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Tags: leisure reading
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Black Whiteness: Admiral Byrd Alone in the Antarctic
by Robert Burleigh
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(From Amazon): In 1934, Admiral Richard Byrd spent an entire winter by himself in a small cabin i...
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Stories of Robin Hood Told to the Children (Yesterday's Classics)
by H. E. Marshall
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(From Amazon): Stories of Robin Hood in a lively retelling that chronicles the events of the time...
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English Fairy Tales (Edition: 2nd Edition, Revised)
by Joseph Jacobs
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A collection of English fairy tales collected by Joseph Jacobs. Includes 43 tales, many of which...
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The Little White Horse
by Elizabeth Goudge
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In 1842, thirteen-year-old orphan Maria Merryweather arrives at her ancestral home in an enchante...
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Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransome
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(From Amazon): This is the first title in Arthur Ransom's classic serires, originally published i...
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The Saturdays
by Elizabeth Enright
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Four New York City siblings decide to pool their resources so that each can do a special thing on...
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The Four-Story Mistake
by Elizabeth Enright
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The Melendy family moves to a house in the country where a secret room, a cupola, a stable, and a...
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Then There Were Five
by Elizabeth Enright
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Meet the Melendys. Mona, the eldest, is thirteen. She has decided to become an actress and can re...
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Island Boy
by Barbara Cooney
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Matthais grows from a little boy to a grandfather on a small island off the coast of New England.
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Baby Island
by Carol Ryrie Brink
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Twelve-year-old Mary Wallace and her ten-year-old sister Jean survive the wreck of an ocean liner...
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The Hundred Dresses (Edition: Reissue)
by Eleanor Estes
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(From Amazon): Eleanor Estes’s The Hundred Dresses won a Newbery Honor in 1945 and has never been...
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Little Sir Galahad
by Lillian Holmes
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This story will capture your heart as you peer into the life of a little boy who struggles to wal...
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White Stallion of Lipizza
by Marguerite Henry
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A baker's son, who dreams of becoming a riding master at Vienna's Spanish Court Riding School, is...
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Thimble Summer (Edition: Reissue)
by Elizabeth Enright
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(From Amazon): A few hours after nine-year-old Garnet Linden finds a silver thimble in the dried-...
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Call It Courage
by Armstrong Sperry
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A young polynesian boy overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his pe...
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American Tall Tales
by Mary Pope Osborne
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Meet America's first folk heroes in these wildly exaggerated and downright funny stories. In the ...
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Five for Victory
by Hilda Van Stockum
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Follows the adventures of the five Mitchell children living with their mother and grandmother in ...
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The Black Stallion (Black Stallion Series, Book 1)
by Walter Farley
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Alec Ramsey is the sole human survivor of a devastating shipwreck. Trapped on a desert island, Al...
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Mary Poppins
by Mary Shepard, P.L. Travers
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It all starts when Mary Poppins is blown by the east wind onto the doorstep of the Banks house. S...
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Lad: A Dog
by Albert Payson Terhune
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Lad: a dog follows the career of Terhune's collie named Lad. Lad is the hero of a number of ficti...
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The Gammage Cup
by Carol Kendall
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The Minnipins have lost their past. Long ago, the hero Gammage led them in war against the horrib...
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The Lost Prince
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Marco and a street urchin, known as The Rat, help Marco's father bring about a revolution in Sama...
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Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake Books)
by Elizabeth Enright
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(From Amazon): Summer has a magic all its own in Elizabeth Enright's beloved stories about two ch...
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The Dragons of Blueland
by Ruth Stiles Gannett
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Elmer makes plans to outwit the hunters who have organized an expedition to capture the dragon's ...
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The Indian in the Cupboard
by Lynne Reid Banks
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It all began with a birthday present Omri didn't want. A story that blends everyday life with bel...
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The Two Cars
by Ingri D'Aulaire
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(From Amazon): In The Two Cars the celebrated husband and wife team of Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Au...
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The Phantom Tollbooth (Edition: First Edition)
by Norton Juster
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Readers of all ages will find much wit and wisdom in Norton Juster's beloved fantasy about a boy ...
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Stuart Little
by E. B. White
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The adventures of a son who is the size of and looks like a mouse.
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Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #2)
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
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(From Amazon): Summer vacation on an almost private island gives the Aldens a challenge.
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A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray
by Ann M. Martin
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(From Amazon): Newbery Honor author Ann Martin's "heartwrenching and heartwarming" (Kirkus) dog s...
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Elsie Dinsmore
by Martha Finley
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(From Amazon): Set amid the sweet blossoms of a southern mansion, this timeless classic delves in...
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Understood Betsy - with AO weeks
by Dorothy Canfield
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Thin, pale nine-year-old Betsy goes to her cousins' farm where she blooms under their care.
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James Herriot's Treasury for Children
by James Herriot
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A collection of a country vet's experiences with animals. Style is similar to All Creatures Great...
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All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown
by Sydney Taylor
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(From Amazon): Based on the author's family and childhood, these charming books capture the every...
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Ox-Cart Man (Edition: 1)
by Donald Hall
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(From Amazon): A lyrical journey through the seasons and passing years of one New Englander's fam...
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The Blue Fairy Book (AO Form 1A-C for groups) (Edition: Unabridged)
by Andrew Lang
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(From Amazon): The first volume in Lang's fairy tale series features some of the finest stories f...
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The Mitten, 20th Anniversary Edition (Edition: 20)
by Jan Brett
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(From Amazon): Millions of readers have fallen in love with Jan Brett’s The Mitten, and over 2.5 ...
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Grady the Goose (General Reading) (Edition: First Edition)
by Denise Brennan-Nelson
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(From Amazon): From the moment she hatches from her egg, Grady Goose has to do things her way, of...
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A Rainbow of My Own
by Don Freeman
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(From Amazon): A small boy imagines what it would be like to have his own rainbow to play with.
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The Valentine Bears (Edition: Reprint)
by Eve Bunting
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(From Amazon): Mr. and Mrs. Bear have never celebrated St. Valentine's Day because they hibernate...
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Andrea Carter and the Long Ride Home (Circle C Adventures #1)
by Susan K. Marlow
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(From Amazon): Twelve-year-old Andrea Carter has several frightening encounters after taking her ...
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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
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A farm is overtaken by its overworked, mistreated animals that try to create a paradise of progre...
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Andrea Carter and the Dangerous Decision (Circle C Adventures #2)
by Susan K. Marlow
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(From Amazon): In this sequel to Andrea Carter and the Long Ride Home, Andi nearly tramples her n...
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Andrea Carter and the Family Secret (Circle C Adventures #3)
by Susan K. Marlow
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(From Amazon): Even after dealing with escaped convicts and wild horses, Andi isn't prepared for ...
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Andrea Carter and the San Francisco Smugglers (Circle C Adventures #4)
by Susan K. Marlow
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(From Amazon): When a winter flood in Fresno closes school temporarily, Andi is outraged when she...
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Andrea Carter and the Trouble with Treasure (Circle C Adventures #5)
by Susan K. Marlow
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(From Amazon): When innocent horseplay temporarily lands Andi and her friends in jail, they decid...
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Andrea Carter and the Price of Truth (Circle C Adventures #6)
by Susan K. Marlow
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(From Amazon): Thirteen-year-old Andi Carter wants to surprise her mother with the perfect birthd...
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Andi's Pony Trouble (Circle C Beginnings #1)
by Susan K. Marlow
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(From Amazon): A new series for early readers!
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Andi's Scary School Days (Circle C Beginnings #4)
by Susan K. Marlow
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(From Amazon): Exciting adventures for early readers! Written for reading levels 2.0–2.8, the Cir...
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A Summer with the Moodys (Moody Family Series #1)
by Sarah Maxwell
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(From Amazon): First book in the Moody Series
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Winter with the Moddys (Moody Family Series #3)
by Sarah Maxwell
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The third book in the Moody Family Series continues to follow the life of a Christian, homeschool...
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Spring With The Moodys (Moody Family Series #4)
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The fourth book in the Moody Family Series, "Spring with the Moodys", continues to follow the lif...
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Summer Days with the Moodys (Moody Family Series #5)
by Sarah Maxwell
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(From Amazon): Summer Days with the Moodys, the fifth book in the series, continues to follow the...
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Welcome to Silver Street Farm (Edition: Reprint)
by Nicola Davies
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(From Amazon): Some animal farms are up in the hills, or down winding lanes. But Silver Street Fa...
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Pollyanna
by Eleanor H. Porter
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Always finding something to be glad about, Pollyanna changes everyone's life in her aunt's town.
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Edition: later printing)
by Hugh Lofting
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(From Amazon): In this first book in the series, Doctor Dolittle discovers that he can talk to th...
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Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
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Anne is adopted by Matthew and Marilla. The first book in the series.
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God's Wisdom for Little Boys
by Jim George
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Character-building fun from Proverbs in short rhyming text.
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Thee, Hannah! (Edition: 2nd)
by Marguerite de Angeli
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(From Amazon): Nine-year-old Hannah, a Quaker living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War, l...
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Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill
by Maud Hart Lovelace
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Betsy, Tacy, and Tib can't wait to be ten. After all, getting two numbers in your age is the begi...
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Little Pear
by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
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Little Pear is a young boy who lives in a small village in China. Although his story takes place ...
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Mountain Born (Edition: 2nd)
by Elizabeth Yates
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Wolves, weather, a black lamb, a trusty dog--all are part of Peter's life on a mountain farm. His...
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The Blue Fairy Book (Edition: Unabridged)
by Andrew Lang
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(From Amazon): The first volume in Lang's fairy tale series features some of the finest stories f...
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Little House on Rocky Ridge (Edition: The Rose Years series)
by Roger Lea MacBride
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Laura, husband Almanzo, and seven-year-old Rose embark on what will be a final migration, from So...
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All Creatures Great and Small
by James Herriot
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Stories of James Herriot, a Yorkshire veterinarian. Note: Would also be appropriate to read aloud...
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The Family Under the Bridge (Edition: First Harper Trophy Edition)
by Natalie Savage Carlson
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(From Amazon): This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand,...
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Teddy's Button
by Amy LeFeuvre
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Here is a story that will open a child's understanding of the spiritual battle within as Teddy le...
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Andersen's Fairy Tales (Edition: 1999)
by Hans Christian Andersen
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Andersen created intriguing and unique characters — a tin soldier with only one leg but a big hea...
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Swallowdale
by Arthur Ransome
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Follows the Walker family and friends through a shipwreck, a camp on the mainland, a secret valle...
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