THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF PETER RABBIT

by Beatrix Potter
Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail were good little bunnies--but it's Peter and his irrepressible naughtiness that a century's worth of children keep coming back for. Frederick Warne; ages four to eight.
THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF PETER RABBIT

THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE

by George Selden
Life in the big city is a bit of a shock to Chester, a country cricket who accidentally hitches a ride in a picnic basket, then hooks up with a memorable multi-species circle of friends. Yearling; ages nine to 12.
THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE

MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE

by Marguerite Henry
In this staple of every horse-lover's childhood, the lure of wild ponies on an island inspires a brother and sister determined to capture them. Aladdin; ages nine to 12.
MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE

MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS

by Richard Atwater
Mr. Popper's day job is house painting, but his true calling is to live among penguins, a dream that comes comically true when a mysterious crate arrives from Antarctica.
Little Brown; ages nine to 12.
MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS

MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH

by Robert C. O'Brien
Widowed mouse Mrs. Frisby thinks the rats under the rosebush are a strange lot, until she learns that they're survivors of lab experiments that have made them smarter than the average rodent. Atheneum; ages nine to 12.
MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH

SOUNDER

by William H. Armstrong
In the nineteenth-century deep south, a black sharecropper's son learns some harsh lessons when he loses both his father and the great coon dog that was devoted to them both. HarperCollins; ages nine to 12.
SOUNDER

SHILOH

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Is it okay to break a few rules to make something right? A southern mountain boy struggles to save a young beagle he knows has been abused but belongs to someone else. Yearling; ages nine to 12.
SHILOH