A Classic List Of Must-Read Children's Books
Lesley Blume's Recommended List of Classic Children's Literature:
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner, paperback, 154 pages, Albert Whitman & Company, List Price: $4.99
The Witches by Roald Dahl, paperback, 208 pages, Puffin, List Price: $6.99
The Devil's Storybook by Natalie Babbitt, paperback, 112 pages, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, List Price: $7.95
| Interest Level: | Grades 3-5 |
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| Grade level Equivalent: | 4.7 |
| Genre: | Fables, Folk Tales and Myths, Comedy and Humor, Short Stories |
Daddy Long-Legs by Jean Webster, paperback, 116 pages, Aegypan, List Price: $9.95
| Interest Level: | Grades 6-8 |
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| Grade level Equivalent: | 6.7 |
| Genre: | Mystery and Suspense |
Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers, paperback, 176 pages, HarperTeen, List Price: $5.99
| Interest Level: | Grades 6-8 |
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| Grade level Equivalent: | 5.1 |
| Genre: | Comedy and Humor, Fantasy |
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer, hardcover, 256 pages, Random House, List Price: $19.95
The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois, paperback, 192 pages, Puffin, List Price: $6.99 --- ???
| Interest Level: | Grades 3-5 |
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| Grade level Equivalent: | 5.7 |
| Genre: | Adventure, Classics, Science Fiction and Fantasy |
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg, paperback, 176 pages, Aladdin, List Price: $9.99
| Interest Level: | Grades 3-7 |
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| Grade level Equivalent: | 6.8 |
| Genre: | Adventure, Classics, Mystery and Suspense |
Watership Down by Richard Adams, paperback, 476 pages, Scribner, List Price: $16
| Interest Level: | Grades 9-12 |
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| Grade level Equivalent: | 7.4 |
| Genre: | Adventure, Classics, Fantasy, Animal Stories |
The House with the Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs, illustrated by Edward Gorey, paperback, 192 pages, Puffin, List Price: $5.99
| Interest Level: | Grades 6-8 |
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| Grade level Equivalent: | 5.4 |
| Genre: | Science Fiction and Fantasy |
