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Childrens Literature
Fiction and NonFiction
Little Women—Louisa May Alcott
~The classic novel about four sisters growing up in the late 1800’s
Meet Kirsten, Changes For Felicity, Meet Felicity, Kirsten Learns A Lesson
~Books from the American Girls series, about Kirsten who immigrates from Sweden with her family, and Felicity who lives in the colonies during the Revolutionary war.
Tuck Everlasting—Natalie Babbit
~Tuck Everlasting is the story of young Winnie Foster and the Tucks, a family who has a huge secret as timeless as the earth….
Mermaid Princess—Shirley Barber
~A book whose illustrations are actually jigsaw puzzles, along with a charming story about a mermaid princess and her friends who save her
Childrens Stories Of The Bible—Bradford
~Bible stories made easy for kids to understand. This is a slightly old book
The Incredible Journey—Shiela Bumford
~The story of three lost pets, two dogs and a cat, trying to find their way home through the wild mountains
The Summer of the Swans—Betsy Byars
~The story of a girl learning to understand her handicapped brother.
The Little Girls Dance Class—J. Carruth
~This is a book about the little girls dance class, and their dolls and pet cat too! A great book for any little dancer.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland—Louis Carrol
~ When Alice follows a rabbit down its hole, she finds herself in Wonderland, a place where nothing is as it should be
Behind the Attic Wall—Sylvia Cassidy
~ An orphan girl goes to live with her critical, strict aunts, and feels horrible, until she hears voices in the walls and finds an amazing secret that even she can never explain
The Witches—Roald Dahl
~ A boys mother tells him there are real witches, who can smell children and it makes them sick! Then at a hotel he finds out that there is a secret witch convention going on! They turn him into a mouse but can he still stop them?
So You Want to be a Wizard—Duane
~ Nita is running from a bully and hides in the library, where she finds a book called So You Want To Be a Wizard. Things sure have changed since the days of Merlin as she finds out when she meets Kit who becomes her partner and they battle an evil being.
Deep Wizardry---Duane
~ More wizardry as Nita and Kit battle evil yet again, this time alongside whales in the ocean
High Wizardy—Duane
~ Shockingly, Nita’s younger sister becomes a wizard too, but before she learns the rules she’s off on another planet! Can Nita and Kit save her?
A Wizard Abroad—Duane
~ To get her away from Kit for awhile, Nita’s parents send her to Ireland to see her aunt. Ireland is more full of wizardry than New York , and its dangerous too, can Nita and her friends stop the evil once and for all?
Lets Read A Story—Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg
~ A cute storybook from the fifties with illustrations in black white and red. There are poems and contemporary (for that time) short stories for children
A Little Princess—Frances Hodgson Burnett
~ The tale of a girl who was as rich as a princess and as smart as any adult, who tragically lost her father, her only family, and all her money and was made to work as a drudge at the school she once attended and live in the attic, and the friends who help her.
Titanic—Diane Hoh
~ A book whose story is about the Titanic and the social conditions on board the ship and in the world at that time
Care Bears Book of Bedtime Poems—Bobby Katz
~ Famous bedtime poems such as Wee Willie Winkie, illustrated by pictures of Care Bears.
The Giver—Lois Lowry
~ The moving story about a perfect society that is shielded from the outside world and seems flawless and the boy who is chosen to be burdened with the truth.
The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Other Fairy Tales—Alfred David and Mary Elizabeth Meek
~ A book of fairy tales from different parts of the world.
Mary, Bloody Mary—Carolyn Meyer
~ A fictional book based on the life of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and sister of the then future Queen Elisabeth, as seen from her eyes as an adolescent.
T’was The Night Before Christmas—Clemment C. Moore
~ The famous Christmas poem, with illustrations of the Coca-Cola Santa.
My Friend Flicka—Mary O’Hara
~ A book about a boy who saves a small foal who was sick, that shows the power of the bond between man and animal.
Harry Potter Series—J.K. Rowling
~ The fantastic books about a boy who finds out he is a wizard and goes to school to learn about wizardry, and to find out who he really is, why he was not killed as a child by the Dark Lord Voldemort, and his true destiny
Great Girl Stories—Rosemary Sandberg
~ A book full of selected chapters of books such as A Little Princess, Pippy Longstocking, and Little House on the Prairie
A Series of Unfortunate Events—Lemony Snicket
~ This series tells the sad story of the Baudlaire orphans, whose parents died in a fire that burned down their whole house. They are shuffled from relatives to schools, even to a wood mill. All the while wondering why their "uncle" Olaf is following them, what happened to their friends the Quagmires, and what is VFD?? This is a fantastic series for kids full of mystery.
The Egypt Game—Zilpha Keatley Snyder
~ A group of kids begins to play a game pretending to be characters from ancient Egypt, but then strange things begin to happen to the players. What’ going on?
Two Minute Mysteries—Donald J. Sobol
~ Short mysteries you have to read carefully to solve!
The Witch of Blackbird Pond—Elisabeth George Speare
~ Kit Tyler grew up in the Caribbean but is sent to live with relatives she has never met in New England. Strange things begin to happen in the house and everyone suspects her!
Hiedi—Johanna Spyri
~ The story of a sweet girl who goes to live with her grandfather who doesn’t like her but grows to love her. Then she is sent away, for her own good they say. But she comes back, loving the mountain home she knows much more than the cold city, and she brightens the life of the family who she lives with there.
The Great Good Thing—Robert Townley
~ A "Great" fantasy book about characters inside a book being forced out when their book is destroyed and their effort to survive and not be forgotten inside a young girl’s mind.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—Mark Twain
~ The classic story by Mark Twain about a rebel boy, Huckleberry fin
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer—Mark Twain
~ The classic story by Mark Twain about a boy who wanted to be a rebel though he lived with his respectable, strict aunts.
Little House In The Big Woods—Laura Ingalls Wilder
~ One of the books in the Little House series about growing up in the midwest when it was still wild. In this book Laura is only five or six and tells about being scared of wolves, her father going hunting, Christmas, and other aspects of life in the untamed west.
Non Fiction
Quick and Easy Magic Tricks—Gyles Brandreth
~Great slight of hand and other types of magic tricks anyone can do
Science Experiments You Can Eat—Vicky Coss
~As the title implies, wacky ways to teach kids about science and give them a good snack too!
The Ilustrated Encyclopedia of Arthurian Legends—Ronan Coghlan
~ An index of places people and things in Arthurian legend.
The Sorcerer’s Companion: A Guide To The Magical World of Harry Potter—Allan Zola and Elizabeth Kronzek
~ A book about the different magical elements in the Harry Potter books and their basis in real myth and legend.
Shark Lady—Ann McGovern
~ A short biography about Eugene Clark, a famous oceanographer who was one of the first women to really get into the field of ichthyology, and the challenges she over came.
For The Love of Beanie Babies—Denise O’Neal
~ A book that is now probably out of date, stating all the different beanie babies (at the time) and their value, all of which has now changed but its fun to look at it anyway and remember.
Fabulous Facts About The Fifty States—William S. Ross
~ A book with information on all fifty states
Happy Traveler’s Game Book—Herb Walker
~ A book full of fun games to play in the car or just when you’re bored at home. With riddles and jokes too!
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