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Heidi (Unabridged) by Johanna Spyri

Heidi

By Johanna Spyri
Level 8
Entertainment
4
Moral
5
Educational
4
Literary
5
Heidi Grows Up by Charles Tritten

Heidi Grows Up

By Charles Tritten
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
3.5
Educational
3
Literary
4
Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson

Helen Keller

By Margaret Davidson
Level 4
Entertainment
4.5
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
4
Helen Keller—Into the Light by Shannen Yauger

Helen Keller—Into the Light

By Shannen Yauger
Level 2
Entertainment
4.5
Moral
3
Educational
5
Literary
4

Hello Lighthouse

By Sophie Blackall
Picture Books
Entertainment
4
Moral
2
Educational
3
Literary
4.5
Henry Reed, Inc. by Keith Robertson

Henry Reed Series

By Keith Robertson
Level 6
Entertainment
4.5
Moral
3
Educational
3
Literary
4
Henry Books (Series)

Henry Series

By Mark Taylor
Picture Books
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
2.5
Educational
0
Literary
4
Henry's Red Sea, Barbara Smucker

Henry’s Red Sea

By Barbara Smucker
Level 5
Entertainment
4
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
5

Here Comes the Bus!

By Carolyn Haywood
Level 4
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
4
Educational
2
Literary
4

Here’s Juggins

By Amy Wentworth Stone
Level 5
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
3
Educational
3
Literary
4
Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures

By Margot Lee Shetterly & Winifred Conkling
Picture Books
Entertainment
4.5
Moral
3
Educational
5
Literary
3

Hidden on the High Wire

By Kathy Kacer
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
3
Literary
4.5
Himalayan Adventures by Penny Reeve

Himalayan Adventures

By Penny Reeve
Level 7
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
3
Educational
5
Literary
3.5

Home in the Woods

By Eliza Wheeler
Picture Books
Entertainment
5
Moral
5
Educational
2
Literary
4
Home Is In Between

Home Is in Between

By Mitali Perkins
Picture Books
Moral
3
Educational
1
Literary
3
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey

Homer Price

By Robert McCloskey
Level 7
Moral
3.5
Educational
2
Literary
3.5

Honey Cake

By Joan Betty Stuchner
Level 4
Entertainment
4
Moral
4.5
Educational
5
Literary
5
Horse Diaries (SERIES) by Catherine Hapka & Ruth Sanderson

Horse Diaries Series

By Various Authors
Level 4
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
3
Educational
4
Literary
4
How Artists See Work, Colleen Carroll

How Artists See Work

By Colleen Carroll
Level 5
Entertainment
3
Moral
2.5
Educational
5
Literary
2.5

How Do You Lift a Lion?

By Robert E. Wells
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
1
Educational
5
Literary
3.5

How Do You Spell Unfair?

By Carole Boston Weatherford
Picture Books
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
4

How Science Saved the Eiffel Tower

By Emma Bland Smith
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
2
Educational
5
Literary
3
How Stuff Works by Marshall Brain

How Stuff Works

By Marshall Brain
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
0
Educational
5
Literary
3.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

By Dr. Seuss
Picture Books
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
0
Literary
4

How To Solve A problem

By Ashima Shiraishi
Picture Books
Entertainment
5
Moral
5
Educational
4
Literary
4
Hue & Cry by Elizabeth Yates

Hue & Cry

By Elizabeth Yates
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
4.5

Hugo the Hero

By Amy Drorbaugh
Level 2
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
2
Literary
4
Huguenot Garden by Douglas M. Jones III

Huguenot Garden

By Douglas M. Jones III
Level 6
Entertainment
4
Moral
4.5
Educational
5
Literary
4

Hunger Winter

By Rob Currie
Level 7
Entertainment
5
Moral
4.5
Educational
5
Literary
4
Hurry Home, Candy by dert DeJong

Hurry Home, Candy

By Meindert DeJong
Level 7
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
3
Educational
1
Literary
4

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