Freddy the Detective
10 best books like Freddy the Detective (Walter R. Brooks): The Moffats, Henry and the Clubhouse, The Everafter War, Rascal, Eight Days of Luke, Father and I Were Ranchers, Gone-Away Lake, The Figure in the Shadows, The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring, The Creature in Ogopogo Lake
| Author | Eleanor Estes |
| ISBN | 0152025413 |
The Moffats, who live in the same town as the owners of Ginger Pye, are a close-knit family of four children and a hard-working seamstress mother, whose bust "Madame" occupies a central position in the family's little brown house. Although the children are essentially good-hearted, they get into an...
Fiery Ramona Quimby and the well-meaning Henry Huggins may clash, but in this delightful and hilariously told novel by Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary, an unlikely compromise wins the day.
Henry and his friends are building a no-girls-allowed clubhouse. With a private space...
| Author | Michael Buckley |
| ISBN | 0810983559 |
Picking up after the dramatic cliffhanger that ended Book Six, Sabrina and Daphne’s prayers are finally answered when their parents awake from their sleeping spell. But their happy reunion is short-lived, as they are caught in the middle of a war between the Scarlet Hand and Prince Charming’s...
| Author | Sterling North |
| ISBN | 0140344454 |
Nothing's surprising in the North household, not even Sterling's new pet raccoon. Rascal is only a baby when Sterling brings him home, but soon the two are best friends, doing everything together--until the spring day when everything suddenly changes.
Rascal is a heartwarming boyhood...
| Author | Diana Wynne Jones |
| ISBN | 0064473570 |
There seemed nothing strange about Luke to begin with, except perhaps the snakes. If they were snakes - David wasn't sure. He was just grateful for a companion as agreeable as Luke, who seemed able to twist anyone round his finger, even David's odious relatives. "Just kindle a flame and I'll be with you,"...
Father and I Were Ranchers
| Author | Ralph Moody |
| ISBN | 0803281781 |
Ralph was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes, the pleasures and perils of ranching in the early twentieth century are experienced... auctions and roundups, family picnics, irrigation wars, tornadoes and wind storms all give authentic...
| Author | Elizabeth Enright |
| ISBN | 0152022724 |
Summer has a magic all its own.
When Portia sets out for a visit with her cousin Julian, she expects fun and adventure, but of the usual kind: exploring in the woods near Julian's house, collecting stones and bugs, playing games throughout the long, lazy days.
But this summer is different.
On...
The Figure in the Shadows
| Author | John Bellairs |
| ISBN | 0142402605 |
Lewis is sure that Grandpa Barnavelt's 1859 lucky coin is really a magic talisman in disguise. With its power, he could do anything he wanted--like get back at bully Woody Mingo. But as soon as he begins wearing the coin around his neck, strange things start to happen. Mysterious letters arrive in the...
The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring
| Author | John Bellairs |
| ISBN | 0142402613 |
Rose Rita Pottinger is dreading summer. With her best friend, Lewis Barnavelt, away at Boy Scout camp, vacation threatens to be altogether boring. But when Mrs. Zimmermann, Lewis's next door neighbor and a genuine witch, receives a strange deathbed letter from an eccentric uncle, unexpected things...
The Creature in Ogopogo Lake
| Author | Gertrude Chandler Warner |
| ISBN | 0807513377 |
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Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World
| Author | Jill Jonnes |
| ISBN | 0375758844 |
In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America’s Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse—battled bitterly as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays...
Bedtime for Little Bears!
"Little Bear flumped down in the snow and wiggled his tail. 'I'm not sleepy, ' he said, 'and I don't want to go to bed yet.' "Mother Bear smiled. 'Shall we take one last walk, ' she said, 'and see who else is going to bed?'" Little Bear and Mother Bear take one last walk to see the other animals getting ready for...
| Author | Elizabeth Enright |
| ISBN | 0440486815 |
Ten year old Garnet lives on a farm in the the 1930s. We loved the start of this book, instantly both wanting to live there in Garnet's house and go swimming in water that was too warm! That never happens in England! We enjoyed the characters and the tale of the coral bracelet and the library incident, the...
The Chocolate Sundae Mystery
| Author | Gertrude Chandler Warner |
| ISBN | 0807511455 |
"When you have your heart set on chocolate, it's hard to change your mind."
The ice cream parlor in Greenfield has a new owner: Mr. Brown. Also new to Greenfield is an ice cream truck owned by Mrs. Saunders. When Benny, Violet, Jessie and Henry stop in for an ice cream, they meet the new staff: Brian,...
Small Miracles: Extraordinary Coincidences from Everyday Life
| Author | Yitta Halberstam |
| ISBN | 1558506462 |
Have you ever experienced a moment when a seemingly random event also seemed strangely meaningful, or even miraculous? Whether it was as simple as anticipating a phone call, or as dramatic as rekindling a lost love, what you experienced may be more significant than you thought. It may be nothing less...
| Author | Anna Kang |
| ISBN | 1542044286 |
My family reads all the Goodreads-award-nominated picture books every year. This is book #5 (of more than 20) of 2019, and some of us liked it pretty well. A book for younger children about the continual dance of who are friends/best friends/not friends and all those feelings.
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| Author | Thomas Fall |
| ISBN | 0590025805 |
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A History of Medieval Europe: From Constantine to Saint Louis
R.C. Davis provided the classic account of the European medieval world; equipping generations of undergraduate and 'A' level students with sufficient grasp of the period to debate diverse historical perspectives and reputations. His book has been important grounding for both modernists required...
