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J Fic Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh (gr. 2-6)
  The adventures of Christopher Robin and friends in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey and Eyeore has a birthday.

J Fic Nesbit, E. Five Children and It (gr. 4-6)
  English siblings come upon a Psammead, a fat, furry sand fairy, who can make wishes come true.
J Fic Porter, Eleanor Polyanna (gr. 4-7)
  The "glad girl" cheers the life of her strict and glum aunt with whom she goes to live.

J Fic Sewell, Anna Black Beauty (gr. 4-6)
  One handsome, strong-spirited horse is the center of on of the best loved animal stories.
J Fic Sidney, Margaret Five Little Peppers (gr. 4-7)
  The story of the Pepper family through the years.

J Fic Spyri, Johanna Heidi (gr. 4-8)
  Heidi must leave her Swiss mountain home, her beloved grandfather and her friend Peter, to go to the city to school.

J Fic St.Exupery, Antoine The Little Prince (gr. 2-5)
  A tiny prince from a tiny planet pauses for a few days on earth with an aviator whose plane has crashed in the desert.

J Fic Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped (gr. 5-8)
  David Balfour survives kidnapping, imprisonment, dangerous journeys and enemies in this exciting advenuture.

J Fic Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island (gr. 5-8)
  Jim Hawkins' exploits in the 18th century involve the Admiral Benbow Inn, a parrot that sings about pieces of eight and a treasure map.

J Fic Swift, Jonathan Gulliver's Travels (gr. 5-adult)
  Originally written as a political satire, this is now read as an adventure about Gulliver and his meeting with miniature people, giants and other odd creatures.

J Fic Travers, Pamela Mary Poppins (gr. 4-7)
  Mary Poppins, the most wonderful nursemaid, can slide up banisters and talk to animals, fostering love in the children for whom she cares.

J Fic Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (gr. 4-adult)
  Huck isn't really dead as some people think but is caught up in two journeys-one down the Mississippi with fugitive Jim and the other towards growing up.

J Fic Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (gr. 4-adult)
  Tom's Mississippi boyhood adventures involve an island, a graveyard and a cave.

J Fic Verne, Jules Around the World in 80 Days (gr. 5-adult)
  Phineas Fogg bets his friends he can travel the world in 80 days.

J Fic Verne, Jules Tweny Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (gr. 5-adult)
  Nineteenth century science fiction story of Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus.

J Fic Wiggin, Kate Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (gr. 4-6)
  Ten-year-old Rebecca lives with her two aunts-- one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.

J Fic Wyss, Johann The Swiss Family Robinson (gr. 5-8)
  Sole survivors of a shipwreck, a family uses everything to build a home on a wild, tropical island.

   

 
 

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