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XemaSab

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14. One of the shorter Beverly Cleary books

Reply to madmom (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2012, 12:02 PM

May 2012

or Homer Price/Centerburg Tales by Robert McCloskey.

(One of the advantages of Homer Price is that each chapter stands alone, so if you don't get all the way through the book it's not a disaster. The stories are also fun for a wide age range.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Price

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Asking for book suggestions.... [View all] madmom May 2012 OP

age group? . . . The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exuprey patrice May 2012 #1

Any Dr. Seuss. & There's a whole bunch of Oz books. & All Laura Ingalls Wilder patrice May 2012 #2

The Red Pony Cracklin Charlie May 2012 #3

Any James Fenimore Cooper - Last of the Mohicans etc. & any Mark Twain patrice May 2012 #4

Truman Capote wrote some AWESOME short stories. patrice May 2012 #5

"A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle. Won a coalition_unwilling May 2012 #6

Seconded Vanje May 2012 #11

Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind - for adolescents & teens. patrice May 2012 #7

Harry Potter pscot May 2012 #8

"The Space Chronicles" by Neil deGrasse Tyson JohnnyRingo May 2012 #9

The Phantom Tollbooth Proud Public Servant May 2012 #10

Read aloud favorite - canoeist52 May 2012 #12

Thanks everyone, these are wonderful suggestions. We are not sure yet what madmom May 2012 #13

One of the shorter Beverly Cleary books XemaSab May 2012 #14

The Secret Garden B2G May 2012 #15