Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
(J ALCOTT, MAR and YA ALCOTT, MAR)
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.

Mr. Popper’s Penguins
by Richard Atwater
(J ATWATER, RIC)
The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

National Velvet
by Enid Bagnold
(J BAGNOLD, ENI)
A fourteen-year-old English girl wins a horse in a raffle, trains it, and rides it in the Grand National steeplechase.

The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
(J BAUM, FRA)
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.

The Secret Garden 
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
(J BURNETT, FRA)
Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
(J CARROLL, LWE and YA CARROL, LEW) 
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

The Adventures of Pinocchio 
by Carlo Collodi
(J COLLODI, CAR)
In Geppetto's hands a piece of wood that talks becomes a living, mischievous marionette and eventually, after many trials and errors, a real little boy.

Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates
by Mary Mapes Dodge
(J DODGE, MAR)
A Dutch boy and girl work toward two goals--finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the
silver skates.

The Moffats
by Eleanor Estes
(J ESTES, ELE)
Portrays the adventure-studded existence of the poor, but resourceful, Moffat family, whose
members live in a yellow house on New Dollar Street.

The Black Stallion
by Walter Farley
(J FARLEY, WAL)
Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.

Calico Bush
by Rachel Field
(J FIELD, RAC)
Orphaned soon after her family's arrival in the New World, French immigrant Maggie must face a brutal winter in Maine, hostile Native Americans, and her own fears.

My Father’s Dragon
by Ruth Stiles Gannett
(J GANNETT, RUT)
A young boy is determined to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.

Blue Willow
by Doris Gates
(J GATES, DOR)
A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home.

Cheaper by the Dozen
by Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
(J GILBRETH, FRA)
The hilarious story of the Gilbreths—a family of twelve children headed by a father who is a world-famous efficiency expert and sets up his family to run like a factory.

The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
(J GRAHAME, KEN)
The escapades of four animal friends, Toad, Mole, Rat and Badger, who live along a river in the English countrysider.

B is for Betsy
by Carolyn Haywood
(J HAYWOOD, CAR)
Betsy experiences an interesting first year in school and looks forward to summer vacation at her grandfather's farm.

Misty of Chincoteague
by Marguerite Henry
(J HENRY, MAR)
Two youngsters who live on Chincoteague Island go to a lot of trouble to get a pair of wild ponies that graze on nearby Assateague Island.

Paddle to the Sea
by Holling Clancy Holling
(J HOLLING, HOL)
A small canoe carved by an Indian boy makes a journey from Lake Superior all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
(J IRVING, WAS)
A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Big Red
by Jim Kjelgaard
(J KJELGAARD, JIM)
A boy and an Irish setter wander over wilderness trails, hunt together, and fight for their lives against a killer bear.

Lassie Come Home
by Eric Knight
(J KNIGHT, ERI)
A collie undertakes a four-hundred-mile journey in order to once again meet her former master at the school gate.

Ben and Me
by Robert Lawson
(J LAWSON, ROB)
Benjamin Franklin's companion, Amos the Mouse, recounts how he was responsible for Franklin's inventions and discoveries.

Homer Price
by Robert McCloskey
(J MCCLOSKEY, ROB)
Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.

Snow Treasure
by Marie McSwigan
(J MCSWIGAN, MAR)
Twelve year old Peter Lundstrom and his friends help his Uncle Victor with a plan to protect the bank's gold bullion from the invading Nazis.

Winnie the Pooh
by A.A. Milne
(J MILNE, A.A.)
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.

Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery (J MONTGOMERY, L.M. and YA MONTGOMERY, L.M.)
The story of Anne, an orphan child, who brings happiness and love into the lives of her foster parents.

Five Children and It
by Edith Nesbit
(J NESBIT, EDI)
When four brothers and sisters discover a sandfairy near the country house where they are staying, they have no way of knowing all the
adventures its wish-granting will bring them.

My Friend Flicka
by Mary O’Hara
(J OHARA, MAR)
Through his intense devotion to the colt Flicka, a young boy, living on a Wyoming ranch, begins to learn about responsibility and gain a better understanding of his father.

Pollyanna
by Eleanor H. Porter
(J PORTER, ELE)
When a twelve-year-old orphan comes to live with her austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other members of the community.

The Good Master
by Kate Seredy
(J SEREDY, KAT)
Two cousins spend an adventurous summer on a ranch on the Hungarian plains.

Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
(J SEWELL, ANN)
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
by Margaret Sidney
(J SIDNEY, MAR)
A fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman.

Heidi
by Johanna Spyri
(J SPYRI, JOH)
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her grandfather and their happy home to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

Mary Poppins
by P.L. Travers
(J TRAVERS, P.L.)
An English nanny blows in with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.

Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
(J VERNE, JUL and YA VERNE, JUL)
In 1872 Phileas Fogg wagers that he can circle the earth in eighty days. He attempts this by steamboat, train, sled, and elephant.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
(J WIGGIN, KAT)
Ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.