All the Colors of the Race: Poems
Arnold Adoff
A collection of poems celebrating many races and colors. Coretta Scott King Honor Book for Illustrator John Steptoe.
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
John Bellairs
A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the wall ticking off the minutes until Doomsday.
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume
The trials and tribulations of Peter, who must deal with his two-year-old brother Fudge’s ever-increasing demands. Look for other Peter and Fudge books.
A Bear Called Paddington
Michael Bond
Life is never the same for the Brown family after they make a surprising discovery in Paddington Station.
The Pinballs
Betsy Byars
Three lonely foster children learn to care about themselves and each other when they end up in the same unusual foster home.
The Stories Julian Tells
Ann Cameron
Funny stories about Julian and his younger brother, Huey. Look for other books about Julian, Huey, and their friend, Gloria.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
Charlie Bucket is one of five children lucky enough to find a ticket into Willy Wonka’s mysterious chocolate factory. Look for Charlie’s further adventures in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe.
Bette Greene
Beth wonders if allowing Philip to win first place is worth it to win his affection. Newbery Honor Book. Also look for Get on Out of Here, Philip Hall.
Zeely
Virginia Hamilton
Geeder’s summer at her uncle’s farm is made special when she meets a woman who closely resembles the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen.
Bunnicula
Deborah Howe
Is the new baby bunny in the house really a vampire? You be the judge.
Aldo Applesauce
Johanna Hurwitz
Aldo, a vegetarian after reading Charlotte’s Web, has trouble making friends in his new home. Look for other books about Aldo.
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norman Juster
Milo journeys through a magical land where the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Betty MacDonald
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is like no other baby-sitter on earth. Look for other Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books.
The Hundred Penny Box
Sharon Bell Mathis
Michael helps his great aunt preserve her treasures from the trash and learns to appreciate her history contained in them. Newbery Honor Book.
Felita
Nicholasa Mohr
The ups and downs of an eight-year-old Puerto Rican girl growing up in New York City. Also look for the sequel, Going Home.
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
Daniel Pinkwater
A hilarious tale of a large chicken that does not want to be the main course at a Thanksgiving feast.
The Upstairs Room
Johanna Reiss
A Dutch-Jewish girl’s autobiographical story of her two-and-a-half years hiding in an upstairs bedroom of a farmer’s house during World War II. Newbery Honor Book. Continued in The Journey Back (J 940.5315 R).
Henry Reed, Inc.
Keith Robertson
Young Henry Reed records the efforts of a summer vacation spent learning the lessons of free enterprise. Look for other Henry Reed books.
Peter Pan
J.M. Barrie
Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, and his adventures in Never-Never Land with Wendy, John, and Michael.
Baby Island
Carol Ryrie Brink
Shipwreck survivors twelve-year-old Mary, her younger sister Jean, and four babies on a deserted island.
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors of England and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. Look for other books by the author.
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet
Eleanor Cameron
The adventures of two boys on a planet not far away from Earth.
The Family Under the Bridge
Natalie Savage Carlson
A Parisian hobo and a homeless family meet while seeking shelter under the bridge. Newbery Honor Book.
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Mary Mapes Dodge
A Dutch brother and sister strive to find a doctor who can restore their father’s memory, and to compete in the skating contest to win the silver skates.
Understood Betsy
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Elizabeth Ann, a nine-year-old orphan, is whisked away from her city home and relocated to the Vermont farm of her cousins, the "dreaded Putneys."
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
Adventures of Mole and his animal friends along a river in the English countryside.
The Peterkin Papers
Lucretia P. Hale
Humorous adventures of a New England family whose problems are solved by the "Lady from Philadelphia."
Mr. Revere and I
Robert Lawson
An account of the life of Paul Revere and his famous ride as told by his horse.
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison
Lois Lenski
A novel based on the true story of a girl kidnapped from her frontier home by Seneca Indians.
Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren
Escapades of a little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey—but without any parents—at the edge of a Swedish village. Look for other Pippi books.
Homer Price
Robert McCloskey
Six humorous episodes in the life of Homer, including one about a donut machine on the rampage. Also look for Centerburg Tales.
Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. Milne
Tales of Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga, and Roo, and their human friend Christopher Robin. Also look for The House at Pooh Corner and Now We Are Six (J 821 M).
Pollyanna
Eleanor H. Porter
Eleven-year-old Pollyanna’s life changes when her father dies and she moves into her aunt’s home. Also look for Pollyanna Grows Up.
Heidi
Johanna Spyri
A young orphan is sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps.
