Timeless Tales
Join us in reading Timeless Tales from now until May and earn a prize. Read any 10 of these books, and you'll receive a button; read any 25, and you'll receive a free book! Come by Central Library in Downtown Harrisonburg to start tracking your books today. One challenge per person.
Timeless Tales Reading Lists
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Primary Titles
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
by Norman Bridwell
EASY BRIDW
- Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears
by Verna Aardema
J EASY 398.2
- Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
by Kimberly Dean and Eric Litwin
EASY PETE
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Bill Martin
EASY MARTI
- Frederick
by Leo Lionni
EASY LIONN
- Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
EASY SENDA
- Franklin in the Dark
by Paulette Bourgeouis
EASY BOURG
- Frog and Toad are Friends
by Arnold Lobel
JUV-ICANRD EASY LOBEL
- Little Blue Truck
by Alice Schertle
EASY SCHER
- Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao
by Kat Zhang
EASY ZHANG
- Eloise
by Kay Thompson
EASY THOMP
- The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
JUV-ICANRD EASY SEUSS
- Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman
EASY HOFFM
- Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst
EASY VIORST
- The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margary Williams Bianco
EASY BIANC
- Strega Nona
by Tomie DePaola
EASY DEPAO
- The Runaway Bunny
by Margaret Wise Brown
EASY BROWN
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Joffe Numeroff
EASY NUMER
- Guess How Much I Love You
by Sam McBratney
EASY MCBRA
- The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
EASY SILVE
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin
EASY MARTI
- The Little Engine That Could
by Walty Piper
EASY PIPER
- Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña
EASY DE LA P
- Bear Snores On
by Karma Wilson
EASY WILSO
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
EASY CARLE
- Llama Llama Red Pajama
by Anna Dewdney
EASY DEWDN
- The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats
EASY KEATS
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
by Mo Willems
EASY WILLE
- The Complete Works of Beatrix Potter
by Beatrix Potter
EASY POTTER
- Curdoroy
by Don Freeman
EASY FREEM
- Olivia
by Ian Falconer
EASY FALCO
- Goodnight, Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
EASY BROWN
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
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Elementary Titles
- A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
JF LENGL
- The Boxcar Children
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
JF WARNER
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz
J 808.83 S
- Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
JF WHITE
- Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lingren
JF LINDG
- A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
JF BOND
- Front Desk
by Kelly Yang
JF YANG
- Winnie the Pooh
by A.A. Milne
JF MILNE
- The Tale of Desperaux
by Kate DiCamillo
JF DICAM
- The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
JF GRAHA
- Where the Sidewalk Ends
by Shel Silverstein
J 812 S
- Ramona Quinby, Age 8
by Beverly Cleary
JF CLEAR
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
JF LEWIS
- Stuart Little
by E.B. White
JF WHITE
- The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket
JF SNICK
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
JF DAHL
- The Worst Witch
by Jill Murphey
JF MURPH
- Poppy
by Avi
JF AVI
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School
by Louis Sachar
JF SACHA
- Sarah Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
JF MACLA
- One Crazy Summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
JF WILLI
- Dinosaurs Before Dark
by Mary Pope Osborne
JF OSBOR
- Pax
by Sarah Pennypacker
JF PENNY
- The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown
JF BROWN
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling
JF ROWL
- The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
by Karina Yan Glaser
JF GLASE
- Esperanza Rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
JF RYAN
- The Birchbark House
by Louise Erdrich
J LG-PT FIC ERDRI
- The Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
JF WILDE
- Misty of Chincoteague
by Marguerite Henry
JF HENRY
- Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
JF DICAM
- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
by Betty Bard MacDonald
JF MACDO
- A Wrinkle in Time
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Middle School Titles
- Prairie Lotus
by Linda Sue
J FICTION PARK
- The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
YA FICTION HINT?
- Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
YA FICTION ODELL
- Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
by Judy Blume
J FICTION BLUME
- Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
J FICTION SEWEL
- White Fang
by Jack London
J FICTION LONDO
- Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
J FICTION PATER
- Freewater
by Amina Luqman-Dawson
J FICTION LUQMA
- Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
J FICTION LOWRY
- Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
J FICTION BABB
- Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
J 812 W
- Rain is Not My Indian Name
by Cynthia Leitich Smith
J FICTION SMITH
- The Face on the Milk Carton
by Caroline B. Cooney
YA FICTION COON
- Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
J FICTION ALCOT
- The City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau
YA FICTION DUPR
- Redwall
by Brian Jacques
J FICTION JACQU
- Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
YA FICTION KADOH
- The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
YA FICTION RIOR
- Elle Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
J FICTION LEVIN
- The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander
YA FICTION ALEXA
- The Diary of Anne Frank
by Anne Frank
J 940.53 F
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne
J FICTION VERNE
- The Little Prince
by Antoine de-Saint-Exupery
J FICTION SAINT
- Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
J FICTION STEVE
- Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
J FICTION CURTI
- Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery
J FICTION MONT
- Holes
by Louis Sachar
J FICTION SACHA
- Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
YA FICTION PAULS
- The Giver
by Lois Lowry
J FICTION LOWRY
- Sounder
by William Howard Armstrong
J FICTION ARMST
- The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
J FICTION TOLKI
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
J FICTION TAYLO
- Prairie Lotus
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High School Titles
- Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
FIC HUX
- Jacob Have I Loved
by Katherine Paterson
YA FICTION PATE
- The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
YA FICTION THOM
- Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
822.33 S
- Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
FICTION BRA
- Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
FICTION GOL
- The Book Thief
by Mark Zusak
YA FICTION ZUSA
- To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
FICTION LEE
- 1984
by George Orwell
FICTION ORW
- The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
FICTION ATW
- The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
YA FICTION GREEN
- Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
FICTION SHE
- Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
FICTION DIC
- Cry the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
FICTION PAT
- The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
FICTION TAN
- Maus
by Art Spiegelman
741.5 S
- Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
FICTION GYA
- The Odyssey
by Homer
883 H
- Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Bronte
FICTION BRO
- The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
FICTION GOL
- Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler
YA FICTION BUTLE
- The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
YA FICTION COLLI
- The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
FICTION FIT
- Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
FICTION AUS
- Persepolis
by Maryjane Satrapi
GRAPHIC SAT
- Sold
by Patricia McCormick
YA FICTION MCCOR
- Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
YA FICTION CHBO
- The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
FIC MOR
- Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
YA FICTION ANDR
- Dracula
by Bram Stoker
FICTION STO
- Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
FICTION ACH
- Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte
FICTION BRO
- Brave New World

