Britton Reading Lists
- Reading Rainbow: Books Whose Title Contains a Color
- Books By a West Virginia Author or About West Virginia
- Pearl's Picks
- Books Set in North America
- Re-Read a Childhood Favorite
- From Book to Movie
- The "B" List
- Award Winners
- Author's Last Name Is a Color
- Books Set or Written During the 1950s
Re-Read a Childhood Favorite
There are 77 fiction titles and 4 nonfiction titles in this list.
Show Fiction Titles Show Nonfiction Titles Show All Titles
Fiction Titles
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by
A nineteenth-century novel of science fiction tells of adventures beneath the sea.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by
Huckleberry Finn, an abused outcast, rafts with Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River, where they have a variety of experiences.
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.
A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.
Anne, a mischievous, red-haired, eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by
Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, an eleven-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.
Describes the adventures of a deer in the forest as he grows into a beautiful stag.
A very small bear found by Mr. and Mrs. Brown at Paddington station becomes one of the family.
Ben and Me by
Amos, the mouse who lives in Ben Franklin's hat, explains how he is responsible for Ben Franklin's success.
Black Beauty: The Autobiography Of A Horse by
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
Young Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse destined to play an important part in his life. Following their rescue, their adventure continues in America.
Miniature people who lived in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.
Introduces the orphaned Alden family children, who make an abandoned boxcar their home, demonstrating their independence and ability to "make do."
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch Shepherd, that was kidnapped and shipped off to Alaska to work on the Klondike Gold Rush. Buck the dog quickly learns how to survive in the wild and also learns the call of the wolf.
A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship's captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.
Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games.
The story of Wilbur, the pig, smallest of the litter, who is raised by the farmer's daughter, and who finds a friend in Charlotte, the spider.
The story of an eight-year-old girl who finds the courage to accompany her father into the Connecticut wilderness and remain with the Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.
In 17th century England, a young orphan boy is forced to accompany a band of pirates in a seafaring adventure.
A ten-year-old disabled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the king.
Dragonwings by
In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.
Ginger Pye by
When the Pye family's puppy, Ginger, disappears on Thanksgiving Day, the children are convinced that he has been abducted by a stranger in a yellow hat.
A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return.
The voyages of an Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; and a country ruled by horses.
Heidi by
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for a wheelchair-bound disabled girl in Frankfurt, Germany.
Nothing ever happens to eight-year-old Henry until he meets a skinny, spotted dog he names Ribsy.
The Hobbit, Or, There And Back Again by
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
Homer Price by
Six episodes in the life of Homer Price, including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits, and another about a donut machine on the rampage.
Island of the Blue Dolphins by
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Johnny Tremain: A Novel For Old & Young by
Johnny Tremain, apprentice silversmith, takes on the cause of freedom as a message carrier for the Sons of Liberty in pre-Revolution Boston.
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a 13-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow: Found Among The Papers Of The Late Diedrich Knickerbocker by
A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horse man.
The Little Engine That Could by
When the other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine tries to pull a stranded train full of toys and good food over the mountain.
Little Men: Life At Plumfield With Jo's Boys by
Follows Jo March and her husband Professor Bhear as they try to make their home and school a happy, stimulating place.
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet, who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.
Little Women by
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England.
The classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island.
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel by
When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.
Mr. Popper is delighted when he is given an Antarctic penguin as a pet, but the situation gets out of hand after Captain Cook gets a mate and ten baby penguins.
From her upside-down house, the eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle cures such common children's diseases as won't-put-away-toys-itis, answerbackism, and fighter-quarrelitis.
Old Yeller by
About a Texas pioneer family in the 1860s and the big yellow stray dog that affects their lives.
Peter Pan by
The adventures of Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up, and the children who accompany him to Never-Never Land.
Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey - but without any parents - at the edge of a Swedish village.
A young girl feels a pea through twenty mattresses and twenty featherbeds and proves she is a real princess.
Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, one soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.
With fighting erupting around his Kansas farm, 16-year-old Jefferson Davis Bussey can hardly wait to join the Union forces. When he infiltrates Colonel Watie's Confederate camp as a spy, he discovers the enemy is much like himself--only fighting for a different cause.
During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600's, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.
The discoveries and adventures of ten-year-old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's.
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.
The Secret Of The Old Clock by
Nancy Drew solves her first mystery when the accidental rescue of a little girl who lives with her two great-aunts leads on an adventurous search for a missing will.
Sounder by
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of his devoted dog Sounder.
The fortunes of a family struggling to survive after being shipwrecked on an island with abundant plant and animal life.
Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught.
Scout's father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman in a small Alabama town during the 1930s.
Joe and Frank discover the location of stolen jewels and papers and help remove suspicion from an innocent man.
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. Portrayal of good versus evil, as the young boy accompanies Long John Silver and his band of pirates in search of the buried treasure.
The Velveteen Rabbit, Or, How Toys Become Real by
More than anything else, the Velveteen Rabbit wants to become real, just like the wild rabbits he's seen hopping in the woods. By the time the Velveteen Rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding out the magic called Real, but the nursery fairy comes to the rescue.
An English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others, struggle to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894.
Where The Red Fern Grows: The Story Of Two Dogs And A Boy by
A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.
A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
White Fang by
The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and who eventually makes his peace with man.
Retells the legendary story of the Huns and Magyars' long migration from Asia to Europe where they hope to find a permanent home.
The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside - Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger. When Mr. Toad gets a new motor car, he gets them all in trouble.
The Witch Of Blackbird Pond by
A young woman brought up in Barbados comes to live with her uncle in Connecticut, and finds their Puritan way of life difficult after her unconventional upbringing.
The Wtches by
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas
Meg and Charles Wallace set out with their friend Calvin in a search for their father. His top secret job as a physicist for the government has taken him away and the children search through time and space to find him.
The Yearling by
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by
Ten-year-old Leroy Brown, son of the police chief of Idaville, opens a detective agency and before the summer is over solves nine baffling cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book.
Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle.
Little House In The Big Woods by
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
The Monkey's Paw And Other Tales Of Mystery And The Macabre by
Jacobs mostly wrote humorous short stories about humble seafaring folk, but "The Monkey's Paw" is by no means his only tale of the macabre. This collection contains 18 stories with subjects including haunted houses, vengeful ghosts, guilty murderers and people faking supernatural phenomena.
In this series of adventures, Raggedy Ann goes for a ride on a kite and survives a washing.
The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language. Through the animals, Doctor Dolittle learns of an epidemic among the monkeys in Africa and sails away to contain the outbreak.
A selection of tales from Rootabaga Country peopled with such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, the Blue Wind Boy, and many others.
Nonfiction & Poetry Titles
Grimms' Fairy Tales by call number: J 398.2 GRI.J
When We Were Very Young by call number: J 821 MIL.A
Where The Sidewalk Ends: The Poems & Drawings Of Shel Silverstein by call number: J 811.54 SIL.S
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by call number: J 398.2 ISA.R