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The Secret World of Arrietty: Picture Book
By Hayao Miyazaki
A family of miniature people who live beneath the floor of a country house, borrowing things they need from the humans, are forced to leave their home when their teen-aged daughter, Arietty, is seen by a human.

Charlotte's Web
By E.B. White
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
By Roald Dahl
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
By Louis Carroll
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

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.

A Wrinkle in Time
By Madeleine L'Engle
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.

Holes
By Louis Sachar
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

The Jungle Book
By Rudyard Kipling
Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.

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