Tag Archives: Ages 13+

Socks

Rating: (24 reviews)
Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: HarperTrophy

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Socks is one happy cat….He lives with a nice young couple called Brickers who play with him, pet him, feed him treats, and always have a warm lap for him to sit in. Then a new baby joins the family Suddenly, the Brickers are sharing [...]

Old Yeller (rpkg) (HarperClassics)

Rating: (123 reviews)
Author: Fred Gipson
Publisher: HarperTrophy

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At first, Travis couldn’t stand the sight of Old Yeller
The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away [...]

Dear Mr. Henshaw (rpkg) (HarperClassics)

Rating: (152 reviews)
Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: HarperTrophy

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Although her books have been enjoyed by generations of kids, Beverly Cleary herself didn’t enjoy reading as a child at least not at first. In first grade she was grouped with the slowest readers in her class.
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When, in second grade, Leigh writes to an [...]

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Caldecott Medal Book)

Rating: (49 reviews)
Author: Simms Taback
Publisher: Viking Juvenile

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When Joseph’s favorite overcoat gets old and worn, he makes a jacket out of it. When the jacket is more patches than jacket, Joseph turns it into a vest. When the vest’s number is up, Joseph makes a scarf. This thrifty industry continues until there’s [...]

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Rating: (204 reviews)
Author: Kate Dicamillo
Publisher: Candlewick

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Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. [...]

The View from Saturday

Rating: (283 reviews)
Author: E. L. Konigsburg
Publisher: Aladdin

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A powerhouse sixth-grade Academic Bowl team from Epiphany Middle School; the art of calligraphy; the retirees of Century Village, Florida; a genius dog named Ginger; and a holiday production of “Annie” all figure heavily in the latest book by E. L. Konigsburg, who has produced [...]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc.

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This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader’s notes to help the modern reader contend with Twain’s language, allusions, and deliberate misstatements and malapropisms. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, became [...]

The Story of Little Black Sambo

Rating: (50 reviews)
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Publisher: HarperCollins

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The jolly and exciting tale of the little boy who lost his red coat and his blue trousers and his purple shoes but who was saved from the tigers to eat 169 pancakes for his supper, has been universally loved by generations of children. First written [...]

La oruga muy hambrienta: Board Book

Rating: (7 reviews)
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Publisher: Philomel

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar is inarguably one of the most popular children’s books of all time. Now, here is the Spanish board book version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, filling an important niche for the youngest of Spanish-speaking children.

The Neverending Story

Rating: (256 reviews)
Author: Michael Ende
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

The Giving Tree (Slipcased Mini Edition)

Rating: (581 reviews)
Author: Shel Silverstein
Publisher: HarperCollins

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To say that this particular apple tree is a “giving tree” is an understatement. In Shel Silverstein’s popular tale of few words and simple line drawings, a tree starts out as a leafy playground, shade provider, and apple bearer for a rambunctious little boy. Making the [...]

One Fish, Two Fish, Three, Four, Five Fish (Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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One fish, two fish, three, four, five . . . This one has a car to drive!This bouncy counting board book comes with five beads shaped like Seussian fish that toddlers can move across the top of the book as [...]

The Important Book

Rating: (33 reviews)
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher: HarperTrophy

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“The important thing about rain is/ that it is wet./ It falls out of the sky,/ and it sounds like rain,/ and makes things shiny,/ and it does not taste like anything,/ and is the color of air./ But the important thing about rain [...]

The Runaway Bunny

Rating: (130 reviews)
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Since its publication in 1942, The Runaway Bunny has never been out of print. Generations of sleepy children and grateful parents have loved the classics of Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd, including Goodnight Moon. The Runaway Bunny begins with a young bunny who decides [...]

The Missing Piece (An Ursula Nordstrom Book)

Rating: (32 reviews)
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Publisher: HarperCollins

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It was missing a piece. And it was not happy. So it set off in searchof its missing piece.And as it rolledit sang this song -
Oh I’m lookin’ for my missin’ pieceI’m lookin’ for my missin’ pieceHi-dee-ho, here I go,Lookin’ for my missin’ piece.

What it finds [...]

The Snowy Day

Rating: (73 reviews)
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher: Puffin

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The Snowy Day, a 1963 Caldecott Medal winner, is the simple tale of a boy waking up to discover that snow has fallen during the night. Keats’s illustrations, using cut-outs, watercolors, and collage, are strikingly beautiful in their understated color and composition. [...]

Owl Moon

Rating: (53 reviews)
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Philomel

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Among the greatest charms of children is their ability to view a simple activity as a magical adventure. Such as a walk in the woods late at night. Jane Yolen captures this wonderment in a book whose charm rises from its simplicity. “It was late one [...]

The Cat in the Hat

Rating: (170 reviews)
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

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He may be an old standby, but he never lets us down. When in doubt, turn to the story of the cat that transformed a dull, rainy afternoon into a magical and just-messy-enough adventure. There’s another, hidden adventure, [...]

Little Women (Signet Classics)

Rating: (66 reviews)
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Publisher: Signet Classics

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In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father is off to war.