FREE: 18 Great Classic Children's books to choose from!! w/ Newberry Medal & Award Winners!

Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as seen in Long John Silver — unusual for children's literature then and now. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of pirates is enormous, including treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen carrying parrots on their shoulders.

Description: When Bravura the female bard comes from Lucretia to take over the Gaulish school, she causes all the men in town to leave in anger, but when the Romans show up with a secret weapon, the two sides work together to foil their plans.

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The reunion of old friends at the Inn of the Last Home--an outcast in love with a princess, a would-be warrior, a wizard in training, a knight, an elderly dwarf, and a childlike kender--becomes a final struggle to save their homeland as the evil Dark Queen and her forces threaten to engulf the world of Krynn in war, in a young reader's adaptation of the classic fantasy novel. Original.

Bestselling young adult fantasy author Tamora Pierce (TRICKSTER'S QUEEN and TRICKSTER'S CHOICE) has created another gripping character: 13-year-old Daine, an orphaned outcast who can speak to animals using mysterious wild magic. Hired by Onua Chamtong, a tough K'mir horsewoman in charge of the royal steeds of the Kingdom of Tortall, Daine finds herself surrounded by friends, and people who accept her unusual abilities with animals. Daine has slowly begun to feel comfortable when she finds herself battling terrifying, destructive creatures from the Divine Realms, home of the Immortals and gods. The first book in The Immortals quartet, which follows The Song of the Lioness Quartet.

oops, should be #15.

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This book centers around the adventures of Sam Westing's sixteen heirs after they are challenged by him to unravel the secret behind his death. Sixteen individuals who are mysteriously chosen to live in the Sunset Towers apartment building on the shore of Lake Michigan, somewhere in Wisconsin come together to hear the will of the self-made millionaire, Samuel W. Westing. The will takes the form of a puzzle, dividing the heirs into eight pairs, giving each pair a different set of clues, and challenging them to solve the mystery of who killed Sam Westing. As an incentive, each heir is given $10,000 to play the game. Whoever solves the mystery will inherit Sam Westing's $200 million fortune,and his company: Westing Paper Products.

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After stealing technology from the fairies, teenager/criminal genius Artemis Fowl has constructed a supercomputer so strong that its very unveiling will render all current human technology obsolete. Chicago-based businessman Jon Spiro offers to reward Artemis with gold if he agrees to hold back the computer's debut for a year. However, Spiro is merely setting a trap for Artemis--the computer is stolen away and Artemis's bodyguard, Butler, is gravely injured. Knowing that only fairy magic can save Butler's life, Artemis has no choice but to once again turn to Captain Holly Short of the LEPrepcon fairy police for help. Can Butler be saved? And will Artemis be able to outwit Jon Spiro and get the supercomputer back?

Description: Creating a dreary, sunless world, and weaving together ghosts, bereft orphans, cruel adults, and magic, author Lauren Oliver has written a beguiling, enchanting middle grade novel. After the death of her beloved father, Liesl is forced by her wretched stepmother to live in an attic room. There, she makes friends with a smart-aleck ghost named Po who is in touch with Liesl's father. At the same time, Will, forced to work for a heartless alchemist, who's hand in a terrible magical mix-up puts him in dire trouble, finds himself in their company. When the three connect, their quests coincide and they band together to save themselves, and everything they hold dear. Oliver is also the author of two bestselling books for young adults, BEFORE I FALL and DELIRIUM.

Nonfiction full-color interactive science book in pop-up format about manned submersibles & undersea exploration and what is lost & found in the deep sea.

E.L. Konigsburg's writing is funny, perceptive, and, most of all, real. In these four short stories, she deftly captures four people who must cope with difficult situations-- and in doing so, learn something that changes their lives

Summary: The story of how life changes for 16-year-old Ramon when he harvests a huge black pearl from an underwater cave.

Jacob Witting, a widowed farmer who is still saddened by the death of his wife during childbirth several years earlier finds that the task of taking care of his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone. He writes an ad in the newspaper for a mail-order bride. Sarah, from Maine, answers his ad and travels out to become his wife. There are five books in this series about the Witting family.

a memoir by Roald Dahl, first published by Jonathan Cape in London in 1986. It is a continuation of his autobiography describing his childhood, Boy. The book starts with Roald Dahl on a boat heading towards Dar es Salaam for his new job working for Shell Oil. He eventually joins the war effort as a pilot in the Royal Air Force, flying the Tiger Moth, Gloster Gladiator, and Hawker Hurricane. He is one of the last Allied pilots to withdraw from Greece during the German invasion. After Greece falls to the Nazis, he goes to the Middle East to fight Vichy French pilots after staying for a brief time in Alexandria, Egypt.

A coming of age novel focused around the boy developing a strong bond with his father, a butcher who slaughters hogs, and his pet pig named Pinky, and is set in the fictional town of Learning, Vermont. Robert Newton Peck uses his own childhood as a Shaker to reveal the problems Robert faces growing into manhood. For example, he helps his neighbor's cow have two baby bulls and saves one's life, while risking his. As reward his neighbor gives him his prized pet pig. As the pig grows to maturity it turns out to be sterile, though otherwise ideal. Eventually the family faces such economic hardship that Pinky is slaughtered. Ages 12 and up.

1910. Pownal, Vermont. At 12, Grace and her best friend Arthur must leave school and go to work as a “doffers” on their mothers’ looms in the mill. Grace’s mother is the best worker, fast and powerful, and Grace desperately wants to help her. But she’s left handed and doffing is a right-handed job. Grace’s every mistake costs her mother, and the family. She only feels capable on Sundays, when she and Arthur receive special lessons from their teacher. Together they write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in Pownal. A few weeks later a man with a camera shows up. It is the famous reformer Lewis Hine, undercover, collecting evidence for the Child Labor Board. Grace’s brief acquaintance with Hine and the photos he takes of her are a gift that changes her sense of herself, her future, and her family’s future.

Baba Yaga is a witch famous throughout Russia for eating children, but this Babushka Baba Yaga is a lonely old woman who just wants a grandchild?to love. "Kids will respond to the joyful story of the outsider who gets to join in, and Polacco's richly patterned paintings of Russian peasant life on the edge of the woods are full of light and color." -- Booklist "A warm, lively tale, neatly mixing new and old and illustrated with Polacco's usual energetic action, bright folk patterns, and affectionate characterizations." --Kirkus Reviews

The Museum of Art has a big problem. Some of the museum's priceless masterpieces have been stolen and replaced by cunning forgeries! Are your eyes sharp enough to spot the differences between the fake and the real Rousseau? Hone your detective skills and find the tell-tale clues that will help the police track down the master forgers, and bring back the missing masterpieces. This one-of-a-kind book combines a mystery story, fun spot-the-difference puzzles, and a fantastic introduction to some of the world's greatest art. Guaranteed to enthrall children of all ages, Art Fraud Detective includes historical information on each painting, tips on the techniques of the Old Masters, and a glossary of art terms. Features art by: Rembrandt; Constable; Monet; Picasso; Raphael; Van Gogh; and more! (Very highly rated!)

The Amber Spyglass won the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year award, a British literature award, making it the first children's novel to receive the honour.[1] It was named Children's Book of the Year at the 2001 British Book Awards, and was also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, again the first time this had happened to a children's book.