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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
Author(s):
Roald Dahl
Illustrator(s):
Joseph Schindelman
Snip, Snap, Snurr The Red Shoes and The Buttered Bread (1935)
This edition includes the story of how the triplets earn money for a birthday present for their mother and how the sun must shine for them to have butter for their bread.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Call It Courage (1940)
A story of a boy who overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe. This story is based on a Polynesian legend.
Author(s):
Armstrong Sperry
Illustrator(s):
Armstrong Sperry
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903)
Rebecca Rowena Randall comes to stay with her aunts in Riverboro.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kate Wiggin
Illustrator(s):
None
Moon Blossom & the Golden Penny (1963)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Rootabaga Stories - Part One (1988)
Fairy tales as American as the Iowa cornfields.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Johnny Appleseed (1988)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Clorinda (2003)
Clorinda the cow takes to the dance. The results are not quite what you might think.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Kinerk
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Mother Goose for Christmas (1973)
It’s the day before Christmas and two strangers have locked Mother Goose and Goosey Gander in the old Queen of Hearts Bakery. What are the concerned villagers to do?
Author(s):
William du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William du Bois
The Butterfly that Stamped (1947)
The butterfly has a quarrel with his wife and is overheard by King Solomon.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Goblin Market (1933)
The story of two sisters and a horde of goblins.
Author(s):
Christina Rosetti
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Yankee in Oz (1972)
Tompy, a prep school drummer is blown to Oz by a hurricane where he meets the first American dog in space, a bull terrier named Yankee. They are soon swept up in the affairs of Oz and help rescue a kidnapped princess.
Author(s):
Ruth Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Dick Martin
Bleak House (1853)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Hablot Browne
Roughing It (1872)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Eminent Artists
Aesop’s Fables (1912)
Author(s):
Vernon Jones
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Full Moon (1947)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Girl Next Door (1940)
The triplets lend the girl next door some play-clothes so Nurse will not scold her for getting her dress soiled.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
In the seventh book of her biographical series, Laura is living with Ma, Pa, Mary, Carrie and Grace in De Smet and earns her teaching certificate.
Author(s):
Laura Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell, Mildred Boyle
The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales (1881)
Ten American fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Frank Stockton
Illustrator(s):
E. B. Bensell
The Log of a Cowboy (1903)
A history of the cattle drives north from Texas after the Civil War. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Andy Adams
Illustrator(s):
Boyd Smith