Category Archives: Classics
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Read-alouds for the whole family
Posted on July 8, 2009 by Jennifer in Book Lists, Classics, Family Read-AloudDo you like to read novels or chapter books aloud to your kids? Here are some fun read-alouds I like to recommend, and I hope people will add more titles to the comments for this one! Poppy by Avi Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum The Penderwicks [...]
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Children’s Book Discussion Kits
Posted on June 18, 2009 by Jessica in Book Lists, ClassicsThese book kits contain ten copies of the same book, so you and your friends can all read the book at the same time. Charlotte’s Web – by E.B. White City of Ember – by Jeanne DuPrau Coraline – by Neil Gaiman Donuthead – by Sue Stauffacher Ella Enchanted – by Gail Levine Holes – [...]
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Deenie
Posted on June 9, 2009 by Children's Department Staff in Classics, Romanceby Judy Blume 13 year-old girls usually worry about what make up to wear, what boys like them, and how to make the cheerleading squad. In the book Deenie, Judy Blume once again reaches out to young girls and helps them look at the brighter side of their troubles. Deenie is a normal 13 year-old [...]
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The 13 Clocks
Posted on May 29, 2009 by Victoria in Classics, Family Read-Aloud, Fantasy, My Favorite, Scary storiesJames Thurber’s classic The 13 Clocks has been re-issued with the original illustrations by Thurber’s friend Marc Simont. Not exactly a fairy tale, not exactly a ghost story, not exactly a novel, it’s a little gem of a tale. An easy read, but filled with wonderful phrases and images telling a mystifying tale. Neil [...]
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So You Want to Be a Wizard
Posted on May 26, 2009 by Rachel in Adventure, Classics, Fantasy, Science Fictionby Diane Duane This is the first book in one of the classic series of children’s fantasy and science fiction. Nita Callahan is browsing in the library when she finds a book called So You Want to Be a Wizard. When she checks the book out, she discovers that it is actually a manual for [...]
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Classic Picture Books
Posted on May 4, 2009 by Rachel in Book Lists, Classics, Picture BooksThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco The Mitten by Jan Brett Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola Corduroy by Don Freeman Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson [...]
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Classic Novels for Children
Posted on May 4, 2009 by Children's Department Staff in Book Lists, Classics, Family Read-AloudLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank The Wind in the Willows by [...]
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