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Audio Books


For Children of All Ages

	The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
	The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and narrated by Eric Idle
	Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl and narrated by Eric Idle
	The BFG by Roald Dahl and narrated by Eric Idle
	Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke and narrated by Brendan Fraser
	The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame and narrated by Steven Mclaughlin
	The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
	Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling and narrated by Boris Karloff
	The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
	The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis and narrated by Ian Richardons, Claire Bloom, Anthony Quayle
	Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery and narrated by Kate Burton
	The Railway Children by E. NEsbit and narrated by Renee Raudman
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling and narrated by Jim Dale
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling and narrated by Jim Dale
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Axkaban by J. K. Rowling and narrated by Jim Dale
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling and narrated by Jim Dale
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling and narrated by Jim Dale
	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling and narrated by Jim Dale
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling and narrated by Jim Dale
	The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle and narrated by Christopher Cazenove
	Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers and narrated by Sophie Thompson
	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and narrated by Patrick Fraley
	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and narrated by Patrick Fraley
	Charlotte's Web written and narrated by E.B. White
	Trumpet of the Swan written and narrated by E.B. White
	The Castle In The Attic written and narrated by Elizabeth Winthrop
	Little House In the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder and narrated by Cherry Jones
	Little House On the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder and narrated by Cherry Jones
	On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder and narrated by Cherry Jones
	Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder and narrated by Cherry Jones
	Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder and narrated by Cherry Jones
	By The Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder and narrated by Cherry Jones
	The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder and narrated by Cherry Jones

For Older Children (10 and up)

	Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt and narrated by Melissa Hughes
	The Cay by Theodore Taylor and narrated by Michael Boatman
	The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

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This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to the Independent Readers or the Young Adults sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

	Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema and Beatriz Vidal Recommended
	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett Recommended
	Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton Recommended
	The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Recommended
	Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Mary Azarian Recommended
	Sam Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness Recommended
	Snow by Uri Shulevitz Recommended
	Noah's Ark illustrated by Peter Spier Recommended
	Hide and Seek Fog by Alvin R. Tresselt Recommended
	White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin R. Tresselt and illustrated by Roger Duvoisin Recommended
	The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg Recommended
	Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret K. Wetterer and illustrated by Karen Ritz Recommended
	Hurricane by David Wiesner Recommended
	Umbrella by Taro Yashima Recommended
	Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr Recommended
	The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham Recommended
	Clifford and the Big Storm by Norman Bridwell Suggested
	Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss Suggested
	Snowballs by Lois Ehlert Suggested
	Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets Suggested
	Drylongso by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested
	Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse and illustrated by Jon J. Muth Suggested
	River Friendly, River Wild by Jane Kurtz and illustrated by Neil Brennan Suggested
	Storm Boy by Paul Owen Lewis Suggested
	Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco Suggested
	Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter and Connie Roop and illustrated by Peter E. Hanson Suggested
	Kate Shelley by Robert D. San Souci and illustrated by Max Ginsburg Suggested
	Brave Irene by William Steig Suggested
	Anna, Grandpa, and the Big Storm by Carla Stevens and illustrated by Margot Tomes Suggested
	The Snow Walker by Margaret K. Wetterer and illustrated by Mary O'Keefe Young and Charles M. Wetterer Suggested

Independent Reader

	The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustarted by Evelyn Copelman and W. W. Denslow Highly Recommended
	My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Highly Recommended
	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis and illustrated by Tudor Humphries Highly Recommended
	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and illustrated by Donald McKay Highly Recommended
	The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder Highly Recommended
	The Good Dog by Avi Recommended
	Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Recommended
	Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Recommended
	Incident at Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert and illustrated by John Schoenherr Recommended
	Inkheart by Cornelia Caroline Funke Recommended
	Star in the Storm by Joan Hiatt Harlow Recommended
	Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Recommended
	Seaman by Gail Langer Karwoski and illustrated by James Watling Recommended
	Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill Recommended
	Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman Recommended
	Abel's Island by William Steig Recommended
	The Cay by Theodore Taylor Recommended
	Williwaw! by Tom Bodett Suggested
	The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck Suggested
	Tornado by Betsy Cromer Byars and illustrated by Doron Ben-Ami Suggested
	Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library by Eth Clifford and illustrated by George Hughes Suggested
	The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen Suggested
	Powder Monkey by Paul Dowswell Suggested
	The Day It Rained Forever by Virginia T. Gross and illustrated by Ronald Himler Suggested
	Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale Suggested
	Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow Suggested
	Blizzard by Jim Murphy Suggested
	Twister on Tuesday by Mary Pope Osborne and illustrated by Sal Murdocca Suggested
	Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Sucie Stevenson Suggested
	Tornadoes by Seymour Simon Suggested

Young Adult

	The Wanderer by Sharon Creech and illustrated by David Diaz Recommended
	Halsey's Typhoon by Bob Drury Recommended
	Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Recommended
	Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson Recommended
	The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough and narrated by Edward Herrmann (AUDIO CD) Recommended
	Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian Recommended
	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and illustrated by Bernie Wrightson Recommended
	The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk Recommended
	The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger Recommended
	Flood by Kathleen Duey Suggested

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This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to the Independent Readers or the Young Adults sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

	Curious George by H. A. Rey Highly Recommended
	Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day Highly Recommended
	Harry and the Lady Next Door by Gene Zion Highly Recommended
	Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion and illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham Highly Recommended
	Fish Out of Water by Helen Palmer Recommended
	Allison by Allen Say Recommended
	Billy and Blaze by C.W. Anderson Recommended
	Dick Whittington and His Cat by Marcia Brown Recommended
	Floss by Kim Lewis Recommended
	Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks and illustrated by Richard Egielski Recommended
	McDuff Moves In by Rosemary Wells and illustrated by Susan Jeffers Recommended
	Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag Recommended
	The Mog Collection by Judith Kerr Recommended
	Puss in Boots by Philip Pullman and illustrated by Ian Beck Recommended
	Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, retold by Paul Galdone and illustrated by Paul Galdone & Charles Perrault Recommended
	Sam Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness Recommended
	The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra and Sal Barracca and illustrated by Mark Buehner Recommended
	Bark, George by Jules Feiffer Suggested
	Big Dog Little Dog by P.D. Eastman Suggested
	Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and illustrated by Pat Schories Suggested
	Blaze and the Mountain Lion by C.W. Anderson Suggested
	Cat Up a Tree by John Hassett and Ann Hassett Suggested
	Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures With the Family Lazardo by William Joyce Suggested
	Harry by the Sea by Gene Zion Suggested
	Mcduff and the Baby by Rosemary Wells and illustrated by Susan Jeffers Suggested
	Mcduff Comes Home by Rosemary Wells and illustrated by Susan Jeffers Suggested
	Nothing At All by Wanda Gag Suggested
	The Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellogg Suggested

Independent Reader

	Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Highly Recommended
	Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard Highly Recommended
	Black Beauty by Anna Sewell and illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg Highly Recommended
	Homer Price by Robert McCloskey Highly Recommended
	My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber Highly Recommended
	My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Highly Recommended
	The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren and illustrated by Michael Chesworth Highly Recommended
	Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Highly Recommended
	Stuart Little by E.B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams Highly Recommended
	The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith Highly Recommended
	The Black Stallion by Walter Farley and illustrated by Keith Ward Highly Recommended
	The Call of the Wild by Jack London and illustrated by Martin Gascoigne Highly Recommended
	The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford and Carl Burger Highly Recommended
	Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Highly Recommended
	Babe by Dick King-Smith and illustrated by Maggie Kneen Recommended
	Catwings Collection by Ursula K. Le Guin Recommended
	Gentle Ben by Walt Morey and illustrated by John Schoenherr Recommended
	Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes Recommended
	Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary Recommended
	Irish Red by Jim Kjelgaard Recommended
	James Herriot's Dog Stories by James Herriot Recommended
	James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot and illustrated by Peter Barrett and Ruth Brown Recommended
	Kavik the Wolf Dog by Walt Morey and illustrated by Peter Parnall Recommended
	Lad - Albert Payson Terhune and illustrated by Sam Savitt by Author Recommended
	Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight and illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse Recommended
	Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater and illustrated by Robert Lawson Recommended
	Old Yeller by Fred Gipson and illustrated by Carl Burger Recommended
	Rascal by Sterling North and illustrated by John Schoenherr Recommended
	Ribsy by Beverly Cleary Recommended
	Seaman by Gail Langer Karwoski and illustrated by James Watling Recommended
	Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James Recommended
	Sounder by William H. Armstrong and illustrated by James Barkley Recommended
	Star in the Storm by Joan Hiatt Harlow Recommendation
	The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog by John R. Erickson and illustrated by Gerald L. Holmes Recommended
	The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico Recommended
	Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow Recommendation

Young Adult

	My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell Highly Recommended
	Birds, Beasts, and Relatives by Gerald Malcolm Durrell Recommended
	The National Velvet by Enid Bagnold Suggested

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This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to the Independent Readers or the Young Adults sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

	The Little Ships by Louise Borden and illustrated by Michael Foreman Highly Recommended
	The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy and illustrated by Henri Sorensen Highly Recommended
	The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper and illustrated by George and Doris Hauman Highly Recommended
	The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski and illustrated by P. J. Lynch (CD narrated by James Earl Jones) Highly Recommended
	Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty Recommended
	America's White Table by Margot Theis Raven and illustrated by Mike Benny Recommended
	Silver Packages by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet Recommended
	Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret K. Wetterer and illustrated by Karen Ritz Recommended
	Alphabet Adventure by Audrey Wood and illustrated by Bruce Robert Wood Recommended
	A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David A. Adler Suggested
	Mayday! Mayday by Chris L. Demarest Suggested
	Smokejumpers 1 to 10 by Chris L. Demarest Suggested
	Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter and Connies Roop and illustrated by Peter E. Hanson Suggested
	The Cat With the Yellow Star by Susan Goldman Rubin and Ela Weissberger Suggested
	The Storm by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Preston McDaniels Suggested
	Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss Suggested
	Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss Suggested
	Storm in the Night by Mary Stolz and illustrated by Pat Cummings Suggested
	Beauty And the Beast by Max Eilenberg and illustrated by Angela Barrett Suggested
	The Lion and the Mouse by Aesop and retold by Bernadette Watts Suggested

Independent Reader

	Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by William Pene Du Bois Highly Recommended
	Charlotte's Web by E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams Highly Recommended
	Incident at Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert and illustrated by John Schoenherr Recommended
	Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian Recommended
	Clara Barton by Wil Mara Recommended
	Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman Recommended
	The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden and illustrated by Garth Williams Recommended
	The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Recommended
	Mary on Horseback by Rosemary Wells and illustrated by Peter McCarty Recommended
	Knee Knock Rise by Natalie Babbitt Suggested
	Fire in Their Eyes by Karen Magnuson Beil Suggested
	Storm Warriors by Elisa Lynn Carbone Suggested
	Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale Suggested
	Darkness over Denmark by Ellen Levine Suggested
	Rescue by Milton Meltzer Suggested
	Blizzard by Jim Murphy Suggested
	Anna, Grandpa, and the Big Storm by Carla Stevens and illustrated by Margot Tomes Suggested
	Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross by Augusta Stevenson and illustrated by Frank Giacoia Suggested

Young Adult

	No Greater Glory by Dan Kurzman Recommended
	Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson and Isaac Monroe Cline Recommended
	Medal of Honor by Collier, Peter and Del Calzo, Nick Suggested
	Trauma Junkie by Janice Hudson Suggested
	The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger Suggested
	Hiding to Survive by Maxine B. Rosenberg Suggested

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This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to the Independent Readers or the Young Adults sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

	Harold and the Purple Crayon written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson Highly Recommended
	Silver Packages by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet Highly Recommended
	All the Way to Lhasa written and illustrated by Barbara Helen Berger Recommended
	The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston and illustrated by Barbara Cooney Recommended
	Mountain Dance written and illustrated by Thomas Locker Recommended
	Maxwell's Mountain by Shari Becker and illustrated by Nicole E. Wong Suggested
	Tiger of the Snows by Robert Burleigh and illustrated by Ed Young Suggested
	Mountains of Tibet written and illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein Suggested
	Sally Goes to the Mountains written and illustrated by Stephen Huneck Suggested
	Henry Climbs a Mountain by D. B. Johnson Suggested
	Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston and illustrated by Robert Duncan Suggested
	Ming Lo Moves the Mountain written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel Suggested
	Blue Moon Mountain by Geraldine McCaughrean and illustrated by Nicki Palin and Tomislav Tomic Suggested
	The Snow Leopard by Jackie Morris Suggested
	The Sun, the Wind and the Rain by Lisa Westberg Peters and illustrated by Ted Rand Suggested
	Planet Earth by Leonie Pratt and illustrated by Andy Tudor and Tim Haggerty Suggested
	Mountains by Seymour Simon Suggested
	Wild Places by Angela Wilkes and illustrated by Peter Dennis Suggested
	How Mountains Are Made by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and illustrated by James Graham Hale Suggested

Independent Reader

	My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Highly Recommended
	Heidi by Johanna Spyri and illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith Highly Recommended
	The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning and illustrated by Kate Greenaway Recommended
	Ida Early Comes over the Mountain by Robert Burch Recommended
	The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh and illustrated by Helen Sewell Recommended
	The Secret of Skull Mountain by Franklin W. Dixon Recommended
	Frightful's Mountain by Jean Craighead George Recommended
	On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Recommended
	Dogsong by Gary Paulsen Recommended
	When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Diane Goode Recommended
	Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman Recommended
	Mary on Horseback by Rosemary Wells Recommended
	Wish You Well by David Baldacci Suggested
	High as a Hawk by T. A. Barron and illustrated by Ted Lewin Suggested
	Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark and Jean Charlot Suggested
	Over the Mountains by Michael Collier Suggested
	Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler Suggested
	Princess Academy by Shannon Hale Suggested
	The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key Suggested
	The Contest by Gordon Korman Suggested
	To the Top! by Sydelle Kramer and illustrated by Thomas Lapadula Suggested
	Christy by Catherine Marshall Suggested
	The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen Suggested
	The Fear Place by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Suggested
	The Haymeadow by Gary Paulsen Suggested
	Mystery on Everest by Audrey Salkeld Suggested
	Blind Mountain by Jane Resh Thomas Suggested
	The Donner Party by Roger Wachtel Suggested

Young Adult

	Endurance by Alfred Lansing Highly Recommended
	The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann Recommended
	Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado Recommended
	Alive by Piers Paul Read Recommended
	The Mountains of My Life by Walter Bonatti and Robert Marshall Suggested
	High Exposure by David Breashears Suggested
	My Life As an Explorer by Sven Anders Hedin and Lisa Thomas Suggested
	Eiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer Suggested
	Between A Rock And A Hard Place by Aron Ralston Suggested
	Peak by Roland Smith Suggested

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This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to the Independent Readers or the Young Adults sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

	William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare and Marina Kastan Recommended
	William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki Suggested
	Shakespeare's Quill by Gerry Bailey and Karen Foster and illustrated by Leighton Noyes and Karen Radford Suggested
	Wills Quill, Or, How a Goose Saved Shakespeare by Don Freeman Suggested
	Shakespeare Cats by Susan Herbert Suggested
	Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard by Gregory Rogers Suggested
	Bard of Avon by Peter Vennema and Diane Stanley Suggested
	Tales from Shakespeare by Marcia Williams Suggested
	More Tales From Shakespeare by Marcia Williams Suggested
	Macbeth for Kids by Lois Burdett & William Shakespeare Suggested
	Twelfth Night by Lois Burdett and Christine Coburn Suggested
	A Midsummer Night's Dream by Lois Burdett Suggested
	Much Ado About Nothing for Kids by Lois Burdett Suggested
	Hamlet by Lois Burdett and William Shakespeare Suggested
	The Tempest by Lois Burdett and William Shakespeare Suggested
	A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare by Lois Burdett Suggested

Independent Reader

	The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary L. Blackwood Recommended
	Shakespeare's Scribe by Gary L. Blackwood Recommended
	Shakespeare's Spy by Gary L. Blackwood Recommended
	Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney Recommended
	King of Shadows by Susan Cooper Recommended
	Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Michael Foreman Recommended
	Shakespeare Stories II by Leon Garfield and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Michael Foreman Recommended
	Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb and illustrated by Joelle Jolivet Recommended
	The Children's Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Rolf Klep Recommended
	Shakespeare by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Robert R. Ingpen Recommended
	The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt Recommended
	William Shakespeare's Hamlet by Bruce Coville and illustrated by Leonid Gore Recommended
	William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream by Bruce Coville and illustrated by Dennis Nolan Recommended
	William Shakespeare's Macbeth by Bruce Coville and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Gary Kelley Recommended
	Romeo and Juliet by Bruce Coville and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Dennis Nolan Recommended
	William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale by Bruce Coville and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Leuyen Pham Recommended
	William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Bruce Coville and William Shakespeare and illustrated by Tim Raglin Recommended
	Shakespeare: The Bard’s Guide to Abuses and Affronts by William Shakespeare Recommended
	Romeo and Juliet Together and Alive at Last by Avi Suggested
	Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach Suggested
	Welcome to the Globe! by Peter Chrisp Suggested
	Shakespeare by Peter Chrisp and illustrated by Steve Teague Suggested
	Stories from Shakespeare by Marchette Chute Suggested
	Something Rotten by Alan M. Gratz Suggested
	Shakespeare's Insults by William Shakespeare, Wayne F. Hill and Cynthia J. Ottchen Suggested
	William Shakespeare edited by David Scott Kasten and Marina Kastan and illustrated by Glenn Harrington Suggested
	Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ronald Koertge Suggested
	Loving Will Shakespeare by Carolyn Meyer Suggested
	Tales from Shakespeare by Tina Packer and illustrated by various Recommended
	William Shakespeare by Stewart Ross Suggested

Young Adult

	Shakespeare by Bill Bryson Recommended
	Great Books by David Denby Recommended
	William Shakespeare Complete Works edited by Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen and Heloise Senechal Suggested
	Shakespeare by Harold Bloom Suggested
	Interred With Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell Suggested
	The Playmaker by J. B. Cheaney Suggested
	Shakespeare's Words by David Crystal and Ben Crystal Suggested
	Dating Hamlet by Lisa Fiedler and William Shakespear Suggested
	So You Think You Know Shakespeare? by Clive Gifford Suggested
	Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare and edited by Roma Gill Suggested
	Will In The World by Stephen Greenblatt Suggested
	The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber Suggested
	Coined by Shakespeare by Jeff McQuain and Stanley Malless and illustrated by R.O. Blechman Suggested
	Swan Town by Michael J. Ortiz Suggested
	Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson Suggested
	Will by Christopher Rush Suggested

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This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to the Independent Readers or the Young Adults sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks and illustrated by Richard Egielski Highly Recommended

Independent Reader

	The Wonderful World of Oz by L. Frank Baum Highly Recommended
	Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene Du Bois Highly Recommended
	Lord of the Flies by William Golding Highly Recommended
	Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley Highly Recommended
	1984 by George Orwell Highly Recommended
	Animal Farm by George Orwell Highly Recommended
	Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Recommended
	Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien Highly Recommended
	The Time Machine by H. G. Wells Highly Recommended
	King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley Highly Recommended
	Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and illustrated by Scott McKowen Recommended
	The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss and illustrated by Louis John Rhead Recommended

Young Adult

	The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams Highly Recommended
	The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne and illustrated by N.C. Wyeth Highly Recvommended
	Lost Horizon by James Hilton Recommended
	The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Recommended
	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Recommended
	Four Plays by Aristophanes by Aristophanes and translated by William Arrowsmith Suggested
	The City of God by Saint Augustine and translated by Marcus Dods Suggested
	Erewhon by Samuel Butler Suggested
	Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach Suggested
	Island by Aldous Huxley Suggested
	The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin Suggested
	Utopia by Thomas More Suggested
	News from Nowhere and Other Writings by William Morris Suggested
	The Republic of Plato by Plato and translated by Allan David Bloom Suggested
	Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed Suggested

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This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to the Independent Readers or the Young Adults sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

	Make Way for Ducklings written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey Highly Recommended
	The Gardener by Sarah Stewart and illustrated by David Small Highly Recommended
	Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile written and illustrated by Bernard Waber Highly Recommended
	House on East Eighty-Eighth Street written and illustrated by Bernard Waber Highly Recommended
	The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra Barracca and Sal Barracca and illustrated by Mark Buehner Recommended
	Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone and illustrated by Ted Lewin Recommended
	Madeline written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans Recommended
	C Is for City by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Pat Cummings Recommended
	Alphabet City by Stephen Johnson Recommended
	The Journey by Sarah Stewart and illustrated by David Small Recommended
	City Mouse-Country Mouse and Two More Mouse Tales from Aesop by Aesop and illustrated by John Wallner Suggested
	Urban Roosts written and illustrated by Barbara Bash Suggested
	Madeline in London written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans Suggested
	The Little House written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton Suggested
	Katy and the Big Snow written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton Suggested
	Abuela by Arthur Dorros and illustrated by Elisa Kleven Suggested
	Good Night New York City by Adam Gamble and illustrated by Joe Veno Suggested
	Sky Boys by Deborah Hopkinson and illustrated by James E. Ransome Suggested
	My New York Holiday written and illustrated by Kathy Jakobsen Suggested
	Taxi by Betsy Maestro and Giulio Maestro Suggested
	This Is London written and illustrated by Miroslav Sasek Suggested
	New York Is English, Chattanooga Is Creek written and illustrated by Christopher Raschka Suggested
	You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman and illustrated by Robin Preiss-Glasser Suggested
	Sky Scrape/City Scape edited by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ken Condon Suggested
	The Wheels on the Bus illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky Suggested
	Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino Suggested

Independent Reader

	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. (ILT) Denslow Highly Recommended
	A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett and illustrated by Tasha Tudor Highly Recommended
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake Highly Recommended
	The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden and illustrated by Garth Williams Highly Recommended
	All-Of-A-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor Highly Recommended
	Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers and illustrated by Mary Shepard Highly Recommended
	Stuart Little by E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams Highly Recommended
	A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum Recommended
	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg Recommended
	Underground by David MacAulay Recommended
	Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell Suggested
	The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright Suggested
	Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Suggested
	Snow in August by Pete Hamill Suggested
	The Best of Nancy Drew Classic Collection by Carolyn Keene Suggested
	Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown by Maud Hart Lovelace Suggested
	145th Street by Walter Dean Myers Suggested
	Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer and illustrated by Valenti Angelo Suggested
	Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep Suggested
	Rats by Paul Zindel Suggested

Young Adult

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Recommended

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This book list is divided into two sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers

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Picture Books

	The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper and illustrated by George and Doris Hauman Highly Recommended
	Raggedy Andy Stories written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle Highly Recommended
	Raggedy Ann Stories written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle Highly Recommended
	The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by P. J. Lynch Recommended
	Corduroy written and illustrated by Don Freeman Recommended
	The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann and illustrated by Don Daily Recommended
	Santa Calls written and illustrated by William Joyce Recommended
	Polar the Titanic Bear by Daisy Corning Stone Spedden and illustrated by Laurie McGraw Recommended
	Arthur's Honey Bear by Lillian Hoban Suggested
	The Nutcracker by Stephanie Spinner and illustrated by Peter Malone Suggested
	Block City by Robert Louis Stevenson and illustrated by Daniel Kirk Suggested

Independent Reader

	The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco and illustrated by William Nicholson Highly Recommended
	The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco and illustrated by Michael Hague Highly Recommended
	The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline Recommended
	Hitty by Rachel Field Recommended
	The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and illustrated by Roberto Innocenti Recommended
	The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Recommended
	Lord of the Nutcracker Men by Iain Lawrence Suggested
	The Doll People by Ann M. Martin and illustrated by Laura Godwin and Brian Selznick Suggested

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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.
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Picture Books

	A Picture Book of Sacagawea by David A. Adler and illustrated by Dan Brown Suggested
	Children of the Wild West by Russell Freedman Suggested
	This Land Is My Land by George Littlechild Suggested

Independent Reader

	Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink Highly Recommended
	Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Highly Recommended
	Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling Recommended
	The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare Recommended
	Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George Recommended
	Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac Recommended
	Geronimo by Joseph Bruchac Suggested
	Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla Suggested
	Morning Girl by Michael Dorris Suggested
	Guests by Michael Dorris Suggested
	The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich Suggested
	The Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich Suggested
	The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman and photographs by Amos Bad Heart Bull Suggested
	Indian Chiefs by Russell Freedman Suggested
	The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George Suggested
	Death of the Iron Horse by Paul Goble Suggested
	The Ledgerbook of Thomas Blue Eagle by Gay Matthaei and Jewel Grutman Suggested
	Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Suggested
	Rachel's Journal by Marissa Moss Suggested
	Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell & Ted (ILT) Lewin Suggested
	Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott O'Dell Suggested
	Standing in the Light by Mary Pope Osborne Suggested
	Mr. Tucket by Gary Paulsen Suggested
	Sequoyah by James Rumford Suggested
	Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith Suggested
	Trappers & Mountain Men by Anastasia Suen Recommendation
	Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen and photographs by James Watling & James Suggested
	Night of the Full Moon by Gloria Whelan and illustrated by Leslie Bowman and Tony Meers Suggested

Young Adult

	Give Your Heart to the Hawks by Winfred Blevins Suggested
	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Alexander Brown Suggested
	Jim Thorpe, Original All-American by Joseph Bruchac Suggested
	Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy Suggested
	Native American Testimony edited by Peter Nabokov Suggested
	Crooked River by Shelley Pearsall Suggested

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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.
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Picture Books

	The Little Ships by Louise Borden and illustrated by Michael Foreman Highly Recommended
	The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy and illustrated by Henri Sorensen Highly Recommended
	The Greatest Skating Race by Louise Borden and illustrated by Niki Daly Recommended
	Across the Blue Pacific by Louise Borden and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker Suggested
	Sadako by Eleanor Coerr and illustrated by Ed Young Suggested
	Journey To Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida and illustrated by Donald Carrick Suggested
	The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida and illustrated by Joanna Yardley Suggested

Independent Reader

	Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward Latimer Beach Recommended
	Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by William Pene Du Bois Recommended
	Going Solo by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake Recommended
	House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert De Jong Recommended
	The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico Recommended
	Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff Recommended
	Collins Atlas of World War II by John Keegan Recommended
	When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr Recommended
	Thirty Seconds over Tokyo by Ted W. Lawson Recommended
	Day of Infamy by Walter Lord Recommended
	Good Night, Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian Recommended
	Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serraillier Recommended
	The Cay by Theodore Taylor Recommended
	The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Recommended
	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Recommended
	Graveyards of the Pacific by Robert D. Ballard and Michael Hamilton Morgan Suggested
	The Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise Borden and illustrated by Allan Drummond Suggested
	Spying on Miss Muller by Eve Bunting Suggested
	Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene Suggested
	Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Suggested

Young Adult

	Hiroshima by John Hersey Highly Recommended
	The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer Highly Recommended
	Goodbye, Darkness by William Raymond Manchester Highly Recommended
	Empire Of The Sun by J. G. Ballard Recommended
	Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley and Ron Powers Recommended
	Flyboys by James Bradley Recommended
	The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill Recommended
	Das Boot by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim Recommended
	Memoirs of the Second World War by Winston Churchill Recommended
	Halsey's Typhoon by Bob Drury and Thomas Clavin Recommended
	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler Recommended
	The Great Escape by Anton Gill Recommended
	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Recommended
	We Die Alone by David Armine Howarth Recommended
	The Second World War by John Keegan Recommended
	Incredible Victory by Walter Lord Recommended
	Love & War in the Apennines by Eric Newby Recommended
	A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan Recommended
	The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan Recommended
	With the Old Breed by E. B. Sledge Recommended
	Mila 18 by Leon Uris Recommended
	Iron Coffins by Herbert A. Werner Recommended
	The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk Recommended

]]> http://blog.moonshadowecommerce.com/WEBLOG-NAME/Booklists/2008/11/world_war_ii_1.html http://blog.moonshadowecommerce.com/WEBLOG-NAME/Booklists/2008/11/world_war_ii_1.html Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:42:21 -0500 This book list is divided into two sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to books for Independent Readers.
Go to books for Independent Readers


Picture Books

	An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott and illustrated by James Bernardin Highly Recommended
	Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn: The Story of the Thanksgiving Symbols by Edna Barth and illustrated by Ursula Arndt Highly Recommended
	A Plump and Perky Turkey by Teresa Bateman and illustrated by Jeff Shelly Highly Recommended
	Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving by Joseph Bruchac and illustrated by Greg Shed Highly Recommended
	Over the River and Through the Wood by Lydia Maria Francis Child and illustrated by Christopher Manson Highly Recommended
	Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen and illustrated by Daniel M. Duffy Highly Recommended
	Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey by Joy Cowley and illustrated by Joe Cepeda Highly Recommended
	The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh and illustrated by Helen Sewell Highly Recommended
	My First Thanksgiving by Tomie de Paola Highly Recommended
	The First Thanksgiving by Jean Craighead George and illustrated by Thomas Locker Highly Recommended
	1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving by Catherine O'Neill Grace and illustrated by Sisse Brimberg Highly Recommended
	If You Were at the First Thanksgiving by Anne Kamma and illustrated by Bert Dodson Highly Recommended
	This First Thanksgiving Day: A Counting Story by Laura Krauss Melmed and illustrated by Mark Buehner Highly Recommended
	Squanto And The Miracle Of Thanksgiving by Eric Metaxas and illustrated by Shannon Stirnweis Highly Recommended
	Pilgrim Cat by Carol Antoinette Peacock Highly Recommended
	Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey Highly Recommended
	N. C. Wyeth's Pilgrims by Robert San Souci and illustrated by N. C. Wyeth Highly Recommended
	The Perfect Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving at the Tappleons' by Eileen Spinelli and illustrated by Joann Adinolfi Highly Recommended
	Thanksgiving at Our House by Wendy Watson Highly Recommended
	The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin by Stan Berenstain Recommended
	Clifford's Thanksgiving Visit by Norman Bridwell Recommended
	Arthur's Thanksgiving by Marc Tolon Brown Recommended
	A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Diane De Groat Recommended
	Happy Thanksgiving, Biscuit by Alyssa S. Capucilli and illustrated by Pat Schories Recommended
	Thanksgiving Day at Our House: Poems for the Very Young by Nancy White Carlstrom and illustrated by R. W. Alley Recommended
	Thanksgiving Is. . . by Gail Gibbons Recommended
	One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims by B. G. Hennessy and illustrated by Lynne W. Cravath Recommended
	The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving by Ann McGovern and illustrated by Elroy Freem Recommended
	The Story of Thanksgiving by Nancy J. Skarmeas and illustrated by Stacy Venturi-Pickett Recommended
	Turk and Runt by Lisa Wheeler and illustrated by Frank Ansley Recommended

Independent Readers

	The First Thanksgiving Feast by Joan Anderson Highly Recommended
	Don't Know Much About the Pilgrims by Kenneth C. Davis and illustrated by S. D. Schindler Highly Recommended
	Candy Corn Contest by Patricia Reilly Giff and illustrated by Blanche Sims Highly Recommended
	The First Thanksgiving by Linda Hayward and illustrated by James Watling Highly Recommended
	Silly Tilly's Thanksgiving Dinner by Lillian Hoban Highly Recommended
	Squanto and the First Thanksgiving by Joyce K. Kessel and illustrated by Lisa Donze Highly Recommended
	Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne Highly Recommended
	It's Thanksgiving by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Marylin Hafner Highly Recommended
	The Thanksgiving Beast Feast: A Harry & Emily Adventure by Karen Gray Ruelle Highly Recommended
	Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon by Cynthia Rylant Highly Recommended
	A Pioneer Thanksgiving: A Story of Harvest Celebrations in 1841 by Barbara Greenwood and illustrated by Heather Collins Recommended
	All New Crafts for Thanksgiving by Kathy Ross Recommended

]]> http://blog.moonshadowecommerce.com/WEBLOG-NAME/Booklists/2008/11/thanksgiving_1.html http://blog.moonshadowecommerce.com/WEBLOG-NAME/Booklists/2008/11/thanksgiving_1.html Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:37:15 -0500 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.
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Picture Books

	Aesop's Fables by Aesop and illustrated by Michael Hague Recommended
	Aesop's Fables by Aesop and illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger Recommended
	King Midas and the Golden Touch by Charlotte Craft and illustrated by Kinuko Craft Recommended
	The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables by Aesop and illustrated by Don Daily Suggested
	Aesops Fables by Aesop and illustrated by Charles Santore Suggested

Independent Reader

	The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum amd illustrated by Willy Pogany Highly Recommended
	Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Ingri D'Aulaire & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire Highly Recommended
	The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Highly Recommended
	Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff and illustrated by Alan Lee Highly Recommended
	The Wanderings Of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff and illustrated by Alan Lee Highly Recommended
	Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch and illustrated by Sabra Moore and Richard P. Martin Recommended
	The Golden Fleece by Padraic Colum and illustrated by Willy Pogany Recommended
	Cupid and Psyche by M. Charlotte Craft and illustrated by Kinuko Craft Recommended
	The Echo of Greece by Edith Hamilton Recommended
	The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton Recommended
	Mythology by Edith Hamilton Recommended
	Perseus by Geraldine McCaughrean Recommended
	Theseus by Geraldine McCaughrean Recommended
	Favorite Greek Myths by Mary Pope Osborne and illustrated by Troy Howell Recommended
	The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan Recommended
	The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan Recommended
	The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan Recommended
	The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan Recommended
	Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney Suggested
	The Fire Thief by Terry Deary Suggested
	Greek Gods and Heroes by Robert Graves Suggested
	The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Suggested
	Odysseus by Geraldine McCaughrean Suggested
	The Odyssey by Homer and Geraldine McCaughrean and illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus Suggested
	The One-eyed Giant by Mary Pope Osborne Suggested
	The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner Suggested
	Men and Gods by Rex Warner and illustrated by Edward Gorey Suggested

Young Adult

	Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield Highly Recommended
	The Landmark Thucydides edited by Robert B. Strassler Highly Recommended
	The Landmark Herodotus edited by Robert B. Strassler Highly Recommended
	The Sand-Reckoner by Gillian Bradshaw Recommended
	Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea by Thomas Cahill Recommended
	The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan Recommended
	The Isle of Stone by Nicholas Nicastro Recommended
	The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield Recommended
	Last of the Amazons by Steven Pressfield Recommended
	Tides of War by Steven Pressfield Recommended
	The Virtues Of War by Steven Pressfield Recommended
	Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault Recommended
	The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault Recommended
	The Praise Singer by Mary Renault Recommended
	The Mask of Apollo by Mary Renault Recommended
	Ilium by Dan Simmons Recommended
	Archimedes and the Door to Science by Jeanne Bendick Suggested
	Achilles by Elizabeth Cook Suggested
	The Ten Thousand by Michael Curtis Ford Suggested
	Troy by David Gemmell Recommended

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This book list is divided into two sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to books for Independent Readers.
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Picture Books

	The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear and illustrated by Jan Brett Highly Recommended
	"A" Was Once an Apple Pie by Edward Lear and illustrated by Suse MacDonald Recommended
	Poetry for Young People by Robert Browning and illustrated by Joel Spector Suggested
	The Doubtful Guest written and illustrated by Edward Gorey Suggested
	The Object-Lesson written and illustrated by Edward Gorey Suggested
	The Gashlycrumb Tinies written and illustrated by Edward Gorey Suggested
	The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort and illustrated by G. Brian Karas Suggested
	The Quangle Wangle's Hat by Edward Lear and illustrated by Louise Voce Suggested
	The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear and illlustrated by Anne Mortimer Suggested
	Poetry for Young People by Edward Lear and illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith Suggested
	The Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash and illustrated by Bridget Starr Taylor Suggested
	Ride a Purple Pelican by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Garth Williams Suggested
	Scranimals by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Peter Sis Suggested

Independent Reader

	A Book of Nonsense written and illustrated by Edward Lear Highly Recommended
	Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Night by Ogden Nash and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger Highly Recommended
	Nonsense Verse by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by Lorna Hussey Recommended
	Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll and illustrated by Stephane Jorisch Recommended
	Amphigorey written and illustrated by Edward Gorey Recommended
	Amphigorey Again written and illustrated by Edward Gorey Recommended
	Amphigorey Also written and illustrated by Edward Gorey Recommended
	Amphigorey Too written and illustrated by Edward Gorey Recommended
	Edward Lear by Edward Lear and edited by Vivien Noakes Recommended
	The Best of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash and edited by Linell Nash Smith Recommended
	The Annotated Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Henry Holiday and edited by Martin Gardner Suggested
	Humorous Verse of Lewis Carroll by Lewis Carroll Suggested
	The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear and illustrated by Stephane Jorisch Suggested
	So Much Nonsense by Edward Lear Suggested

]]> http://blog.moonshadowecommerce.com/WEBLOG-NAME/Booklists/2008/10/nonsense_verse_1.html http://blog.moonshadowecommerce.com/WEBLOG-NAME/Booklists/2008/10/nonsense_verse_1.html Folk & Fairy Tales Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:33:14 -0500
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.
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Picture Books

	A Time to Keep written and illustrated by Tasha Tudor Highly Recommended
	House on East Eighty-Eighth Street written and illustrated by Bernard Waber Highly Recommended
	A Certain Small Shepherd by Rebecca Caudill and illustrated by William Pene Du Bois Recommended
	Wombat Divine by Mem Fox and illustrated by Kerry Argent Recommended
	The Nutcracker by Janet Schulman and E.T.A. Hoffmann and illustrated by Renee Graef Recommended
	Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie Starring the Nutshell Kids by Maurice Sendak Recommended

Independent Reader

	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Highly Recommended
	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Robert Sabuda Highly Recommended
	Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Highly Recommended
	The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson and illustrated by Sue Porter Highly Recommended
	Theater Shoes by Noel Streatfeild Highly Recommended
	Little Men by Louisa May Alcott Recommended
	Hazel Green by Odo Hirsch Recommended
	The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder and illustrated by Garth Williams Recommended
	The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary L. Blackwood Suggested

Young Adult

Hamlet by William Shakespeare Highly Recommended

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