An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
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- When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.
- Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
- The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
- After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
- Left in charge of his pioneer family's Texas farm while his father is away, Travis is forced to grow up quickly with the assistance of Old Yeller, an unwanted stray dog. Animal and human interaction in this semidesert environment is…
- Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.
- Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
- Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away...so she decided not to run FROM somewhere, but TO somewhere. And so, after some careful planning, she and her younger brother, Jamie, escaped -- right into…
- Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
- This Newbery Honor book is a charming fantasy about a man and his wife who receive a penguin in the mail as a surprise. Soon they find themselves seeking a mate for him and then trying to keep up with the expenses of the two and their…
- Dorothy is swept away to Oz and must, with the help of friends, find a way home. Magical and memorable characters in a well-told story.
- A humorous, relatable tale of first-grade Ramona just doing her best. She's a little proud, and a little hot-headed, but her exploits are all good-hearted and innocent. A wonderful book.
- The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.
- A boy who is bored with life discovers a miniature tollbooth and drives through it in a toy car to a world filled with strange and magical things.
- The place to start C.S. Lewis' famous series. This book is filled with a wonderful world for children to explore - filled with good-hearted animal friends and an evil witch to conquer.
- The loyal and big-hearted Pippi is a little rough in the manners department (she was raised at sea after all) but she makes up for it with her friendly and kind.
- A boy and his bear, their kind and timeless wisdom, humorous exploits, and other Woodland friends are a joy to read and reread.
- A young orphan is sent by mistake to live with an older brother and sister in a peaceful community on Prince Edward Island. She is spunky, good-hearted, and bright, and changes the community and people around her.
- Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her…
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