6 to 9 Years | Amelia Bedelia (An I Can Read Book)
by Peggy Parish, Fritz Siebel(Illustrator)
Amelia Bedelia is a housekeeper who takes her instructions quite literally. Reading the list of chores that her employer has left her, Amelia begins with "Dust the furniture." How odd, Amelia thinks to herself. "At my house we undust the furniture." Nonetheless, she dutifully locates the "Dusting... Read more | | Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold(Illustrator), J. Davis(Editor) Cassie Louise Lightfoot, the resourceful heroine from Tar Beach (Crown), flies again. As she and her brother, Be Be, fly among the stars, they spot an old train onto which Be Be jumps. Then Harriet Tubman arrives, taking Cassie back more than one hundred years to guide her up the route to freedom in... Read more | Bunnicula : A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe (Contributor), et al
This immensely popular children's story is told from the point of view of a dog named Harold. It all starts when Harold's human family, the Monroes, goes to see the movie Dracula, and young Toby accidentally sits on a baby rabbit wrapped in a bundle on his seat. How could the family help but take... Read more | | Mrs. Katz and Tush (Reading Rainbow Book) by Patricia Polacco | | Pinky & Rex by James Howe, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator) The first two titles in a series of early chapter books show the various aspects of the true friendship between Pinky, a boy named for his favorite color, and Rex, a girl whose name reflects her interest in dinosaurs. The whimsical and colorful illustrations reveal the gentle humor of the stories.... Read more | More 6 to 9 Years Books |
| | 9 to 12 Years | | Ben and Me : A New and Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin As Written by His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson (Illustrator) In A New and Astonishing Life Of Benjamin Franklin As Written by His Good Mouse AMOS, young readers will discover that while the good Mr. Franklin got considerable credit, many of his most important contributions really originated with Amos, a less-than-humble rodent. Oh sure, his manuscript was... Read more | | Bud, Not Buddy (Newbery Medal Book) by Christopher Paul Curtis. "It's funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they're just like seeds. Both of them start real, real small and then... woop, zoop, sloop... before you can say Jack Robinson, they've gone and grown a lot bigger than you ever thought they could." So figures scrappy 10-year-old philosopher Bud--"not... Read more | Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, et al
An affectionate, sometimes bashful pig named Wilbur befriends a spider named Charlotte, who lives in the rafters above his pen. A prancing, playful bloke, Wilbur is devastated when he learns of the destiny that befalls all those of porcine persuasion. Determined to save her friend, Charlotte spins a... Read more | James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, Lane Smith (Illustrator)
When poor James Henry Trotter loses his parents in a horrible rhinoceros accident, he is forced to live with his two wicked aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. After three years he becomes "the saddest and loneliest boy you could find." Then one day, a wizened old man in a dark-green suit... Read more | | Matilda (Puffin Novels) by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) | | Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator) From the first day of third grade, when Ramona Quimby meets her eventual nemesis Yard Ape, life moves on at its usual wild pace--usual for the boisterous Ramona, that is. Soon she is accidentally squashing a raw egg into her hair at the school cafeteria, being forced to play Uncle Rat with her... Read more | More 9 to 12 Years Books |
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