Classroom library of 12 classics for the upper elementary school classroom or homeschool.

1. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. 2001 Newbery Honor book. Movie tie-in. Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
2. A Pocket Full of Seeds by Marilyn Sachs. During World War II in occupied France, a young Jewish girl returns from an overnight visit with a friend to find her family has disappeared.
3. The Fledgling by Jane Langton. 1981 Newbery Honor book. Light as thistledown, Georgie Hall learns from a mysterious Canada goose how to fly, but her uncle, older cousins, and interfering neighbors are determined to stop her and her lovely goose prince.
4. The Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars. Tony dislikes spending the summer on his aunt's farm until he discovers a black fox in the forest and tracks her to her den.
5. Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse. Addressing her journal entries to the cousin she left behind, Rifka recounts her flight from the pogroms of 1919 Russia, enduring sickness, separation from her family, and a voyage across the Atlantic.
6. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustratred by Tasha Tudor. Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
7. ...and Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold, illustrated by Jean Charlot. Won the Newbery Medal in 1954. Miguel, a young New Mexican boy, believes that most of his problems and aspirations arise from his being the middle child in his family of sheepherders.
8. Faithful Friend: the Story of Florence Nightingale by Beatrice Siegel. A biography. Traces the life of the mother of modern nursing, describes what medicine was like in the early 1800s, and recounts how Florence Nightingale improved the medical care of soldiers during the Crimean War.
9. The Case of the Baker Street Iregular by Robert Newman. When his guardian, Mr. Dennison, is kidnapped in London, Andrew seeks out Screamer, a girl whose brother, one of the Baker Street Irregulars, helps solve cases with Sherlock Holmes.
10. How's Business by Alison Prince. A young boy, sent to the country from London during World War II, comes into conflict with some local boys who find ways to test his courage. Howard dislikes life in the countryside, where he is teased by classmates and taunted for befriending a German girl, and makes his way home in a life-changing journey.
11. Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson. Won the 1945 Newbery Medal. When a new family moves into the neighborhood the animals of Rabbit Hill are very curious about how these human inhabitants will act.
12. Beat the Turtle Drum by Constance C, Greene. A young girl learns to cope with her feelings about her sister's accidental death.

2 ex-library hardbacks, 1 with a lot of edge wear and 1 in very good condition. 1 regular hardback in very good condition. 9 paperbacks. 2 have names inside. 2 have some cover wear. The other 5 are in very good or like new condition.

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