10 best-selling juvenile books like The Family Under the Bridge by Garth Williams, Natalie Savage Carlson

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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…

"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

"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

If you liked the juvenile plot in The Family Under the Bridge by Garth Williams, Natalie Savage Carlson , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Mountain Born (Mountain Born, #1) by Elizabeth Yates, Nora S. Unwin, Nora Spicer Unwin

1. Mountain Born (Mountain Born, #1)

By: Elizabeth Yates , Nora S. Unwin , Nora Spicer Unwin

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates, she used her experiences from her early years of living on her… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"There are many things in the world. If we care for them all a little, we won't feel the hurt too much when we part with one."

-Elizabeth Yates, Mountain Born (Mountain Born, #1)

"Benj had once said, "A man must have a care to what he puts in his mind, for when he's alone on a hillside and draws it out he'll want treasures to be his company, not regrets."

-Elizabeth Yates, Mountain Born (Mountain Born, #1)

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2. The Light at Tern Rock

By: Julia L. Sauer , Georges Schreiber

3.82

Format: 62 pages, Paperback

Ronnie and his aunt are tending the Tern Rock lighthouse while the keeper takes a vacation. Ronnie … read more

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  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of The Family Under the Bridge by Garth Williams, Natalie Savage Carlson

3. 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 Garth Williams's The Family Under the Bridge

  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • christmas
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"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

Cover of The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Helen Sewell, Alice Dalgliesh

4. The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

By: Helen Sewell , Alice Dalgliesh

3.81

Format: 58 pages, Paperback

Are there bears on Hemlock Mountain? One boy is about to find out in this classic tale. People hav… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. No Children, No Pets

By: Marion Holland

4.27

Format: 182 pages, Library Binding

A quite humorous story of the Sanders family, Mother, Don and Jane, four-year-old Betsy, and Victor… read more

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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
Cover of Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille by Russell Freedman, Kate Kiesler

6. Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille

By: Russell Freedman , Kate Kiesler

4.14

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A biography of the modest Frenchman who, after being blinded at the age of three, went on to develo… read more

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

7. 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
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8. 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
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. 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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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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10. 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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  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"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

Cover of The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes, Louis Slobodkin

11. The Hundred Dresses

By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin

4.11

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully written tribute t… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Estes's The Hundred Dresses book and Garth Williams's The Family Under the Bridge

  • classics
  • chapter books
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile

12. Twenty and Ten

By: William Pène du Bois , Claire Huchet Bishop

2.76

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

During the Nazi occupation of France, twenty ordinary French kids in a boarding school agree to hid… read more

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13. 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

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"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

Cover of All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1) by Sydney Taylor

14. All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1)

By: Sydney Taylor

4.24

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

It's the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement … read more

Similar categories in Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1) book and Garth Williams's The Family Under the Bridge

  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile

15. Mary On Horseback: Three Mountain Stories

By: Rosemary Wells

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Master storyteller Rosemary Wells tells the incredible true story of a World War I nurse who brough… read more

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16. In Grandma's Attic (Grandma's Attic, #1)

By: Arleta Richardson , None

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pieces of Magic Remember when you were a child--when all the world was new, and the smallest object… read more

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Cover of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1) by Barbara Robinson

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

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"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)

Cover of Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1) by Carol Ryrie Brink

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
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • juvenile
"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. The Whipping Boy

By: Peter Sís , Sid Fleischman

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

A shout comes echoing up the stairway "Fetch the whipping boy!" A young orphan named Jemmy rouses … read more

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21. Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too

By: Cindy Rollins

4.75

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable … read more

Similar categories in Cindy Rollins's Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too book and Garth Williams's The Family Under the Bridge

  • childrens
"The truth is that all humans are always seeing something, paying attention to something, learning something. Perhaps, we are learning every sort of sexual innuendo known to man by watching endless re…"

-Cindy Rollins, Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too

14 Best fiction books like The Family Under the Bridge by Garth Williams, Natalie Savage Carlson

Transform Your Habits

Mountain Born (Mountain Born, #1)

Elizabeth Yates , Nora S. Unwin , Nora Spicer Unwin

4.00

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The Light at Tern Rock

Julia L. Sauer , Georges Schreiber

3.82

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The Family Under the Bridge

Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson

3.96

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The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

Helen Sewell , Alice Dalgliesh

3.81

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22 Top fiction books like The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

Transform Your Habits

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

Transform Your Habits

Thimble Summer

Elizabeth Enright

3.75

Transform Your Habits

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

Joan W. Blos

3.54

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