Alcott, Louisa May
Little Women x (series)
The fortunes of the March sisters in 19th-century New England.
Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights x 398 A65
Sheherezade tells a different story every night so the king won't kill her.
Atwater, Richard
Mr. Potter's Penguins x
A housepainter and dreamer, Mr. Popper's whole life changes when he gets a penguin.
Barrie, J.M.
Peter Pan xy
The adventures of the boy who wouldn't grow up.
Baum, L. Frank
The Wizard of Oz xy (series)
Will the Wizard help Dorothy return to Kansas?
Bianco, Margery Williams
The Velveteen Rabbit xy
The velveteen rabbit has almost given up hope of becoming real.
Blume, Judy
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret x
A 12-year-old girl develops a personal relationship with her God.
Blume, Judy
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing x (series)
Peter's 2-year-old brother Fudge is nothing but trouble.
Burnett, Frances
The Secret Garden x
Orphaned Mary finds a mysterious garden in her lonely new home.
Burnford, Sheila
The Incredible Journey x
A cat and two dogs travel 250 miles to find their family.
Carroll, Lewis
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass xy
Alice finds a world of nonsense and strange characters down the rabbit hole.
Cleary, Beverly
Ramona the Pest x (series)
Why doesn't Davey want to be kissed and why can't Ramona pull Susan's tempting fat curls?
Dahl, Roald
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory xy
What will the five winners find in Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory?
Dickens, Charles
A Christmas Carol x
Scrooge visits Christmases past, present, and future to save his soul.
Eager, Edward
Half Magic xy (series)
The coin grants only half of every wish! Beware!
Estes, Eleanor
The Hundred Dresses x
Wanda claims to own a hundred dresses but always wears the same one.
Farley, Walter
The Black Stallion x (series)
Young Alec rescues a horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory.
Fitzgerald, John D.
The Great Brain x (series)
Tom is a swindler and a con artist growing up in Utah in the early 1900s.
Fitzhugh, Louise
Harriet the Spy x
Harriet gets in big trouble when the other kids find out what she really thinks of them.
George, Jean Craighead
Julie of the Wolves x
Fleeing an unwanted marriage, an Eskimo girl's life is saved by wolves.
Gipson, Fred
Old Yeller x
The old yellow dog becomes Travis' friend and savior on the Texas farm.
Grahame, Kenneth
The Wind in the Willows xy
Escapades of Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger, who live by a river.
Hamilton, Virginia
The People Could Fly Il. by Leo & Diane Dillon x 398 H221-1
24 handsomely illustrated African American folktales.
Henry, Marguerite
Misty of Chincoteague x
Two children see their chance to own a wild Chincoteague pony.
Howe, Deborah
Bunnicula xy
Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their bunny is a vampire.
Hughes, Langston
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems x 811 H893
Lyrical poems, songs, and blues selected for children, exploring the African American experience.
Irving, Washington
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow x 817 I72
A schoolmaster has a terrifying meeting with a headless horseman.
Keene, Carolyn
The Secret of the Old Clock x M (series)
Nancy Drew's keen mind is tested in her search for a missing will.
Kipling, Rudyard
Just So Stories xy
Find out how the camel got his hump and why other animals look the way they do.
Konigsburg, E.L.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler x
Life in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is full of surprises for runaway Claudia and her little brother.
Lester, Julius
Tales of Uncle Remus x 398 L642-1 (series)
African American folktales about Brer Rabbit.
Lewis, C.S.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe xy (series)
Four English children enter the land of Narnia through the back of a wardrobe.
Lindgren, Astrid
Pippi Longstocking xy (series)
Zany adventures of a girl who lives with a horse, a monkey, and no parents.
Lowry, Lois
Anastasia Krupnik x (series)
Her tenth year is full of good and bad things. Is the new baby a good thing or a bad one?
MacLachlan, Patricia
Sarah, Plain and Tall x
Caleb and Anna hope the mail-order bride will stay on their prairie farm.
McCaughrean, Geraldine, reteller
Greek Myths x 292 M123
Sixteen tales, including Pandora's box and king Midas.
McCloskey, Robert
Homer Price x
Six funny stories about a boy growing up in Centerburg, a small midwestern town.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Anne of Green Gables x (series)
A heartwarming, old-fashioned story of a red-haired orphan girl.
O'Dell, Scott
Island of the Blue Dolphins x
Abandoned, a young Indian girl finds courage, self-reliance, and even happiness.
Osborne, Mary Pope
American Tall Tales x 398 O815-1
Meet American folk heroes Pecos Bill, John Henry, and others.
Paterson, Katherine
Bridge to Terabithia x
Friends Jess and Leslie escape from unhappiness by spending time in the land of Terabithia.
Pyle, Howard
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood x 398.6 P996
How Robin Hood and his band became outlaws in Sherwood Forest.
Rawls, Wilson
Where the Red Fern Grows x
An Ozark farmboy and his hunting adventures with a pair of coon hounds.
Robinson, Barbara
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever x
The yearly nativity play is hijacked by the worst children that ever existed.
Rockwell, Thomas
How to Eat Fried Worms x
Will Billy be able to eat fifteen worms?
Rodgers, Mary
Freaky Friday x
One morning Annabel wakes up to find she's turned into her mother!
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de
The Little Prince xy
The little prince learns about love, responsibility, friendship, and beauty.
Sandburg, Carl
Rootabaga Stories xy
Humorous, homespun tales of Midwestern America in the early 1900s.
Sewell, Anna
Black Beauty xy
The ups and downs of a horse's life in 19th century England.
Silverstein, Shel
Where the Sidewalk Ends x 811 S587
Poems about "whatifs," a boy who turns into a TV, and a girl who eats a whale.
Smith, Robert K
Chocolate Fever x
Henry's loco over cocoa, but is it possible there can be too much of a good thing?
Sobol, Donald
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective x (series)
Leroy Brown, walking encyclopedia, easily cracks the toughest criminal cases.
Speare, Elizabeth George
The Witch of Blackbird Pond x
In 1687, Kit befriends an outcast Quaker and finds herself on trial for witchcraft.
Spyri, Johanna
Heidi x
A Swiss girl's joyous spirit helps her family and friends find happiness.
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Treasure Island x
A treasure map leads to a pirate's fortune and great danger.
Sutcliff, Rosemary
The Sword and the Circle x 398.2 S965-3
Adventures of King Arthur and his famous knights of the Round Table.
Taylor, Mildred D.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry x
In 1933, a strong black family living in the South faces prejudice and discrimination.
Tolkien, J.R.R.
The Hobbit xy
The dangerous quest of Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving, ordinary Hobbit.
Travers, P.L.
Mary Poppins xy (series)
An extraordinary nanny glues stars to the sky and dances at night in the zoo.
Twain, Mark
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer x
Tom and Huck almost get into more trouble than they can handle.
White, E.B.
Charlotte's Web xy
Charlotte, a spider and a lover of words, saves the life of her friend Wilbur the pig.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Little House in the Big Woods x (series)
First book in a series about the daily life of a pioneer girl and her family.
Wyss, Johann
Swiss Family Robinson x
A shipwrecked family cleverly adapts to life on a South Sea island.