Books
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The Happy Lion (1954)
A friendly lion wanders around town after escaping the zoo.
Author(s):
Louise Fatio
Illustrator(s):
Roger Duvoisin
Magic or Not? (1959)
When Laura learns the well at her new house is a wishing well, she plunges right in.
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Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Well-Wishers (1960)
Laura, Lydia, James and Kip put the old wishing well on its mettle, and it delivers.
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Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Evie and the Wonderful Kangaroo (1955)
Evie’s pet kangaroo is named Cookie. She is very neat and polite.
Author(s):
Irmengarde Eberle
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Drums Along the Mohawk (1936)
Gil Martin and his wife clear a place for their home in the Mohawk River Valley and, along with others, try to ignore the Indian raids and British invasions of the world outside.
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Author(s):
Walter Edmonds
Illustrator(s):
Henry Bitz
The Matchlock Gun (1941)
During the French and Indian War in upper New York state, Edward is determined to protect his home. He is only ten years old but his father gave him an ancient, heavy Spanish gun before leaving home to fight the enemy.
Author(s):
Walter Edmonds
Illustrator(s):
Paul Lantz
The Four-Story Mistake (1942)
The four Melendy children move to an old house in the country which sports a cupola atop its three stories.
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Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Gone-Away Lake (1957)
Portia and her cousin Julian discover an abandoned summer colony on the shores of a gone-away lake.
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Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Joe Krush, Beth Krush
Spider Web for Two (1951)
The story of the two youngest among five children after they alone remain at the family's "four-story mistake" house in the country.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
The Sea is All Around (1940)
Mab has been living with her aunt Sarah in Iowa. Now she is going to live with Aunt Belinda on Nantucket Island.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Then There Were Five (1944)
The four Melendys meet Mark, and then there are five.
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Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Thimble Summer (1938)
Garnet lives on a farm in Wisconsin and has adventures all summer long.
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Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
In the Forest (1944)
A boy with his new horn is followed by animals as he walks through the forest.
Author(s):
Marie Ets
Illustrator(s):
Marie Ets
Little Old Automobile (1948)
A naughty little automobile drives down the road and runs over anything that stands in its way, until it meets a train.
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Author(s):
Marie Ets, Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s):
Marie Ets
Mister Penny (1956)
Mr. Penny's lazy barnyard pets steal into a neighbor's garden and wreak havoc. But when their good master is threatened by the neighbor, they mend their ways and work hard laying eggs, giving milk, plowing the garden and cutting the grass.
Author(s):
Marie Ets, Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s):
Marie Ets
Nine Days to Christmas (1959)
Ceci is anxiously waiting to select a piñata for her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party.
Author(s):
Marie Ets, Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s):
Marie Ets, Aurora Labastida
Oley the Sea Monster (1947)
A homesick seal, released by an aquarium keeper into a lake instead of being killed as ordered, leads to rumors of a great sea monster.
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Author(s):
Marie Ets, Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s):
None
A Great Emergency (1877)
This is a collection of short stories.
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Author(s):
Juliana Ewing
Illustrator(s):
E. B. Barry
Jackanapes (1883)
A young British orphan grows up to be a Captain in a cavalry regiment and gives his life for his friend on the field of battle. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Juliana Ewing
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Lob Lie-by-the-Fire (1885)
John Broom is found under a bush as a baby and adopted by two maiden ladies. After running away to sea he at last returns home. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Juliana Ewing
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott