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These children's chapter books are so popular and beloved that they've stood the test of time! Note: some of these books have been re-published as later editions, which is why the year listed may be more recent than the original published date.

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  • In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2000. — TEEN SPIN
  • A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
    BookNew York, NY : Puffin Chalk, 2014. — S
  • Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a young boy raised by the animals in an Indian jungle, as well as other animal stories.
    BookNew York : Sterling Publishing ; 2012. — J KIP
  • An orphan comes to live in a lonely house where she discovers a disabled cousin and a locked garden.
    BookNew York : Sterling, c2004. — J BUR
  • Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
    BookNew York : HarperCollins, Scholastic, 1994. — J LEW
  • Here are the Doctor's three exciting tales of world travel. In The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, the Doctor and his young assistant, search for the brilliant naturalist Long Arrow, culminating in a meeting with the most fabled creature of…
    BookNew York : Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2019. — L
  • A very small bear found by Mr. and Mrs. Brown at Paddington Station becomes one of the family.
    BookBoston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, 2008, c1958. — B
  • Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993. — L
  • On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a rabbit with a pocket watch, joins a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and plays croquet…
    BookNew York : Puffin, 2015. — J CAR
  • Harry Potter lives in the cupboard under the stairs at his uncle and aunt's house at number four, Privet Drive - until the day when a mysterious letter arrives from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and a giant on a flying…
    BookLondon : Bloomsbury, 1997. — J ROW
  • Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
    BookNew York : Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division ; 2014. — M
  • The wind brings four children a new nanny who introduces them to some delightful people and experiences.
    BookBoston, Massachusetts : Clarion Books, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, [2015] — T
  • The hilarious and heartwarming adventures of Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad are brought to life for a new generation in this beloved childhood classic.
    BookNew York : Union Square Kids, 2021. — J GRA
  • A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie and her newly-discovered great-great-grandmother from the goblin miners who live in caves beneath the royal castle.
    BookNew York : Random House, c2010. — J MACD
  • Dorothy and her little dog Toto are swept away from their home in Kansas by a powerful tornado and dropped into an enchanting new land called Oz. To get home, the Witch of the North tells her she must follow the yellow brick road to the…
    BookNew York : Sterling Publishing Co. , 2011. — J BAU
  • The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.
    BookNew York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1975. — B
  • Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
    BookNew York, Atheneum, 1971. — O
  • Billy isn't one to back down from a bet. But this one is gross: If he eats fifteen worms in fifteen days, Alan will pay him fifty dollars. Billy takes the bet and tries worms smothered in ketchup, drowned in mustard, even breaded and…
    BookNew York : Scholastic, 2019. — R
  • Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem.
    BookNew York, Dutton [1972]. — B