Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)
By: Lois Lenski , Maud Hart Lovelace
4.08
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Best Friends Forever There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy's age.…
Want to Read $ 9.99"This was Betsy and Tacy's private corner. Betsy's mother was a great believer in people having private corners, and the piano box was plainly meant to belong to Betsy and Tacy, for it fitted them so snugly."-Lois Lenski, Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)
"Did we bring a lunch?' asked Tacy. 'Yes,' said Betsy. 'It's under the seat. There are chicken sandwiches and hard-boiled eggs and potato salad and watermelon and chocolate cake and sweet pickles and sugar cookies and ice cream.' 'It ought to be plenty,' Tacy said."-Lois Lenski, Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)
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1. 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)
2. The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic
By: Brett Helquist , Jennifer Trafton , None
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Ten-year-old Persimmony Smudge leads (much to her chagrin) a very dull life on the Island at the Ce… read more
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"Life is a mess and a miracle, so pick up a broom and dance."-Brett Helquist, The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic
3. 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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"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
4. Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)
By: Lois Lenski , Maud Hart Lovelace
4.08
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Best Friends Forever There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy's age.… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Lois Lenski's Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1) book and Lois Lenski's Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)
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- classics
- chapter books
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- juvenile
"This was Betsy and Tacy's private corner. Betsy's mother was a great believer in people having private corners, and the piano box was plainly meant to belong to Betsy and Tacy, for it fitted them so …"-Lois Lenski, Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)
"Did we bring a lunch?' asked Tacy. 'Yes,' said Betsy. 'It's under the seat. There are chicken sandwiches and hard-boiled eggs and potato salad and watermelon and chocolate cake and sweet pickles and …"-Lois Lenski, Betsy-Tacy (Betsy-Tacy, #1)
5. Jane of Lantern Hill
By: L.M. Montgomery
3.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
For as long as she could remember, Jane Stuart and her mother lived with her grandmother in a drear… read more
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6. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
By: Margaret Sidney
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
Five Little Peppers and How They Grewwas originally serialized in an 1880 edition of Wide Awake, a … read more
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7. 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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"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
8. 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
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9. All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown (All-of-a-Kind Family, #4)
By: Sydney Taylor
3.93
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
Based on the author's family and childhood, these charming books capture the everyday life of a hom… read more
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10. More All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #3)
By: Sydney Taylor , Mary Stevens
4.24
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In the third book of Sydney Taylor's classic children's series, Ella finds a boyfriend and Henny di… read more
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11. Still More Stories from Grandma's Attic (Grandma's Attic, #3)
By: Arleta Richardson
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
American life around the turn of the century is the backdrop for these heart-warming, real-life sto… read more
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12. More Stories from Grandma's Attic (Grandma's Attic, #2)
By: Arleta Richardson , None
4.10
Format: None pages,
Stories to Love, Laugh, and Live By If you are young enough to love a story;and just about everyone… read more
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13. Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind Family, #5)
By: Sydney Taylor
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
World War I has ended, and Ella, the oldest of the five sisters, who dreams of singing and dancing … read more
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14. The Burgess Bird Book for Children
By: Thornton W. Burgess , None
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
Parents, teachers, and young readers all over the world have enthusiastically welcomed the Dover re… read more
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15. Calico Captive
By: Elizabeth George Speare , W.T. Mars
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries… read more
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16. 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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"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)
17. The Cabin Faced West
By: Jean Fritz
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
Ann Hamilton's family has moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and she misses her old hom… read more
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18. The Burgess Animal Book for Children
By: Thornton W. Burgess , None
4.27
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
When Jenny Wren learns that Peter Rabbit would like to know more about the four-footed friends who … read more
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19. Baby Island
By: Carol Ryrie Brink , Helen Sewell
4.07
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
When a ferocious storm hits their ship, young Mary and Jean become stranded on a deserted island. T… read more
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20. All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #2)
By: Sydney Taylor
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sydney Taylor grew up among immigrant families on New York City's Lower East Side prior to World Wa… read more
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21. The Little Duke
By: Charlotte Mary Yonge
4.13
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more
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