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Home to Medicine Mountain

Written by Chiori Santiago and Illustrated by Judith Lowry
Two American Indian boys escape after being taken from their home and forced to go to boarding...
1st - 5th

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

Written and Illustrated by Mac Barnett
Sam and Dave set off to find something spectacular while digging in the backyard. They dig and dig...
Pre-K - 3rd

Curious George

Written by Hans Augusto and Margret Ray and Illustrated by Hans Augusto
The timeless tale of Curious George, the orphaned brown monkey who is captured by the Man in the...
Pre-K - 3rd

The Bad Beginning

Written by Lemony Snicket and Illustrated by Brett Helquist
The Bad Beginning, the first book in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, introduces...
3rd - 8th

The Phantom Tollbooth

Written by Norton Juster and Illustrated by Jules Feiffer
When Milo receives a magic tollbooth, he drives his toy car through it into the Kingdom of Wisdom...
3rd - 7th

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Written by E.L. Konigsburg
The story of how Claudia and Jamie Kincaid run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum of...
3rd - 7th

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Written and Illustrated by Dav Pilkey
An adventure series featuring George Beard and Harold Hutchins, two fourth-graders from Piqua, Ohio...
2nd - 5th

The Book of Three

Written by Lloyd Alexander
The first of five fantasy books about Taran, an assistant pig-keeper raised Dallben, and his...
3rd - 7th

The Borrowers

Written by Mary Norton and Illustrated by Beth Krush
The story of the Clock family, little people who live in the walls of an English house and borrow...
2nd - 5th

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Written by Roald Dahl
Charlie Bucket lives in poverty with his parents and grandparents, but things start to change when...
3rd - 7th

Jumanji

Written and Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg
When Judy and Peter Shepherd bring home a game called Jumanji from the park they find out it’s a...
1st - 5th

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Written by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater and Illustrated by Robert Lawson
Mr. Popper, a house painter, lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma with his wife and two children. He is...
2nd - 6th

My Father’s Dragon

Written by Ruth Stiles Gannett and Illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett
The first book in a trilogy about Elmer Elevator who hides on a ship to Wild Island to rescue a baby...
3rd - 5th

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Written by L. Frank Baum
During a tornado, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are swept away from Kansas to the land of Oz. She...
1st - 10th

Coraline

Written by Neil Gaiman and Illustrated by Dave McKean
Coraline Jones and her parents move into a big, old house that has several apartments in it. It also...
3rd - 7th

Mercy Watson to the Rescue

Written by Kate DiCamillo and Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen
Mercy is a pig, but Mr. and Mrs. Watson cherish her. Mercy enjoys eating their buttered toast and...
1st - 4th

Stuart Little

Written by E. B. White and Illustrated by Garth Williams
Stuart Little is a mouse, but he lives with a family of humans in New York City. They also have two...
3rd - 7th

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

Written by Lewis Carroll
In this sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Alice enters a fantasy world by climbing through a looking...
2nd - 12th

Neversink

Written by Barry Wolverton and Illustrated by Sam Nielson
Along the Arctic circle lies a small island called Neversink, home to a colony of odd-looking sea...
3rd - 7th

The Vanishing Island

Written by Barry Wolverton and Illustrated by Dave Stevenson
An engrossing fantasy, a high-seas adventure, an alternate history epic—this is the richly imagined...
3rd - 7th

Curious George Gets a Medal

Written by H.A. Rey and Illustrated by Martha Weston
After repeatedly disastrous efforts to get himself out of trouble, George ends up being the first...
Pre-K - 3rd

Curious George Takes a Job

Written by H.A. Rey
After escaping from the zoo, Curious George tries his hand at a number of jobs. As usual, his...
Pre-K - 3rd

Shoo, Fly Guy!

Written by Tedd Arnold
The third book in a humorous, easy-to-read series about a boy and his fly! Each book in the series...
Pre-K - 3rd

The Magic Misfits

Written by Neil Patrick Harris and Illustrated by Lissy Marlin
From award-winning actor, Neil Patrick Harris, comes the magical first book in a new series with...
3rd - 7th

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