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Classic Books for Older Readers
| Location | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| J 398.238 AES | Aesop's Fables | |
| J Fiction ALCOTT | Alcott, L.M. | Little Women |
| J Fiction ALEXANDER | Alexander, L. | The Black Cauldron |
| YA Paperback A | Andersen, H.C. | Andersen's Fairy Tales |
| J 398.235 PHI | The Arabian Nights | |
| J Fiction ATWATER | Atwater, Richard | Mr. Popper's Penguins |
| J Paperback B | Babbitt, N. | Tuck Everlasting |
| J Fiction BANGOLD | Bangold, E. | National Velvet |
| J Fiction BANKS | Banks, L.R. | The Indian in the Cupboard |
| J Fiction BARRIE | Barrie, J.M. | Peter Pan |
| J Fiction BAUM | Baum, L.F. | The Wizard of Oz |
| J Fiction BRINK | Brink, C. | Caddie Woodlawn |
| J Fiction BURNETT | Burnett, F.H. | The Secret Garden |
| J Fiction CERVANTES | Cervantes, M | The Adventures of Don Quixote |
| J Fiction COLLODI | Collodi, C. | The Adventures of Pinocchio |
| J Fiction COOPER | Cooper, S. | The Grey King |
| J Fiction DAHL | Dahl, R. | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| J Fiction DAHL | Dahl, R. | James and the Giant Peach |
| J Fiction DEFOE | DeFoe, D. | Robinson Crusoe |
| J Fiction DICKENS | Dickens, C. | A Christmas Carol |
| J Paperback D | Dodge, M.M. | Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates |
| J Easy Fiction EDMONDS | Edmonds, W. D. | The Matchlock Gun |
| J Easy Fiction ESTES | Estes, E. | The Hundred Dresses |
| J Fiction FIELD | Field, R. | Hitty: Her First Hundred Years |
| J Fiction FORBES | Forbes, E. | Johnny Tremain |
| J BIO FRANK | Frank, Ann | Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl |
| J Easy Fiction GRAHAME | Grahame, K. | The Reluctant Dragon |
| J Fiction GRAHAME | Grahame, K. | The Wind in the Willows |
| J 398.243 GRI | Grimm, J. and W. | Grimm's Fairy Tales |
| J Fiction HALE | Hale, L.P. | The Complete Peterkin Papers |
| J 292 H | Hawthorne, N. | A Wonderbrook and Tanglewood Tales |
| J Fiction HENRY | Henry, M. | King of the Wind |
| J Fiction IRVING | Irving, W. | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| J Fiction KIPLING | Kipling, R. | Just So Stories |
| J Fiction KNIGHT | Knight, E. | Lassie Come Home |
| J Fiction LAWSON | Lawson, R. | Rabbit Hill |
| J Paperback L | L'Engle, M. | A Wrinkle in Time |
| J Fiction LEWIS | Lewis, C. S. | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
| J Fiction LINDGREN | Lindgren, A. | Pippi Longstocking |
| J Easy Fiction MACDONALD | MacDonald, B.B. | Mrs. Piggle Wiggle |
| J Fiction MCCLOSKEY | McCloskey, R. | Homer Price |
| J Fiction MILNE | Milne, A. A. | Winnie-the-Pooh |
| J Fiction MONTGOMERY | Montgomery, L.M. | Anne of Green Gables |
| J Fiction NESBIT | Nesbit, E. | Five Children and It |
| J Fiction NORTON | Norton, M. | The Borrowers |
| J Fiction OBRIEN | O'Brien, R.C. | Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM |
| J Fiction ODELL | O'Dell, S. | Island of the Blue Dolphins |
| J FIction OHARA | O'Hara, M | My Friend Flicka |
| J 398.244 PER | Perrault, C. | Perrault's Fairy Tales |
| J Fiction PYLE | Pyle, H. | Men of Iron |
| YA Paperback P | Pyle, H. | The Story of King Arthur and His Knights |
| J Paperback P | Pyle, H. | The Wonder Clock, Four and Twenty Marvelous Tales |
| J Illustrated Fiction | Salten, F. | Bambi |
| J Paperback S | Sawyer, R. | Roller Skates |
| J Fiction SELDEN | Selden, G. | The Cricket in Times Square |
| J Fiction SEWELL | Sewell, A. | Black Beauty |
| J Fiction SPEARE | Speare, E. G. | The Witch of Blackbird Pond |
| J Fiction SPERRY | Sperry, A. | Call it Courage |
| J Fiction SPYRI | Spyri, J. | Heidi |
| J Paperback S | Steinbeck, J. | The Red Pony |
| J 821 S | Stevenson, R. L. | A Child's Garden of Verses |
| J Fiction STEVENSON | Stevenson, R. L. | Kidnapped |
| J Fiction STEVENSON | Stevenson, R. L. | Treasure Island |
| J Fiction SWIFT | Swift, J. | Gulliver's Travels |
| J Fiction TOLKIEN | Tolkien, J.R.R. | The Hobbit |
| J Fiction TRAVERS | Travers, P. | Mary Poppins |
| J Fiction TWAIN | Twain, M. | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| J Fiction TWAIN | Twain, M. | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| J Fiction TWAIN | Twain, M. | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| J Illustrated Fiction | Twain, M. | The Prince and the Pauper |
| J Fiction VERNE | Verne, J. | Around the World in 80 Days |
| J Fiction VERNE | Verne, J. | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| J Fiction WELLS | Wells, H. G. | The Time Machine |
| J Fiction WELLS | Wells, H. G. | The War of the Worlds |
| J Fiction WHITE | White, E. B. | Charlotte's Web |
| J Fiction WHITE | White, E. B. | Stuart Little |
| J Fiction WIGGIN | Wiggin, K. | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm |
| J Illustrated Fiction | Wilde, O. | The Happy Prince and Other Stories |
| J Series W | Wilder, L. I. | Little House in the Big Woods |
| J Easy Fiction WILLIAMS | Williams, M. | The Velveteen Rabbit; or, How Toys Become Real |
| J Fiction WYSS | Wyss, J. D. | The Swiss Family Robinson |
Aug 21, 2008