Reading Themes -> The Classics

Alcott, Louise. Little Women - J Fic Alcott
The story of five sisters growing up in 19th century Massachusetts during the Civil War.

Alexander, Lloyd. Book of Three - J Fic Alexander
In the kingdom of Prydain, an assistant Pigkeeper sets out in quest of his true parents and knightly adventure.

Atwater, Richard. Mr. Popper’s Penguins - J Fic Atwater
When the Poppers become the unexpected owners of a family of penguins, the hilarity begins

Babbit, Natalie. Tuck Everlasting - J Fic Babbit
Ten year old Winnie discovers the magic spring that gives the Tuck family eternal life and is faced with some difficult decisions.

Bagnold, Enid. National Velvet - J Fic Bagnold
An English girl wins a magnificent horse in a lottery and is determined to enter and win the Grand National Steeplechase even through girls are not allowed.

Borne, J. M. Peter Pan - J Fic Borne
Peter Pan, the boy who will never grow up, flies off with Wendy and her brothers to Never-Never Land where they share many adventures.

Baum, Frank. Wizard of Oz - J Fic Baum
The adventures of Dorothy and her visit to the Land of Oz, where she meets Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, and the Cowardly Lion.

Brink, Carol Ryrie. Caddie Woodlawn - Newbery - J Fic Brink
The adventures of an eleven year old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.

Burnett, Frances. Little Lord Fauntleroy - J Fic Burnett
The adventure of a poor boy living in New York City who goes to live in a castle in England with his gruff grandfather.

Burnett, Frances. Little Princess - J Fic Burnett
Sara Crewe, a student at Miss Minchin’s boarding school is left penniless after her father dies and is at the mercy of the cruel headmistress.

Burnett, Frances. The Secret Garden - J Fic Burett
Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - J Fic Carroll
When Alice falls down a rabbit hole, she enters a fantasy world filled with nonsensical creatures such as the Mad Hatter and the Chesire Cat.

Christopher, John. The White Mountains - J Sci Fic Christopher
Young Will Parker and his companions must escape from the ruling Tripods, who seek to control the minds of all earthlings.

Clemens, Samuel. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - J Fic Clemens
The rollicking account of a boy, a river, and adventures both hilarious and suspenseful, Tom Sawyer is a colorful portrait of a small-town boy in Hannibal, Missouri.

Dahl, Roald. James and the Giant Peach - J Fic Dahl
As an orphan James is forced to live with two nasty aunts until he discovers a new world inside a giant peach.

Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarah Noble - J Fic Dalgliesh
A courageous eight-year-old goes with her father to build a house in the Connecticut wilderness and stays with Indians while her father goes bock for the rest of the family.

Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe - J Fic Defoe
Crusoe tells how he manages to survive 28 years after being shipwrecked on a remote island.

Dodge, Mary Mopes. Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates - J Fic Dodge
Hans hopes to win the skating contest and the grand prize of silver skates, but he has only homemade wooden skates to race with.

Du Bois, William. The Twenty-one Balloons - Newbery - J Fic DuBois
Professor Sherman has one of the most incredibly fabulous
voyages in the history of travel.

Fanley, Walter. Black Stallion - J Fic Fanley
The exciting story of a wild Arabian stallion and the boy who trained him to race.

Frobes, Esther. Johnny Tremain - Newbery - J Fic Frobes
After a malicious prank ends his career as a silversmith, Johnny becomes involved in activities leading up to the Boston Tea Party.

George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain - J Fic George
Sam spends a whole year by himself in the Catskill Mountains in an exciting story of survival.

Gipson, Fred. Old Yeller - J Fic Gipson
Set in 1860 Texas, a boy is left in charge of the family farm with the assistance of a big, yellow dog.

Grahame, Kenneth. The Reluctant Dragon - J Fic Grahame
The story of a boy who has to protect a harmless, lazy dragon from St. George, the dragon slayer.

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows - J Fic Grahame
The escapades of Rat, Mole, and Toad along a river in the English countryside.

Haywood, Carolyn. B is for Betsy - J Fic Haywood
The fun and challenges of six-year-old Betsy during her first year of school.

Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague - J Fic Henry
The story of “Misty” the wild pony who grows up on Chincoteague island off the coast of Virginia.

Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth - J Fic Juster
Milo, a bored ten-year-old comes home to find a large toy tollbooth in his room which is the gateway to a whole other world.

Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book - J Fic Kipling
Mowgli, a child raised by wolves learns the ways of the jungle from a variety of exceptional animals.

Kjelgaard, James. Big Red - J Fic Kjelgaard
Adventures of an Irish setter and the boy who trained him in the wilderness.

Lawson, Robert. Ben and Me - J Fic Lawson
This “diary” by Amos the mouse provides a mouse-eye view of the major events in Ben Franklin’s life.

L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time - J Sci Fic L’Engle
With the help of three strange beings, Meg and her brother travel through time and space to rescue their father.

Lewis, C. S.. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - J Fic Lewis
Four children discover the magic land of Narnia when they walk into an antique wardrobe.

Lofting, Hugh. The Story of Dr. Dolittle - J Fic Lofting
In this first book of the series, Doctor Dolittle discovers he can talk to animals.

McCloskey, Robert. Homer Price - J Fic McCloskey
Homer has adventures with a donut machine, a pet skunk and bank robbers.

Milne A. A.. Winnie-the-Pooh - J Fic Milne
The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends, Pooh, Piglet, and Roo.

Montgomery, L. M.. Anne of Green Gables - J Fic Montgomery
The Cuthberths of Green Gables got more than they expected when the orphanage sent them a mischievous, talkative, redhead named Anne.

Norton, Mary. The Borrowers - J Fic Norton
The adventures of a miniature family that lives underneath the kitchen floor of an English cottage.

O’Brien, Robert. Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - Newbery - J Fic O’Brien
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.

O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins - Newbery - J Fic O’Dell
A Native American girl spends 18 years alone on her tribe’s abandoned island off the California coast in the 1800’s.

O’Hara, Mary. My Friend Flicka - J Fic O’Hara
Through his intense devotion to the colt Flicka, a young boy, living on a Wyoming ranch, begins to learn about responsibility and gains a better understanding of his father.

Rawlings, Marjorie. The Yearling - J Fic Rawlings
The story of a boy and his pet fawn growing up in backwoods Florida, this book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939.

Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows - J Fic Rawls
The story of a country boy living in the Ozark hills who loved his hunting dogs more than anything else in the world.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. The Little Prince - J Fic Saint-Exupery
When a flier has a forced landing in the Sahara, he is met by the little Prince of Asteroid B612.

Salten, Felix. Bambi - J Fic Salten
Bambi, the deer, learns about life in the forest and being able to survive his greatest enemy—man.

Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square - J Fic Selden
Chester Cricket’s adventures with a newsstand boy, a cat and a mouse in a Mew York subway station.

Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty - J Fic Sewell
Black Beauty is a truly wonderful horse, narrating the history of his adventures, his disappointments and his joys.

Sperry,Armstrong. Call it Courage - Newbery - J Fic Sperry
Mafatu overcomes his fear of the sea in an epic journey, which gains him the respect of his people.

Spyri, Johanna. Heidi - J Fic Spyri
The adventures of Heidi, an orphan living with her crusty grandfather high up in the Swiss Alps.

Stevenson, Robert. Treasure Island - J Fic Stevenson
A thrilling tale of pirates, buried treasures, and desert islands.

Taylor, Theodore. The Cay - J Fic Taylor
Blinded by a blow to his head when Germans torpedo his ship, Phillip finds himself shipwrecked with Timothy, an old, black West Indian sailor.

Travers, P.L.. Mary Poppins - J Fic Travers
When the east wind blows in this remarkable nanny, nothing is ever the same again for the Banks family.

Verne, Jules. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - J Fic Verne
The monster roaming the seas is really the incredible invention of Captain Nemo, the first submarine.

White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web - J Fic White
The story of how a remarkable spider named Charlotte saves the life of her friend, Wilbur the Pig.

Wiggin, Kate. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - J Fic Wiggin
Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.

Wilder, Laura. Little House in the Big Woods - J Fic Wilder
In this first “A Little House” book, Laura, her sisters, Ma and Pa live in a small log cabin in Wisconsin in 1870.

Wyss, Johann. Swiss Family Robinson - J Fic Wyss
Abandoned on a deserted tropical island with little more than a few simple tools and each other, the Swiss Family Robinson must use its intelligence, courage, ingenuity, and a little humor to survive.