A Non Comprehensive Reading List Of Recommended Literature For The Reading Snob - Ellery High - Essay

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PICTURE BOOKS
Fritz and the Beautiful Horses – Jan Brett
Tuesday – David Weisner
Time of Wonder – Robert McCloskey
Song And Dance Man – Karen Ackerman
St. George and the Dragon – Margaret Hodges
The Brambly Hedge Series – Jill Barklem
When the Relatives Came – Cynthia Rylant
Bunny Bungalow – Cynthia Rylant
The Boy Who Held Back the Sea – Thomas Locker
Roxaboxen – Barbara Cooney
Only Opal – Barbara Cooney
The Young Artist – Thomas Locker
The Bear Who Heard Crying – Natalie Kinsey Warnock
All the Places to Love – Patricia MacLachlan
A Song for Lena – Hilary Horder Hippely
Make Way For the Ducklings – Robert McCloskey
When I Was Young In the Mountains – Cynthia Rylant
Miss Rumphius – Barbara Cooney
CHILDREN’S CLASSICS FOR THE BOOKSHELF
Kidnapped – Robert Louis Stevenson
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood – Pyle
Around the World in 80 Days – Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Jules Verne
The Treasure Seekers – E. Nesbit
The Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams
The Anne Series – L.M. Montgomery
Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie
The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
The Little Princess – Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh  – A.A. Milne
The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
Little Men – Louisa May Alcott
Treasure Island – Robert Lo...

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