"All day the storm lasted. The windows were white and the wind never stopped howling and screaming. It was pleasant in the warm house. Laura and Mary did their lessons, then Pa played the fiddle while…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

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3. Gone-Away Lake

By: Elizabeth Enright , Joe Krush , Beth Krush

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Summer has a magic all its own. When Portia sets out for a visit with her cousin Julian, she exp… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Things are always happening to my socks. One's always going off someplace. I don't know why."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

"Self-pity is the hens' besetting sin," remarked Mr. Payton. "Foolish fowl. How they came to achieve anything as perfect as the egg I do not know! I cannot fathom."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

"Yes, except that nothing sleeps inside but furniture, and that's probably gone to pieces by now. Time gets into anything; yes, indeed it does; and weather helps it."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

"Mr. Payton was at work on his pipe again, lighting and coaxing it. "They need constant attention, pipes, like babies and guinea hens," he said, and sucked in the smoke."

-Elizabeth Enright, Gone-Away Lake

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4. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

By: Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells li… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"THIS IS DICK -- DON'T TOUCH!!!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"Penelope (the parrot) squawked, ‘I’ll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!’ Mary was certainly surprised at that because she thought that she had made up that brilliant remark. She…"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

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5. Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.12

Format: 339 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Emily Starr never knew what it was to be lonely—until her beloved father died. Now Emily's an orpha… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Never on painter's canvas lives The charm of his fancy's dream."

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)

"The happiest countries, like the happiest women, have no history."

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)

"Good-bye, and may you always see a happy face in your looking-glass!"

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)

"If you've brains it's better than beauty - brains last, beauty doesn't."

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon (Emily, #1)

Cover of Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

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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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

7. These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim s… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (I Survived, #7) by Lauren Tarshis

8. The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (I Survived, #7)

By: Lauren Tarshis

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

The bloodiest battle in American history is under way . . . It's 1863, and Thomas and his little si… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Vacation Under the Volcano (Magic Tree House, #13) by Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca

9. Vacation Under the Volcano (Magic Tree House, #13)

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

3.32

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series--t… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Best Bear in All the World by Kate Saunders, Jeanne Willis, Paul Bright, A.A. Milne, Brian Sibley, Mark Burgess

10. The Best Bear in All the World

By: Kate Saunders , Jeanne Willis , Paul Bright , A.A. Milne , Brian Sibley , Mark Burgess

3.89

Format: 7 pages, Hardcover

For the 90th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh, a sequel featuring new stories from the Hundred Acre W… read more

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  • animals
  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1) by Garth Williams, George Selden

11. 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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  • classics
  • childrens
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"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)

Cover of Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

12. 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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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Miracles on Maple Hill by Beth Krush, Virginia Sorensen

13. 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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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Emily Climbs (Emily, #2) by L.M. Montgomery

14. Emily Climbs (Emily, #2)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.17

Format: 325 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Emily Starr was born with the desire to write. As an orphan living on New Moon Farm, writing helped… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
"My pen shall heal, not hurt."

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily Climbs (Emily, #2)

"The future was mine—and the past, too."

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily Climbs (Emily, #2)

"He was so lonely that he laughed at himself."

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily Climbs (Emily, #2)

"No one can be free who has a thousand ancestors."

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily Climbs (Emily, #2)

15. By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, #5)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Laura and her family are head to the Dakota Territory for a chance to own their own land--and stop … read more

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16. The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.17

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

On the empty winter prairie, gray clouds to the northwest meant only one thing: a blizzard was seco… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Politicians, they take pleasure a-prying into a man's affairs and I aimed to please 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Beyond them the darkness was like a mist thickening over a flat, white world. Stars twinkled far away around part of its rim. Before him, the black storm climbed rapidly up the sky and in silence des…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Laura said faintly, 'I thought God takes care of us.' 'He does,' Pa said, 'so far as we do what's right. And He gives us a conscience and brains to know what's right. But He leaves it to us to do as …"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

17. A Light in the Window (Mitford Years, #2)

By: Jan Karon

4.36

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

- Readers will enjoy a story from the popular series-packaged bestseller! - Includes new Reader's G… read more

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18. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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19. The Story Keeper (Carolina Heirlooms #2)

By: Lisa Wingate

1.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

2015 Christy Award winner! 2015 Carol award winner! When successful New York editor Jen Gibbs disco… read more

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Cover of The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner, L. Kate Deal

20. The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner , L. Kate Deal

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Aldens begin their adventure by making a home in a boxcar. Their goal is to stay together, and … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile

21. Little Town on the Prairie (Little House, #7)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The long winter is finally over, and with spring comes a new job for Laura, town parties, and more … read more

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22. Emily's Quest (Emily, #3)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.12

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Emily knows she's going to be a great writer. She also knows that she and her childhood sweetheart,… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Don’t let a three-o’clock-at-night feeling fog your soul."

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily's Quest (Emily, #3)

"Don't let a three-o'clock-at-night feeling fog your soul."

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily's Quest (Emily, #3)

"Oh, I am—I am lonely—with the loneliness of unshared thought."

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily's Quest (Emily, #3)

"It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other."

-L.M. Montgomery, Emily's Quest (Emily, #3)

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23. The Librarian of Burned Books

By: Brianna Labuskes

3.93

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWI… read more

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  • fiction
"Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people."

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

"p. 364 Do you want to be the ones handing out the gasoline cans? Or the ones trying to put out the fire?"

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

"The men who sough violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

"The men who sought violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."

-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books

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24. Code Name Sapphire

By: Pam Jenoff

3.87

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A woman must rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of b… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think by Jennifer Ackerman

25. The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think

By: Jennifer Ackerman

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Genius of Birds, a radical investigation into the… read more

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  • animals
"We dig up dinosaurs to try and figure out what happened to them. Perhaps someday dinosaurs, in the form of corvids, will dig us up to figure out what happened to us."

-Jennifer Ackerman, The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think

Cover of The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

26. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

By: Kirk Wallace Johnson

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twen… read more

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  • animals
Cover of I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived, #19) by Lauren Tarshis

27. I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived, #19)

By: Lauren Tarshis

4.06

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

100 years ago, a killer wave of molasses struck a crowded Boston neighborhood. Discover the story o… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry

28. Surviving Savannah

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

When Savannah history professor Everly Winthrop is asked to guest-curate a new museum collection fo… read more

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  • fiction
"Grief had been coiled quietly inside me since Papa's death 10 years ago-an absence that was as much a presence as any ghost."

-Patti Callahan Henry, Surviving Savannah

"I'd discovered that Savannah couldn't be fully explained to those who hadn't visited it. Photos, no matter how glorious, and movies, no matter how accurate, couldn't convey the way Savannah felt - se…"

-Patti Callahan Henry, Surviving Savannah

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29. The Child of Auschwitz

By: Lily Graham

4.31

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

‘She touched the photograph in its gilt frame that was always on her desk, of a young, thin woman w… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Sawdust in His Shoes by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

30. Sawdust in His Shoes

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

4.50

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

An outsider becomes a hero and a boy becomes a man in this classic coming-of-age tale from the heyd… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. Burgess

31. Buster Bear's Twins

By: Thornton W. Burgess

4.20

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Mother Bear has a secret! In fact, she has two of them. They're her brand new cubs — Boxer and Woof… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • animals
  • fiction
  • juvenile

24 Top fiction books like Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. Burgess

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Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve (Merlin Missions, #2)

Mary Pope Osborne , Salvatore Murdocca

4.06

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On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Gone-Away Lake

Elizabeth Enright , Joe Krush , Beth Krush

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

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Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)

Louisa May Alcott

4.02

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E. Nesbit

4.02

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Louisa May Alcott

4.09

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Maud Hart Lovelace , Vera Neville

4.29

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