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Books like Chronicles of Avonlea
Loved Chronicles of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from children's, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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1
The Little Prince
A pilot meets a small prince from another planet; a deceptively simple fable for all ages.
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2
Charlotte's Web
A pig, a clever spider and a barnyard friendship that beats death; the gentle classic about loyalty.
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3
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
An orphan learns he is a wizard and finds a home at a school of magic; the book that made a generation read.
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4
The Secret Garden
A sour orphan brings a hidden garden, and herself, back to life; a quietly healing classic.
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5
Pollyanna Grows Up
Optimism often fades to cynicism as children mature into adults. When we last saw Pollyanna, in an eponymous book, she had become paralyzed after a nasty fall and it looked like she could very likely
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6
The Wind in the Willows
Mole, Rat, Badger and the incorrigible Toad on the riverbank; a cosy, lyrical classic.
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7
The Wouldbegoods
Children are like jam: all very well in the proper place, but you can't stand them all over the shop - eh, what?'
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8
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
A girl swept to a magical land seeks the way home; the founding American fairy tale.
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9
Winnie-the-Pooh
A bear of very little brain and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood; timeless and quietly wise.
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10
Wulf the Saxon
In 11th-century Britain, a young thane named Wulf and his best friend, Beorn, fight bravely for their Saxon king, capturing castles, rescuing shipwrecked survivors, repelling Viking invaders, and figh