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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
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Randall Munroe (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 12,169 ratings
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The Bed and Breakfast Star
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A Mouse Called Wolf
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3.87 avg rating — 1,927 ratings
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| 1003 |
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Dragonbreath (Dragonbreath, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 6,824 ratings
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Moo, Baa, La La La!
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Sleepovers
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3.70 avg rating — 7,805 ratings
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| 1007 |
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Something Upstairs
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3.84 avg rating — 2,950 ratings
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| 1007 |
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Ten Apples Up on Top
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4.14 avg rating — 39,425 ratings
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The Dare Game (Tracy Beaker, #2)
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3.53 avg rating — 6,076 ratings
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A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears
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4.31 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
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| 1010 |
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WeirDo (WeirDo #1)
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4.11 avg rating — 2,319 ratings
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Girl in Blue
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3.87 avg rating — 3,757 ratings
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| 1010 |
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Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
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4.18 avg rating — 16,269 ratings
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Zahrah the Windseeker
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 2,680 ratings
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Clean Break
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3.69 avg rating — 6,213 ratings
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| 1016 |
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The World of Poo (Discworld, #39.5)
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3.73 avg rating — 3,759 ratings
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The Worry Website
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3.52 avg rating — 4,910 ratings
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| 1018 |
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Round the Twist
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3.93 avg rating — 520 ratings
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| 1018 |
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Stone Soup
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4.25 avg rating — 46,556 ratings
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The Longest Whale Song
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3.91 avg rating — 3,991 ratings
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| 1021 |
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The Cat Mummy
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3.36 avg rating — 4,330 ratings
score: 64,
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| 1022 |
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So Much to Tell You (So Much to Tell You, #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 5,897 ratings
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| 1022 |
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Millicent Min, Girl Genius (The Millicent Min Trilogy #1)
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Lisa Yee (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 4,432 ratings
score: 63,
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| 1022 |
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Secret of the Andes (Puffin Book)
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3.54 avg rating — 5,640 ratings
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| 1022 |
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Starring Tracy Beaker (Tracy Beaker, #3)
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3.64 avg rating — 4,269 ratings
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| 1026 |
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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4.26 avg rating — 169,746 ratings
score: 62,
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| 1026 |
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Little Darlings
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3.97 avg rating — 4,952 ratings
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| 1028 |
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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
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4.29 avg rating — 5,243 ratings
score: 61,
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| 1028 |
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The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)
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4.30 avg rating — 118,931 ratings
score: 61,
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| 1028 |
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The Mum-Minder
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3.42 avg rating — 3,868 ratings
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| 1031 |
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Vlad the Drac (Vlad the Drac, #1)
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| 1031 |
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Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3)
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4.25 avg rating — 67,025 ratings
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| 1031 |
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Sarah Whitcher's Story
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4.03 avg rating — 1,519 ratings
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| 1031 |
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The Worst Thing About My Sister
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3.88 avg rating — 4,242 ratings
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| 1035 |
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I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4)
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4.36 avg rating — 59,954 ratings
score: 59,
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| 1035 |
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Queenie
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4.18 avg rating — 3,161 ratings
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| 1037 |
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The Loaded Dog and Other Humorous Stories
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3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings
score: 58,
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| 1037 |
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English Fairy Tales
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3.80 avg rating — 3,937 ratings
score: 58,
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| 1037 |
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The Colour of Magic (Discworld, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 416,648 ratings
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| 1037 |
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Four Children and It
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3.99 avg rating — 2,218 ratings
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| 1041 |
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Boots and the Seven Leaguers (A Rock-and-Troll Fairy Tale, #3)
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Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 161 ratings
score: 57,
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| 1041 |
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Unspun socks from a chicken's laundry
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4.02 avg rating — 58 ratings
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| 1041 |
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The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2)
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4.01 avg rating — 165,964 ratings
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| 1041 |
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The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1)
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Soman Chainani (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 133,570 ratings
score: 57,
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| 1041 |
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How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
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Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 38,479 ratings
score: 57,
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| 1041 |
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Opal Plumstead
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4.22 avg rating — 2,888 ratings
score: 57,
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| 1047 |
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Dodger
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3.94 avg rating — 27,790 ratings
score: 56,
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| 1047 |
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Doll Bones
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Holly Black (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 29,979 ratings
score: 56,
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| 1047 |
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The Butterfly Club
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4.03 avg rating — 1,947 ratings
score: 56,
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| 1050 |
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Silly Verse for Kids
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4.24 avg rating — 568 ratings
score: 55,
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| 1050 |
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
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Laura Joffe Numeroff (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 311,196 ratings
score: 55,
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Katy
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4.30 avg rating — 2,814 ratings
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| 1053 |
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Mysteries According to Humphrey (According to Humphrey #8)
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4.27 avg rating — 1,342 ratings
score: 54,
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| 1053 |
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Guess How Much I Love You
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4.39 avg rating — 146,400 ratings
score: 54,
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| 1053 |
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Rent a Bridesmaid
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| 1053 |
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There Is a Bird on Your Head! (Elephant & Piggie, #4)
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4.39 avg rating — 14,213 ratings
score: 54,
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| 1057 |
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Twelfth Night
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3.96 avg rating — 192,378 ratings
score: 53,
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| 1057 |
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The Princess in Black (The Princess in Black, #1)
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Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 11,481 ratings
score: 53,
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| 1057 |
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The Road to Oz (Oz, #5)
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3.72 avg rating — 13,227 ratings
score: 53,
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| 1060 |
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The Game of Sunken Places (Norumbegan Quartet, #1)
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3.44 avg rating — 1,397 ratings
score: 52,
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| 1060 |
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Mrs. Noodlekugel
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3.47 avg rating — 729 ratings
score: 52,
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| 1062 |
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The Dollhouse Magic
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Yona Zeldis McDonough (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings
score: 51,
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| 1062 |
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Parables from Nature
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4.04 avg rating — 534 ratings
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| 1062 |
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Bambi: A Life in the Woods (Bambi, #1)
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4.11 avg rating — 36,624 ratings
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| 1062 |
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Greenwitch (The Dark is Rising, #3)
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Susan Cooper (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31,928 ratings
score: 51,
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| 1066 |
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The Maple Festival (The Adventures of Sophie Mouse, #5)
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4.34 avg rating — 636 ratings
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| 1066 |
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Betsy-Tacy and Tib (Betsy-Tacy, #2)
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4.18 avg rating — 11,522 ratings
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| 1066 |
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The Adventures of Reddy Fox
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4.12 avg rating — 1,097 ratings
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| 1069 |
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Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children
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4.15 avg rating — 999 ratings
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| 1070 |
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The Enormous Egg
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3.88 avg rating — 3,018 ratings
score: 47,
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| 1070 |
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Hating Alison Ashley
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3.57 avg rating — 3,942 ratings
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| 1072 |
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Undone!
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3.78 avg rating — 783 ratings
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| 1073 |
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Uncanny!
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3.87 avg rating — 1,426 ratings
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| 1073 |
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Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia
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4.20 avg rating — 3,777 ratings
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| 1073 |
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Mother Goose In Prose
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3.72 avg rating — 248 ratings
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| 1073 |
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Ramona's World
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4.16 avg rating — 13,273 ratings
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| 1077 |
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Snot Stew
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4.03 avg rating — 1,426 ratings
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| 1077 |
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Best Stories for Eight-Year-Olds
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4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings
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| 1079 |
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Oliver Twist
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3.88 avg rating — 422,384 ratings
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I, Houdini: The Amazing Story of an Escape-Artist Hamster
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3.72 avg rating — 1,100 ratings
score: 42,
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| 1080 |
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The Enchanted Castle
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3.82 avg rating — 9,220 ratings
score: 42,
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| 1082 |
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The Coral Island
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3.69 avg rating — 4,742 ratings
score: 41,
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| 1082 |
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Rilla of Ingleside
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4.24 avg rating — 55,681 ratings
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| 1084 |
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The Great Shark Mystery (Boxcar Children Mystery & Activities Specials #20)
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Gertrude Chandler Warner (Creator)
4.04 avg rating — 228 ratings
score: 40,
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| 1084 |
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Arthur's Eyes (Arthur Adventure Series)
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4.18 avg rating — 9,737 ratings
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| 1086 |
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Lindsey
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3.81 avg rating — 508 ratings
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| 1086 |
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Linnea in Monet's Garden
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4.19 avg rating — 3,627 ratings
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| 1086 |
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The Blue Fairy Book
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Andrew Lang (Editor)
4.05 avg rating — 10,278 ratings
score: 38,
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| 1089 |
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The Journey
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3.34 avg rating — 334 ratings
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| 1089 |
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The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad
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4.08 avg rating — 559 ratings
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| 1089 |
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Madame Doubtfire
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Anne Fine (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 3,843 ratings
score: 37,
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| 1092 |
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Letters from the Inside
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3.70 avg rating — 5,652 ratings
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| 1092 |
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To the Stars, Isabelle
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3.94 avg rating — 279 ratings
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| 1094 |
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Heartbeat
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3.94 avg rating — 10,413 ratings
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| 1094 |
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Isabelle (Isabelle #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 808 ratings
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| 1096 |
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Designs By Isabelle
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4.12 avg rating — 424 ratings
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| 1096 |
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The Book of Virtues
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4.25 avg rating — 8,888 ratings
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| 1098 |
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Homer Price
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4.09 avg rating — 22,986 ratings
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| 1099 |
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Bumbreath, Botox and Bubbles and other Fully Sick Science Moments (New Moments in Science , #5)
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3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings
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| 1099 |
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The Swiss Family Robinson
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3.91 avg rating — 109,273 ratings
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Dec 14, 2009 06:43PM
WHat a great list! I have read many of these in Elementary school and loved all of them!!!
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I was trying to think of books I could buy my niece for her upcoming fifth birthday - this list was a great place to start.
Great list to remember for Sarah and Mark.
I was looking for a new chapter book for my class as a read-aloud (we just finished #7), and I found this list - it's great! I'm having them vote on their favourite from the top 10 tomorrow!
a realy good book is dear mr. henshaw by beverly cleary it's about a boy named leigh botts and he has a s.a on a good book so he doe's mr. henshaw.
oh poo i came to this place to find dork diaries do they have it
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Adam Fites reads, writes, and makes his home in Seattle. He works in the library of a public school in nearby Kent, where he was the 2023–2024...
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