18 books like Where the Sidewalk Ends
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
In this joyous ode to life, Dr. Seuss addresses graduates of all ages, from nursery school to medical school, and gives them the get-up-and-go to move mountains with the unrivaled exuberance and charm that have made Dr. Seuss's books favorites for years.
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The Cat in the Hat
Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat, who shows them some tricks and games. Includes a Latin-English glossary and a note on the verse form and rhythm.
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The Great Gatsby
Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts.
"There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to…
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Matilda
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin 11 months later.
In…
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The BFG
This book is a great book for all ages. It is a fantasy/adventure book.The BFG stands for 'Big Friendly Giant'. He isn't like other giants, instead of going out to different countries to eat children he catches dreams. When he find's a little orphan girl watching him, he kidnaps her because he doesn't want anyone to find out that he was there, but when they arrive at giant's land they become…
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Why War Is Never a Good Idea
Simple, rhythmic text explores the wanton destructiveness of War, which has grown old but not wise, as it demolishes nice people and beautiful things with no consideration for the consequence
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When we were very young
A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
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The bad child's book of beasts
Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was an Anglo-French writer and historian. He was one of the most productive writers in England in the early twentieth century. He was a well-known writer, poet, satirist, orator, sailor, soldier, man of letters, and political activist. 
In his life, he wrote many poems, essays, non-fiction literature and travel writings. But, he was best-known by…
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You read to me, I'll read to you
Here's a book With something new - You read to me! I'll read to you! We'll read each page To one another - You'll read one side, I the other. But who will read - Now guess this riddle - When the words are In the middle? The answer's easy! Plain as pie! We'll read together, You and I.
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The Story of Ferdinand
A gentle bull who likes to sit quietly and smell flowers is entered in a bullfight.
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The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror
Walter Galt, Winston Bongo, and their female friend Rat have an adventure involving a beatnik poet and a werewolf.
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'Twas the Night before Christmas
The Coca-Cola Company's Santa are used to illustrate the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.
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Winnie Says Cheese
¡A la bruja Winnie le encantan los retos! Ganarle al hada de los dientes, atrapar las pulgas de Wilbur, formar su propia orquesta y cambiar de apariencia...
If you think you know Winnie the Witch, think again! In 'Winnie y el hada de los dientes' you'll find out what Winnie does when she realises she's not the only one with the ability to wave a wand; in 'Winnie, la bruja-orquesta' she tries to…
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper pipes the village free of rats, and when the villagers refuse to pay him for the service he exacts a terrible revenge.
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Konek-gorbunok
Children's poem about a young farmer who with the help of his magical horse becomes Tsar of Russia.
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The Pooh Perplex
In this devastatingly funny classic, Frederick Crews skewers the ego-inflated pretensions of the schools and practitioners of literary criticism popular in the 1960s, including Freudians, Aristotelians, and New Critics. Modeled on the "casebooks" often used in freshman English classes at the time, The Pooh Perplex contains twelve essays written in different critical voices, complete with…
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The Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer. It was published in 1961 by Random House (USA). It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, drives through it in his toy car, transporting him to the Kingdom of Wisdom, once…
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