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…
Want to Read $ 8.99"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 happen."-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
"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 happen."-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 on the horizon from burning leaves. Pumpkins begin to come out."-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 on the horizon from burning leaves. Pumpkins begin to come out."-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
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By: Marguerite Henry , Wesley Dennis
4.23
Format: 111 pages, Hardcover
The magnificent Lipizzan stallions of Vienna come to life as never before in this exciting story by… read more
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2. The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great (Knights' Tales, #1)
By: Gerald Morris , Aaron Renier
3.93
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Many years ago, the storytellers say, the great King Arthur brought justice to England with the hel… read more
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3. 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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"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)
4. My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)
By: Ruth Stiles Gannett
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Elmer Elevator (narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an old alley cat to rescue a flying baby… read more
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5. Red Sails to Capri (Puffin Newberry Library)
By: Ann Weil
4.00
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The minute he saw the boat with the red sails moving into the harbor, Michele knew that something e… read more
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6. The School Story
By: Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements
3.14
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Two middle school girls scheme to publish a book in this novel from Andrew Clements, the author of … read more
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7. 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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8. 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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"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)
9. Sticks Across the Chimney: A Story of Denmark
By: Nora Burglon
3.67
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
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10. Tiger Boy
By: Mitali Perkins
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"One of the new tiger cubs has escaped from the reserve!"When a tiger cub escapes from a nature res… read more
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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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"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
12. Mr. Popper's Penguins
By: Richard Atwater , Florence Atwater , Robert Lawson
3.97
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
The Poppers unexpectedly come into possession of a penguin, then get a penguin from the zoo who mat… read more
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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
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"I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall."-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
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"My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound sea the water is a color for which there is no name."-Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
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4.10
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