Modern Second Library
It is now time to grow and expand on this idea by introducing the MODERN SECOND LIBRARY. These will be selections from our Middle Grade section of chapter books that will continue the idea of highlighting books that make a difference in our world by giving young people exposure to great writers and new ideas, showing them kids that are like them and those that may be different, all the while provoking discussion, reflection, and thought. Like our Modern First Library, new books will be added several times a year so that the Modern Second Library will continue to grow and inspire.
Selections
The Wind in the Willows
By
Kenneth Grahame, Grahame Baker-Smith (Illustrator)
Charlotte's Web: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
By
E. B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator) , Kate DiCamillo
Brown Girl Dreaming
By
Jacqueline Woodson
Wishtree
By
Katherine Applegate
The Call of the Wild (Puffin Classics)
By
Jack London, Melvin Burgess, Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini (Illustrator)
Hatchet: 30th Anniversary Edition
By
Gary Paulsen, Drew Willis (Illustrator)
Stuart Little
By
E. B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator)
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
By
Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)
Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger 1)
By
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illustrator)

Wonder
By
R. J. Palacio
Coo
By
Kaela Noel
The Cricket in Times Square: Revised and updated edition with foreword by Stacey Lee (Chester Cricket and His Friends #1)
By
George Selden, Garth Williams (Illustrator) , Stacey Lee, Stacey Lee
Anne of Green Gables (Puffin in Bloom)
By
L. M. Montgomery, Anna Bond (Illustrator)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
By
E.L. Konigsburg
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet #1)
By
Madeleine L'Engle
The Velveteen Rabbit: The Classic Children's Book
By
Margery Williams, William Nicholson (Illustrator)
The Phantom Tollbooth
By
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illustrator)
The Little Prince: Translated by Richard Howard (Everyman's Library Children's Classics Series)
By
Antoine De Saint-exupery, Richard Howard
Out of Stock Indefinitely
Mary Poppins
By
P. L. Travers, Mary Shepard (Illustrator)
Winnie-the-Pooh
By
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator)
The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh)
By
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator)
The Beatryce Prophecy
By
Kate DiCamillo, Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)

Henry Huggins
By
Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Rogers (Illustrator)
Premeditated Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 1)
By
Elizabeth C. Bunce
Pippi Longstocking
By
Astrid Lindgren, Susan Beard, Ingrid Vang Nyman (Illustrator)
Out of Stock Indefinitely
Lassie Come-Home 75th Anniversary Edition
By
Eric Knight, Marguerite Kirmse (Illustrator) , Ann M. Martin
Out of Stock Indefinitely
White Fang
By
Jack London
The Trumpet of the Swan
By
E. B. White, Fred Marcellino (Illustrator)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
By
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Ghost (Track #1)
By
Jason Reynolds
The Giver: A Newbery Award Winner (Giver Quartet #1)
By
Lois Lowry
Heidi (Puffin in Bloom)
By
Johanna Spyri, Anna Bond (Illustrator)
City Spies
By
James Ponti
Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations #1)
By
B. B. Alston
The One and Only Ivan: A Newbery Award Winner
By
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illustrator)
Quintessence
By
Jess Redman
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians #1)
By
Rick Riordan
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal)
By
Kelly Barnhill
Holes (Holes Series #1)
By
Louis Sachar
Walk Two Moons: A Harper Classic
By
Sharon Creech
Out of Stock Indefinitely
Harbor Me
By
Jacqueline Woodson
Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story)
By
Daniel Nayeri