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Picture Books

Brett, Jan, Beauty and the Beast.
The borders around the pictures add to the story.

Coerr, Eleanor, Sadako.
The inspiring story of the hopes of a dying girl in Japan.

Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degan, The Magic Schoolbus series.
Join Miss Frizzle and the class in their many adventures.

DePaola, Tomie, Big Anthony and the Magic Ring,
others from the Strega Nona series. Big Anthony will never learn his lesson!

Kimmel, Eric, Anansi Goes Fishing.
Another folktale from Africa about the tricky spider.

Martin, Rafe, The Rough-Face Girl.
A Native American Cinderella story.

Polacco, Patricia, Thank You, Mr. Falker.
Patricia is having trouble learning to read until Mr. Falker discovers her secret.

Scieszka, Jon, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.
A spoof of many favorite fairy tales. Also, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf and The Frog Prince Continued.

Stanley, Diane, Saving Sweetness, Raising Sweetness.
A quick-thinking orphan saves herself and the other orphans from a life of cleaning floors with toothbrushes. Also by the same author, Rumplestiltskin's Daughter.

Talbott, Hudson, The Sword in the Stone.
The first book in a series of the saga of King Arthur, told simply and with beautiful illustrations.

Van Allsburg, Chris, Jumanji.
The beautiful illustrations tell a different story than the movie.

Yolen, Jane, Encounter.
A new telling of Columbus's discovery.

Zelinsky, Paul, Rapunzel.
Beautiful illustrations grace this retelling of the favorite fairy tale.

Classics

Anderson, Hans Christian, The Nightingale, The Snow Queen,
and other favorite fairy tales. You never hear them too often!

Collodi, Carlos, Pinocchio.
The real thing, without Jiminy Cricket. Great to read aloud.

Dahl, Roald, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Fun to read aloud for parents and kids.

Lindgren, Astrid, Pippi Longstocking.
The classic stories of Pippi and her unusual household.

Milne, A.A., The House on Pooh Corner.
Great stories to read aloud, pum-pum!

Perrault, Charles, Beauty and the Beast,
and other favorite fairy tales.

Travers, P.L., Mary Poppins.
Each chapter is a story of its own, and Mary isn't quite as perfect as the movie portrayed.

White, E.B., Charlotte's Web.
Who can forget how Charlotte saves Wilbur? Try reading Stuart Little and compare it to the movie.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, The Little House series,
From Little House in the Big Woods to The First Four Years, these stories of a courageous pioneering family are still the best for reading aloud.

Chapter Books

Applegate, Katherine, Animorphs.
A group of kids battle evil aliens by "morphing" into different animals.

Berenstain, Berenstain Bears chapter book series.
The Bears become detectives.

Brown, Marc, Arthur chapter book series.
Arthur beyond picture books, still a favorite.

Pilkey, Dav, The Adventures of Captain Underpants (series).
Can the courageous principal, whose secret identity is the super-hero Captain Underpants, save the school from the nasty cafeteria ladies from outer space?

Osborne, Mary Pope, The Magic Tree House Series.
Jack and Annie travel through time to learn about the past.

Sobol, Donald, Encyclopedia Brown series.
Each chapter presents its own mystery. The solutions are found in the back of the book. How good a detective are you?

American Girl series, historical fiction which is easy to read.

Dear America and My name is America (various authors). Historical fiction in journal form by a girl or boy.

Don't forget J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone!

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