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Little Women (Treasury of Illustrated Classics)

Written by Louisa May Alcott
When their father goes off to war, the March sisters find that they must band together to help their...
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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...
2nd - 5th
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...And Now Miguel

Written by Joseph Krumgold and Illustrated by Jean Charlot
Every summer the men of the Chavez family go on a long and difficult sheep drive to the mountains...
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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
What else could go wrong in Alexander's day? He woke up with gum in his hair. Then his best friend...
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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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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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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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A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832

Written by Joan W. Blos
A novel about New England between 1830 and 1832, written in the form of a journal by a girl named...
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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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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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Kira-Kira

Written by Cynthia Kadohata
Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, has a wonderful way of looking at the world. Everything is kira-kira...
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Maniac Magee

Written by Jerry Spinelli
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee's life took a strange turn after his parents died and left him an...
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Missing May

Written by Cynthia Rylant
Summer is very sad following the sudden death of her beloved Aunt May. When Uncle Orb claims that...
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Out of the Dust

Written by Karen Hesse
Written in spare, first-person free-verse poems, the book is about how Billie Jo survives during the...
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Shiloh

Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Marty Preston is in love with a beagle he found. He names the dog Shiloh and wants to keep her. But...
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The Crossover

Written by Kwame Alexander

Winner of 2014 Newbery and Coretta Scott King Awards for children's literature. Written in verse...

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The Higher Power of Lucky

Written by Susan Patron and Illustrated by Matt Phelan
Lucky is 10 years old and lives in tiny Pan, California, with her dog and French guardian. She lives...
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Sign of the Cat

Written by Jonell and Lynne
Talking cats, a missing princess, swordfights with villains, and secret identities combine in this...
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Stay Where You Are and Then Leave

Written by Boyne and John and Illustrated by Jeffers
The day the First World War broke out Alfie Summerfield s father promised he wouldn t go away to...
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Witherwood Reform School Reform School

Written by Skye and Obert and Illustrated by Keith
After a slight misunderstanding involving a horrible governess, oatmeal, and a jar of tadpoles...
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The Courage Test

Written by James Preller
Will has no choice. His father, a professor of American history, drags him along on a wilderness...
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Treasure of Maria Mamoun

Written by Michelle Chalfoun
Twelve-year-old Maria lives a lonely, latchkey-kid's life in the Bronx. Her Lebanese mother is...
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