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My original post: I am looking for some suggestions for chapter books to read to a 5 year old girl. She already knows and loves* Charlotte's Web* and *The* *Wizard of Oz.* The suggestions which I received were: Little House by Wilder Betsy by Haywood Anything by Beverly Cleary Bond - Paddington Bear series Milne - Winnie the Pooh Osbourne - Magic Treehouse series Heidi by Johanna Spyri Mogo, the Third Warthog, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor The Wayside School series by Louis Sachar The Boxcar Children series Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Stuart Little and Trumpet of the Swans by E.B. White Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers *The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread* by Kate DiCamillo *Because of Winn-Dixie* by Kate DiCamillo *Ella Enchanted* by Gail Carson Levine *Afternoon of the Elves* by Janet Taylor Lisle *Sarah, Plain and Tall* by Patricia MacLachlan* Summer of the Swans* by Betsy Byars *A Wrinkle in Time* by Madeleine L'Engle *Island of the Blue Dolphins* by Scott O'Dell *The Cricket In Times Square* by George Selden *Gone-Away Lake* by Elizabeth Enright *My Father's Dragon* by Ruth S. Gannett *Misty of Chincoteague* by Marguerite Henry The Doll People & sequels Gooseberry Park Toy Dance Party and Toys Go Out by Jenkins and Zelinsky First books of the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace. Look at the list of 100 best children's books that was recently put together by Elizabeth Bird at SLJ.com. Here is a link to the list: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1820053782.html?q=top+100+children%27s+books+list Clementine series by Sara Pennypacker The Alvin Ho books by Lenore Look. All are clever, funny, and fun, and age-appropriate. "All-of-a-Kind Family" series by Sydney Taylor; Wonderful stories of a warm loving family of girls, set in the early 1900's New York. Hank the Cowdog series Classics like Black Beauty, Little Women, The Swiss Family Robinson, Amelia Bedelia has chapter books, Pony Pals, Fudge by Judy Blume. The Magic Faraway Tree series and Wishing Chair series by Enid Blyton. Experience has shown them to be timeless. Disney - 101 Dalmatians, Bambi , Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Mary Poppins, -- the chapter book which Disney adapted. King-Smith, Dick. A Mouse Called Wolf Thank you! Leah Moskovits, Librarian Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, NJ LMoskovits@gmail.com * * -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * To contact an LM_NET Moderator: LM_NET-request@listserv.syr.edu * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------