This week, I'm sharing some of my favorite chapter books for kids . . . .
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It's the 1920s, and Bo was headed for an Alaska orphanage when she won the hearts of two tough gold miners who set out to raise her, enthusiastically helped by all the kind people of the nearby Eskimo village.
The Spoon in the Bathroom Wall by Tony Johnston
Living in the boiler room of the school where her father is janitor seems normal to fourth grader Martha Snapdragon, until she has experiences reminiscent of the Arthurian legends.
The Thirteenth Princess by Diane Zahler
Zita, cast aside by her father and raised as a kitchen maid, learns when she is nearly twelve that she is a princess and that her twelve sisters love her, and so when she discovers they are victims of an evil enchantment, she desperately tries to save them.
The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
A mysterious dollhouse and dolls that move on their own lead Amy, twelve, and her mentally-disabled sister Louann, eleven, to investigate the mystery surrounding grisly murders that occured years before.
More Books --
Below by Meg McKinlay
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Can of Worms by Kathy Mackel
Dial-A-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson
Fairy Tale Comics by Chris Duffy
The Floods: Good Neighbors by Colin Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny: Detectives Extraordinaire by Polly Horvath
The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo
This Would Make a Good Story Some Day by Dana Alison Levy
Up and Down Scratchy Mountain by Laurel Snyder
