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1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by: J. K. Rowling Release date: Jan 01, 2000 Number of Pages: 464 Find in Library Read Review |
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2. Wolf Story (New York Review Collections (Hardcover))
by: William McCleery, Warren Chappell Release date: Sep 11, 2012 Number of Pages: 88 Find in Library Read Review |
Oh, and a wolf. It is as Michael always demands: a Wolf Story, which begins one night at bedtime and spins wildly on through subsequent bedtimes and Sunday outings to the beach and park in a succession of ever more trickily tantalizing episodes. Waldo the wolf is sneaking up on Rainbow the hen, when Jimmy Tractorwheel, the son of the local farmer, comes along. After that, there’s no knowing what will happen next, as while stalled in traffic jams or nodding off at night, the boys chime in and the story races on and Waldo finds, if not necessarily dinner, his just desserts.
First published in 1947 and wonderfully illustrated by Warren Chappell, William McCleery’s Wolf Story is a delicious treat for fathers and sons and daughters and mothers alike.
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Book and Grinch (Classic Seuss)
by: Dr. Seuss Release date: Sep 22, 2015 Number of Pages: 64 Find in Library Read Review |
Is there any better holiday gift than a copy of Dr. Seuss’s beloved classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas? Yes! A copy of the book packaged in a sturdy gift box with a 14-inch tall, exclusively-available soft plush Grinch! Now children of all ages can read the story while they cuddle with the iconic character whose heart grows three sizes when he learns the true meaning of Christmas. Also included exclusively in this package is a 32-page paperback “Good Deed Journal.” Filled with simple activities and room for children to write and draw, it’s the perfect way to encourage children to grow their own hearts by helping others.
4. Pippi Goes on Board (Pippi Longstocking)
by: Astrid Lindgren, Florence Lamborn Release date: Feb 24, 1977 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review |
From the Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winning author of the classic Pippi Longstocking, this is another rollicking adventure that’s sure to please fans of the freckled, fun-loving little girl.
“Lovers of Pippi Longstocking will welcome this rollicking tale of a topsy-turvy world in which Pippi and her next-door neighbors put into practice some ideas about good times.” – School Library Journal
5. Anatole
by: Eve Titus Release date: Nov 14, 2006 Number of Pages: 40 Find in Library Read Review |
From the Hardcover edition.
6. Welcome To Showside
by: Ian McGinty Release date: Jun 28, 2016 Number of Pages: 176 Find in Library Read Review |
7. A Christmas Memory
by: Truman Capote Release date: Oct 28, 2014 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
The classic story of Truman Capote’s childhood Christmas ritual is more endearing than ever in this newly redesigned package.
In celebration of A Christmas Memory‘s enduring appeal, this repackaged edition retains Beth Peck’s evocative watercolors and an audio CD narration by the venerable Celeste Holm (originator of the Ado Annie role in the 1943 Broadway hit “Oklahoma!” and an Academy Award-winning actress). Originally published in 1956, this is the story from Capote’s childhood of lovingly making fruitcakes from scratch at Christmas-time with his elderly cousin, and has stood the test of time to become known as an American holiday classic. In its new size, it’s perfect for reading alone or reading aloud, or following along while listening to the audio version.
8. Old Granny Fox
by: Thornton W. Burgess Release date: Apr 01, 2004 Number of Pages: 116 Find in Library Read Review |
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9. Human Body Theater
by: Maris Wicks Release date: Oct 06, 2015 Number of Pages: 240 Find in Library Read Review |
Welcome to the Human Body Theater, where your master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical revue of each and every biological system of the human body! Starting out as a skeleton, the MC puts on a new layer of her costume (her body) with each “act.” By turns goofy and intensely informative, the Human Body Theater is always accessible and always entertaining.
Maris Wicks is a biology nerd, and by the time you’ve read this book, you will be too! Harnessing her passion for science (and her background as a science educator for elementary and middle-school students), she has created a comics-format introduction to the human body that will make an expert of any reader — young or old!
10. Moominpappa at Sea (Moomins Book 7)
by: Tove Jansson, Tove Jansson, Kingsley Hart Release date: Sep 02, 2014 Number of Pages: 228 Find in Library Read Review |
Leave Moominvalley? Is it possible? Yes, even the Moomin family need a change of scenery sometimes, so they’re off to live in a lighthouse on a tiny island. Here they find space to grow, and to do things they couldn’t in their comfortable, cluttered valley home. As they discover their new home, the family also discover surprising, and wonderfully funny, new things about themselves.
11. Dr. Seuss’s Horton Collection Boxed set (Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg)
by: Dr. Seuss Release date: Sep 23, 2008 Number of Pages: 136 Find in Library Read Review |
Dr. Seuss is quite simply the most beloved children’s book author in the world.
12. The Holy War
by: John Bunyan Release date: Nov 20, 2013 Number of Pages: 256 Find in Library Read Review |
John Bunyan could be said to have authored the most influential book in the English language (other than the King James Bible) – The Pilgrim’s Progress. But he has also written another dramatic allegorical novel – The Holy War.
Bunyan’s plan for his readers was for them to experience the struggles of the city of Mansoul as a fierce battle rages to take control of it. However, alongside this knife-edge drama Bunyan wished his readers to understand how the struggles of their souls ran in parallel to the struggles of the wretched inhabitants of that place.
The righteous and honourable ruler Shaddai and his son Immanuel rule Mansoul with justice and equity. But the ruler of darkness – Prince Diabolus – has other plans. With his evil captains and their battalions Diabolus plots the fall and destruction of the once happy city. The first to fall is Captain Resistance as Diabolus knows that there is only one route into the city and that it can only be breached through the permission of the people of Mansoul itself. With Captain Resistance gone, the city is laid open to Diabolic lies and the next to fall is Lord Innocency and then the city is lost.
So begins a story of treachery and deceit, foolishness and pride, forgiveness and final redemption. In fact this is, as Bunyan intended it, the story of a sinner saved by the grace of God.
13. Winter Holiday
by: Arthur Ransome Release date: Oct 15, 2012 Number of Pages: 512 Find in Library Read Review |
Or so Nancy thinks. Then the lake ices over completely and the Swallows and Amazons, along with Dick and Dorothea — ‘the D’s’ — plan a race to find the North Pole. How will they reach it if they can’t sail? By sledges of course! But when a blizzard blows up and there is a mix up about signals, the D’s disappear into the Arctic night. Disaster looms. Can the Swallows and Amazons save their friends?
14. Libri per bambini in Italiano: La Fata delle Ninfee: The Water Lily Fairy – Italian Edition – Vol. 1
by: Mary Ann Vitale Release date: Jul 28, 2013 Number of Pages: 28 Find in Library Read Review |
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15. Pigeon Post
by: Arthur Ransome Release date: Apr 15, 2013 Number of Pages: 448 Find in Library Read Review |
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Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake. But the mining camp runs into all sorts of trouble: not only the danger of fire in the drought ridden countryside but also scary encounters with unsafe tunnels. Worst of all is the sinister Squashy Hat, who appears to be a rival prospector and who’s certainly a spy — how can they keep working without him discovering what they’ve found?
16. The Secret World of Arrietty Picture Book (Studio Ghibli Library)
by: Hiromasa Yonebayashi Release date: Feb 07, 2012 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review |
Reads L to R (Western style).
Arrietty isn’t your ordinary fourteen-year-old girl – she’s small enough to make her home under the floorboards of a typical house, “borrowing” what she and her family need from the giants in whose shadows they live. A young boy named Sho befriends Arrietty, but when adults discover the Borrowers, Arrittey and Sho must work together to save her family. Based on the classic novel by Mary Norton, Arrietty is a delight for all ages.
17. Asterix Omnibus 7: Includes Asterix and the Soothsayer #19, Asterix in Corsica #20, and Asterix and Caesar’s Gift #21
by: Rene Goscinny, Albert Uderzo Release date: May 28, 2013 Number of Pages: 156 Find in Library Read Review |
18. Annotated Treasure Island, The
by: Robert Louis Stevenson, Simon Barker-Benfield, Louis Rhead Release date: Oct 07, 2014 Number of Pages: 304 Find in Library Read Review |
19. Tal, His Marvelous Adventures with Noom-Zor-Noom
by: Paul Fenimore Cooper, Ruth Reeves Release date: Jul 01, 2009 Number of Pages: 305 Find in Library Read Review |
20. Five for Victory (Mitchells)
by: Hilda Van Stockum, Hilda Van Stockum Release date: Jun 01, 1995 Number of Pages: 236 Find in Library Read Review |
21. Nate the Great and the Big Sniff
by: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Mitchell Sharmat, Martha Weston Release date: Oct 28, 2009 Number of Pages: 80 Find in Library Read Review |
Nate the Great solves crimes with his dog, Sludge. But this time, Sludge can’t help. Sludge is lost! Nate looks high and low. But every clue leads to a dead end until . . . Nate realizes Sludge can help after all!
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“Another satisfying entry in a consistently entertaining series.”–Booklist
“These simple chapter books build confidence in children who are just starting to read and who look forward to a new mystery.”–Kirkus Reviews
From the Trade Paperback edition.
22. The Arnold Lobel Treasury (Dover Children’s Classics)
by: Arnold Lobel Release date: Jul 23, 2014 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review |
The Bears of the Air, the tale of four little bears who try hard to be good and do everything that Grandfather says but always get into trouble.
Prince Bertram the Bad, the story of a naughty little prince whose pranks go too far? when he teases a witch, he is turned into a dragon.
The Great Blueness, a fable that recounts a wizard’s discovery of colors and his transformation of the world.
The Man Who Took the Indoors Out, in which Bellwood Bouse invites his home’s inside to step outside and finds himself alone as his furniture skips away.
23. Sniffles (Serendipity Series)
by: Stephen Cosgrove, Robin James Release date: Oct 01, 2013 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
A delightful tale of a young ostrich who exaggerates her adventures to a point of total disbelief. Lessons are learned when a wild adventure comes true and no one believes her.
24. Nate the Great on the Owl Express
by: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Mitchell Sharmat, Martha Weston Release date: Dec 28, 2004 Number of Pages: 80 Find in Library Read Review |
All aboard the Owl Express! Someone on the train is out to get Olivia’s pet owl, Hoot. But whooo? Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, hit the rails to help out. Then Hoot disappears! Can Nate solve the mystery?
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“With plenty of suspects, comical plot twists, and a satisfying resolution. . . . A strong addition to a popular series.”–School Library Journal
25. The Scribble Squad in the Weird Wild West
by: Donald “Scribe” Ross Release date: Sep 06, 2016 Number of Pages: 258 Find in Library Read Review |
Best friends Rumpus, Tai, Phil, and Phlox are thrilled for the chance to make their first real mural, but when they fall into the world of their own epic painting, they suddenly have to face down the piranha-pistol-packing Wildhares, cattlefish stampedes, and buzzing battlebees of their own creation. Even if they survive, how will they ever find their way back home?
Giddyup with the Scribble Squad as they ride into a very weird, very wild Old West!
* With over a hundred full-color illustrations by nationally renowned street artist Donald “Scribe” Ross
26. Betsy and Billy (Betsy (Paperback))
by: Carolyn Haywood Release date: May 01, 2004 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review |
Second grade holds lots of surprises for Betsy, such as her first loose tooth, a Halloween party like no other, and lots of trouble. She and her friend, Billy, try to do right, but every one of their plans winds up with the two of them right in the center of a hilarious mess.
27. An Enemy at Green Knowe (Green Knowe Chronicles)
by: L. M. Boston, Peter Boston Release date: Apr 01, 2002 Number of Pages: 156 Find in Library Read Review |
28. The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story
by: Rudyard Kipling, Nicola Bayley Release date: Mar 22, 2016 Number of Pages: 160 Find in Library Read Review |
First published over a century ago, these three unabridged stories from THE JUNGLE BOOK about the man-cub, Mowgli, have delighted adults and children ever since. The stories tell of Mowgli’s upbringing among the wolves; his lessons in the Law of the Jungle from Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther, and Kaa the python; his kidnapping by the Monkey People; and his clash with the evil tiger, Shere Khan. Illustrated in striking full color and exquisite detail by award-winning artist Nicola Bayley, this is a book to treasure forever.
29. Les Aventures de Tintin: L’Ile Noire (French Edition of The Black Island)
by: Herge Release date: Sep 15, 2000 Number of Pages: 61 Find in Library Read Review |
The hero of the series is Tintin, a young Belgian reporter. He is aided in his adventures from the beginning by his faithful fox terrier dog Snowy (Milou in French). Later, popular additions to the cast included the brash, cynical and grumpy Captain Haddock, the bright but hearing-impaired Professor Calculus (Professeur Tournesol) and other colorful supporting characters such as the incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson (Dupond et Dupont). Herge himself features in several of the comics as a background character; as do his assistants in some instances.
The success of the series saw the serialized strips collected into a series of albums (24 in all), spun into a successful magazine and adapted for film and theatre. The series is one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century, with translations published in over 50 languages and more than 200 million copies of the books sold to date.
The comic strip series has long been admired for its clean, expressive drawings in Herge’s signature ligne claire style. Engaging, well-researched plots straddle a variety of genres: swashbuckling adventures with elements of fantasy, mysteries, political thrillers, and science fiction. The stories within the Tintin series always feature slapstick humor, accompanied in later albums by sophisticated satire, and political and cultural commentary.
30. The Phoenix and the Carpet (Puffin Classics)
by: E. Nesbit Release date: May 10, 2012 Number of Pages: 304 Find in Library Read Review |
Best Selling Books for 10 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
Recommended Books for 10 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
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- 1 Year Olds
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- Teen & Young Adults
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