Celeste's Book List
CELESTE'S CODE:
* = ABSOLUTE FAVORITE
:) = FUNNY
# = A LITTLE SCARY
! = EXCITING
:) = FUNNY
# = A LITTLE SCARY
! = EXCITING
Mysteries and Puzzles
Against Time by Roderick Jeffries # !
Alice Jones & the Impossible Clue by Sara Rubin # ! :) Missing Melinda by Jacqueline Jackson # Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix ! * Holes by Louis Sachar # ! The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin # ! Peppermints in the Parlor by Barbara Brooks Wallace :) ! Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh :) ! Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew) by Carolyn Keene # ! The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys) by Frank W. Dixon # ! The Secret of Terror Castle (3 Investigators) by Robert Arthur # ! |
Imaginary Books
The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck :)
The Borrowers by Mary Norton (and all the Borrower books) The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Banks Reid (and all the Indian in the Cupboard books) Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of Nihm by Robert C. O'Brien ! :) * The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster :) The Amazing Adventures of Toby the Trilby by Angela Castillo ! The Wolves of Wiloughby Chase by Joan Aiken # :) |
Books About Kids Celeste Would Like to Be Friends With
Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill Honestly, Katie John! by Mary Calhoun Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli :) In Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson (and all the Grandma’s Attic books) Bloomability by Sharon Creech Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry Wonder by R.J. Palacio :) Never Miss a Sunset by Jeanette Gilge-Barnes Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery Magic for Marigold by L.M. Montgomery Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool Donna Parker on Her Own by Marcia Martin Kristie's Great Idea, The Babysitters’ Club #1, by Anne M. Martin The Thanksgiving Treasure by Gail Rock |
Books About Times Past
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare # +
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw * Sawdust in His Shoes by Eloise Jarvis McGraw * Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery * :) Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Never Miss a Sunset by Jeanette Gilge-Barnes Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery* Little Women by Louisa Mae Alcott * :) Jim Ugly by Sid Fleischmann :) By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischmann :) ! The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill :) My Mother, the Witch by Rose Blue The Velvet Room by Zilpha Keatley Snyder Mama’s Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier |
Animal Books
Fire, Bed, & Bone by Henrietta Branford +
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry Kavik the Wolf Dog by Walt Morey Freedom for a Cheetah by Arthur Catherall The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield |
Adventure Books
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain # :) ! The True Adventures of Charlotte Doyle by Avi # ! * Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson # ! Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson Shipwreck (Island series #1) by Gordon Korman ! |
Nurse Books
Cherry Ames, Jungle Nurse (and all the other Cherry Ames books) by Helen Wells
Sue Barton books by Helen Dore Boylston
Sue Barton books by Helen Dore Boylston
Farrah's Favorite Books
In Grandma's Attic by Arleta Richardson
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Mr. Mysterious & Company by Sid Fleischmann Romona Quimby, Age Eight by Beverly Cleary Mandie & the Charleston Phantom by Lois Gladys Leppard The Happy Hollisters and the Scarecrow Mystery by Jerry West (and all the Happy Hollister books) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Missing Millionaire by Kathryn Kenny (and all the Trixie Belden books) Ellen Tebbits by Beverly Cleary Mystery in the Pirate Oak by Helen Fuller Orton Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (and all the Pippi books) Mandie and the Mysterious Tunnel by Lois Gladys Leppard |
Karolyn's Favorite Books
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish
Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Tiggy Changes Her Mind by Jane Carruth
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish
Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Tiggy Changes Her Mind by Jane Carruth
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Monty's Favorite Books
The Secret Life of Walter Kitty by Barbara Jean Hicks
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Ron and Judi Barrett
The Little Red Hen by Diane Muldrow
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Ron and Judi Barrett
The Little Red Hen by Diane Muldrow
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble