Raising Readers
Classics
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
X Carroll
By falling down a rabbit hole and stepping through a mirror, Alice experiences unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.
The Book of Three
Lloyd Alexander
X Alexander
Taran, would-be hero and assistant pig-keeper, assembles a group of companions to rescue the oracular pig Hen Wen from the forces of evil. One book in five of the Prydain Chronicles.
The Borrowers
Mary Norton
X Norton
Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock. Includes a letter and a sketch of Homily and Arrietty by the author.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
X Dahl
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last, and only five lucky children will be allowed inside. But what they find is even wilder than any of the wild rumors they've heard!
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
X White
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.
Freaky Friday
Mary Rodgers
X Rodgers
A thirteen-year-old girl gains a much more sympathetic understanding of her relationship with her mother when the two switch bodies.
The Dark is Rising
Susan Cooper
NB Cooper
Will Stanton's 11th birthday is the beginning of a frightening yet wonderful discovery of a special gift - immortality and power against the forces of evil.
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil
E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg
NB Konigsburg
Having runaway with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh
X Fitzhugh
Precocious, overpriviledged Harriet darts around her Manhattan neighborhood ferreting out the "scoop" on the moving scene.
The Incredible Journey
Sheila Burnford
X Burnford
Two dogs and a cat support each other through hardships, hunger, and danger as they travel two hundred and fifty miles across Canada to reach home.s to survive and return home.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
X Lewis
Four English children go through a wardrobe door to Narnia where Aslan, the noble lion, fights the spell of the white witch. First in the Chronicles of Narnia series.
Little House in the Big Woods
Laura Ingalls Wilder
X Wilder
Laura and her pioneer family share a home in the wilderness of Wisconsin in this first of a beloved series.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Patricia MacLachlan
NB MacLachlan
Caleb and Anna hope that the mail-order bride who comes from Maine to their prairie home will stay.
Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
X Burnett
A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
Sounder
William Armstrong
NB Armstrong
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding with the help of his devoted dog Sounder.
The Westing Game
Ellen Raskin
NB Raskin
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls
F Rawls
A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
X Grahame
The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare
NB Speare
A sixteen-year-old girl from Barbados moves to a Puritan
colony in Connecticut and is accused of being a witch.
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A Wrinkle In Time
Madeline L'Engle
X L'Engle
A trio of whimsical characters, intent on helping Meg find her father, take her, her brother, and a friend on an interplanetary voyage to a distant planet where an omnipotent brain has robotized everyone.