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Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town during the nineteenth century. Ages 11 and older
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Author: Lewis Carroll
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters. Ages 8 and up
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All of a Kind Family
Author: Sydney Taylor
The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family on New York City's Lower East Side during the early twentieth century. Ages 8-12
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Anne of Green Gables
Author: L.M. Montgomery
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. Ages 10 and up
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Bear called Paddington
Author: Michael Bond
A very small bear found by Mr. and Mrs. Brown at Paddington station becomes one of the family. Ages: 8-11
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Betsy-Tacy Treasury
Author: Maud Hart Lovelace
Tracing the girls' lives from early childhood to the brink of adolescence, Lovelace illuminates their innocent, mischievous fun and their eye-opening adventures exploring the world around them. Ages 8-12
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Borrowers Afloat
Author: Mary Norton
Uprooted once again, the little people journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away in a flood. Ages 8-12
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Boxcar Children
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Four orphaned children, afraid to go live with their grandfather, set up housekeeping in an abandoned boxcar and are doing fine until one of them becomes ill. Ages 8-10. J BoxCarChildren v.1
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Call of the Wild
Author: Jack London
An unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, is forcibly taken to Alaska where he eventually becomes leader of a wolf pack. Ages 10 & up. J London
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Author: Roald Dahl
Charlie Bucket receives one of five coveted “Golden Tickets”, which grant a tour to Willy Wonka’s extraordinary chocolate factory. Ages 8-12
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Author: E. L. Konigsburg
When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She ran away with her younger brother to live in a large, comfortable, indoor space - the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ages 8-12. J Konigsburg
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Great Brain
Author: John Dennis Fitzgerald
The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah are described by his younger brother, frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or money. Ages 8-12. J Fitzgerald
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Half Magic
Author: Edward Eager
Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes, or more precisely, half of any wish. So, the four take turns making double wishes, leading to results that are twice as unpredictable (and hilarious). Ages 9-12 J Eager
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Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse
Author: George Selden
A hungry mouse and a lonely kitten become friends and seek adventure and fortune together in the streets and subways of New York City. Ages 8-10
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Heidi
Author: Johanna Spyri
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to care for an invalid girl and go to school in the city. Ages 10 and up
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Hobbit
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return. Ages 12 and up
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How to Eat Fried Worms
Author: Thomas Rockwell
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal. Ages 7-10
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Incredible Journey
Author: Sheila Burnford
A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family. Ages 8-12
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Jungle Book
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Presents the adventures of Mowgli, the "man-cub," abandoned as a baby by his parents and raised by the wolves in the wilds of the jungle. Ages 9-12
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King of the Wind
Author: Marguerite Henry
Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life. Ages 8-12
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Little House in the Big Woods
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions with relatives or neighbors. Ages 9-12
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Little Women
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England. Ages 12 and up
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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic
Author: Betty Bard MacDonald
Seven families are helped out by Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's magic cures when they are faced with thought-you-saiders, tattletales, bad table manners, interrupters, heedless breakers, never-want-to-go-to-schoolers, and waddle-I-doers. Ages 8-12
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Pippi in the South Seas
Author: Astrid Lindgren
The adventures of the strongest girl in the world, who takes her two friends with her when she travels from Sweden to visit her father, king of an island in the South Seas. Ages 8-12
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Sarah, Plain and Tall
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay. Ages 8-12. J MacLachlan
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Saturdays
Author: Elizabeth Enright
When four brothers and sisters realize that none of them get enough allowance to do anything special, they decide to pool their money so that each gets to have an adventure on a Saturday. Ages 8-12 J ENRIGHT
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Sign of the Beaver
Author: Elizabeth George Speare
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills. Ages 10 and up
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Silver Chair
Author: C.S. Lewis
Two English children undergo hair-raising adventures as they go on a search and rescue mission for the missing Prince Rilian, who is held captive in the underground kingdom of the Emerald Witch. Ages 8-12
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Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea
Author: Scott O’Dell
A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant son and cruel husband, experiences both joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition seeking a way to the Pacific. Ages 10-14
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Sword in the Stone
Author: T.H. White
A retelling of the Arthurian legend in which Kay and his foster brother (known as the Wart) live in the glorious castle of Sir Ector amid the wild and beautiful Forest Sauvage. They are given a tutor, the magician Merlyn, who instructs his young charges in the ways of the world. Ages 10 and up
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Tom's Midnight Garden
Author: A. Philippa Pearce
When Tom goes to stay with his Aunt, he discovers that during the night her rundown backyard transforms itself into a beautiful and mysterious garden. Ages 9-14
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Visit to William Blake’s Inn: poems for innocent and experienced travelers
Author: Nancy Willard
Inspired by William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, this delightful collection of poetry for children brings to life Blake’s imaginary inn and its unusual guests. Ages 8-11. J 811.5 Wil
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Well-Wishers
Author: Edward Eager
James, Laura, and Deborah along with their friends Kip, Lydia, and Gordy relate their experiences when the unpredictable old wishing well in the backyard continues to involve them in a variety of magical adventures. Ages 8-12
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Wind in the Willows
Author: Kenneth Grahame
The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger. Ages 8-12
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Winnie-the-Pooh
Author: A.A. Milne
The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Heffalump, and Eeyore has a birthday. Ages 5-10
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Wizard of Oz
Author: Frank Baum
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas. Ages 8-12
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Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Author: Joan Aiken
Three children become involved in a series of adventures when left under the care of a detestable governess in a rural English manor. Ages 8-12
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