Children's Books

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A
ABC Block Books (Baby to preschool)
Illustrated by Susan Estelle Kwas

ABC Disney (All ages)
by Robert Sabuda

The Absolutely Awful Alphabet (Ages 5 and older)
by Mordicai Gerstein

A Cake for Herbie (Ages 4 to 8)
by Petra Mathers

A Giraffe and A Half
by Shel Silverstein

A Light in the Attic
by Shel Silverstein

The Amber Spyglass (Ages 12 and older)
by Philip Pullman

And If the Moon Could Talk (Baby to preschool)
by Kate Banks, illustrated by Georg Hallensleben

And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon (Ages 5 to 8)
by Janet Stevens(Illustrator), et al

Another Important Book (Baby to age 6)
by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Chris Raschka

Anthology for the Earth (All ages)
edited by Judy Allen

A Straw for Two: The Companion to 'The Ink Drinker' (Ages 9 and older)
by Eric Sanvoisin, illustrated by Martin Matje

The Austere Academy (Ages 9 and older)
by Lemony Snicket

B
The Bad Beginning (Ages 9 and older)
by Lemony Snicket

Bark, George (Ages 2 and older)
by Jules Feiffer

Beetle Boy (Ages 6 and older)
by Lawrence David, illustrated by Delphine Durand

The Best Children's Books in the World (All ages)
edited by Byron Preiss

The Black Geese: A Baba Yaga Story from Russia (Ages 4 to 8)
retold by Alison Lurie, illustrated by Jessica Souhami

Bonjour, Babar! (Ages 4 and older)
by Jean de Brunhoff

Boss of the Plains (Ages 4 to 8)
by Laurie Carlson, illustrated by Holly Meade

Bud, Not Buddy (Ages 8 to 12)
by Christopher Paul Curtis

C
The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book O' Fun
by Dav Pilkey

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
by Brian Jacques

C D B! (Ages 5 to 105)
by William Steig

The Century for Young People (Ages 10 and older)
by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster

The Century That Was (Ages 9 and older)
by James Cross Giblin

The Chronicles of Narnia (boxed set) (Ages 9 and older)
by C.S. Lewis

Circle Dogs (Ages 2 to 5)
by Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino

Circle of Days (All ages)
by Reeve Lindbergh, illustrated by Cathie Felstead

Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile (Ages 8 to 12)
by Kristiana Gregory

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Ages 5 to 8)
by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin

The Color of My Words (Ages 10 and older)
by Lynn Joseph

Come On, Rain! (Ages 5 and older)
by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Jon J. Muth

The Complete Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh (All ages)
by A.A. Milne, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard

D
David Goes to School (Ages 2 to 6)
by David Shannon

DK Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia (Ages 9 and older)

DK Science Discovery Pack (Ages 9 and older)

Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?

Do's and Don'ts (Baby to preschool)
by Todd Parr

Dream Snow (Ages 3 to 8)
by Eric Carle

E
Eat Your Words: A Fascinating Look at the Language of Food (Ages 9 and older)
by Charlotte Foltz Jones, illustrated by John O'Brien

Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor (Ages 10 and older)
by Kathryn Lasky

Eloise in Moscow
by Kay Thompson, illustrated by Hilary Knight

Eloise: The Ultimate Edition (All ages)
by Kay Thompson, illustrated by Hilary Knight

Emeline at the Circus (Ages 4 to 8)
by Marjorie Priceman

Emily's First 100 Days of School (Ages 4 to 8)
by Rosemary Wells

The Ersatz Elevator
by Lemony Snicket

Everything on a Waffle
by Polly Horvath

Everything to Spend the Night (Ages 3 to 7)
by Ann Whitford Paul, illustrated by Maggie Smith

The Exclusive Eloise Ensemble (Ages 5 to 105)
by Kay Thompson, illustrated by Hilary Knight

F
4 Fantastic Novels (Ages 9 to 109)
by Daniel Pinkwater

5 Novels (Ages 9 and older)
by Daniel Pinkwater

Falling Up
by Shel Silverstein

Farewell, My Lunchbag : A Chet Gecko Mystery (Chet Gecko) (Ages 8 to 12)
by Bruce Hale

The Father Who Had 10 Children (Ages 2 to 5)
by Benedicte Guettier

The Firework-Maker's Daughter (Ages 9 to 12)
by Philip Pullman

First Ladies (Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books)
by Amy Pastan

Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair
by Harriet Lerner, et al

Froggy Eats Out (Froggy) (Ages 3 to 6)
by Jonathan London, Frank Remkiewicz(Illustrator)

G
The Gargoyle on the Roof (Ages 6 to 10
by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Peter Sis

The Gawgon and The Boy (Ages 10 and older)
by Lloyd Alexander

George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends (Ages 4 and older)
by James Marshall

Gerald McBoing Boing
by Dr. Seuss, illustrated by Mel Crawford

Gershon's Monster (Ages 5 to 9)
by Eric A. Kimmel, illustrated by Jon J Muth

The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein

The Good Fight : How World War II Was Won
by Stephen E. Ambrose

The Grooming of Alice
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Growing Frogs
by Vivian French, illustrated by Alison Bartlett

H
Happy to Be Nappy (Ages 3 and older)
by bell hooks, illustrated by Chris Raschka

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Ages 9 and older)
by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (paperback) (Ages 9 and older)
by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Doomspell Tournament
by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Ages 9 and older)
by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Ages 9 and older)
by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (paperback) (Ages 8 to 13)
by J.K. Rowling

Heaven Eyes (Ages 10 and older)
by David Almond

Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
by D.B. Johnson

Here Comes Mother Goose (Baby to preschool)
edited by Iona Opie, illustrated by Rosemary Wells

Here Comes the Train (Ages 3 to 6)
by Charlotte Voake

Holes (Ages 10 and older)
by Louis Sachar

Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (Ages 3 to 10)
by Dr. Seuss and Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Lane Smith

The Hork-Bajir Chronicles (Ages 9 and older)
by K.A. Applegate

How to Talk to Your Cat (Ages 7 to 107)
by Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Paul Meisel

How to Talk to Your Dog (Ages 7 to 107)
by Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Sue Truesdell

I
I, Crocodile (Ages 4 to 8)
by Fred Marcellino

I Lost My Bear (Ages 4 to 8)
by Jules Feiffer

I Was a Rat! (Ages 9 to 12)
by Philip Pullman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

Ice Cream Larry (Ages 4 to 8)
by Daniel Pinkwater, illustrated by Jill Pinkwater

If... (Ages 4 to 7, and adults, too)
by Sarah Perry

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies (Ages 4 to 8)
by Laura Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond

In the Time of the Drums
illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Insectlopedia (All ages)
by Douglas Florian

Into the A, B, Sea (Preschool to age 6)
by Deborah Lee Rose, illustrated by Steve Jenkins

Isabelle and the Angel (Preschool to age 6)
by Thierry Magnier, illustrated by Georg Hallensleben

J
Jakarta Missing
by Jane Kurtz

Joe's Wish (All ages)
by James Proimos

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
by Simms Taback

K
Kipper's A to Z : An Alphabet Adventure (Ages 2 to 5)
by Mick Inkpen

Kit's Wilderness
by David Almond

L
Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back
by Shel Silverstein

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles (Ages 9 to 12)
by Julie Andrews Edwards

The Legend of Luke (Ages 9 and older)
by Brian Jacques

Life: Our Century in Pictures for Young People (Ages 12 and older)
by Richard B. Stolley (Editor), Amy E. Sklansky (Editor)

Lisa's Airplane Trip (Gutman, Anne. Misadventures of Gaspard and Lisa.) (Ages 2 to 6)
by Anne Gutman, et al

Little Lit: Folklore and Fairy Tale Funnies (All ages)
edited by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly

Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs : Poems and Paintings
by Douglas Florian

M
Madlenka (Ages 4 to 8)
by Peter Sís

Magic Windows
illustrated by Carmen Lomas Garza

Mammalabilia
by Douglas Florian

Maniac McGee (Ages 9 and older)
by Jerry Spinelli

The Many Adventures of Johnny Mutton (Ages 5 to 9)
by James Proimos

Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles
by Kathryn Lasky

The Missing Piece
by Shel Silverstein

The Missing Piece Meets the Big O
by Shel Silverstein

The Mouse of Amherst (Ages 9 and older)
by Elizabeth Spires, illustrated by Claire A. Nivola

Monster
by Walter Dean Myers

Mr. Gumpy's Outing Board Book (Ages 2 to 6)
by John Burningham

Mr. Tanen's Ties (Ages 5 and older)
by Maryann Cocca-Leffler

My Nine Lives (Ages 6 and older)
by Marjorie Priceman (alias Clio)

My First Learning Library (boxed set) (Baby to Preschool)
by Dorling Kindersley

My Very First Mother Goose (Baby to preschool)
edited by Iona Opie, illustrated by Rosemary Wells

Mysterious Miss Slade
by Dick King-Smith

N
The New Way Things Work (Ages 9 to 109)
by David Macaulay

Night/Day: A Book of Eye-Catching Opposites
by Hervé Tullet

No, David! (Ages 3 to 6)
by David Shannon

O
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
by Dr. Seuss

Olive the Other Reindeer Book and Doll (Ages 4 to 8, and grownups, too)
by Vivian Walsh, illustrated by J. otto Seibold

Olivia (Ages 4 to 8)
by Ian Falconer

On My Way (26 Fairmont Avenue) (Ages 7 to 11)
by Tomie De Paola

One Lonely Sea Horse
by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers

One Monkey Too Many (Ages 3 to 6)
by Jackie French Koller, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger

One More Wednesday
by Malika Doray(Illustrator), Suzanne Freeman(Translator)

Open Wide: Tooth School Inside (Ages 5 to 9)
by Laurie Keller

The Owl and the Pussycat
by Edward Lear, James Marshall (Illustrator)

P
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster

The Pig in the Spigot (Ages 6 and older)

The Piggy in the Puddle
by Charlotte Pomerantz

Poems for Children Nowhere Near Old Enough to Vote (Ages 7 and older)
by Carl Sandburg, illustrated by Istvan Banyai

Polkabats and Octopus Slacks! (All ages)
by Calef Brown

R
Rachel's Journal (Ages 9 and older)
by Marissa Moss

Ragweed (Ages 9 to 12)
by Avi

Rainy Morning (Ages 5 to 8)
by Daniel Pinkwater, illustrated by Jill Pinkwater

Robert Crowther's Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Numbers Book (Preschool and older)
by Robert Crowther

Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children
by Sharon Lovejoy

S
The Scrambled States of America (Ages 4 and older)
by Laurie Keller

The Seals on the Bus

Silent to the Bone (Ages 10 to 14)
by E.L. Konigsburg

Simple Gifts (All ages)
illustrated by Chris Raschka

Skellig (Ages 10 and older)
by David Almond

Sluggy Slug
by Chris Raschka

Snail Mail No More
by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin

So Say the Little Monkeys (Ages 4 to 7)
by Nancy Van Laan, illustrated by Yumi Heo

So You Want to Be President (Ages 8 and older)
by Judith St. George, illustrated by David Small

Spider Sparrow (Ages 9 to 12)
by Dick King-Smith, illustrated by Peter Bailey

Spirit of the Cedar People (Ages 7 and older)
by Chief Lelooska

Splash! (Baby to Preschool)
by Flora McDonnell

Squids Will Be Squids (All ages)
by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith

Stella: Queen of the Snow (Ages 3 to 7)
by Marie-Louise Gay

Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest (Ages 5 to 9)
by Judith Viorst, et al

Swine Lake (Ages 4 and older)
by James Marshall, illustrated by Maurice Sendak

T
The 20th Century Children's Book Treasury
Janet Schulman, editor

The 20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury (All ages)
edited by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Meilo So

There's a Zoo in Room 22 (Ages 6 to 10)
by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Barney Saltzberg

They Saw the Future: Oracles, Psychics, Scientists, Great
Thinkers, and Pretty Good Guessers
(Ages 10 and older)
by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker

The Three Pigs (Ages 4 and older)
by David Wiesner

Tibet: Through the Red Box (All ages)
by Peter Sis

The Tiger Rising (Ages 9 and older)
by Kate Dicamillo, Chris Sheban(Illustrator)

Tigers at Twilight (Magic Tree House #19)" (Ages 4 to 8)
by Mary Pope Osborne

Time Stops for No Mouse: A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure (Ages 10 and older)
by Michael Hoeye

Totally Confidential
by Sally Warner

Twenty Is Too Many (Ages 3 to 7)
by Kate Duke

Twister on Tuesday (Magic Tree House, No. 23)
by Mary Pope Osborne

The Two Princesses of Bamarre (Ages 10 to 14)
by Gail Carson Levine

U
Under the Royal Palms
by Alma Flor Ada

Understood Betsy (Ages 8 to 12)
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root

V
The Vile Village (Series of Unfortunate Events, No 7)
by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist(Illustrator)

W
Waiting for Wings
by Lois Ehlert

Walter Wick's Optical Tricks (Ages 7 and older)
by Walter Wick

The Wanderer
by Sharon Creech

Wemberly Worried (Ages 4 to 8)
by Kevin Henkes

The Wide Window (Ages 9 to 12)
by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett Helquist

Weslandia (Ages 8 to 11, or younger if read aloud)
by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein

Where the Wild Things Are (All ages)
by Maurice Sendak

Which Witch (Ages 9 and older)
by Eva Ibbotson

Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World (Ages 3 to 7)
by Margret and H.A. Rey

Wizzil (Ages 4 to 8)
by William Steig, illustrated by Quentin Blake

The World Almanac for Kids 2000 (Ages 9 and older)

Y
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!
by Shana Corey, illustrated by Chesley McLaren

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