From the March 23, 2008 Pigeon Post essay of the same name.
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
Independent Reader
Young Adult
We have left out poetry, riddles, etc. for separate lists but have included not only classics that were innovative in their time and spawned many derivative books but also contemporary books that cause you to look at things differently than you have before, while at the same time telling a gripping tale.Suggestions?
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults
The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults
Picture Books
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Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Helen Berger Highly Recommended |
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Bently & Egg by William Joyce Recommended |
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So Much Nonsense by Edward Lear Recommended |
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I Spy by Jean Marzollo and illustrated by Walter Wick Recommended |
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Look-Alikes by Joan Steiner and illustrated by Thomas Lindley Recommended |
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Bad Day at Riverbend by Chris Van Allsburg Recommended |
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Walter Wick's Optical Tricks by Walter Wick Recommended |
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Hey, Al! by Arthur Yorinks and illustrated by Richard Egielski Recommended |
Independent Reader
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Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Recommendation |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow and William Stout Highly Recommended |
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Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs Recommended |
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The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs and illustrated by J. Allen St. John Recommended |
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by John Tenniel Highly Recommended |
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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Highly Recommended |
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Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Robert R. Ingpen Highly Recommended |
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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Highly Recommended |
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The Borrowers by Mary Norton and illustrated by Beth and Joe Krush Recommended |
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Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Highly Recommended |
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells and illustrated by Tom Kidd Highly Recommended |
Young Adult
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach Recommended |
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The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan Recommendation |
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Escher on Escher by M. C. Escher and illustrated by J. W. Vermeulen Suggested |
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Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Recommended |
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A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain Recommended |
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The Time Machine by H. G. Wells Recommended |
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