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Meet Ginger Pye, the smartest dog you'll ever know. Jerry Pye and his sister, Rachel, feel pretty smart themselves for buying Ginger. It was the best dollar they ever spent. Ginger steals everybody's heart . . . until someone steals him !

Stone Fox

by John Reynolds Gardiner, Greg Hargreaves, Marcia Sewall

A Race Against Time Little Willy's Grandfather is sick, and it's up to Willy to save their farm from tax collectors. Their only hope is the prize money from the National Dogsled Race. But a lot of other people want to win the race, too, including Stone Fox, who has never lost a race in his life. Do Willy and his dor Searchlight stand a chance against the toughest racers around? Can they win the race to save the... (more)

My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Newbery Honor (1949) Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1968)Book Sense Book of the Year (2002.2 | Rediscovery Winner, 2002)

The Hundred Dresses

by Eleanor Estes

Never out of print since its 1944 publication, this tender story offers readers of all ages a timeless message of compassion and understanding. At its heart is Wanda Petronski, an immigrant girl in an American school, who is ridiculed for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. When she tells her classmates that she has one hundred dresses at home, she unwittingly triggers a game of teasing that eventually... (more)

Ramona the Pest (Ramona Quimby (Paperback))

Ramona the Pest (Ramona Quimby (Paperback))

by Beverly Cleary

Ramona is off to kindergarten, and it's the greatest day of her life. So why is she sitting on the bench while the rest of the students play the game gray duck? Laughs and minor upsets abound in an enormously popular story starring the one and only Ramona Quimby!

Betsy-Tacy

by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski

Best Friends Forever There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy's age. So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she can play with. Sure enough, they do--a little girl named Tacy. And from the moment they meet at Betsy's fifth birthday party, Betsy and Tacy becoms such good friends that everyone starts to think of them as one... (more)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Fairy Tale by the Brothers Grimm (Little Pebbles)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Fairy Tale by the Brothers Grimm (Little Pebbles)

by Jacob Grimm

Retells the tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was black as ebony.

Morning Girl

by Michael Dorris

A peaceful, tropical world is the setting for Morning Girl, a simple yet rich glimpse into the lives of a young sister and brother. Morning Girl and Star Boy grapple with timeless, universal issues such as experiencing simultaneous anger and love toward family members and the quest to discover the true self. As all siblings do, these children respond to, play off of, and learn from each other. Precisely where... (more)

Sarah, Plain and Tall

by Patricia MacLachlan

"Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna. "Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa sang, too." Their mother died after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sara Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Papa, Ana, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah desides... (more)

Misty of Chincoteague

by Marguerite Henry

Paul and his sister Maureen's determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

by Eleanor Coerr, Ronald Himler

Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team. And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy... (more)

The Library

by Sarah Stewart

Elizabeth Brown loves to read, and she collects books-lots of books. When her library grows so enormous she can't use her front door anymore, there's only one thing to do...start her own public library!

Grandfather's Journey

by Allen Say

Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather's life in America and Japan, Allen Say gives us a poignant acount of a family's unique cross-cultural experience. He warmly conveys his own love for his two countries, and the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once.

Little Red Riding HoodTrina Schart Hyman

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Tags: age 7-9

Ginger Pye

by Eleanor Estes

Stone Fox

by John Reynolds Gardiner, Greg Hargreaves, Marcia Sewall

My Father's Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

The Hundred Dresses

by Eleanor Estes

Ramona the Pest (Ramona Quimby (Paperback))

by Beverly Cleary

Betsy-Tacy

by Maud Hart Lovelace, Lois Lenski

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Fairy Tale by the Brothers Grimm (Little Pebbles)

by Jacob Grimm

Morning Girl

by Michael Dorris

Sarah, Plain and Tall

by Patricia MacLachlan

Misty of Chincoteague

by Marguerite Henry

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

by Eleanor Coerr, Ronald Himler

The Library

by Sarah Stewart

Grandfather's Journey

by Allen Say

Little Red Riding Hood

by Trina Schart Hyman