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  1. Little House: Book 4

    On the Banks of Plum Creek

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the prairie and travel in their covered wagon to Minnesota. Here they settle in a little house made of sod beside the banks of beautiful Plum Creek. Soon Pa builds a wonderful new little house with real... (learn more about this book)

  2. Little House: Book 6

    The Long Winter

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as Pa, Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie, and little Grace bravely face the hard winter of 1880-81 in their little house in the Dakota Territory. Blizzards cover the little town with snow, cutting off all supplies from the outside. Soon there is... (learn more about this book)

  3. Little House: Book 3

    Farmer Boy

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from... (learn more about this book)

  4. Little House: Book 5

    By the Shores of Silver Lake

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they move from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on the new railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect for their new little house. Laura... (learn more about this book)

  5. Little House: Book 7

    Little Town on the Prairie

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    The long hard winter was finally over. The people of De Smet came outdoors and began to live agaian. They held church socials, dances, "literaries." In the summer, Laura worked long hours at a grueling job -- making shirts. She wanted the money to help send Mary to a college for the blind.... (learn more about this book)

  6. Little House: Book 8

    These Happy Golden Years

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    For the first time in the history of the Little House books, this new edition features Garth Williams’ interior art in vibrant, full color, as well as a beautifully redesigned cover. Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty twelve... (learn more about this book)

  7. Little House

    Little House Boxed Set, Books 1-9 (collective work)

    by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    The set includes:Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, Farmer Boy, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years, and The First Four Years. Little House in the Big Woods Wolves and panthers... (learn more about this book)

  8. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

    by Jacqueline Kelly

    Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones.With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather, an avid naturalist, she figures out that the green grasshoppers are... (learn more about this book)

  9. Elijah of Buxton

    by Christopher Paul Curtis

    Master storyteller Christopher Paul Curtis's Newbery Honor novel, featuring his trademark humor, unique narrative voice, and new cover art--now in e-book! Eleven-year-old Elijah lives in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves near the American border. He's the first child in town to... (learn more about this book)

  10. Sounder

    by William Howard Armstrong

    The Powerful Newbery Award-Winning Classic A landmark in children's literature, winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal, and the basis of an acclaimed film, Sounder traces the keen sorrow and the abiding faith of a poor African-American boy in the 19th-century South.

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