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Best Chapter Books to Read Out Loud
This is a list of the best chapter books to read out loud to your kids, or anyone.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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4.47 avg rating — 11,148,542 ratings
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The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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4.28 avg rating — 697,726 ratings
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Charlotte’s Web
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4.21 avg rating — 2,007,254 ratings
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Matilda
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4.33 avg rating — 1,084,395 ratings
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The Land: Founding (Chaos Seeds, #1)
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Aleron Kong (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 25,588 ratings
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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4.30 avg rating — 4,374,149 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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4.58 avg rating — 4,718,032 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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4.43 avg rating — 4,384,241 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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4.57 avg rating — 4,100,388 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
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4.62 avg rating — 4,035,330 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
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4.58 avg rating — 3,587,806 ratings
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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4.50 avg rating — 3,718,027 ratings
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 917,092 ratings
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Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
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4.21 avg rating — 282,918 ratings
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Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
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4.15 avg rating — 207,569 ratings
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James and the Giant Peach
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4.04 avg rating — 508,578 ratings
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
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4.32 avg rating — 1,088,205 ratings
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The Secret Garden
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4.17 avg rating — 1,271,756 ratings
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The BFG
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4.23 avg rating — 519,081 ratings
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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4.06 avg rating — 600,801 ratings
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Wonder (Wonder, #1)
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4.36 avg rating — 1,176,343 ratings
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Holes (Holes, #1)
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Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,342,260 ratings
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The Tale of Despereaux
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Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 211,184 ratings
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Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
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4.38 avg rating — 390,931 ratings
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 2,409,755 ratings
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Peter Pan
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4.03 avg rating — 370,011 ratings
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Where the Red Fern Grows
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4.12 avg rating — 435,148 ratings
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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 3,361,573 ratings
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A Christmas Carol
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4.09 avg rating — 900,943 ratings
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Le Petit Prince
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4.33 avg rating — 2,400,398 ratings
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
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3.97 avg rating — 1,267,930 ratings
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The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
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Lemony Snicket (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 562,117 ratings
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
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4.22 avg rating — 256,112 ratings
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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3.92 avg rating — 1,002,693 ratings
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Coraline
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Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 765,461 ratings
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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3.83 avg rating — 1,323,816 ratings
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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4.20 avg rating — 303,217 ratings
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Stuart Little
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3.89 avg rating — 131,204 ratings
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The Wind in the Willows
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4.02 avg rating — 236,691 ratings
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Bridge to Terabithia
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4.06 avg rating — 582,548 ratings
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 500,940 ratings
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 426,612 ratings
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
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3.67 avg rating — 118,746 ratings
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The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 131,232 ratings
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Treasure Island
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3.85 avg rating — 531,745 ratings
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Fantastic Mr Fox
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4.08 avg rating — 145,040 ratings
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Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted, #1)
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Gail Carson Levine (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 422,185 ratings
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My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)
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4.11 avg rating — 41,230 ratings
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The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,821,005 ratings
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Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
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4.04 avg rating — 209,496 ratings
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
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3.88 avg rating — 346,907 ratings
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The Princess Bride
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4.27 avg rating — 939,784 ratings
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 141,887 ratings
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The Giving Tree
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4.38 avg rating — 1,216,387 ratings
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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4.16 avg rating — 217,635 ratings
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6)
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4.11 avg rating — 73,015 ratings
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
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Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 119,560 ratings
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Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 442,293 ratings
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Because of Winn-Dixie
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Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 275,480 ratings
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Redwall (Redwall, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 127,348 ratings
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The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)
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4.13 avg rating — 138,487 ratings
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The Borrowers (The Borrowers, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 100,451 ratings
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Black Beauty
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Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2)
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4.23 avg rating — 220,647 ratings
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Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 103,362 ratings
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The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
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Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 925,393 ratings
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The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 296,195 ratings
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
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4.17 avg rating — 184,157 ratings
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The Call of the Wild
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3.91 avg rating — 463,923 ratings
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
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4.30 avg rating — 321,924 ratings
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Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 439,914 ratings
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Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)
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Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 93,770 ratings
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Old Yeller
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4.10 avg rating — 102,712 ratings
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Of Mice and Men
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3.89 avg rating — 2,772,131 ratings
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Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble, #1)
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Jonathan Auxier (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 12,371 ratings
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The Tale of Tom Kitten (World of Beatrix Potter, #11)
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4.08 avg rating — 9,781 ratings
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A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)
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4.24 avg rating — 85,915 ratings
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Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 559,579 ratings
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George's Marvellous Medicine
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4.02 avg rating — 98,275 ratings
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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4.34 avg rating — 540,590 ratings
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Oliver Twist
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3.88 avg rating — 421,701 ratings
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The Complete Tales
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4.36 avg rating — 65,815 ratings
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Ramona the Pest (Ramona, #2)
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4.08 avg rating — 67,366 ratings
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Dragon Rider (Dragon Rider, #1)
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
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The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (World of Beatrix Potter, #4)
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4.21 avg rating — 17,131 ratings
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The Witches
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4.18 avg rating — 422,377 ratings
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The Tale of Two Bad Mice (World of Beatrix Potter, #5)
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4.16 avg rating — 8,688 ratings
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The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (World of Beatrix Potter, #2)
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3.97 avg rating — 8,882 ratings
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Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1)
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Brandon Mull (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 175,775 ratings
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Superfudge (Fudge, #3)
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Judy Blume (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 65,581 ratings
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A Little Princess
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4.23 avg rating — 321,532 ratings
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Igraine the Brave
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Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 9,271 ratings
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The Three Privileges
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A.V. Davina (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 139,534 ratings
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The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
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Trenton Lee Stewart (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 172,797 ratings
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The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (World of Beatrix Potter, #6)
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4.17 avg rating — 16,961 ratings
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Ramona the Brave (Ramona, #3)
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4.12 avg rating — 57,898 ratings
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
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3.97 avg rating — 76,266 ratings
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The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)
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4.26 avg rating — 156,575 ratings
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I question the listing of the Beatrice Potter books; while they are delightful to read aloud, they are not chapter books. In fact, after I saw them, I started adding other picture books, and then saw the title of the list and had to go back and remove those I had just added. But seriously, if B. Potter can be here, who's to say we can't throw in some Dr. Seuss, even a little Good Night Moon?
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Donna, I also saw Beatrice Potter's books and made the humm sound. Not sure of the angel that was used to selected those books but I agree with you on this one.
Donna Good Night Moon is on the list and some Dr Seuss
Roz wrote: "Donna Good Night Moon is on the list and some Dr Seuss"Thank you; and yet, the list's description specifies chapter books. It's kind of messed up.
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