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Betty MacDonald - the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books! Parents call Mrs. Piggle Wiggle whenever their children pick up bad habits. Coolness factor: Mrs. Piggle Wiggle lives in an upside-down house!!!

Eleanor Estes - Ginger Pye Newbery Medal Winner about the "smartest dog in the town of Cranbury" and Jerry and Rachel Pye, brother and sister. Pinky Pye - the Pye children's father is an ornithologist (bird researcher) and the family is sent to an island so he can do research. There they adopt a stray kitten, Pinky, who can use a typewriter! (Not really, but it's a cute story about the father and kitten.)

Madeleine L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time for the same reasons Jaime gave.

Lois Lowry - Anastasia Krupnik (and the rest of the Anastasia books), The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline - these are more lighthearted than some of her other books about tween girls, the changes they're going through, and their families.

Beverly Cleary - Ramona the Pest, Henry Huggins, etc. I like spunky children who challenge adult conventions - these books are full of them!

Edward Eager - Half Magic - Four siblings, raised by their widowed mother, find a magical coin that only grants them half of their wish. Great storytelling voice, humorous.

Margery Sharp - The Rescuers, Miss Bianca, The Turret - Disney animated The Rescuers and the books are much more fun. Talking animals! Adventure!

C.S. Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia

Roald Dahl - (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Matilda - A sweet girl with self-centered, abusive parents and a mean school principal uses her intelligence to get them back.

Carolyn Mackler - YA author - The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (Teen's Top 10 (Awards)) - Fifteen-year-old Viriginia Shreves is the blond, round, average daughter in a family of dark-haired, thin superstars. Her best friend has moved away, and she's on the fringes at her private Manhattan school. She wants a boyfriend, but she settles for Froggy Welsh, who comes over on Mondays to grope her. The story follows Virginia as she tries to lose weight, struggles with her "imperfections," and deals with the knowledge that her idealized older brother has committed date rape. There's a lot going on here, and some important elements, such as Virginia's flirtation with self-mutilation, are passed over too quickly. But Mackler writes with such insight and humor (sometimes using strong language to make her point) that many readers will immediately identify with Virginia's longings as well as her fear and loathing. Her gradually evolving ability to stand up to her family is hard won and not always believable, but it provides a hopeful ending for those trying stand on their own two feet. Ilene Cooper
Copyright � American Library Association.

Meredith Ann Pierce - The Dark Angel Trilogy -another YA book; romance fantasy, strong female lead character.

Other favorites -
Pippi Longstocking
The Secret Garden
Anne of Green Gables
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

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