18 books like Farmer Boy
The Long Winter
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
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Little House in the Big Woods
The first in a series of truly charming tales of life on the early American frontier, Little House in the Big Woods introduces us to Laura Ingalls, her Ma and Pa, big sister Mary and Baby Carrie. She lives in an isolated cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and spends her days helping Ma with household chores, learning how to care for a house, farm and family. The descriptions of typical…
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On the Banks of Plum Creek
Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.
Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Family life, Family, Children's fiction
How I Live Now
"Every war has turning points and every person too."Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more…
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Little Town on the Prairie
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.
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There's a Zombie in the Basement
Milo won't fall asleep because he things the monsters in the basement are gonna get him. And, if he can't get to sleep, no one will. Mom and Dad better hope his wild imagination doesn't get the best of him.
Shares: Boys, Children's fiction
Five on Finniston Farm
There's a ruined castle on Finniston Farm, but only the dungeons remain -- and nobody knows where they are! The Famous Five are determined to find them -- and whatever is hidden in them -- but they are not alone. Someone else wants to know, too. The question is: can the Five get there first?
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Dragon's Merry Christmas (Dragon Tales)
Dragon has a merry time in the Christmas season, decorating a tree outdoors, making a chocolate candy wreath, and sharing his Christmas gifts with needy animals.
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David goes to school
David's activities in school include chewing gum, talking out of turn, and engaging in a food fight, causing his teacher to say over and over, "No, David!"
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The Jolly Postman
This gorgeously illustrated, full-color classic celebrates a time before email by depicting amusing correspondence between fairy tale and Mother Goose characters. What could possibly be in a letter from Goldilocks to the Three Bears? Who would write to the Wicked Witch? Open this book, take out the letters, and discover what favorite characters would write to each other--and reimagine best-loved…
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The Daredevil Desperados of Destiny
"In this journal you'll find out...What to do if chased by a two-headed vulture...Who is the most wanted outlaw in the wild and wicked West...Why it's best not to lasso a cougar by the tail..."--p.[4] of cover.
Shares: Novela juvenil, Spanish language materials, Children's fiction
Love, Splat
Splat the cat has a special valentine for a certain someone in his class.
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Maura's angel
Just when her home life and the circumstances in violence-plagued Belfast seem more than she can bear, eleven-year-old Maura encounters an unusual person whose name, Angela, gives a clue to her real identity.
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Paul the Peddler
Young Paul is determined to win a better life for his mother, and he sets out on a whirlwind of entrepreneurial jobs to try to make a good living. From selling candy packages outside the post office to neckties from a cart, he will try his hand at anything to turn a profit. A rousing tale of moral triumph and free trade, "Paul the Peddler" is Horatio Alger at his best.
Shares: Boys, Children's fiction
Eloise
Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York. She is not yet pretty but she is already a Person. She is interested in people when they are not boring. If you take her home with you, you will always be glad you did.
Shares: Novela juvenil, New york, Children's fiction
Huntress
Jez who's half vampire wants to stay faithful to the human she loves but she's irresistibly drawn to a seductive vampire.
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The League of Unexceptional Children
Evanston, Virginia, twelve-year-olds Jonathan Murray and Shelley Brown are completely average and forgettable until they are recruited to help the League of Unexceptional Children save the Vice President of the United States, who has been kidnapped alongwith an important code.
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One fine day
After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again
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