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1

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

by Judi Barrett

9,021 members

332 reviews

4.2

8 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, kidsread, cej1027, ahef1963, Curlybwc, Dennis-baraka, ManWithAnAgenda

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by J. R. R. Tolkien

88,642 members

1,155 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

by Robert C. O'Brien

10,283 members

160 reviews

4.2

7 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, cndeangelis, Dennis-baraka, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body

4,438 members

80 reviews

4.2

8 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, kidsread, cej1027, ahef1963, Dennis-baraka, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh)

7,834 members

72 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, kidsread, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

A Passage to India

by E. M. Forster

11,836 members

130 reviews

3.8

6 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, merrystar, ahef1963, cndeangelis, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

67,979 members

1,104 reviews

3.9

7 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: cej1027: Read, but didn't like.

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Beezus and Ramona

by Beverly Cleary

6,459 members

110 reviews

3.9

7 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

40,693 members

507 reviews

3.9

6 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren

9,636 members

157 reviews

4

7 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Little House in the Big Woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

14,997 members

277 reviews

4.1

7 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

51,197 members

741 reviews

3.9

6 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Cat in the Hat

18,601 members

518 reviews

4.2

6 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

14

The Horse and His Boy

23,593 members

220 reviews

3.9

6 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

28,918 members

483 reviews

3.8

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

16

The Call of the Wild

18,519 members

303 reviews

3.8

6 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Green Eggs and Ham

20,609 members

693 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

18

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

by Betty MacDonald

4,296 members

36 reviews

4.1

6 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

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Winnie-the-Pooh

12,488 members

195 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

To Kill a Mockingbird

74,432 members

1,409 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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37,544 members

1,543 reviews

4.2

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

22,695 members

472 reviews

4.1

6 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

34,572 members

356 reviews

½ 3.4

6 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

34,640 members

436 reviews

3.9

5 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, ahef1963

25

by Johanna Spyri

10,569 members

143 reviews

3.9

6 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

26

Put Me in the Zoo

by Robert Lopshire

4,443 members

40 reviews

3.9

5 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, cndeangelis

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by Peggy Parish

6,777 members

204 reviews

4.1

6 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

by Barbara Robinson

6,410 members

106 reviews

4.2

5 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, ptalibrary, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

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On the Banks of Plum Creek

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

10,508 members

98 reviews

4.1

6 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

30

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

14,654 members

210 reviews

4.2

6 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

31

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

by Donald J. Sobol

3,673 members

29 reviews

3.9

6 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

10,281 members

202 reviews

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5 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, ptalibrary, cej1027

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The Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast

16,170 members

150 reviews

4.1

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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Charlotte's Web

34,103 members

997 reviews

4.2

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

20,063 members

438 reviews

3.9

6 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Ludwig Bemelmans

9,665 members

256 reviews

4.2

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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35,706 members

489 reviews

4.1

5 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

14,985 members

270 reviews

4.2

5 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

30,693 members

316 reviews

3.9

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

40

Mere Christianity

24,582 members

208 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027

41

The Story of Ferdinand

8,241 members

169 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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Make Way for Ducklings

by Robert McCloskey

9,799 members

181 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

43

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

48,561 members

660 reviews

3.9

5 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

by Bette Bao Lord

2,755 members

21 reviews

3.9

5 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, ptalibrary, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

by Virginia Lee Burton

6,242 members

74 reviews

4.2

5 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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Cheaper by the Dozen

by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

4,452 members

78 reviews

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5 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027

47

Sarah, Plain and Tall

by Patricia MacLachlan

10,363 members

284 reviews

3.8

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

48

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin

11,427 members

376 reviews

4.1

5 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

14,032 members

296 reviews

4.1

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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by P. D. Eastman

8,739 members

142 reviews

4.2

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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Pride and Prejudice

75,675 members

1,316 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

52

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

4,770 members

81 reviews

4.1

5 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

53

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

16,316 members

416 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

54

Death of a Salesman

by Arthur Miller

11,499 members

113 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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7,517 members

110 reviews

3.9

4 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, ptalibrary, cej1027

56

Because of Winn-Dixie

by Kate DiCamillo

13,958 members

545 reviews

4.2

4 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963

57

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

15,624 members

400 reviews

4.1

4 Members: BookWallah, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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6,096 members

90 reviews

3.9

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

59

The Story of Babar

by Jean de Brunhoff

2,830 members

40 reviews

3.8

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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Jane Eyre [Norton Critical Edition]

by Charlotte Brontë

1,640 members

16 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: smcwl, ptalibrary, cej1027, ahef1963

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Blueberries for Sal

by Robert McCloskey

7,345 members

141 reviews

4.2

5 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Margaret Wise Brown

17,210 members

673 reviews

4.2

5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Richard Atwater

8,757 members

154 reviews

3.9

5 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Roger Duvoisin

1,034 members

25 reviews

3.9

4 Members: theresearcher, kidsread, cej1027, ahef1963

65

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

31,455 members

416 reviews

3.8

4 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963

66

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

14,750 members

240 reviews

4.1

4 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, merrystar, ahef1963

67

The Mysterious Benedict Society

by Trenton Lee Stewart

8,101 members

275 reviews

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4 Members: merrystar, ptalibrary, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

68

The Velveteen Rabbit

by Margery Williams

12,904 members

222 reviews

4.2

5 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

69

by Mary Shelley

39,277 members

673 reviews

3.8

4 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

70

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

20,037 members

593 reviews

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5 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

71

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

22,362 members

367 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

72

A Child's Garden of Verses

by Robert Louis Stevenson

7,600 members

92 reviews

4.2

5 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963

73

The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: The 23 Original Peter Rabbit Books

by Beatrix Potter

3,446 members

28 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: smcwl, BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963

74

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

by Bill Jr. Martin

12,949 members

760 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: theresearcher, ptalibrary, cej1027, ahef1963

75

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

by Margaret Sidney

3,563 members

43 reviews

3.9

5 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

76

6,437 members

93 reviews

4.1

3 Members: BookWallah, ahef1963, cndeangelis

77

by S. E. Hinton

19,378 members

665 reviews

4

4 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963

78

Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business

by Esphyr Slobodkina

8,900 members

172 reviews

4.1

3 Members: theresearcher, ptalibrary, cej1027

79

Around the World in Eighty Days

15,743 members

254 reviews

3.8

4 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963

80

by Thornton Wilder

4,698 members

63 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

81

Guess How Much I Love You

by Sam McBratney

10,289 members

164 reviews

4.2

4 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

82

The Boxcar Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

8,194 members

94 reviews

4

4 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

83

The Incredible Journey

by Sheila Burnford

5,282 members

70 reviews

3.9

4 Members: BookWallah, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

84

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

36,151 members

413 reviews

3.9

4 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

85

by Ezra Jack Keats

13,247 members

740 reviews

4.2

4 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

86

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

32,494 members

458 reviews

4.1

4 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

87

Harold and the Purple Crayon

by Crockett Johnson

7,110 members

205 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027

88

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

by Laura Joffe Numeroff

14,165 members

641 reviews

4.2

4 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

89

The Twenty-One Balloons

by William Pène du Bois

4,633 members

60 reviews

4

3 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027

90

by Louisa May Alcott

7,078 members

131 reviews

3.9

4 Members: smcwl, theresearcher, merrystar, ahef1963

91

The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite De Angeli

5,328 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

92

Frog and Toad Are Friends

by Arnold Lobel

9,419 members

254 reviews

4.2

4 Members: theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

93

Number the Stars

17,274 members

629 reviews

4.2

4 Members: theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

94

Dear Mr. Henshaw

by Beverly Cleary

7,383 members

145 reviews

3.9

4 Members: theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

95

The Story about Ping

by Marjorie Flack

4,800 members

59 reviews

4.1

4 Members: BookWallah, theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963

96

Katy and the Big Snow

by Virginia Lee Burton

2,962 members

20 reviews

4.1

4 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

97

All-of-a-Kind Family

by Sydney Taylor

2,934 members

54 reviews

4.2

4 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

98

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

10,748 members

138 reviews

4

4 Members: theresearcher, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

99

The Little House

by Virginia Lee Burton

4,914 members

124 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

100

Frog and Toad All Year

by Arnold Lobel

5,268 members

54 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: theresearcher, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

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