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Author |
Title |
Description |
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Alcott,
Louisa May |
Little
Women |
Chronicles
the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they
grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England. |
|
Babbitt,
Natalie |
Tuck
Everlasting |
The
Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation
when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious
stranger now share their secret about a spring whose
water prevents one from ever growing any older. |
|
Banks,
Lynne Reid |
The
Indian in the Cupboard |
A
nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard,
and a little key for his birthday and finds himself
involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life
in the cupboard and befriends him. |
|
Baum,
L. Frank |
The
Wizard of Oz |
After
a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy
must seek out the great wizard in order to return to
Kansas. |
|
Burnett,
Frances Hodgson |
A
Little Princess |
Sara
Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left
in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued
by a mysterious benefactor. |
|
Burnford,
Sheila Every |
The
Incredible Journey |
A
Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador
retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian
wilderness to find their family. |
|
Byars,
Betsy Cromer |
The
Summer of the Swans |
A
teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her
family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost. |
|
Dahl,
Roald |
James
and the Giant Peach |
Wonderful
adventures abound after James escapes from his fearful
aunts by rolling away inside a giant peach. |
|
De
Angeli, Marguerite |
The
Door in the Wall |
A
crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his
courage and earns recognition from the King. |
|
Dodge,
Mary Mapes |
Hans
Brinker; or, The Silver Skates |
When
a new friend gives Hans and his sister Gretel enough
money for one pair of ice skates, Hans insists that
Gretel enter the grand skating competition, while he
approaches the great Doctor who consents to try to restore
their father's memory. |
|
Farley,
Walter |
The
Black Stallion |
Young
Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a
horse destined to play an important part in his life.
Following their rescue their adventure continues in
America. |
|
Forbes,
Esther |
Johnny
Tremain |
After
injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston
becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days
before the American Revolution. |
|
Gates,
Doris |
Blue
Willow |
A
little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home
and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley
her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern
on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent
home. |
|
George,
Jean Craighead. |
My
Side of the Mountain |
A
young boy relates his adventures during the year he
spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including
his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature,
his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that
he needs human companionship. |
|
Grahame,
Kenneth
|
The
Wind in the Willows |
The
escapades of four animal friends who live along a river
in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger |
|
L'Engle,
Madeleine |
A
Wrinkle in Time |
Meg
Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly
strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared
while engaged in secret work for the government. |
|
Lewis,
C. S. |
The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
Four
English school children find their way through the back
of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist
Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch
who has cursed the land with eternal winter. |
|
Lofting,
Hugh |
The
Story of Doctor Dolittle |
Presents
the story of the good doctor who learned the language
of animals and made adventurous voyages. |
|
London,
Jack |
The
Call of the Wild |
This
is the story of Buck; a dog abducted from his home and
thrust into the merciless world of an Artic north consumed
by a quest for gold. |
|
Naylor,
Phyllis Reynolds |
Shiloh
|
When
he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West
Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family
and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known
to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs. |
|
Nesbit,
E. |
Five
Children and It |
When
four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy,
in the gravel pit near the country house where they
are staying, they have no way of knowing all the adventures
its wish-granting will bring them. |
|
Porter,
Eleanor H. |
Pollyanna |
When
orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with
austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness
brings happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members
of the community. |
|
Selden,
George |
The
Cricket in Times Square |
The
adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally
arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse
and Harry Cat. |
|
Sewell,
Anna
|
Black
Beauty : The Autobiography of a Horse |
A
horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences
with both good and bad masters. |
|
Speare,
Elizabeth George |
The
Witch of Blackbird Pond |
A
young woman brought up in Barbados comes to live with
her uncle in Connecticut, and finds their Puritan way
of life difficult after her unconventional upbringing. |
|
Sperry,
Armstrong |
Call
It Courage |
Relates
how Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means
Stout Heart, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea
and proves his courage to himself and his people. |
|
White,
E. B. |
Charlotte's
Web |
Wilbur,
the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined
to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider
friend, Charlotte, decides to help him. |
|
Wyss,
Johann David |
The
Swiss Family Robinson |
Relates
the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively
adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and
plant life.
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