Anna's Children's Books

I currently have a collection of children's books that I enjoyed throughout my growing-up years. These are all what might be called "chapter books," although they range from very easy early readers to young adult fiction. I've limited myself to books I enjoyed from age 6 to age 13 in this collection.

Most of these books are the originals that I bought or had given to me as gifts, but over the years I've been adding other books to my collection. These are the ones that I had either given away or had lost. My favorite newsgroup rec.arts.books.childrens was a lifesaver when it came to identifying some of the books I'd forgotten the titles of. If you're desperately searching for a childhood favorite, ask these folks!

My collection:

The Adventures of Ulysses (Bernard Evslin)
After the Dancing Days (Margaret I. Rostkowski)
All-Of-A-Kind Family (Sydney Taylor)
All-Of-A-Kind Family Downtown (Sydney Taylor)
All-Of-A-Kind Family Uptown (Sydney Taylor)
Animal Inn #1-11 (Virginia Vail)
Anne’s House of Dreams (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Avonlea (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Ingleside (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of the Island (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Windy Poplars (L.M. Montgomery)
As the Waltz Was Ending (Emma Macalik Butterworth)
Baby Island (Carol Ryrie Brink)
Babysitter’s Club #1-43 (Ann M. Martin)
Bananas B- Guide to School Survival (Pat and Joe Arthur)
Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee (Patricia Beatty)
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (Charles M. Schultz)
Beezus and Ramona (Beverly Cleary)
Belles On Their Toes (Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey)
Benjy and the Power of Zingies (Jean Van Leeuwen)
Benjy in Business (Jean Van Leeuwen)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Barbara Robinson)
Best in Children’s Books (Nelson, Doubleday, Inc.)
The Best-Loved Doll (Rebecca Caudill)
The Birds’ Christmas Carol (Kate Douglas Wiggin)
Blue Willow (Doris Gates)
The Boxcar Children #1-5 (Gertrude Chandler Warner)
Boy: Tales of Childhood (Roald Dahl)
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bummer Summer (Ann M. Martin)
Bunnicula (Deborah and James Howe)
By the Shores of Silver Lake (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Caddie Woodlawn (Carol Ryrie Brink)
Calico Bush (Rachel Field)
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the U.F.O. (David A. Alder)
Caught in the Act (Joan Lowery Nixon)
Charley Skedaddle (Patricia Beatty)
Cheaper By the Dozen (Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey)
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
Clues in the Woods (Peggy Parish)
The Cool Kids’ Guide to Summer Camp (Jovial Bob Stine and Jane Stine)
Courage Mountain: The Further Adventures of Heidi (Fred and Mark Brogger)
Crazy Laws (Dick Hyman)
Danny the Champion of the World (Roald Dahl)
Darci in Cabin 13 (Martha Tolles)
Dead Birds Singing (Marc Talbert)
Dear Dad, Love Laurie (Susan Beth Pfeffer)
Dear Mr. Henshaw (Beverly Cleary)
The Devil’s Arithmetic (Jane Yolen)
Do-It-Yourself Magic (Ruth Chew)
The Dolphins and Me (Don C. Reed)
Down the Long Hills (Louis L’Amour)
A Dream for Addie (Gail Rock)
Elephant in the Kitchen (Winsome Smith)
Ella of All-Of-A-Kind Family (Sydney Taylor)
Ellen Tebbits (Beverly Cleary)
Emily’s Quest (L.M. Montgomery)
Emily Climbs (L.M. Montgomery)
Emily of New Moon (L.M. Montgomery)
Escape to Witch Mountain (Alexander Key)
Explore the 50 States (Marcie Anderson)
Facts and Fun About the Presidents (George Sullivan)
The Fairy Rebel (Lynne Reid Banks)
A Family Apart (Joan Lowery Nixon)
The Family Circus Is Very Keane (Bil Keane)
Farmer Boy (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Father’s Arcane Daughter (E.L. Konigsburg)
The First Four Years (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Margaret Sidney)
The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates (Susan Shreve)
The Flying Saucer Mystery (Carolyn Keene)
Freckle Juice (Judy Blume)
Frederick Douglass Fights for Freedom (Margaret Davidson)
Freedom Crossing (Margaret Goff Clark)
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman (Dorothy Sterling)
From Anna (Jean Little)
Fudge-A-Mania (Judy Blume)
A Gathering of Days (Joan W. Blos)
George’s Marvelous Medicine (Roald Dahl)
A Girl From Yamhill (Beverly Cleary)
The Girl with Silver Eyes (Willo Davis Roberts)
The Golden Road (L.M. Montgomery)
Gonna Bake Me a Rainbow Poem (Peter Sears)
Good Night Mr. Tom (Michelle Magorian)
Happy Little Family (Rebecca Caudill)
Haunted Halloween Party (Susan Saunders)
Haunted House (Peggy Parish)
Heidi’s Children (Charles Tritten)
Heidi Grows Up (Charles Tritten)
Henriette, the Story of a Doll (Tracy Friedman)
A Home For Jessie (Christine Pullein-Thompson)
Home in Time for Christmas (R.A. Montgomery and Shannon Gilligan)
Homesick: My Own Story (Jean Fritz)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Elizabeth Faucher)
The Horse and His Boy (C.S. Lewis)
Horses and Ponies (E.M. McGowan)
The House on the Volcano (Virginia Nielsen)
The House Without a Christmas Tree (Gail Rock)
How I Trained My Colt (Sandy Rabinowitz)
How To Be Funny (Jovial Bob Stine)
How to Care For Your Monster (Norman Bridwell)
Humphrey: The Wayward Whale (Ernest Callenbach and Christine Leefeldt)
The Hundred and One Dalmations (Dodie Smith)
Hurricanes and Twisters (Robert Irving)
I, Houdini (Lynne Reid Banks)
If You Lived in Colonial Times (Ann McGovern)
If You Traveled On the Underground Railroad (Ellen Levine)
In the Face of Danger (Joan Lowery Nixon)
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (Bette Bao Lord)
The Indian Book (Childcraft Annual)
The Indian in the Cupboard (Lynne Reid Banks)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Les Marton)
Inside Out (Ann M. Martin)
Inventions No One Mentions (Chip Lovitt)
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O’Dell)
It’s Not Fair! (Beth Goodman)
Jane of Lantern Hill (L.M. Montgomery)
Journey to America (Sonia Levitin)
Jungle Safari (Edward Packard)
Kate’s Book (Mary Francis Shura)
Kate’s House (Mary Francis Shura)
Key to the Treasure (Peggy Parish)
A Kid’s Guide to Understanding Parents (Joy Wilt)
The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up In the Little House (Patricia Reilly Giff)
Let’s Celebrate Christmas (Horace J. Gardner)
A Light in the Attic (Shel Silverstein)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
Little Town on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
The Long Winter (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Ludie’s Song (Dirlie Herlihy)
Magic for Marigold (L.M. Montgomery)
Magical Melons (Carol Ryrie Bank)
The Magician’s Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
Mandy (Julie Edwards)
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Me and Katie, The Pest (Ann M. Martin)
Megan’s Island (Willo Davis Roberts)
Mistress Pat (L.M. Montgomery)
Mitch and Amy (Beverly Cleary)
Monster Holidays (Norman Bridwell)
Monster Manners (Joanna Cole)
A Month of Seven Days (Shirley Climo)
More All-Of-A-Kind Family (Sydney Taylor)
Mostly Magic (Ruth Chew)
Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Richard and Florence Atwater)
Murf the Monster (Nora Logan)
My Sister, The Meanie (Candice F. Ransom)
Mysterious Max (Megan Stine and H. William Stine)
Night of the Twisters (Ivy Ruckman)
No Such Thing As a Witch (Ruth Chew)
Number the Stars (Lois Lowry)
On the Banks of Plum Creek (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
The One and Only Bunbun (Susan Clymer)
Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great (Judy Blume)
Our American Presidents (Joan Bumann and John Patterson)
Panky and William (Nancy Saxon)
Panky in the Saddle (Nancy Saxon)
A Papa Like Everyone Else (Sydney Taylor)
Pat of Silver Bush (L.M. Montgomery)
Patti’s Luck (Susan Saunders)
The Perfect Planet (Edward Packard)
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
A Place to Belong (Joan Lowery Nixon)
Plain Girl (Virginia Sorenson)
Pollyanna (Eleanor Porter)
Poppy and the Outdoors Cat (Dorothy Haas)
Prairie Songs (Pam Conrad)
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
Raggedy Ann Stories (Johnny Gruelle)
Rainbow Valley (L.M. Montgomery)
Ralph S. Mouse (Beverly Cleary)
Ramona and Her Father (Beverly Cleary)
Ramona and Her Mother (Beverly Cleary)
Ramona Forever (Beverly Cleary)
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Beverly Cleary)
Ramona the Brave (Beverly Cleary)
Ramona the Pest (Beverly Cleary)
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Return of the Indian (Lynne Reid Banks)
Return of the Ninja (Jay Leibold)
Rilla of Ingleside (L.M. Montgomery)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Mildred D. Taylor)
Runaway Ralph (Beverly Cleary)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Patricia MacLachlan)
Save Queen of Sheba (Louise Moeri)
School Daze (Arthur Liebers)
Schoolhouse in the Woods (Rebecca Caudill)
Schoolroom in the Parlor (Rebecca Caudill)
Scream Cheese and Jelly (Victoria Gomez)
The Secret Hide-Out (John Peterson)
Secret of the Indian (Lynne Reid Banks)
Sevengill: The Shark and Me (Don C. Reed)
Shades of Gray (Carolyn Reeder)
Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Louis Sachar)
The Silver Chair (C.S. Lewis)
The Slave Dancer (Paula Fox)
The Snake That Went to School (Lilian Moore)
Spacecamp (Joe Claro)
Stage Fright (Ann M. Martin)
Stall Buddies (Penny Pollack)
The Story Girl (L.M. Montgomery)
The Story of Helen Keller (Lorena A. Hickok)
The Story of Holly and Ivy (Rumer Godden)
Striped Ice Cream (Joan M. Lexau)
Sugar Isn’t Everything (Willo Davis Roberts)
Sugarcane Island (Edward Packard)
Summer Daze (Ann McGovern)
Summer of the Monkeys (Wilson Rawls)
Superfudge (Judy Blume)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Judy Blume)
Ten Kids, No Pets (Ann M. Martin)
The Ten O’Clock Club (Carol Beach York)
Ten Tales of Christmas (Lynne G. Miller)
These Happy Golden Years (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
They Led the Way: 14 American Women (Johanna Johnston)
Thursday’s Child (Noel Streatfeild)
To Be a Slave (Julius Lester)
Toby Tyler: Or Ten Weeks With a Circus (James Otis)
Transformers: Dinobots Strike Back (Casey Todd)
The Trouble With Thirteen (Betty Miles)
Turn Homeward, Hannalee (Patricia Beatty)
Up and Down the River (Rebecca Caudill)
The Upstairs Room (Johanna Reiss)
The Velvet Room (Zilpha Keatley Snyder)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
Wayside School is Falling Down (Louis Sachar)
What Makes Me Feel This Way? (Eda LeShan)
What the Witch Left (Ruth Chew)
When’s Later, Daddy? (Bil Keane)
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Who Invented Rain? (Bil Keane)
Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey? (Edward Packard)
Willow (Joan D. Vinge)
The Witch’s Buttons (Ruth Chew)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare)
The Witches (Roald Dahl)
With You and Without You (Ann M. Martin)
You’ve Been Away All Summer (Sheila Hayes)
You Are a Shark (Edward Packard)
You Are Invisible (Susan Saunders)
You Be the Jury (Marvin Miller)
You in the 21st Century (Joe Arthur)
You Shouldn’t Have to Say Good-bye (Patricia Hermes)
Yours Till Niagara Falls, Abby (Jane O’Connor)

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