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1

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

26,630 members

481 reviews

3.9

10 Members: parlerodermime, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, KTIversen1, Emily_liz

2

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

32,478 members

534 reviews

4

10 Members: mlfhlibrarian, smcwl, jburlinson, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963, jeffza, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, Emily_liz,lee6317

3

Little House in the Big Woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

19,439 members

305 reviews

4.1

9 Members: dara85, smcwl, aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, Emily_liz

4

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

42,100 members

612 reviews

4.1

9 Members: mlfhlibrarian, smcwl, merrystar, thecoroner, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, Emily_liz,aulsmith

5

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

by Beatrix Potter

15,159 members

193 reviews

4.1

8 Members: smcwl, thecoroner, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, Emily_liz, Lauren-at-LT

6

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

27,726 members

367 reviews

4.1

7 Members: aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, jeffza, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, Emily_liz

7

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

38,317 members

369 reviews

3.9

7 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, jburlinson, roby72, jesse123, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

8

Cheaper by the Dozen

by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr.

5,354 members

90 reviews

4

7 Members: parlerodermime, dara85, smcwl, aulsmith, merrystar, Elizabeth088, Emily_liz

9

Five Children and It

5,357 members

83 reviews

3.9

7 Members: mlfhlibrarian, smcwl, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, BISB_Librarian

10

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

35,859 members

629 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, Rusty37, Emily_liz, CarolynBurke7

11

The House at Pooh Corner

9,871 members

91 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, BISB_Librarian

12

by Johanna Spyri

14,346 members

175 reviews

3.9

7 Members: aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, Emily_liz

13

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

13,982 members

98 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, jburlinson, jesse123, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

14

Charlotte's Web

41,403 members

1,069 reviews

4.2

7 Members: dara85, roby72, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, Emily_liz

15

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

2,106 members

30 reviews

3.9

6 Members: mlfhlibrarian, aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, BISB_Librarian

16

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

30,829 members

1,514 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: lee6317, cej1027, ahef1963, jeffza, BISB_Librarian

17

The Railway Children

6,970 members

87 reviews

3.9

6 Members: mlfhlibrarian, aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, BISB_Librarian

18

by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,276 members

1,300 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: jesse123, ahef1963, jeffza, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, BISB_Librarian,aulsmith

19

The Marvelous Land of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

4,024 members

84 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: aulsmith, jburlinson, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, BISB_Librarian

20

by Charles Dickens

28,379 members

273 reviews

3.8

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, BISB_Librarian

21

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

by Beatrix Potter

4,157 members

22 reviews

3.9

6 Members: smcwl, thecoroner, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Charlotte Brontë

67,861 members

1,017 reviews

4.2

6 Members: smcwl, jburlinson, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, BISB_Librarian

23

Winnie-the-Pooh

15,920 members

223 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda

24

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

53,970 members

854 reviews

4.1

6 Members: smcwl, merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, BISB_Librarian

25

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren

12,810 members

174 reviews

4

7 Members: smcwl, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

26

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

29,373 members

597 reviews

4.1

5 Members: jburlinson, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963, BISB_Librarian

27

A Child's Garden of Verses

by Robert Louis Stevenson

9,538 members

101 reviews

4.2

5 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, CarolynBurke7

28

Magic by the Lake

by Edward Eager

1,790 members

23 reviews

4

4 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, aulsmith, mkbird

29

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

13,541 members

245 reviews

4.1

5 Members: dara85, smcwl, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

30

The Secret Island

421 members

5 reviews

4.2

4 Members: mlfhlibrarian, smcwl, lee6317, BISB_Librarian

31

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

40,782 members

490 reviews

3.8

5 Members: jburlinson, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

32

James and the Giant Peach

23,675 members

386 reviews

3.9

5 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963, jeffza, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda

33

The Sword in the Stone

3,823 members

53 reviews

3.9

3 Members: mlfhlibrarian, aulsmith, thecoroner

34

by P. L. Travers

7,704 members

187 reviews

3.8

5 Members: smcwl, merrystar, lee6317, Elizabeth088, BISB_Librarian,aulsmith

35

by Carlo Collodi

9,979 members

156 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963

36

The Boxcar Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

11,182 members

116 reviews

4

5 Members: dara85, aulsmith, lee6317, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

37

by J. M. Barrie

22,688 members

364 reviews

3.9

5 Members: aulsmith, jburlinson, roby72, ahef1963, Elizabeth088,lee6317

38

Just So Stories

by Rudyard Kipling

11,113 members

85 reviews

4

4 Members: smcwl, jburlinson, jesse123, Elizabeth088

39

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

18,304 members

232 reviews

4.2

4 Members: smcwl, merrystar, lee6317, Elizabeth088,ahef1963

40

Fables of Aesop

4,259 members

58 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963

41

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

898 members

8 reviews

4.2

5 Members: smcwl, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963, BISB_Librarian,lee6317

42

by Louisa May Alcott

5,317 members

67 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

43

10,224 members

133 reviews

3.9

6 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

44

by Louisa May Alcott

9,191 members

73 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

45

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

63,652 members

575 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: jesse123, ahef1963, jeffza

46

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

29,928 members

297 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda, BISB_Librarian

47

The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

56,851 members

496 reviews

½ 4.5

4 Members: ahef1963, jeffza, Elizabeth088, BISB_Librarian

48

The Water-Babies

by Charles Kingsley

3,370 members

55 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: mkbird, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

49

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

20,283 members

472 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

50

The Long Winter

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

11,976 members

110 reviews

4.2

4 Members: dara85, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963

51

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

17,848 members

341 reviews

3.9

4 Members: mlfhlibrarian, smcwl, jesse123, ahef1963

52

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

21,321 members

282 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, lee6317, ahef1963

53

by Louisa May Alcott

5,851 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

54

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

25,427 members

613 reviews

4.2

4 Members: mlfhlibrarian, smcwl, lee6317, ahef1963

55

The Story of the Amulet

1,457 members

16 reviews

3.9

4 Members: parlerodermime, mlfhlibrarian, ahef1963, BISB_Librarian

56

Rilla of Ingleside

by L. M. Montgomery

7,599 members

79 reviews

4.1

3 Members: parlerodermime, merrystar, Elizabeth088

57

by P. D. Eastman

1,980 members

12 reviews

3.8

4 Members: mkbird, jesse123, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

58

The Enchanted Wood

1,838 members

18 reviews

4.1

4 Members: smcwl, lee6317, Elizabeth088, BISB_Librarian

59

by Louisa May Alcott

3,038 members

37 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

60

When We Were Very Young

6,541 members

57 reviews

4.2

4 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963

61

The Swiss Family Robinson

by Johann David Wyss

9,944 members

97 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: smcwl, jburlinson, roby72, ManWithAnAgenda

62

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen

2,074 members

51 reviews

4

3 Members: mlfhlibrarian, mkbird, Elizabeth088

63

Little House on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

18,080 members

240 reviews

4.1

3 Members: smcwl, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

64

Beezus and Ramona

by Beverly Cleary

9,726 members

134 reviews

3.9

4 Members: smcwl, merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

65

On the Banks of Plum Creek

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

13,332 members

112 reviews

4.1

3 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, ahef1963

66

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

24,111 members

325 reviews

4.1

4 Members: jburlinson, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

67

Blueberries for Sal

by Robert McCloskey

9,896 members

152 reviews

4.2

4 Members: dara85, smcwl, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

68

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

5,534 members

71 reviews

3.8

3 Members: mkbird, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

69

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene

7,361 members

90 reviews

3.8

4 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

70

By the Shores of Silver Lake

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

12,106 members

77 reviews

4.1

3 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, ahef1963

71

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

12,685 members

125 reviews

4

3 Members: smcwl, cej1027, ahef1963

72

26,172 members

524 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda

73

by Robert Louis Stevenson

12,624 members

130 reviews

3.8

3 Members: mlfhlibrarian, jburlinson, ahef1963

74

Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds

1,383 members

24 reviews

4

4 Members: lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Magician's Nephew

34,504 members

410 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda

76

Green Eggs and Ham

27,634 members

752 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: smcwl, jesse123, ahef1963, Rusty37,aulsmith

77

Knight's Castle

by Edward Eager

1,778 members

23 reviews

4.1

3 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, aulsmith

78

Understood Betsy

by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

3,568 members

40 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, smcwl, merrystar

79

by Eleanor H. Porter

5,838 members

78 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

80

The Mystery at Lilac Inn

by Carolyn Keene

4,788 members

33 reviews

3.8

3 Members: dara85, smcwl, aulsmith

81

by Susan Coolidge

2,425 members

37 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: mlfhlibrarian, lee6317, ahef1963

82

Dark Lord of Derkholm

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,639 members

59 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

83

by Maud Hart Lovelace

2,915 members

59 reviews

4.1

3 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, merrystar

84

The Well-Wishers

by Edward Eager

958 members

9 reviews

4

3 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, aulsmith

85

The Dark is Rising / Greenwitch / The Grey King / Silver on the Tree

by Susan Cooper

60 members

1 review

4

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

86

Julie of the Wolves

by Jean Craighead George

8,866 members

130 reviews

3.9

3 Members: mkbird, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

87

The Password to Larkspur Lane

by Carolyn Keene

2,933 members

18 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, CarolynBurke7

88

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

19,673 members

368 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: jburlinson, lee6317, ahef1963

89

The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes

by DuBose Heyward

2,377 members

25 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7

90

by L. Frank Baum

3,487 members

62 reviews

3.9

3 Members: parlerodermime, aulsmith, ahef1963

91

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

45,459 members

1,039 reviews

4

4 Members: parlerodermime, dara85, merrystar, Elizabeth088,aulsmith

92

Heart: A School-Boy's Journal

by Edmondo De Amicis

1,157 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

93

Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Richard Atwater

10,559 members

171 reviews

3.9

3 Members: smcwl, mkbird, ManWithAnAgenda

94

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll

29,377 members

315 reviews

4.1

4 Members: smcwl, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda,lee6317

95

Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem

by Emilio Salgari

798 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: roby72, mkbird

96

The Cat in the Hat

25,226 members

562 reviews

4.2

4 Members: smcwl, jesse123, ahef1963, Elizabeth088,aulsmith

97

Seven-Day Magic

by Edward Eager

1,353 members

16 reviews

4.1

2 Members: smcwl, aulsmith

98

The Story of Ferdinand

11,292 members

184 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, ahef1963

99

Buttons in the back

by Elizabeth Kirtland

10 members

1 review

4

2 Members: mlfhlibrarian, mkbird

100

Bedtime for Frances

by Russell Hoban

3,891 members

38 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, Emily_liz

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