Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Cleverness, Mystery, Violence and Crime
No case is too tricky for the world’s most famous sleuth and his incredible powers of deduction
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 6,7,8
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Pets
Late one night Nicholas sees a witch enter his bedroom and hears her say some magic words. When he wakes up the next morning, it doesn’t take him long to realize something very strange is going on –especially when he pulls at his whiskers and watches himself go off to school.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Lite2Go
Author: Not available
Ages: 10
Genre: Fantasy
Theme(s): Life Experiences
The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat is an adventure story about boys who enter a boat race.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: L. Frank Baum
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Courage, Bravery, Heroism, Friendship
A sudden cyclone appears on a Kansas prairie and a young girl named Dorothy is carried off to a place called Munchkinland in the Land of Oz. If she ever wants to go home again, the great wizard of Oz is the only person who could help her.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 4,5,6,7,8
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Friendship, awareness, sharing
The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Lite2Go
Author: Not available
Ages: 9
Genre: Fantasy, Folklore
Theme(s): Adventure, Brothers, Deception, Family, Freedom, Knowledge, Love, Magic, Obedience, Survival
This book is a collection of traditional tales. The collection was assembled by Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang although authorship of the stories is unknown. Lang published several collections of traditional tales, collectively known as Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: Jules Verne
Ages: 10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Challenges and Overcoming Obstacles, Survival
Axel and his uncle find a note that describes a path to Earth’s center. The men climb deep inside a volcano and discover amazing wonders.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Conflict resolution, art
What begins as a neighborly overture between a painterly pig and an artsy cow escalates into a monumental modern art mess.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Lite2Go
Author: Not available
Ages: 10
Genre: Fantasy, Folklore
Theme(s): 19th Century Literature, British Literature, Children’s Literature, Childrenõs Literature, Fairy Tales, The Light Princess
A princess is cursed to have no gravity.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: Carlo Collodi
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Kindness and Compassion, Lonliness, Honesty
Pinocchio is determined to make good, but his slightly wicked schemes get the better of him time and again. Will he ever realize his dream of becoming a real boy?
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 7,8,9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Perseverance, Sports (baseball), Self-Esteem, Achieving Goals/Determination, Breaking Gender barriers
Marcenia Lyle is the best baseball player in her neighborhood, even though her parents don’t understand why she can’t love “girl” activities instead. Determined not to let anyone or anything stand in the way of making her dream of playing professional baseball come true, Marcenia works extra hard to change the minds of a famous scout and her doubting father.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Lite2Go
Author: Not available
Ages: 10
Genre: Fantasy
Theme(s): Adventure
The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat tells the story of Jerry, a young muskrat, and his adventures in escaping the Farmer and his son, and saving the Laughing Brook and his home at the Smiling Pool from drying up. The story also features Grandfather Frog, Joe Otter, Billy Mink, and Paddy the Beaver
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Kindness and Compassion, Romantic Relationships
Jane comes from nothing but she desires everything life can offer her. She finds work as a governess in a mysterious mansion and meets the darkly fascinating Mr Rochester.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 7,8,9
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Integrity, problem-solving
Georgie wakes up to a freezing morning in 1920s Pennsylvania and gets the bad news that there is no coal to heat the farmhouse―and he knows there is no money to buy more, either. Just after he finds this out, along comes his friend Harley, who drags him off on an adventure to find some mysterious “black gold.” Before Georgie can catch his breath, he’s in a pile of trouble―all the way up to his ears!
Parent Guide: https://www.storylineonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/TheCoalThief_ActivityGuide.pdf
Source: Lite2Go
Author: Not available
Ages: 9
Genre: Fantasy
Theme(s): Children’s Stories
Little Bear at Work and at Play is about the adventures of Little Bear and his friends.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Civil War and Reconstruction, Coming of Age, Siblings
The endearing March sisters: talented tomboy Jo, pretty Meg, shy Beth, temperamental Amy, grow up in Civil War New England amd blossom from “little women” into adults
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Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 8,9
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Jazz music, Family & Community, Helping Others
Sonny and his mother are scraping by to pay their rent. When Mama loses her job, they no longer have enough money for the rent and fear that the landlord will turn them out. One day Sonny meets Smilin’ Jack, a jazz musician who is playing his trumpet in Jackson Square. Sonny learns how people can help one another “if they put their minds and hearts to it.”
Parent Guide: https://www.storylineonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RentPartyJazz_FamilyActivityGuide.pdf
Source: Lite2Go
Author: Not available
Ages: 9
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Theme(s): Freedom, Hypocrisy, Morality, Society
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is set in the 1840’s in the fictitious town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom lives with his deceased mother’s sister, Aunt Polly, and his half-brother, Sid. After Tom plays hooky from school, he is made to whitewash Aunt Polly’s fence as punishment, but persuades his friends to do it for him. Tom’s real trouble begins when he and Huck Finn witness a murder committed by Injun Joe. They swear to never tell, and the wrong man, Muff Potter, is accused of the crime. Tom, Huck, and a friend run away to be pirates, but become aware that the whole town is searching for their bodies. Each of the boys make an appearance at their own funerals, where they are greeted with open arms. As Muff Potter’s trial begins, Tom is overcome with guilt and testifies against Injun Joe, who quickly flees the courtroom. Later, on a class field trip to a cave, Tom and his love interest, Becky Thatcher, get lost. As they run out of food and candles searching for a way out, Tom and Becky come upon Injun Joe, who is using the cave as a hideout. Tom finds a way out just as the search party is giving up. The town rejoices and Judge Thatcher, Becky’s father, has the cave sealed, unknowingly trapping Injun Joe inside where he starves to death.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: Charles Dickens
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Abuse and Neglect, Homelessness and Poverty, Survival, Violence and Crime, Kindness and Compassion
Orphaned as soon as he is born, Oliver Twist miraculously survives years of neglect, hunger, and violence. On his eighth birthday he is taken to the workhouse, and now his troubles are really about to begin.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Jonah Winter
Ages: 8,9,10
Genre: Historical Fiction
Theme(s): Accountability, Responsibility, Environmentalism, Community
Before everyone recycled…there was a town that had 3,168 tons of garbage and nowhere to put it. What did they do? Enter the Garbage Barge! This mostly true and completely stinky story is sure to make you say “Pee-yew!”
Parent Guide: https://www.storylineonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/GarbageBarge_FamilyActivityGuide.pdf