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…
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1. Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble, #1)
By: Jonathan Auxier
4.11
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled i… read more
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- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- juvenile
"The bigger the scar the better the story."-Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble, #1)
"A well-spun tale can transport listeners away from their humdrum lives and return them with an enlarged sense of the world."-Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble, #1)
"Peter had spent his whole life in a town where fights were either drunken and friendly, or silent and petty. True war was foreign to him. He thought of how scared and confused he had been when the ba…"-Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble, #1)
"Peter stood back up. 'Well, that was a perfectly useless conversation,' he said with a sigh. Now, there is a wonderful thing in this world called 'foresight.' It is a gift treasured above all others …"-Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble, #1)
2. The Railway Children
By: E. Nesbit
4.02
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
In this much-loved children's classic first published in 1906, the comfortable lives of three well-… read more
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- classics
- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Girls are just as clever as boys, and don’t you forget it!"-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children
"I'd like to marry a lady who had trances, and only woke up once or twice a year"-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children
"It's an odd thing- the softer and more easily hurt a woman is the better she can screw herself up to do what has to be done."-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children
"Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that…"-E. Nesbit, The Railway Children
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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- classics
- chapter books
- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- juvenile
"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. 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
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- 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. 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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- classics
- childrens
6. A Child's Garden of Verses
By: Robert Louis Stevenson , Tasha Tudor
4.00
Format: 139 pages, Hardcover
All the joys and sorrows, fears and fantasies of an imaginative solitary child are brought together… read more
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- classics
- childrens
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7. 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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- young adult
- fiction
- juvenile
"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)
8. Raiders from the Sea (Viking Quest, #1)
By: Lois Walfrid Johnson
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
In one harrowing day, Viking raiders capture Bree and her brother Devin and take them from their ho… read more
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9. 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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10. 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
11. 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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- classics
- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- juvenile
12. The Ordinary Princess
By: M.M. Kaye
3.67
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Along with Wit, Charm, Health, and Courage, Princess Amy of Phantasmorania receives a special fairy… read more
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13. Mandy
By: Julie Andrews Edwards , Johanna Westerman
3.00
Format: 108 pages, Hardcover
The magic of finding a home Mandy, a ten-year-old orphan, dreams of a place to call her own. Escapi… read more
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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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- childrens
- adventure
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- juvenile
17. Misty of Chincoteague (Misty, #1)
By: Marguerite Henry , Wesley Dennis
3.20
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
On an island off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. Amo… read more
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18. Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality
By: Emily Morrow
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star… read more
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19. Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy
By: Jennifer Pepito
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Becoming a better, happier mom starts with the stories you tell your kids As a mom, you want to … read more
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20. Mother Culture
By: Karen Andreola
4.35
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Be encouraged in the skillful art of looking after the ways of your household, while taking a littl… read more
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