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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

Jeanne Birdsall - Knopf
Format: Print book

With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager. This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful...
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The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate an unforgettable classic with this gorgeous hardcover edition, including full-color illustrations.This beautiful hardcover edition includes Tasha Tudor's iconic illustrations in full color, making it the perfect collector's edition or a wonderful gift for young readers.When orphaned...
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Ramona the Brave

Beverly Cleary - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

For a girl as enthusiastic about life as Ramona starting the first grade should be easy But with a teacher who doesnt understand her a tattletale classmate and a scary dog who follows her on the walk home from school Ramona has a hard time acting like the big girl everyone expects her to be But when...
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

Christopher Paul Curtis
Format: Paperback

The Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan - from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of Bud, Not Buddy, a Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott Award Winner.Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint,...
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Because of Winn-Dixie (Newbery Honor Book 2001)

Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America's beloved storyteller.One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries - and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It's because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins...
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Harold and the Purple Crayon

Crockett Johnson - HarperCollinsPublishers
Format: Book

One evening Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight. But there wasn't any moon, and Harold needed a moon for a walk in the moonlight. Fortunately, he had brought his purple crayon. So he drew a moon. He also needed something to walk on. So he drew a path...And thus begins one of the most...
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Number the Stars

Lois Lowry - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

As the German troops begin their campaign to "relocate" all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen's family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles...
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Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

Anne Shirley is unforgettable, and this beautifully packaged edition of L.M. Montgomerys classic novel is as memorable as its heroine. When Anne Shirley arrives at Green Gables, she surprises everyone first of all, shes a girl, even though Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew specifically...
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Love You Forever

Robert Munsch - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

A young woman holds her newborn sonAnd looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him: "I'll love you forever I'll like you for always As long as I'm living My baby you'll be." So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. Since publication...
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Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson - Crowell
Format: Print book

This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling author Katherine Paterson is a modern classic of friendship and loss.Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him....
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Charlotte's Web

E. B. White
Format: Book

This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." This hardcover edition includes a foreword by two-time Newbery winning author Kate DiCamillo. Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These...
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Owl Moon

Jane Yolen - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird.But there is no answer.Wordlessly the two companions walk along, for when you go owling you don't...
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