Stuart Little -- by E.B. White (Author) (Book - Child)
"How terribly surprised the Little family must have been when their second child turned out to be a small mouse. Apparently familiar with the axiom that 'when in New York City, anything can happen,'...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Dark Is Rising -- by Susan Cooper (Author) (Book - Child)
"With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no more boy. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Blue Willow -- by Doris Gates (Author) (Book - Child)
"A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Little Women -- by Louisa Alcott (Author) (Book - Child)
"One of the most popular books ever written about childhood charmingly recounts the homelife of four sisters: literary-minded Jo March; Meg, the older sister who marries a young tutor, fashionable and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Sports Hero: Magic Johnson -- by Marshall Burchard (Author) (Book - Child)
"A biography of Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, who led the Los Angeles Lakers to the professional basketball championship in his rookie year." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Hiroshima no Pika -- by Toshi Maruki (Author) (Book - Child)
"The heartbreaking experiences of seven-year-old Mii and her parents, which began at 8:15 a.m., August 6, 1945, when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. "A forceful...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Black Stallion -- by Walter Farley (Author) (Book - Child)
"A shipwreck leaves young Alec stranded on a deserted island with a wild stallion. Dependent on each other for survival, boy and horse learn to trust and love each other as they establish an amazing...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Story of Doctor Dolittle -- by Hugh Lofting (Author) (Book - Child)
"The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness." ...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Hello, My Name Is Mommy : The Dysfunctional Girl's Guide to Having, Loving (and Hopefully Not Screwing Up) a Baby -- by Sheri Lynch (Author) (Book)
?Hilarious and true and inspirational, Hello, My Name is Mommy is for every pregnant woman and new mother who ever felt helpless and out of control instead of confident and aglow.Sure, women know...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Spartacus -- by Howard Fast (Author) (Book - Child)
"Spartacus, a fictionalization of a slave revolt in ancient Rome in 71 B.C., is well known today partly because of the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. It was originally...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
