 | Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books) by Dr. Seuss
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.01 4 years old: "I am Sam. Sam I am. I do not like green eggs and ham." Ham it up with a Dr. Seuss favorite!
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 | The Complete Adventures of Curious George by H. A. Rey
Buy new: $18.90 / Used from: $9.37 5 years old: Once there was a monkey named George...I still have a stuffed monkey (George Jr.) from my kindergarten days.
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 | Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $0.02 6 years old: I've always loved the illustrations of Stellaluna trying to eat a worm...and the baby birds trying to hand upside down.
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 | Ed Emberley's Great Thumbprint Drawing Book by Ed Emberley
Buy used from: $0.01 7 years old: It was great having the thumbperson wage war against the thumbthing...
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 | 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth by The EarthWorks Group
Buy used from: $0.01 8 years old: I set out to save the world with this book as my guide. I'm still working on it!
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 | Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein
Buy new: $13.67 / Used from: $0.01 9 years old: "Johnny went to school and said/Durn I growed another head/Teacher said, it's time you knowed/The word is 'grew' instead of 'growed."
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 | Ella Enchanted (Trophy Newbery) by Gail Carson Levine
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 10 years old: My favorite book of all time. I revisit Kyrria every once in a while.
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 | The Book of Three (Prydain Chronicles) by Lloyd Alexander
Buy used from: $0.01 11 years old: Read all of the Prydain Chronicles! Taran, Eilonwy, Hen-Wen, and Fflewdder Fflam are more like friends than characters.
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 | The Giver by Lois Lowry
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.05 12 years old (good year!): Truly a reminder of how, even though the world today may be very blessed. What's a world without memories and color, where everyone is assigned a job?
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 | Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 12 years old: Karana is a female Robinson Crusoe, but her story is true. I especially enjoyed the author's note afterwards detailing the Lost Island and Karana's cormorant-feather skirt.
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 | Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 12 years old: "Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins."
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 | Death Be Not Proud (Perennial Classics) by John J. Gunther
Buy used from: $0.01 13 years old: The deeply touching true story of Johnny Gunther, who died of a brain tumor when he was seventeen. His will and humor are amazing.
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 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) by J. K. Rowling
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $0.01 14 years old: The magical world of Hogwarts doesn't promote witchcraft. It shows love, friendship, courage, and very interesting predicaments.
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 | The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank by Willy Lindwer
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $2.87 15 years old: The fact of the Holocaust is heartwrenching, though these women's courage is extraordinary.
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