Leesville Staff Picks: Chapter Books

A list comprising all of our favorite Kids (Juvenile) books.

Showing 1 - 16 of 16  There are a total of 38 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Anne of Green Gables"
Star rating for Anne of Green Gables
Series:
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Notes:
Kelly, Laura J, & Sarah's Pick
Description:
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
Book cover for "Catwad"
Star rating for Catwad
Author:
Series:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Farida's Picks
Description:
Catwad and Blurmp are back and ready for more adventures in this newest volume in which they meet new friends, try out yoga (spoiler alert: Catwad hates it), and more! It's a laugh-out-loud romp not to be missed, even if Catwad claims otherwise.
Book cover for "Growing pangs"
Star rating for Growing pangs
Series:
Growing pangs volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Farida's Picks
Description:
Eleven-year-old Katie navigates life as a homeschooler, forms a better understanding of the OCD she experiences, and learns that growing apart from friends is sometimes part of growing up.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone"
Star rating for Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Notes:
Sarah's Pick
Description:
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
Book cover for "Marlfox"
Star rating for Marlfox
Series:
Redwall volume 11.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Matt's Pick
Description:
When three young residents of Redwall Abbey go on a quest to recover a tapestry stolen by the Marlfoxes, their bravery removes the curse of these evil animals on a lost island.
Book cover for "The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane"
Star rating for The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Notes:
Minh's Pick
Description:
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.
Book cover for "Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure"
Star rating for Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure
Series:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Farida's Picks
Description:
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has left her Upside-Down House and the animals that live there in the care of her twenty-something niece, Missy. Luckily for the town's families, Missy Piggle-Wiggle is capable of concocting the same sort of inventive cures for bad behavior that made her aunt an indispensable community resource.
Book cover for "Mossflower"
Star rating for Mossflower
Series:
Redwall volume 2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Elyse's Pick
Description:
Martin the warrior mouse and Gonff the mousethief set out to find the missing ruler of Mossflower, while the other animal inhabitants of the woodland prepare to rebel against the evil wildcat who has seized power.
Book cover for "Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh"
Star rating for Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Elyse & Molly's Pick
Description:
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived. With nowhere else to turn, a field mouse asks the clever escaped lab rats living under the rosebush to help save her son, who lies in the path of the farmer's tractor, too ill to be moved.
Book cover for "Nat enough"
Star rating for Nat enough
Series:
Nat enough volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Farida's Picks
Description:
Natalie has never felt that she's enough--athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. And on the first day of middle school, Natalie discovers that things are worse than she thought--now she's not even cool enough for her best friend, Lily! As Natalie tries to get her best friend back, she learns more about her true self and natural talents. If Natalie can focus on who she is rather than who she isn't, then she might realize she's more than...
Book cover for "Phoebe and her unicorn"
Star rating for Phoebe and her unicorn
Series:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Minh's Pick
Description:
Follows the unlikely friendship between a somewhat awkward girl and the unicorn who gradually shows her just how special she really is. Through ... adventures where Phoebe gets to bask in Marigold's 'awesomeness,' the friends also come to acknowledge that they had been lonely before they met and truly appreciate the bond they now share. "Follows the unlikely friendship between a somewhat awkward girl and the unicorn who gradually shows her just how...

12. Pie

Book cover for "Pie"
Star rating for Pie
Author:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Laura J's Pick
Description:
After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going to extremes to find Aunt Polly's secret pie crust recipe. Includes fourteen pie recipes.
Book cover for "The Silver Arrow"
Star rating for The Silver Arrow
Series:
Silver Arrow volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Minh's Pick
Description:
Kate's humdrum life is transformed when her eccentric Uncle Herbert brings her a colossal locomotive train, the Silver Arrow, as her eleventh birthday gift, leading her and her younger brother on a mysterious quest.
Book cover for "Taggerung"
Star rating for Taggerung
Series:
Redwall volume 14.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Elyse's Pick
Description:
A young otter, kidnapped in his infancy and raised as a warrior-thief by a band of vermin, leaves the tribe and goes off to seek adventures of his own.
Book cover for "The terrible thing that happened to Barnaby Brocket"
Star rating for The terrible thing that happened to Barnaby Brocket
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Minh's Pick
Description:
Born with an ability to float in the air, Barnaby Brocket is entreated by his parents to hide his unusual trait until a fateful day when he finds himself on a journey that takes him all over the world and into outer space.
Book cover for "The Thief Lord"
Star rating for The Thief Lord
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
Elyse's Pick
Description:
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt only the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they find protection from a gang of Venetian street children and their leader, the Thief Lord.