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• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  Dahl, Roald

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  Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

• Watership Down

  the Graphic Novel

  Sturm, James, 1965-

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  A beautiful and faithful graphic novel adaptation of Richard Adams's beloved story of a group of rabbits on an epic journey in search of home.

• Black Beauty

  Sewell, Anna, 1820-1878,

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  This enchanting edition features the full unabridged text and Christian Birmingham's gorgeous color and black-and-white illustrations depicting Beauty's nineteenth-century world.

• Mary Poppins

  Travers, P. L. (Pamela Lyndon), 1899-1996

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  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.

• Sarah, Plain and Tall

  MacLachlan, Patricia

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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.

• The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

  Curtis, Christopher Paul

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  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.

• The Wind in the Willows

  Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932

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  The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

• Maniac Magee

  Spinelli, Jerry

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  After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.

• Old Yeller

  Gipson, Fred, 1908-1973

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  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 strikingly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

  Blume, Judy

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  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

  Dahl, Roald

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  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.

• From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

  Konigsburg, E. L.

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  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 a mystery…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Because of Winn-Dixie

  DiCamillo, Kate

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  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.

• Mr. Popper's Penguins

  Atwater, Richard

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  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 resulting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moby-Dick

  Olmstead, Kathleen,

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  An abridged retelling of the adventures of a young seaman when he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

  Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919

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  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.

• Ramona the Brave

  Cleary, Beverly

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  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 Wind in the Willows

  Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932

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  The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

• The Phantom Tollbooth

  Juster, Norton, 1929-2021

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  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 Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

  Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963

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  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.