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Par Astrid Lindgren. 1950
Par W. Somerset Maugham. 1972
Twenty-year-old WWI aviator Larry Darrell leaves Chicago and heads to Paris seeking truth and meaning. In Larry's prolonged absence, his…
fiancée, Isabel, marries wealthy broker Gray Maturin. Ruined by the depression years later, Isabel and her family relocate to Paris, where she and Larry reassess life and love. 1943Par Barbara Robinson. 2005
The Herdmans are the worst kids in town, so when they take over the lead roles in the church's annual…
Christmas pageant, they cause quite a commotion. For grades 4-7. 1972Par Hugh Lofting. 1988
Par Beatrix Potter. 1989
Collection of classic stories with animal characters by British author. Presented in chronological order with a brief note about the…
origins of each piece. Begins with "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," first published in 1902. For grades K-3 and older readers. 1989Par Rudyard Kipling, Jerry Pinkney. 1995
Eight stories about the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves in a jungle in India.…
Presented in Kipling's preferred arrangement. Includes a ninth non-Mowgli tale "Rikki-tikki-tavi," about a valiant mongoose. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1894Par Robert McCloskey. 1941
Five helpful Boston policemen stop busy city traffic so that Mrs. Mallard can move her family of eight ducklings from…
their island in the Charles River to their new home in the Public Garden. For grades K-3. Caldecott Medal 1942Par Anna Sewell. 1998
England, 1870s. Black Beauty, a good-natured and strong stallion, tells of his adventures working with many types of people, some…
kind and others cruel. Written to encourage better treatment of horses. Some violence. For grades 4-7. 1877Par Seuss. 1960
Par James Thurber. 1970
Princess Lenore does not feel well and her father, the king, promises her anything her heart desires to make her…
better. But when she requests the moon, only the court jester figures out how to obtain it. For grades K-3. Caldecott Medal. 1943Par Oscar Wilde. 2004
A selection of work by Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Includes the plays Salomé, Lady Windermere's Fan, A…
Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest. Brief literary criticism from various sources and introduction by professor Sylvan Barnet. 2004Par Robert C O'Brien. 1971
Threatened with the loss of home and family, Mrs. Frisby, a widowed field mouse, seeks help from a colony of…
rats. Escapees from the NIMH laboratory, these superintelligent rats provide a solution to her dilemma. For grades 4-7. Newbery Medal. 1971Par Elizabeth Marie Pope, Richard J. Cuffari. 1992
In 1558 young Kate Sutton is exiled to a remote castle called Perilous Gard, where she becomes captive of an…
ancient fairy folk--the last practitioners of druidic magic. Kate struggles to prevent them from sacrificing Christopher Heron and to effect her own escape. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor Book. 1974Par Beverly Cleary. 2002
Par Eleanor Estes. 2004
The girls in her class mock Wanda Petronski because she claims to have a hundred dresses lined up in her…
closet but wears the same faded dress everyday. And they tease her about her Polish last name. Then Wanda stops coming to school. For grades 3-6. Newbery Honor. 1944Par Astrid Lindgren. 1959
Pippi takes her friends Annika and Tommy with her to Kurrekurredutt Island in the South Seas, where her father is…
king. Sequel to Pippi Longstocking (BR 16298). For grades 3-6. 1959Par E Nesbit. 2004
During the winter holiday, three English siblings Gerald, Jimmy, and Kathleen, with their friend, Mabel, discover a magic ring that…
leads them on strange adventures. They try to control the powers of the ring and solve the mystery of the enchanted castle. For grades 4-7. 1907Par Arnold Lobel. 1976
Five stories celebrating Frog and Toad's friendship and activities through all the seasons of the year, from sledding in winter…
to eating ice cream in summer. Beginning reader. For grades K-3. 1976Two classic works by English Puritan John Bunyan (1628-1688). In the allegorical tale Pilgrim's Progress, the protagonist, burdened by sin,…
leaves the City of Destruction to find Zion, the city of God. His journey embodies Christian teachings. In Grace Abounding, Bunyan recounts his conversion and spiritual growth. 2004Par Charles Nordhoff. 2003
1789. Following the Mutiny on the Bounty (BR 8669), Captain Bligh and eighteen loyal men are set adrift in the…
South Pacific on a twenty-three-foot open launch. Alone on uncharted waters, the crew struggles to survive the 3,600-mile voyage to the Dutch colony of Timor in the East Indies. 1933