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DISPLAY: Cozy Up With a Classic

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Winter is almost here! It makes me want to curl up next to the fireplace with a good read-aloud next to my family. If you feel the same take a pick from these classics that have stood the test of time . . .



A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

Little Women
By Louisa May Alcott
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England.

A Little Princess
By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies, but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.

The Secret Garden
By Frances Hodgson Burnett
A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

Winnie-the-Pooh
By A. A. Milne
Presents the adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends, in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Hefalump, and Eeyore has a birthday.

Blueberries for Sal
By Robert McCloskey
Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother.

The Swiss Family Robinson
By Johann David Wyss
Relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
By Mark Twain
The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town on the early nineteenth century.

The Mitten: A Ukranian Folktale
By Jan Brett
One by one, animals in a snowy forest crawl into Nicki's lost white mitten to get warm until the bear sneezes, sending the animals flying up and out of the mitten. On each turn o the page, signature borders inspired by Ukrainian folk art hint at what animal is coming next.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
By L. Frank Baum
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
By Jon Scieszka
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.

Amelia Bedelia
By Peggy Parish
A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.

 Danny and the Dinosaur
By Syd Hoff
A little boy is surprised and pleased when one of the dinosaurs from the museum agrees to play with him.

Little Bear's Friend
Boy Else Holmelund Minarik
One summer Little Bear makes friends with Emily and her doll Lucy.

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
By Virginia Lee Burton
Although Mike Mulligan's steam shovel is too old fashioned to compete with newer models, the people of Popperville find a way to keep them working.

The Little House Books
By Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House in the Big Woods, Farmer Boy, Little House on the Prairie, and On the Banks of Plum Creek.



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