Lad: A Dog
By: Albert Payson Terhune , None
3.95
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
Recounts the heroic and adventurous life of a thoroughbred collie that was particularly devoted to …
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1. Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
By: Louisa May Alcott
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Rose Campbell, tired and ill, has come to live at "The Aunt Hill" after the death of her beloved fa… read more
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"Let the girl run and shout as much as she will- it is a sure sign of health, and as natural to a happy child as frisking is to any young animal full of life. Tomboys make strong women"-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
"It is apt to be so, and it is hard to bear; for, though we do not want trumpets blown, we do like to have out little virtues appreciated, and cannot help feeling disappointed if they are not."-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
"But he will be all the better fitted for business, because of the help it [sport] gives him. Polish is easily added if the foundations are strong, but no amount of gilding will be of use if your timb…"-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
"It is my opinion that this day will never come to an end," said Prince, with a yawn that nearly rent him asunder. "Read and improve your mind, my son," answered Archie, peering solemnly over the pape…"-Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
2. The Saturdays (The Melendy Family, #1)
By: Elizabeth Enright
4.17
Format: 177 pages, Hardcover
Saturdays can make dreams come true when the Melendy children take turns to spend their pooled al… read more
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"All over the city lights were coming on in the purple-blue dusk. The street lights looked delicate and frail, as though they might suddenly float away from their lampposts like balloons. Long twirlin…"-Elizabeth Enright, The Saturdays (The Melendy Family, #1)
3. The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable Children, #1)
By: Cecil Leslie , E. Nesbit
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
When their father's business fails, the six Bastable children decide to restore the family fortunes… read more
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"If what we have written brings happiness to any sad heart we shall not have laboured in vain. But we want the money too."-Cecil Leslie, The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable Children, #1)
"Being editors is not the best way to wealth. We all feel this now, and highwaymen are not respected any more like they used to be."-Cecil Leslie, The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable Children, #1)
"I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought of this."-Cecil Leslie, The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable Children, #1)
"Albert's uncle says I ought to have put this in the preface, but I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought of th…"-Cecil Leslie, The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Bastable Children, #1)
4. Old Yeller
By: Fred Gipson
4.10
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving r… read more
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"... I guessed that when you are nearly a man, you have to learn to put up with a lot of aggravation from little old bitty kids."-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"You're getting to be a big boy; and while I'm gone, you'll be the man of the family. I want you to act like one. You take care of Mama and Little Arliss. You look after the work and don't wait around…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"Well, when you're fourteen years old, you can't afford to mix in a rock fight with your five-year-old brother. You can't do it, even when you're in the right. You just can't explain a thing like that…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
"That was as rough a thing as I ever heard tell of happening to a boy. And I'm mighty proud to learn how my boy stood up to it. You couldn't ask any more of a grown man... It's not a thing you can for…"-Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
5. The Incredible Journey
By: Sheila Burnford
4.16
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, … read more
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"He broke into a run, faster and faster, until the years fell away, and he hurled himself towards Peter. And as he had never run before, as though he would outdistance time, Peter was running towards …"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
"Lying awake in the dark that night,unable to sleep, he thought he would have given anything to feel the heavy thud on the bed that used to announce the old dog's arrival. How extremely unloving and i…"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
"Anyone unaccustomed to the rather peculiar points of bull terrier beauty would have thought him a strange if not downright ugly dog, with the maked, down-faced arc of his profile, his deep-chested, s…"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
6. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
By: Winifred Watson
4.29
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Miss Pettigrew, an approaching-middle-age governess, was accustomed to a household of unruly Englis… read more
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7. Lad: A Dog
By: Albert Payson Terhune , None
3.95
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
Recounts the heroic and adventurous life of a thoroughbred collie that was particularly devoted to … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
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- young adult
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8. Lassie Come-Home
By: Eric Knight , Marguerite Kirmse
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A beloved classic gets a beautiful new look. Lassie is Joe's prize collie and constant companion. B… read more
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9. Our Island Story: A History of Britain for Boys and Girls
By: H.E. Marshall
4.20
Format: 676 pages, Paperback
A child's history of England from earliest legendary times delightfully retold. Beginning with the … read more
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10. Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
By: Arthur Ransome
4.01
Format: 315 pages, Paperback
The first title in Arthur Ransome's classic series, originally published in 1930: for children, for… read more
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"Better drowned than duffers, if not duffers won't drown."-Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
"But the big hills up at the lake helped to make him feel that the houseboat man did not matter. The hills had been there before Captain Flint. They would be there for ever. That, somehow was comforti…"-Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
11. Rifles for Watie
By: Harold Keith
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the … read more
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12. The Wheel on the School
By: Maurice Sendak , Meindert DeJong
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina,… read more
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"... but first to dream and then to do - isn't that the way to make a dream come true?"-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
"That's the trouble with being twins - if you don't know something, you don't know it double."-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
13. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
By: Kate Douglas Wiggin
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Shirley Temple did a lot to make Rebecca famous when she won the world's heart in the movie we all … read more
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14. Snow Treasure
By: Marie McSwigan , None
3.11
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
In the bleak winter of 1940, Nazi troops parachuted into Peter Lundstrom's tiny Norwegian village a… read more
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16. Bambi
By: Felix Salten , Barbara Cooney
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
The Prince of the Forest Bambi's life in the woods begins happily. There are forest animals to play… read more
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17. Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis & Clark
By: Gail Langer Karwoski
3.32
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
This fictionalized retelling of the journey of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Di… read more
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18. Once On This Island (Mackinac Island Trilogy, #1)
By: Gloria Whelan
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
When war erupts between England and America in 1812, it brings change and uncertainty--even to Mich… read more
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19. Sounder
By: William H. Armstrong , James Barkley
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Set in the Deep South, this Newbery Medal-winning novel tells the story of the great coon dog, Soun… read more
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20. The Long-Lost Home (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #6)
By: Maryrose Wood
4.27
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
Unhappy Penelope Lumley is trapped in unhappy Plinkst! Even the beets for which Plinkst is inexplic… read more
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"Tintinnabulation, honestly! As if further proof were needed of the slipperiness of poets! They make up words willy-nilly and have them mean whatever they like. Thank heavens they are licensed and thu…"-Maryrose Wood, The Long-Lost Home (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #6)
"The children never troubled themselves about whether they were fixable or not, as they did not consider themselves broken in the first place. You may decide for yourself what to think about it, but i…"-Maryrose Wood, The Long-Lost Home (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #6)
