Thimble Summer

by Elizabeth Enright

Garnet, who is nine or ten, finds a thimble and believes it brings good luck to her family. Her father's Wisconsin farm is saved when he receives a government loan, her pig wins a blue ribbon at the fair, and a homeless boy comes to live with them. This book received good reviews for excellent writing.

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Leader by Destiny: George Washington, Man & Patriot

by Jeanette Eaton

A biography of George Washington, covering fifty-two years of his adventurous life, detailing the early history of the United States.

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Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater

I enjoyed reading this to my son, and then read it to my daughter. I didn't want her to be left out of the fun. Mr. Popper gets a penguin as a pet, and all kinds of crazyness ensues. Richard Atwater started this book, then became to ill to continue. His wife, Florence, finished it. We're glad she did. The book became very popular!

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Nino

by Valenti Angelo

Nino is a child living in Italy around 1900. He lives with his mother and grandfather. His father has gone to America to work, hoping to be able to earn passage for his family.

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Penn

by Elizabeth Janet Gray

As an English Quaker, William Penn loses everything and ends up in prison until he's allowed to go to North America, where he founds Pennsylvania.

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Hello, the Boat!

by Phyllis Crawford

In 1817 a family takes a store boat along the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati. People along the river shout, "Hello, the boat!" and the family stops to open their store. As they travel they have adventures and good times.

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The White Stag (Newbery Library, Puffin)

by Kate Seredy

Many people have found fault with this book that somewhat glorifies Attilla the Hun by telling history from his point of view, but it is a great way to learn about culture, and about the legend of the founding of Hungary.

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Bright Island

by Mabel Robinson

A young girl named Thankful grew up on an isolated island, but she is sent to the mainland for school. There, she feels strange and out of place, and when she gets home to the island, she's changed. A story about isolation and what it does to people.

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On the Banks of Plum Creek

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

One of the sweet Little House on the Prairie books. Laura's family is devastated by grasshoppers, but they survive and prosper. I love these books - couldn't stop reading them, one right after the other, about twenty years ago.

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Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time

by James Cloyd Bowman

Pecos Bill was raised by coyotes. He was disappointed to learn he was human. He becomes a cowboy and does amazing things.

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Roller Skates (Newbery Library, Puffin)

by Ruth Sawyer

Lucinda, age ten, is left with two teachers in New York while her parents go overseas for a year. She has a wonderful time meeting people around the neighborhood, all the time, wearing her skates.

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Audubon

by Constance Rourke

A biography of John James Audubon, the famous painter of birds, for whom the Audubon Society is named.

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Phebe Fairchild: Her Book (Illustrated)

by Lois Lenski

A girl is sent to live with relatives in the Connecticut countryside in 1830 while her parents are away from home.

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The Codfish Musket

by Agnes D. Hewes

Young Dan becomes a secretary for Thomas Jefferson. He's sent on a mission into the frontier to give a message to Merriwether Lewis. On the way he finds gun thieves giving guns to natives.

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The Golden Basket

by Ludwig Bemelmans

Remember Madeline? She made her first published appearance in this lengthy picture book. The Golden Basket is the name of a hotel that two English girls stay at with their father. One day while out exploring Bruges, Belgium, they come across twelve girls out walking - one of them being our old friend, Madeline. This character was named after the author's wife.

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Whistler's Van

by Idwal Jones

Gwilyn decides to wander through Wales after his grandfather disappears. He is lucky to run into the Ringos, a family of gypsies that give him adventures, horses, and fun.

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Winterbound

by Margery Bianco

During the depression, two teenagers manage their home and the lives of their two younger siblings during a winter when their parents are gone.

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Caddie Woodlawn

by Carol Ryrie Brink

The adventures of an eleven year old girl and her brothers while living in rural Wisconsin, in 1864. Based on the life of the author's grandmother.

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All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud (Nonpareil Book, 35.)

by Armstrong Sperry

Thach, age fifteen, helps to design and build a clipper ship, the Flying Cloud. Then he joins the crew and travels around the Horn. Lots of adventure.

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Honk The Moose (Nature)

by Phil Stong

A moose takes shelter in Ivar's stable during a miserably cold winter. The townsfolk try to get the moose to leave.

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The Good Master (Puffin Newbery Library)

by Kate Seredy

Jancsi's cousin, Kate, is from the city, but while visiting amuses the country folk in Hungary.

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Young Walter Scott

by Elizabeth Janet Gray

A fictionalized biography of the childhood of Sir Walter Scott - set in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Dobry (Puffin Newbery Library)

by Monica Shannon, Atanas Katchamakoff

Dobry, a Bulgarian peasant boy, wants to become an artist, but his mother doesn't appreciate his choice. She wants him to become a farmer as his ancestors were.

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Davy Crockett

by Constance Rourke

An entertaining biography of Davy Crockett.

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A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic

by Hilda Van Stockum

The story of a day-long ice skating picnic in Holland.

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The Pageant of Chinese History: From 3000 B.C. To the end of World War II

by Elizabeth Seeger

A well-researched history of China from mythical times, to 1912.

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Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women

by Cornelia Meigs

Popular biography of Louisa May Alcott.

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The Abc Bunny (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series)

by Wanda Gag

A bunny hops through the alphabet on its way home from an adventure.

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The Apprentice of Florence

by Anne Kyle

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The Big Tree of Bunlahy: Stories of My Own Countryside

by Padraic Colum

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Glory of the seas

by Agnes Danforth Hewes

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New Land: A Novel for Boys and Girls

by Sarah Lindsay Schmidt

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Swords of Steel

by Elsie Singmaster

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The Forgotten Daughter

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The Winged Girl of Knossos

by Allena Best

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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

by Elizabeth Lewis

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Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia

by Nora Burglon

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Swift Rivers

by Cornelia Meigs

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THE RAILROAD TO FREEDOM A Story of the Civil War

by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift

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WATERLESS MOUNTAIN

by Laura Adams Armer

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Boy of the South Seas. Illustrated by Myrtle Sheldon

by Eunice Tietjens

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Calico Bush

by Rachel Field

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Jane's Island

by Marjorie Hill Allee

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Out of the Flame

by Eloise Lownsbery

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