21 best-selling fiction books like Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald

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Nancy and Plum

By: Betty MacDonald

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Nancy and Plum" is a delightful old fashioned Christmas story about two sisters, Nancy, 10 and Plu…

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Cover of Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1) by Ralph Moody

1. Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

By: Ralph Moody

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Ralph was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Thr… read more

Similar categories in Ralph Moody's Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1) book and Betty MacDonald's Nancy and Plum

  • historical
  • classics
  • childrens
"There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. There are black men and white men and yellow men and red men, but nothing counts except whether they're honest men or dish…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

"You know, Son, sometimes a fellow has to take a licking for doing the right thing. A licking only lasts a short while, even if it's a hard one, but failing to do the right thing will often make a mar…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

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2. Sweet Home Alaska

By: Carole Estby Dagg

4.23

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

This exciting pioneering story, based on actual events, introduces readers to a fascinating chapter… read more

Similar categories in Carole Estby Dagg's Sweet Home Alaska book and Betty MacDonald's Nancy and Plum

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John

3. Treasures of the Snow

By: Patricia St. John

4.27

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

A story of vicious revenge and hard repentance Annette and Lucien are enemies. After Annette get… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • christmas
  • fiction
"He is love, and when love comes in, hatred and selfishness and unkindness will give way to it, just as the darkness gives way when you let in the sunshine. But try to chase it alone would be trying t…"

-Patricia St. John, Treasures of the Snow

Cover of Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright, Joe Krush, Beth Krush

4. 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
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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

Cover of The Family Under the Bridge by Garth Williams, Natalie Savage Carlson

5. The Family Under the Bridge

By: Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson

3.96

Format: 97 pages, Paperback

This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his… read more

Similar categories in Garth Williams's The Family Under the Bridge book and Betty MacDonald's Nancy and Plum

  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • christmas
  • fiction
"You're afraid the sly little things will steal your heart if they find out you have one."

-Garth Williams, The Family Under the Bridge

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6. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another mem… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street book and Betty MacDonald's Nancy and Plum

  • christmas
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Penderwicks in Spring (The Penderwicks, #4) by Jeanne Birdsall

7. The Penderwicks in Spring (The Penderwicks, #4)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.01

Format: 175 pages, Hardcover

Springtime is finally arriving on Gardam Street, and there are surprises in store for each member o… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Adventures with Waffles by Kate Forrester, Maria Parr, Guy Puzey

8. Adventures with Waffles

By: Kate Forrester , Maria Parr , Guy Puzey

3.84

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Lena is Trille's best friend, even if she is a girl. And there is never an ordinary day when you've… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

9. The Door in the Wall

By: Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

Format: 242 pages,

The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald

10. Nancy and Plum

By: Betty MacDonald

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Nancy and Plum" is a delightful old fashioned Christmas story about two sisters, Nancy, 10 and Plu… read more

Similar categories in Betty MacDonald's Nancy and Plum book and Betty MacDonald's Nancy and Plum

  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • holiday
  • middle grade
  • christmas
  • fiction
Cover of Half Magic (Tales of Magic, #1) by Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker

11. Half Magic (Tales of Magic, #1)

By: Edward Eager , N.M. Bodecker

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Four children wish on a Half Magiccoin that gets their mother Alison half-way home, rescued by Mr S… read more

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  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1) by Andrew       Peterson

12. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

By: Andrew Peterson

4.33

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and the… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Even if hope is just a low ember at night, in the morning you can still start a fire."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"Esben Igiby was seeping into Janner’s thoughts, and there was no way to seal the leak."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"But other than the cruel fangs and the constant threat of death and torture, there wasn't much to fear in Skree."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"There's just something about the way he sings. It makes me think of when it snows outside, and the fire is warm, and Podo is telling us a story while you're cooking, and there's no place I'd rather b…"

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

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13. 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

Similar categories in E.B. White's The Trumpet of the Swan book and Betty MacDonald's Nancy and Plum

  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"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

14. Clementine's Letter (Clementine, #3)

By: Sara Pennypacker , Marla Frazee

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Clementine can't believe her ears her beloved teacher, Mr. D'Matz, might be leaving them for the re… read more

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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

Similar categories in Dorothy Canfield Fisher's Understood Betsy book and Betty MacDonald's Nancy and Plum

  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • 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

16. The Year of Miss Agnes

By: Kirkpatrick Hill

3.97

Format: None pages,

For use in schools and libraries only. Ten-year-old Fred (short for Frederika) narrates the story o… read more

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17. 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

Similar categories in Barbara Robinson's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1) book and Betty MacDonald's Nancy and Plum

  • classics
  • childrens
  • holiday
  • middle grade
  • christmas
  • 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)

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18. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

By: Carol Ryrie Brink

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

19. The True Gift: A Christmas Story

By: Brian Floca , Patricia MacLachlan

4.15

Format: 128 pages,

Liam and Lily are doing all they can to find a friend for White Cow... With help from the community… read more

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20. Clementine (Clementine, #1)

By: Sara Pennypacker , Marla Frazee

3.44

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Clementine is having not so good of a week. -On Monday she's sent to the principal's office for cut… read more

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21. A Place to Hang the Moon

By: Kate Albus

4.57

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to li… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"The librarian chuckled. “I suppose there are rather a lot of orphan stories out there."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Besides which, I really ought to send her a book instead. Though she’s not much of a reader."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Fibs, you must know, are entirely acceptable when they serve the purpose of getting one to the library."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

Cover of The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7) by Karina Yan Glaser

22. The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.58

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling Vanderbeeker family finds love and hope in hard times as they face the challenge of… read more

Similar categories in Karina Yan Glaser's The Vanderbeekers Ever After (The Vanderbeekers, #7) book and Betty MacDonald's Nancy and Plum

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Vanderbeekers on the Road (The Vanderbeekers, #6) by Karina Yan Glaser

23. The Vanderbeekers on the Road (The Vanderbeekers, #6)

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.29

Format: 333 pages, Hardcover

A surprise road trip turns rocky when the younger siblings try to keep their family from ever facin… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"There was a brief pause. Then Laney pointed a finger at Oliver and exclaimed, 'You want to keep them! 'No!' said Mama and Papa. 'I'm just saying,' Oliver said, looking at the two cats, who were stret…"

-Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers on the Road (The Vanderbeekers, #6)

Cover of Homeschool Bravely: How to Squash Doubt, Trust God, and Teach Your Child with Confidence by Jamie Erickson

24. Homeschool Bravely: How to Squash Doubt, Trust God, and Teach Your Child with Confidence

By: Jamie Erickson

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Quiet the voices of "not good enough" and step courageously into guilt-free homeschooling Many home… read more

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Cover of The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose  Johnson

25. The Star That Always Stays

By: Anna Rose Johnson

4.08

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

When bright and spirited Norvia moves from the country to the city, she has to live by one new rule… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future by Ginny Yurich

26. Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future

By: Ginny Yurich

4.36

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

It may shock you to learn that we spend an average of 4-7 minutes outside each day--while we spend … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy by Jennifer Pepito

27. Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy

By: Jennifer Pepito

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Becoming a better, happier mom starts with the stories you tell your kids As a mom, you want to … read more

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Cover of The Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-el

28. The Very, Very Far North

By: Dan Bar-el

4.19

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

An inquisitive polar bear named Duane befriends an array of animals as he discovers where he belong… read more

Similar categories in Dan Bar-el's The Very, Very Far North book and Betty MacDonald's Nancy and Plum

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years by Ellen Vaughn

29. Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years

By: Ellen Vaughn

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a remote Amazonian indigenous pe… read more

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Cover of The Penderwicks at Last (The Penderwicks, #5) by Jeanne Birdsall

30. The Penderwicks at Last (The Penderwicks, #5)

By: Jeanne Birdsall

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Nine years, five older siblings, a few beloved dogs, and an endless array of adventures--these are … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Ready, Lydia?" Jack asked, "Can you run?" Could she? A bobolink warbled the answer. "Yes," said Lydia, all hope and exhilaration. "Yes, I can." And away they went. the three together, prancing, leapi…"

-Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks at Last (The Penderwicks, #5)

11 best-selling classics books like Nancy and Plum by Betty MacDonald

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Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

Ralph Moody

4.27

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Treasures of the Snow

Patricia St. John

4.27

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Gone-Away Lake

Elizabeth Enright , Joe Krush , Beth Krush

4.14

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The Family Under the Bridge

Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson

3.96

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Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

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Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

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Thimble Summer

Elizabeth Enright

3.75

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A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32

Joan W. Blos

3.54

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