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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
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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
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A Wrinkle in Time

Written by Madeleine L'Engle

When Meg Murray and Charles Wallace’s father is taken by evil forces to another planet, it is up to...

5th - 9th
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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
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Scuffy the Tugboat

Written by Gertrude Crampton and Illustrated by Tibor Gergely
Scuffy the Tugboat thought he wanted to explore the world, but soon discovered that it could be an...
Pre-K - K
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The Cat in the Hat

Written and Illustrated by Dr. Seuss
What happens on a rainy day when Sally and her brother’s mother leave for the day? The Cat in the...
Pre-K - 2nd
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Hatchet

Written by Gary Paulsen

On his way to visit his father in northern Canada, 13-year-old Brian Robeson’s plane crashes, and he...

6th - 9th
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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
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The Hunger Games

Written by Suzanne Collins

The story centers on Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the dystopian nation of Panem. Katniss is from...

5th - 11th
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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
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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
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Holes

Written by Louis Sachar

Stanley Yelnats has terrible luck because of a curse traced back to his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig...

4th - 8th
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I Took the Moon for a Walk

Written by Carolyn Curtis and Illustrated by Alison Jay
Written in verse, the story is about the adventures a boy and the Moon have in the middle of the...
Pre-K - 2nd
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Graveyard Book

Written by Neil Gaiman and Illustrated by Dave McKean

After a toddler’s parents were murdered, he is adopted by the ghosts of the graveyard. Mr. and Mrs...

5th - 9th
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The Hobbit

Written by J.R.R. Tolkien
The story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit whose quiet life is interrupted when the wizard Gandalf and...
7th - 12th
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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
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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
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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...
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