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The Wheel on the School (1954)
Overcoming many obstacles, a group of children work together with their Dutch village to bring the storks back.
Author(s):
Meindert De Jong
Illustrator(s):
Maurice Sendak
The Island Stallion (1948)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Keith Ward
The Great Brain (1967)
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.
Author(s):
John Fitzgerald
Illustrator(s):
Mercer Mayer
Book of Cowboys (1936)
Author(s):
Holling Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling Holling, Lucille Holling
Bill Bergson, Master Detective (1952)
The first battles of the War of the White Roses and the Red are interrupted by a mysterious Uncle.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Louis Glanzman
Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935)
Mary Poppins returns on the end of Michael’s kite string.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
The Park Book (1944)
A description of a day at the park for a boy who lives in a meadow.
Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
H. A. Rey
Gobble, Growl, Grunt (1971)
A book of animal sounds.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Freddy Rides Again (1951)
Author(s):
Walter Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
When I Have a Little Girl; When I Have a Little Boy (2000)
A flip book that is really two books in one. A boy and a girl imagine what it will be like to have children of their own. The original illustrations have been colored for this edition.
Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Down the Big River (1924)
Tom Lockwood and his parents are going down the Ohio River to take up land in Missouri when they are captured by pirates.
Author(s):
Stephen Meader
Illustrator(s):
Stephen Meader
Mr. Mulliner Speaking (1930)
A collection of short stories narrated by Mr. Mulliner. Three feature Bobbie Wickham.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Wallace Morgan
Uneasy Money (1916)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Clarence Underwood
The Prince and the Pauper (1882)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
John Harley, Frank Merrill, L. S. Ipsen
The Little Fir Tree (1954)
The little fir tree is dug up and comes to a little boy as a Christmas tree two years running, but the third year the little boy comes to him.
Author(s):
Margaret Brown
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Martin Chuzzlewit (1844)
Old Martin Chuzzlewit tries to manipulate his relatives by the promise of inheriting his wealth. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Hablot Browne
Almanack for 1889 by Kate Greenaway (1888)
Author(s):
Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
Handbook of American Mountaineering (1942)
A guide to mountain climbing technique.
Author(s):
Kenneth Henderson
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Burton
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886)
Author(s):
Frances Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Reginald Birch
Mary Poppins in the Kitchen (1975)
A Mary Poppins story about food and cooking, with recipes.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard