Children's Classic Published Before 1980
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Call Number: J BLUMEFaced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.
Ramona the Pest by Call Number: J CLEARYRamona meets many interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Call Number: J DAHLEach 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.
Harriet the Spy by Call Number: J FITZHUGHEleven-year-old Harriet keeps notes on her classmates and neighbors in a secret notebook, but when some of the students read the notebook, they seek revenge.
The Phantom Tollbooth by Call Number: J JUSTERA journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by Call Number: J KONIGSBUClaudia carefully plans to run away from home with her little brother, James. They hide out in New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art and get involved in solving an exciting mystery.
A Wrinkle in Time by Call Number: J L'ENGLEMeg and her friends go into space and through time to rescue Meg's scientist father who disappeared while working on a secret government project.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Call Number: J LEWISFour English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Bridge to Terabithia by Call Number: J PATERSONThe life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
The Little Prince by Call Number: J SAINT-EXAn 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.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Call Number: J TAYLORA black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
Mary Poppins by Call Number: J TRAVERSAn extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
Charlotte's Web by Call Number: J WHITEWilbur, 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.
