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Many libraries have sets of children’s books available to borrow for use with book discussion groups.  Below is a list of available titles, including the number of copies and the holding library.  Please contact the holding libraries directly for more information or to arrange for borrowing.

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Title / Author # Library
Time Cat  / Lloyd Alexander 12 Peterborough
Whales on Stilts  / H. T. Anderson 11 Laconia
Mr. Popper’s Penguins  / Richard Atwater 12 Bow
Crispin, Cross of Lead  / Avi 6 Newport
Midnight Magic  / Avi 20 Laconia
The Secret School  / Avi 6 Newport
Abraham’s Battle: A Novel of Gettysburg  / Sara Harrell Banks 10 Rindge
Stand Tall  / Joan Bauer 20 Laconia
Tango: The Tale of an Island Dog  / Eileen Beha 12 Bow
First Space Encyclopedia  / Caroline Bingham 12 Laconia
Freckle Juice  / Judy Blume 19 Rindge
The Martian Chronicles  / Ray Bradbury 12 Laconia
Treekeepers  / Susan McGee Britton 12 Laconia
Snowshoe Trek to Otter River  / David Budbill 16 Greenfield
A Little Princess  / Frances Hodgson Burnett 16 Rindge
Me Tarzan  / Betsy Byars 8 Laconia
Frindle  / Andrew Clements 12 Madbury
The Last Holiday Concert  / Andrew Clements 19 Laconia
A Week in the Woods  / Andrew Clements 12 Laconia
The Legend of Spud Murphy  / Eoin Colfer 12 Laconia
The Supernaturalist  / Eoin Colfer 8 Milford
Gregor the Overlander  (Underland Chronicles #1) / Suzanne Collins 12 Jaffrey
Gregor the Overlander  (Underland Chronicles #1) / Suzanne Collins 12 Peterborough
The Ransom of Mercy Carter  / Caroline B. Cooney 8 Laconia
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher  / Bruce Coville 12 Stratham
The Monsters of Morely Manor  / Bruce Coville 12 Laconia
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup  / Sharon Creech 20 Laconia
Ruby Holler  / Sharon Creech 12 Peterborough
The Midwife’s Apprentice  / Karen Cushman 12 Peterborough
Iqbal: A Novel  / Francesco D’Adamo 10 Jaffrey
Boy: Tales of Childhood  / Roald Dahl 12 Peterborough
The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker  / Cynthia DeFelice 14 Laconia
The Fire Within  (Last Dragon Chronicles #1) / Chris D’Lacey 12 Peterborough
Because of Winn-Dixie  / Kate DiCamillo 12 Lyme
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane  / Kate DiCamillo 14 Moultonborough
Archaeologists Dig for Clues  / Kate Duke 9 Laconia
City of Ember  (Books of Ember #1) / Jeanne DuPrau 12 Stratham
Early Humans  (Eyewitness) 11 Laconia
Breadwinner  / Deborah Ellis 12 Laconia MS
Parvana’s Journey  / Deborah Ellis 12 Laconia MS
The Case of the Most Ancient Bone  (Hank the Cowdog #50) / John R. Erickson 8 Milford
The House of the Scorpion  / Nancy Farmer 13 Hudson
The Ruins of Gorlan  (Ranger’s Apprentice #1) / John Flanagan 12 Stratham
The Mother-Daughter Book Club  / Heather Vogel Frederick 16 Rindge
Inkheart  (Inkworld Trilogy #1) / Cornelia Funke 12 Peterborough
The Graveyard Book  / Neil Gaiman 8 Bow
Stone Fox  / John Reynolds Gardiner 10 Laconia
Toad Rage  / Morris Gleitzman 10 Laconia
A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson  / Michelle Y. Green 20 Laconia
My Life in Pink and Green  / Lisa Greenwald 12 Bow
This Island Isn’t Big Enough for the Four of Us  / Gery Greer 12 Jaffrey
Among the Hidden  (Shadow Children #1) / Margaret Peterson Haddix 9 Hampton
Running out of Time  / Margaret Peterson Haddix 20 Laconia
Dead Man in Indian Creek  / Mary Downing Hahn 8 Greenfield
Stepping on the Cracks  / Mary Downing Hahn 19 Greenfield
The Hamster of the Baskervilles  (Chet Gecko #5) / Bruce Hale 17 Laconia
The Mystery of Mr. Nice  (Chet Gecko #2) / Bruce Hale 20 Laconia
Ida B...and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World  / Katherine Hannigan 12 Laconia
Hoot  / Carl Hiaasen 11 Laconia
Stick and Whittle  / Sid Hite 11 Laconia
Jackie’s Wild Seattle  / Will Hobbs 12 Danville
Jason’s Gold  / Will Hobbs 12 Laconia
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery  / Deborah & James Howe 7 Laconia
Howliday Inn  / James Howe 12 Laconia
Dial-a-Ghost  / Eva Ibbotson 14 Laconia
Island of the Aunts  / Eva Ibbotson 10 Laconia
The Secret of Platform 13  / Eva Ibbotson 12 Peterborough
Without a Trace  (Nancy Drew, Girl Detective #1) / Carolyn Keene 8 Newport
The Lucky Lizard  / Ellen A. Kelley 13 Laconia
George Speaks  / Dick King-Smith 10 Laconia
Alien Secrets  / Annette Curtis Klause 12 Concord
Letters from Camp  / Kate Klise 11 Laconia
Regarding the Fountain  / Kate Klise 12 Stratham
Silent to the Bone  / E. L. Konigsburg 14 Rochester
The View from Saturday  / E. L. Konigsburg 12 Plaistow
Everest: The Contest  (Everest Series #1) / Gordon Korman 20 Laconia
No More Dead Dogs  / Gordon Korman 12 Amherst
Hidden Worlds: Looking through a Scientist’s Microscope  / Stephen Kramer 7 Laconia
Spellbinder: The Life of Harry Houdini  / Tom Lalicki 12 Laconia
Savvy  / Ingrid Law 8 Bow
How to Be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World  / Jay Leno 16 Laconia
Astronomy  (Eyewitness) / Kristen Lippincott 13 Laconia
Gathering Blue  / Lois Lowry 11 Laconia
The Giver  / Lois Lowry 9 Laconia
Number the Stars  / Lois Lowry 24 Greenfield
The Aquanauts  / John Lunn 7 Newport
The Mariner’s Curse  / John Lunn 9 Newport
Sarah, Plain and Tall  / Patricia MacLachlan 12 Bow
Harold’s Tail  / John Bemelmans Marciano 11 Laconia
Walkabout  / James Vance Marshall 11 Newport
A Mango-Shaped Space  / Wendy Mass 13 Laconia
Memoirs of American Youth: A Multicultural Anthology  / Anne Mazur 15 Hanover
Stop the Train  / Geraldine McCaughrean 13 Laconia
Archaeology  (Eyewitness) / Jane McIntosh 10 Laconia
Touching Spirit Bear  / Ben Mikaelsen 12 New London
Touching Spirit Bear  / Ben Mikaelsen 15 Rye
Gentle Ben  / Walt Morey 23 Greenfield
The Boy Who Spoke Dog  / Clay Morgan 10 Jaffrey
The Boy Who Spoke Dog  / Clay Morgan 11 Laconia
Owls in the Family  / Farley Mowat 9 Greenfield
Surviving Brick Johnson  / Laurie Myers 20 Laconia
Roxie and the Hooligans  / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 12 Stratham
Hachiko Waits  / Leslea Newman 12 Lyndeborough
Sarah Bishop  / Scott O’Dell 12 Greenfield
Junie B., First Grader: Cheater Pants  / Barbara Park 19 Laconia
A Single Shard  / Linda Sue Park 12 Laconia
The Great Gilly Hopkins  / Katherine Paterson 14 Greenfield
Lyddie  / Katherine Paterson 15 Laconia
The Monument  / Gary Paulsen 22 Greenfield
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod  / Gary Paulsen 11 Laconia
Woodsong  / Gary Paulsen 10 Madbury
Wolf Brother  / Michelle Paver 12 Danville
Season of Gifts  / Richard Peck 12 Bow
The Littles and the Big Storm  / John Peterson 8 Milford
Freak the Mighty  / Rodman Philbrick 12 Jaffrey
Captain Underpants and Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People  (8th Epic Novel) / Dav Pilkey 10 Laconia
The Body of Christopher Creed  / Carol Plum-Ucci 10 Keene
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents  / Terry Pratchett 15 Rochester
It’s Valentine’s Day  / Jack Prelutsky 12 Laconia
I Was a Rat!  / Philip Pullman 15 Rochester
Where the Red Fern Grows  / Wilson Rawls 12 Laconia
Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary  / David West Reynolds 12 Laconia
Amelia’s War  / Ann Rinaldi 6 Rindge
The Lightning Thief  (Percy Jackson & the Olympians #1) / Rick Riordan 12 Amherst
The Thumb in the Box  / Ken Roberts 7 Laconia
The Absolutely True Story...How I Visited Yellowstone Park with the Terrible Rupes  / Willo Davis Roberts 12 Concord
How to Eat Fried Worms  / Thomas Rockwell 12 Laconia
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  / J. K. Rowling 12 Lyme
Riding Freedom  / Pam Muñoz Ryan 12 Peterborough
If You’ll Be My Valentine  / Cynthia Rylant 11 Laconia
Holes  / Louis Sachar 14 Laconia
Magyk  (Septimus Heap #1) / Angie Sage 15 Lee
Varjack Paw  / S. F. Said 12 Jaffrey
Knights of the Kitchen Table  (Time Warp Trio) / Jon Scieszka 15 Laconia
The Slippery Slope  (Series of Unfortunate Events #10) / Lemony Snicket 12 Laconia
Cosmic! The Ultimate 3-D Guide to the Universe  / Giles Sparrow 12 Laconia
Loser  / Jerry Spinelli 12 Somersworth
Maniac Magee  / Jerry Spinelli 8 Milford
Stargirl  / Jerry Spinelli 12 Hooksett
Attack of the Mutant  (Goosebumps Presents #12) / R. L. Stine 12 Rindge
Twisted Tale of the Tiki Island  (Give Yourself Goosebumps #21) / R. L. Stine 12 Rindge
A Ballad of the Civil War  / Mary Stolz 8 Greenfield
Space Exploration  (Eyewitness) / Carole Stott 6 Laconia
The Amulet of Samarkand  (Bartimaeus Trilogy #1) / Jonathan Stroud 12 Jaffrey
Escapade Johnson and Mayhem at Mount Moosilauke  / Michael Sullivan 10 Laconia
Escapade Johnson and Mayhem at Mount Moosilauke  / Michael Sullivan 12 Stratham
Escapade Johnson and the Witches  / Michael Sullivan 10 Laconia
Escapade Johnson and the Witches  / Michael Sullivan 12 Stratham
Crystal and Gem  (Eyewitness) / R. F. Symes 12 Laconia
Mississippi Bridge  / Mildred Taylor 14 Greenfield
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry  / Mildred Taylor 12 Lyme
The Thief  / Megan Whalen Turner 12 Freedom
Flipped  / Wendelin Van Draanen 18 Laconia
Three Good Deeds  / Vivian Vande Velde 16 Laconia
Wizard at Work: A Novel in Stories  / Vivian Vande Velde 14 Laconia
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley  / Sally M. Walker 13 Laconia
Goosed!  / Bill Wallace 12 North Hampton
Charlotte’s Web  / E. B. White 16 Greenfield
Pretty Like Us  / Carol Lynch Williams 12 Rindge
The Ravenmaster’s Secret: Escape from the Tower of London  / Elvira Woodruff 15 Peterborough

NOTE:  Links to NHU-PAC may not reflect exact editions.  Last updated 10/16/2011.