 | The Jungle Book (Books of Wonder) by Rudyard Kipling
Buy new: $17.15 / Used from: $0.34 Mowgli. Need I say more? Read-aloud ages 8 & up, reading level ages 10 & up.
|
 | The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Buy new: $32.95 / Used from: $21.99 Includes "The White Seal" and other stories set in the Far North, so it's kind of misnamed; but does include one rarely seen Mowgli story, "In the Rukh." 12 and up.
|
 | Swallows and Amazons (Godine Storyteller) by Arthur Ransome
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.80 First of six volumes about a group of adventurous children who roam the English countryside and actually know how to sail. Thick with nautical description, doesn't talk down to the young reader.
|
 | Peter Duck: A Treasure Hunt in the Caribbees (Godine Storyteller) by Arthur Ransome
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.99 Just what it says - with the Swallows & Amazons crew. Read-aloud ages 8 & up, reading level ages 10 & up.
|
 | We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Godine Storyteller) by Arthur Ransome
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.66 A great story: the Swallows & Amazons crew discover that their abilities outrun their ambition - a great moral tonic for kids *and* a rattling good adventure.
|
 | Finn Family Moomintroll (Moomintrolls) by Tove Jansson
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.01 A cozy little fantasy world sprouts amazing adventures. First of six; this may be the best. Read-aloud ages 5 & up, reading level ages 8 & up.
|
 | Moominvalley in November (Moomintrolls) by Tove Jansson
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.50 The most somber of the Moomin series - which is an integral part of its appeal. Read-aloud ages 5 & up, reading level ages 8 & up
|
 | Nurse Matilda (Gregg Press children's literature series) by Christianna Brand
Buy used from: $2.99 Two clueless upper-class parents, their TWENTY demon children, and the magical nanny who brings them into line without turning a hair. For youngish children
|
| The Great Quillow by James Thurber
Buy used from: $2.83 Courageous toymaker saves the town from the wicked giant by, well, making toys. And otherwise messing with the oppressor's mind. Ages 8 to old age.
|
 | Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.93 Diana Wynn Jones is an artist. There's a good deal of twilight-zoning in her work. Ages 12 up.
|
 | Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones
Buy used from: $5.85 Another bizarre winner with time travel and sibling rivalry. Ages 12 up.
|
 | Bartholomew and the Oobleck: (Caldecott Honor Book) (Classic Seuss) by Dr. Seuss
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.49 One of the few Dr. Seuss books that doesn't rhyme, a great story about fulfillment and responsibility. Ages 8 up.
|
 | The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.80 Good solid adventure novel, with SMARTS, about revolution in a penal colony on the moon. A classic, one of Heinlein's best. For teens.
|
 | Planet of Adventure by Jack Vance
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $6.35 Beautiful, arcane language, flawlessly realized exotic countries, vivid aliens. Nobody has ever surpassed the Dirdir or the Pnume. For teens.
|
Listmania!
