Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebel
By: Lisa Pliscou
4.21
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A picture-book biography of the English novelist. Born in the late 1700s, Jane Austen was a smar…
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1. The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
By: Agatha Christie
3.85
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Tommy Beresford and Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love… and flat broke. Just after Great… read more
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"It's dangerous to know too much."-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
"Youth is a failing only too easily outgrown."-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
"Shades of Pelmanism!’ said Tommy, and relapsed into silence."-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
"Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best."-Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
2. Cranford
By: Elizabeth Gaskell
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
'It is very pleasant dining with a bachelor...I only hope it is not improper; so many pleasant thin… read more
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3. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
By: Laura Joffe Numeroff , Felicia Bond
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
If a hungry little traveler shows up at your house, you might want to give him a cookie. If you giv… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
4. Ox-Cart Man
By: Barbara Cooney , Donald Hall
4.08
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Winner of the Caldecott Medal (1980) Thus begins a lyrical journey through the days and weeks, t… read more
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- historical
- picture books
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5. Miss Rumphius
By: Barbara Cooney
4.45
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Alice made a promise to make the world a more beautiful place, then a seed of an idea is planted an… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
6. Madeline
By: Ludwig Bemelmans
4.00
Format: 112 pages,
Madeline is one of the best-loved characters in children's literature. Set in picturesque Paris, th… read more
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7. Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.17
Format: 227 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780553213188 Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, … read more
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- historical
- childrens
"…but youth yearned to youth."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"We belong to the race that knows Joseph"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"Death grows friendlier as we grow older."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
"It takes all kinds of people to make a world."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5)
8. Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.22
Format: 276 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When twelve-year-old Anne Shirley came to Avonlea, she quickly won everyone’s heart. Now, she’s fiv… read more
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- historical
- childrens
"I've come home in love with loneliness"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
"Everything that's worth having is some trouble…"-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
"I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the wood."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
"She looks just as music sounds, I think,' answered Anne."-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
9. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
By: Amy Tan
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Flexibound
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles
10. The Other Bennet Sister
By: Janice Hadlow
4.16
Format: 463 pages, Hardcover
Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shad… read more
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- historical
"Watching what happens isn’t the same as being part of it."-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister
"And anyway, in our house, no-one is obliged to sparkle. Which, I find, makes it far more likely that they might."-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister
"If I don’t have the genius to create a thing of beauty myself, at least I have the judgement to appreciate the art of others."-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister
"...in truth, there is no state that better demonstrates real firmness of affection than the ability to remain quietly comfortable together without conversation."-Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister
11. The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America
By: Kathleen Krull
4.38
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Discover the incredible life of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet… read more
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- biography
- history
- childrens
- historical
- picture books
- nonfiction
- womens
12. Miss Austen
By: Gill Hornby
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was? England, 1840. For the… read more
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- historical
"To surrender one's books, well: it is to surrender part of one's soul."-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen
"Oh, marriage!' Jane retorted. 'Marriage! Always the excuse for all failures of character. One does so long for it to bring some improvements, but more often it appears the root cause of all poor beha…"-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen
"Well ...' Cassie thought for a moment, and found she could not disagree. 'I suppose she is very happy to be married to James. And, perhaps, for the moment, yes, a little ... bumptious with it.' Jane …"-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen
"Was I terribly rude?' It was almost as if she might care a jot. 'Yes! You were frightful!' Cassy tugged at her locks playfully. 'As rude as I was to Mr Blackall?' 'No,' Cassy conceded, laughing. 'Nob…"-Gill Hornby, Miss Austen
13. Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
By: Helaine Becker
4.50
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
The story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA during the sp… read more
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- history
- childrens
- picture books
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
14. A Garden in My Hands
By: Meera Sriram
4.14
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
As a little girls sits patiently, her mother tenderly applies henna designs, sharing family stories… read more
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- childrens
15. Mushroom Rain
By: Laura K. Zimmermann
4.37
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
What can smell like bubble gum, glow neon green at night, be poisonous and yet still eaten by human… read more
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- picture books
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16. What Is the Story of Nancy Drew? (What Is the Story Of?)
By: Dana M. Rau
4.11
Format: 110 pages, Kindle Edition
Uncover the mystery of Nancy Drew and how the beloved teenage detective came to be in this new addi… read more
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- history
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17. Beatrice Likes the Dark
By: April Genevieve Tucholke
4.24
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Beatrice likes the dark. She likes black clothes, graveyard picnics, and a sky full of stars. Her s… read more
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18. This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
By: Jo Ann Allen Boyce
4.47
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourte… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
19. Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen
By: Deborah Hopkinson
4.32
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is one of our greatest writers. But befo… read more
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- writing
20. Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)
By: L.M. Montgomery
4.24
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Pour Rilla, dernière-née d’Anne Shirley et Gilbert Blythe, pas question d’études comme ses frères e… read more
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- childrens
"If I can't love you I mean to be proud of you."-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)
"Ah yes, you're young enough not to be afraid of perfect things."-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)
"Dream after dream comes true—or rather is made true by persevering effort."-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)
"After all it was not a hard thing to fight for a land that bore daughters like this."-L.M. Montgomery, Rilla, ma Rilla (Anne #8)
21. Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebel
By: Lisa Pliscou
4.21
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A picture-book biography of the English novelist. Born in the late 1700s, Jane Austen was a smar… read more
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