Poor Richard
By: James Daugherty
3.85
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
A biography of Benjamin Franklin from his birth in Boston in 1706 through his years as printer,stat…
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1. Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution
By: Natalie S. Bober
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Abigail Adams is often referred to as the wife of one president and the mother of another. Rarely i… read more
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- american history
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- history
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- historical
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2. George Washington's World: Life Story of George Washington, A wonderful Narratives Explored by the writer
By: Joanna Foster , Genevieve Foster
4.05
Format: 357 pages, Paperback
1942 Newbery Honor Title The period measured by the life of George Washington, 1732 to 1799, was… read more
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- american history
- american
- biography
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- childrens
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- historical
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3. Robinson Crusoe
By: Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three dec… read more
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- classic literature
- classics
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"For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first. "-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"On a horse? I was married on a horse? Gillian looked like she could kill the groom"-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them."-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
"for me to think of such a voyage was the most preposterous thing that ever man in such circumstances could be guilty of."-Virginia Woolf, Robinson Crusoe
4. The Story Book of Science
By: Jean-Henri Fabre
4.17
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
The wonders of plant and animal life told with rare literary charm by Uncle Paul in conversations w… read more
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- classics
- history
- childrens
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- nonfiction
5. 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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- american history
- classics
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- historical
6. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
By: Howard Pyle
4.07
Format: 398 pages, Paperback
Dünya tarihinin en ünlü halk kahramanlarından biri olan Robin Hood, zorlu bir dönemde ortaya çıkmış… read more
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- historical
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"Now there was no sign of any foul weather, but when one wishes to do a thing . . . one finds no lack of reasons for the doing."-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
"So passed the seasons then, so they pass now, and so they will pass in time to come, while we come and go like leaves of the tree that fall and are soon forgotten."-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
"I had to pay a ransom of six hundred pounds in gold. All might have gone well even yet, only that, by ins and outs and crookedness of laws, I was shorn like a sheep that is clipped to the quick."-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
"Let us e'er be merry while we may, for man is but dust, and he hath but a span to live here till the worm getteth him, as our good gossip Swanthold sayeth; so let life be merry while it lasts, say I."-Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
7. The Incredible Journey
By: Sheila Burnford
4.16
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, … read more
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- childrens
"He broke into a run, faster and faster, until the years fell away, and he hurled himself towards Peter. And as he had never run before, as though he would outdistance time, Peter was running towards …"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
"Lying awake in the dark that night,unable to sleep, he thought he would have given anything to feel the heavy thud on the bed that used to announce the old dog's arrival. How extremely unloving and i…"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
"Anyone unaccustomed to the rather peculiar points of bull terrier beauty would have thought him a strange if not downright ugly dog, with the maked, down-faced arc of his profile, his deep-chested, s…"-Sheila Burnford, The Incredible Journey
8. Just So Stories
By: Rudyard Kipling
3.73
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include How the Camel Got His Hump. The B… read more
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- classics
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9. Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
By: Robert Louis Stevenson
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for… read more
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- historical
- classics
"And life is all a variorum, at the best."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
"But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offense, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself."-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
10. 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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- historical
- classics
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11. 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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- childrens
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12. Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas
By: Jos. A. Smith , Cheryl Bardoe
3.37
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
Regarded as the world's first geneticist, Gregor Mendel overcame poverty and obscurity to discover … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- biography
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13. Minn of the Mississippi
By: Holling Clancy Holling
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
The history of the Mississippi River Valley is told in text and pictures through the adventures of … read more
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- history
- childrens
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14. 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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- historical
- classics
- childrens
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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
15. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
By: Jean Lee Latham
5.00
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to … read more
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16. Amos Fortune, Free Man
By: Elizabeth Yates , Nora S. Unwin
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave trade… read more
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17. The Children of the New Forest
By: Frederick Marryat
3.88
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is … 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. Johnny Tremain
By: Lynd Ward , Esther Forbes
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 B… read more
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20. 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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21. 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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22. 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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- nonfiction
- 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
23. Parables from Nature (Yesterday's Classics)
By: Mrs. Alfred Gatty
4.03
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
Parables for children inspired by nature. This collection includes all 29 stories from the first, s… read more
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- childrens
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24. The Sign of the Beaver
By: Elizabeth George Speare
3.87
Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition
Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring th… read more
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- classics
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25. Modern Miss Mason
By: Leah Boden
4.30
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
For every mother who desires to cultivate a lasting foundation of curiosity and wonder for her chil… read more
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- nonfiction
- childrens
26. Poor Richard
By: James Daugherty
3.85
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
A biography of Benjamin Franklin from his birth in Boston in 1706 through his years as printer,stat… read more
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- american history
- classics
- history
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- biography
- american
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- classic literature
- nonfiction
27. The Plutarch Primer: Publicola (The Plutarch Project)
By: Anne E. White
4.29
Format: 78 pages, Kindle Edition
Publicola, one of the first consuls of the Roman Republic, was “the most eminent amongst the Romans… read more
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28. Know and Tell: The Art of Narration
By: Karen Glass
4.52
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Narration, the art of telling, has been used as a pedagogical tool since ancient times. Over one hu… read more
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29. The Ocean Of Truth: The Story Of Sir Isaac Newton
By: Joyce McPherson
4.27
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
Sir Isaac Newton is one of history's most renownedscientists. He independently developed the mathem… read more
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30. A Walk Through the Glen
By: Anne E. White
4.18
Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition
What was the unique value of Madam How and Lady Why that made it a staple of Charlotte Mason’s clas… read more
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31. AmblesideOnline Poetry Anthology Volume Four: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Emily Dickinson, William Wordsworth
By: Donna-Jean A. Breckenridge
4.72
Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition
“The thing is,” Charlotte Mason said in a book she wrote for children, “to keep your eye upon words… read more
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