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1

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

22,847 members

427 reviews

3.9

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

2

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

28,138 members

487 reviews

4

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

3

Little House in the Big Woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

16,999 members

293 reviews

4.1

8 Members: dara85, smcwl, aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

36,770 members

560 reviews

4.1

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

5

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

33,994 members

326 reviews

3.9

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

6

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

24,502 members

331 reviews

4.1

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

7

The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

12,863 members

92 reviews

½ 4.4

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

8

Cheaper by the Dozen

by Jr. Frank B. Gilbreth

4,860 members

80 reviews

4

6 Members: parlerodermime, dara85, smcwl, aulsmith, merrystar, Elizabeth088

9

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

30,986 members

569 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, Rusty37, CarolynBurke7

10

by Johanna Spyri

12,776 members

163 reviews

3.9

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

11

Charlotte's Web

37,156 members

1,027 reviews

4.2

6 Members: dara85, roby72, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

12

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

by Beatrix Potter

12,924 members

181 reviews

4.1

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

13

Five Children and It

4,851 members

79 reviews

3.9

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

14

The House at Pooh Corner

8,747 members

78 reviews

½ 4.4

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

15

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

by Beatrix Potter

3,605 members

20 reviews

3.9

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

16

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

1,874 members

27 reviews

3.9

5 Members: mlfhlibrarian, aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

17

Winnie-the-Pooh

13,955 members

206 reviews

½ 4.3

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

18

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

27,239 members

1,455 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: lee6317, cej1027, ahef1963, jeffza

19

Pippi Longstocking

by Astrid Lindgren

11,036 members

159 reviews

4

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

20

A Child's Garden of Verses

by Robert Louis Stevenson

8,484 members

93 reviews

4.2

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

21

Magic by the Lake

by Edward Eager

1,626 members

23 reviews

4

4 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, aulsmith, mkbird

22

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

12,934 members

243 reviews

4.1

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

23

The Railway Children

6,140 members

79 reviews

3.9

5 Members: mlfhlibrarian, aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

24

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

35,275 members

439 reviews

3.8

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

25

The Marvelous Land of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

3,626 members

77 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aulsmith, jburlinson, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

26

James and the Giant Peach

20,483 members

364 reviews

3.9

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

27

by Charles Dickens

25,013 members

238 reviews

3.8

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

28

The Sword in the Stone

3,453 members

48 reviews

3.9

3 Members: mlfhlibrarian, aulsmith, thecoroner

29

by Carlo Collodi

8,687 members

143 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963

30

The Boxcar Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

9,330 members

104 reviews

4

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

31

by Charlotte Brontë

60,567 members

928 reviews

4.2

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

32

by J. M. Barrie

19,696 members

328 reviews

3.9

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

33

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

16,405 members

218 reviews

4.2

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

34

Just So Stories

by Rudyard Kipling

9,796 members

79 reviews

4

4 Members: smcwl, jburlinson, jesse123, Elizabeth088

35

The Complete Fables

3,709 members

50 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963

36

by J. R. R. Tolkien

97,147 members

1,204 reviews

½ 4.3

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

37

by Louisa May Alcott

4,720 members

58 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

38

by Louisa May Alcott

8,382 members

67 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

39

8,822 members

125 reviews

3.9

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

40

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

56,246 members

493 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: jesse123, ahef1963, jeffza

41

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

47,402 members

768 reviews

4.1

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

42

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

25,646 members

529 reviews

4.1

4 Members: jburlinson, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963

43

The Water Babies

by Charles Kingsley

3,026 members

49 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: mkbird, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

44

The Long Winter

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

10,532 members

96 reviews

4.2

4 Members: dara85, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963

45

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

18,045 members

429 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

46

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,775 members

304 reviews

3.9

4 Members: mlfhlibrarian, smcwl, jesse123, ahef1963

47

20,000 Leagues under the Sea

19,056 members

257 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, lee6317, ahef1963

48

by Louisa May Alcott

5,086 members

36 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

49

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

21,979 members

546 reviews

4.2

4 Members: mlfhlibrarian, smcwl, lee6317, ahef1963

50

The Secret Island

380 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: mlfhlibrarian, smcwl, lee6317

51

Rilla of Ingleside

by L. M. Montgomery

6,625 members

70 reviews

4.1

3 Members: parlerodermime, merrystar, Elizabeth088

52

by P. D. Eastman

1,627 members

11 reviews

3.8

4 Members: mkbird, jesse123, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

53

by Louisa May Alcott

2,766 members

33 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

54

When We Were Very Young

5,782 members

52 reviews

4.2

4 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, lee6317, ahef1963

55

by P. L. Travers

6,673 members

165 reviews

3.8

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

56

The Swiss Family Robinson

by Johann David Wyss

9,088 members

90 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: smcwl, jburlinson, roby72, ManWithAnAgenda

57

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen

1,941 members

48 reviews

4

3 Members: mlfhlibrarian, mkbird, Elizabeth088

58

Beezus and Ramona

by Beverly Cleary

8,343 members

123 reviews

3.9

4 Members: smcwl, merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

59

Little House on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

16,067 members

227 reviews

4.1

3 Members: smcwl, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

60

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

by Brothers Grimm

882 members

8 reviews

4.2

4 Members: smcwl, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963,lee6317

61

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

21,608 members

282 reviews

4.1

4 Members: jburlinson, lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

62

On the Banks of Plum Creek

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

11,746 members

102 reviews

4.1

3 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, ahef1963

63

Blueberries for Sal

by Robert McCloskey

8,495 members

148 reviews

4.2

4 Members: dara85, smcwl, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

64

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

26,342 members

258 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda

65

The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

51,297 members

461 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: ahef1963, jeffza, Elizabeth088

66

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

4,944 members

64 reviews

3.8

3 Members: mkbird, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Secret of the Old Clock

by Carolyn Keene

7,333 members

120 reviews

3.8

4 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

68

22,864 members

479 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda

69

By the Shores of Silver Lake

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9,931 members

67 reviews

4.1

3 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, ahef1963

70

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

11,034 members

117 reviews

4

3 Members: smcwl, cej1027, ahef1963

71

by Robert Louis Stevenson

11,181 members

121 reviews

3.8

3 Members: mlfhlibrarian, jburlinson, ahef1963

72

Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds

1,274 members

23 reviews

4

4 Members: lee6317, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda

73

The Magician's Nephew

30,468 members

369 reviews

3.9

4 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088, ManWithAnAgenda

74

Green Eggs and Ham

23,850 members

715 reviews

½ 4.3

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

75

Knight's Castle

by Edward Eager

1,605 members

21 reviews

4.2

3 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, aulsmith

76

Understood Betsy

by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

3,175 members

32 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, smcwl, merrystar

77

by Eleanor H. Porter

5,001 members

65 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

78

by Susan Coolidge

2,187 members

30 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: mlfhlibrarian, lee6317, ahef1963

79

The Mystery at Lilac Inn

by Carolyn Keene

4,458 members

33 reviews

3.8

3 Members: dara85, smcwl, aulsmith

80

The Story of the Amulet

1,333 members

14 reviews

3.9

3 Members: parlerodermime, mlfhlibrarian, ahef1963

81

Dark Lord of Derkholm

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,481 members

57 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

82

by Maud Hart Lovelace

2,582 members

54 reviews

4.1

3 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, merrystar

83

The Well-Wishers

by Edward Eager

875 members

7 reviews

4.1

3 Members: parlerodermime, smcwl, aulsmith

84

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

by Susan Cooper

57 members

1 review

4

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

85

The Enchanted Wood

1,552 members

15 reviews

4.1

3 Members: smcwl, lee6317, Elizabeth088

86

Julie of the Wolves

by Jean Craighead George

7,837 members

119 reviews

3.9

3 Members: mkbird, ahef1963, Elizabeth088

87

The Password to Larkspur Lane

by Carolyn Keene

2,523 members

17 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, CarolynBurke7

88

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,569 members

324 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: jburlinson, lee6317, ahef1963

89

The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes

by DuBose Heyward

2,140 members

24 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7

90

by L. Frank Baum

3,192 members

55 reviews

3.9

3 Members: parlerodermime, aulsmith, ahef1963

91

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

41,015 members

968 reviews

4

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

92

Heart: A School-Boy's Journal

by Edmondo De Amicis

948 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

93

Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Richard Atwater

9,418 members

161 reviews

3.9

3 Members: smcwl, mkbird, ManWithAnAgenda

94

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

by Lewis Carroll

26,198 members

293 reviews

4.1

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

95

Sandokan: The Tigers of Mompracem

by Emilio Salgari

679 members

21 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: roby72, mkbird

96

The Cat in the Hat

21,550 members

527 reviews

4.2

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

97

Seven-Day Magic

by Edward Eager

1,246 members

15 reviews

4.1

2 Members: smcwl, aulsmith

98

The Story of Ferdinand

9,605 members

172 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

by Hans Christian Andersen

24 members

5

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

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