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  VILA GINGERICH

Books for Kids

Celeste's Favorites

•    Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
•    Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
•    The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
•    Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene
•    Wonder by R.J. Palacio
•    Mandie and the Charleston Phantom by Lois Gladys Leppard 
•    Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
•    Sawdust in His Shoes by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
•    The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

Farrah's Favorites

•    Mr. Mysterious and Company by Sid Fleischman
•    Meet Molly, an American Girl by Valerie Tripp
•    On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
•    The Secret Garden by Francess Hodgson Burnett
•    Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
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Karolyn's Favorites

•    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

Monty's Favorites

•    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

Books about Girls (who Celeste wishes she was friends with)

•    Ellen Tebbits by Beverly Cleary
•    Honestly, Katie John! by Mary Calhoun
•    In Grandma’s Attic by Arleta Richardson (and all the Grandma’s Attic books)
•    Bloomability by Sharon Creech
•    Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry
•    Never Miss a Sunset by Jeanette Gilge-Barnes
•    Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery
•    Magic for Marigold by L.M. Montgomery
•    Donna Parker on Her Own by Marcia Martin
•    The Babysitters’ Club by Anne M. Martin
•    The Thanksgiving Treasure by Gail Rock

Adventure Books

•    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
•    Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
•    Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
•    Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
•    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
•    Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
•    Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Imagination Books

•    The Borrowers by Mary Norton (and all the Borrower books)
•    The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
•    The Amazing Adventures of Toby the Trilby by Angela C. Castillo
•    The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
•    Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (and all the Pippi books)
•    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)
•    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Books about Times Past

•    The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
•    Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
•    Sawdust in His Shoes by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
•    My Mother, the Witch by Rose Blue
•    The Velvet Room by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
•    Mama’s Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
•    Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
•    Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
•    Little Men by Louisa Mae Alcott
•    The Little House books (Little Town on the Prairie is Celeste’s favorite)

Mystery Books

•    The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
•    Holes by Louis Sachar
•    Encylcopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
•    Mystery in the Pirate Oak by Helen Fuller Orton
•    Mandie and the Mysterious Tunnel by Lois Gladys Leppard
•    Running out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
•    Missing Melinda by Jacqueline Jackson
•    Against Time by Roderic Jeffries
•    The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle by Robert Arthur (and all the Three      Investigator books)
•    Nancy Drew and the Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene (and all the Nancy Drew books)
•    The Happy Hollisters and the Scarecrow Mystery by Jerry West (and all the Happy Hollister books)
•    Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Missing Millionaire by Kathryn Kenny (and all the Trixie Belden books)

Animal Books

•    The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
•    Kavik the Wolf Dog by Walt Morey
•    King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
•    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

Nurse Books

•    Cherry Ames books by Helen Wells (Cherry Ames, Jungle Nurse is Celeste’s favorite)
•    Sue Barton books by Helen Dore Boylston

Books for older kids (Celeste wants to read these in a year or two)


•    Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
•    Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
•    Jo’s Boys by Louisa Mae Alcott
•    Little Women by Louisa Mae Alcott
•    Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
•    Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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