>Some I neglected to mention (one is my favorite from when I was very young):
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>The Pink Motel by Carol Ryrie Brink
>http://www.amazon.com/Pink-Motel-Carol-Ryrie-Brink/dp/068971677X
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>The Yearling by Marjorie Rawlings
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>and a definite favorite:
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>A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
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>(also one of my daughter's favorites in 3rd grade although supposedly it is for 12 and up)

Ah, yes. Madeline L'Engle. IIRC, 'Wrinkle' was part of a series. I'd go and look it up, but the shock of having agreed with Daniel in public has stunned me into inaction.

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>>>>Lord of the Rings is a bit ambitious - the kids will be grown up by the time you finish reading all 3 books in installments :-)
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>>>Furthermore, and this applies for lots of the books in the list, why reading a book when there is already a movie!! {Ducks}
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>>Harry Potters movies are quite good, IMHO.