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…
Want to Read $ 0.99"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-grade spelling, what grade am I?" The teacher laughed at the turn of her phrase. "you aren't any grade at all, no matter where you are in school. You're just yourself, aren't you? What difference does it make what grade you're in! And what's the use of your reading little baby things too easy for you just because you don't know your multiplication table?"-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy
"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-grade spelling, what grade am I?" The teacher laughed at the turn of her phrase. "you aren't any grade at all, no matter where you are in school. You're just yourself, aren't you? What difference does it make what grade you're in! And what's the use of your reading little baby things too easy for you just because you don't know your multiplication table?"-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy
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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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"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)
2. 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
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- historical
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"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)
3. Gooney Bird Greene
By: Lois Lowry , Middy Thomas
3.99
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of a… read more
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4. Tree in the Trail
By: Holling Clancy Holling
4.15
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
The history of the Great Plains and the Santa Fe Trail is told in text and pictures by focusing on … 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. Seabird: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
By: Holling Clancy Holling
4.02
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
A 1949 Newbery Honor Book The history of America at sea is presented through the travels of Seabir… read more
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7. James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small
By: James Herriot , Ruth Brown , Peter Barrett
4.08
Format: 31 pages, Hardcover
James Herriot's Treasury for Children collects all of the beloved veterinarian's delightful tales f… read more
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8. The Aesop for Children
By: Aesop , Milo Winter , H.Y. Xiao
3.32
Format: None pages,
Here are 126 of the best loved classic fables, including such favorites as 'The Town Mouse And The … read more
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9. 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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10. Paddle-to-the-Sea
By: Holling Clancy Holling
4.28
Format: 64 pages, Library Binding
A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and na… read more
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11. Joan of Arc
By: Diane Stanley
3.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Against the fascinating tapestry of France's history during the Hundred Years War, Diane Stanley un… read more
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12. George Muller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)
By: Janet Benge , Geoff Benge
4.23
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
This series chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men … 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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"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
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
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15. The King of the Golden River
By: John Ruskin , None
3.44
Format: 326 pages,
Little gem of Victorian literature, written in 1842 and published in 1851, tells a tale of the two … read more
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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. Little Pear
By: Eleanor Frances Lattimore
3.66
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Little Pear is a young boy who lives in a small village in China. Although his story takes place lo… read more
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20. Six Voices, One Story: The Heart of AmblesideOnline
By: AmblesideOnline Education Foundation
4.72
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
The AmblesideOnline Advisory began as a band of mothers who followed God and the vitalizing ideas o… 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
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"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
