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Katy and the Big Snow (1943)
When the big snow paralyzes the town, Katy goes to work and plows it out.
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Author(s):
Virginia Burton
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Burton
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939)
When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel Mary Anne win the bid to dig the cellar for the new town hall in Popperville, they get a chance to prove that Mary Anne ‘can dig as much in a day as a hundred men in a week.’
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Author(s):
Virginia Burton
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Burton
The Enormous Egg (1956)
When Nate’s chicken lays an enormous egg, every one is anxious to see what will hatch.
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Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling
The Trouble with Jenny’s Ear (1960)
When Jenny starts hearing people’s thoughts, her brothers figure out how to cash in.
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Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Julian de Miskey
Hebrew Melodies (1815)
A collection of 30 poems by Lord Byron which were largely created by Byron to accompany music composed by Isaac Nathan.
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Author(s):
George Byron
Illustrator(s):
None
Mr. Bass’s Planetoid (1958)
David and Chuck are off in their spaceship to rescue the world from the Brumblitron.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954)
David and Chuck are approached by their neighbor Mr. Bass to build a space ship.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Robert Henneberger
Cheaper by the Dozen (1948)
Semi-fictionalized reminiscences of the Gilbreth family. A time-and-motion expert and his engineer wife use scientific principles to raise their twelve children. No growing pains have ever been more hilarious than those suffered loudly by the riotous Gilbreth clan.
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Author(s):
Ernestine Carey, Frank Gilbreth
Illustrator(s):
Donald McKay
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (1937)
In Alice in Wonderland, Alice falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by strange creatures. And in the sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, she climbs through a mirror into a fantastical world.
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
John Tenniel, Ninon MacKnight
The Hunting of the Snark and Other Poems (1903)
Includes The Hunting of the Snark and poems from Rhyme? and Reason?, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and Sylvie and Bruno. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Peter Newell, Robert Wright
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1872)
Alice returns to Wonderland by way of the looking glass over the mantle and meets many queer people, including the Walrus and the Carpenter. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
John Tenniel
The Admiral’s Caravan (1892)
A young girl named Dorothy takes a journey with three wooden statues who come alive on Christmas Eve. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Carryl
Illustrator(s):
Reginald Birch
Fables for the Frivolous (1898)
These humorous verse renderings of the familiar Aesop fables are ideal for memorization. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Guy Carryl
Illustrator(s):
Peter Newell
Grimm Tales Made Gay (1902)
Guy Wetmore Carryl brings his gift for comic verse to fairy tales. Read online at archive. org.
Author(s):
Guy Carryl
Illustrator(s):
Albert Levering
Magic Island (1964)
Orphaned girl, Angel Thorne goes on a voyage by clipper ship from New York to Barbados with an exciting winter spent there not only restore herself to complete health but to also give her new friends and her own special place.
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Author(s):
Madye Chastain
Illustrator(s):
Madye Chastain
The Ballad of the White Horse (2001)
A poem by G. K. Chesterton about the idealised exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great.
Before the gods that made the gods
Had seen their sunrise pass,
The White Horse of the White Horse Vale
Was cut out of the grass.
Author(s):
Gilbert Chesterton
Illustrator(s):
Robert Austin
The Innocence of Father Brown (1911)
A collection of detective stories about a Catholic priest who is considered one of the high spots of detective fiction. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Gilbert Chesterton
Illustrator(s):
Sydney Lucas
Down River (1957)
John Walters and the members of the Tomahawk Club set out to explore a cave he has found.
Author(s):
Richard Church
Illustrator(s):
Laurence Irving
Five Boys in a Cave (1951)
John Walters and the members of the Tomahawk Club undertake the exploration of a cave he has discovered.
Author(s):
Richard Church
Illustrator(s):
Doug Anderson
The Poppy Seed Cakes (1924)
A collection of short stories about two not-very-good children told by Aunt Katushka.
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Author(s):
Margery Clark
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham, Miska Petersham