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Great Escapes

Picture Books
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd Highly Recommended
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson Highly Recommended
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Highly Recommended
The Greatest Skating Race by Louise Borden and illustrated by Niki Daly Recommended
A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler and illustrated by Samuel Byrd Suggested
The Escape of Marvin the Ape by Caralyn Buehner and Mark Buehner Suggested
The Great Pig Escape by Eileen Christelow Suggested
Barefoot by Pamela Duncan Edwards and illustrated by Henry Cole Suggested
Going North by Janice N. Harrington and illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue Suggested
What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? by Steve Jenkins Suggested
Labyrinths by Philippe Mignon Suggested


Independent Readers
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow and William Stout Highly Recommended
Endurance by Alfred Lansing Highly Recommended
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams Highly Recommended
Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty and Particia Beatty Recommended
Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by William Pene Du Bois Recommended
The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum and illustrated by Willy Pogany Recommended
A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer Recommended
Holes by Louis Sachar Recommended
The Wanderings Of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff and illustrated by Alan Lee Recommended
Alicia by Alicia Appleman-Jurman Suggested
Peacebound Trains by Haemi Balgassi and illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet Suggested
The Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise Borden and illustrated by Allan Drummond Suggested
Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary and illustrated by Louis Darling Suggested
The Naming by Alison Croggon Suggested
Stella Louella's Runaway Book by Lisa Campbell Ernst Suggested
Escape! by Sid Fleischman Suggested
5,000 Miles to Freedom by Dennis B. Fradin & Judith Bloom Fradin Suggested
Escape Across the Wide Sea by Katherine Kirkpatrick Suggested
Letters from a Slave Girl by Mary E. Lyons Suggested
The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft by Cathy Moore and illustrated by Mary O'Keefe Young Suggested
Trouble Don't Last by Shelley Pearsall Suggested
Maria Von Trapp by Candice F. Ransom Suggested
South by Ernest Henry Shackleton and photographs by Frank Hurley Suggested
Lonek's Journey by Dorit Bader Whiteman Suggested


Young Adult Books
The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill Highly Recommended
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and illustrated by Steven Kellogg Highly Recommended
No Picnic On Mount Kenya by Felice Benuzzi Recommended
The Great Escape From Stalag Luft III by Tim Carroll Recommended
Papillon by Henri Charriere Recommended
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass Recommended
The Great Escape by Anton Gill Recommended
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer Recommended
We Die Alone by David Armine Howarth Recommended
Rabbit-proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Recommended
Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain Recommended
Mila 18 by Leon Uris Recommended
The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told by Darren Brown Suggested
Escape From Alcatraz by J. Campbell Bruce Suggested
Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper Suggested
On Wings Of Eagles by Ken Follett Suggested
The Special Forces Guide To Escape And Evasion by Will Fowler Suggested
The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz Suggested
Escape from the Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton Suggested

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