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The Cobble Street Cousins: a Little Shopping

Written by Cynthia Rylant and Illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin
Lily has a wonderful idea -- to surprise Aunt Lucy with a dollhouse that looks just like her flower...
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Adam of the Road

Written by Elizabeth Janet Gray and Illustrated by Robert Lawson

Adam, aged 11, loves to travel with his father, a wandering minstrel, and his dog, Nick. They travel...

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Written by Judith Viorst and Illustrated by Ray Cruz
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1972. What else could go wrong in Alexander's day? He woke up with gum in his hair.
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16480

Amos Fortune, Free Man

Written by Elizabeth Yates
Based on the life of Amos Fortune, who was captured in Africa in the 1700s, and sold as a slave in...
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16490

Call It Courage

Written by Armstrong Sperry
Maftu was the son of the Great Chief of Hikueru, a race of Polynesians that workshipped courage. Yet...
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Ginger Pye

Written by Eleanor Estes
The Pye family wouldn't be complete without Ginger, the dog Jerry Pye bought for a dollar. Ginger is...
2nd - 5th
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Miracles on Maple Hill

Written by Virginia Sorensen
The story of a family who leaves the city and go to Maple Hill so that the father can recover from...
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16484

Miss Hickory

Written by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Miss Hickory is a doll made of an apple-wood twig and a hictory nut. Life is uneventful until her...
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16486

Rabbit Hill

Written by Robert Lawson
The Big House, in Westport, Connecticut, has been empty for some time, and the animals miss the...
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16494

Roller Skates

Written by Ruth Sawyer and Illustrated by Valenti Angelo
Lucinda Wyman is passionate about roller skating, but her scheduled life doesn't leave much time for...
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16478

Secret of the Andes

Written by Ann Nolan Clark
An Incan boy named Cusi lives in a hidden valley in the mountains of Peru. He tends to the llams...
3rd - 7th
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16485

Strawberry Girl

Written and Illustrated by Lois Lenski
Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer's family has moved to Florida to start their own farm growing strawberries...
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The Cat Who Went to Heaven

Written by Elizabeth Coatsworth and Illustrated by Raol Vitale
Set in ancient Japan, the story is about a struggling artist and his cat. When his housekeeper...
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16489

The Matchlock Gun

Written by Walter Edmonds and Illustrated by Paul Lantz
The year was 1756, and New York State was still a colony. Residents were often subjected to raids...
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16483

The Twenty-One Balloons

Written and Illustrated by William Pène du Bois

Professor William Waterman Sherman, a retired schoolteacher, sets out to fly across the Pacific...

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16476

The Wheel on the School

Written by Meindert DeJong and Illustrated by Maurice Sendack
The children of the Dutch fishing village of Shora are concerned. The storks have stop coming to...
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16493

The White Stag

Written by Kate Seredy
According to legend, Attila led the Huns and the Maygars west, following the white stag. The...
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16492

Thimble Summer

Written and Illustrated by Elizabeth Enright
The story of Garnet Linden, who finds a silver thimble in a dried-up riverbed that brings good luck...
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15993

A Year Down Yonder

Written by Richard Peck

Mary Alice has spent many summers with Grandma Dowdel in a small town in Illinois, but now, at age...

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Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper

Written by Charles Perrault and Illustrated by Camille Rose Garcia
A 21st century retelling of Charles Perrault's classic tale of the young girl forced into servitude...
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16446

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Written by Avi

The first book in a trilogy, it describes the adventures of 13-year-old Crispin, which took place in...

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Dear Mr. Henshaw

Written by Beverly Cleary and Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
Sixth grader Leigh Botts is struggling. His parents just got divorced, and he and his mom move to a...
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16440

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Written by Kate DiCamillo and Illustrated by K.G. Campbell

Master storyteller Kate DiCamillo creates two more unforgettable characters with the comic-book...

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16461

M. C. Higgins, the Great

Written by Virginia Hamilton
Mayo Cornelius Higgins watches the activities on Sarah Mountain from a silver pole. Strip mining is...
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