To encourage the joy of reading, the Mensa Foundation has developed the Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Program, a year-round challenge to kids of all ages based on the NEH's "Summertime Favorites" reading list, with some alterations.
Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
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Anne of Green Gables
by L.M. Montgomery
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Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos
by Robert Lawson
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Betsy-Tacy
by Maud Hart Lovelace
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Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
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The Black Stallion
by Walter Farley
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
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Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
Recommended Age: 8
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Caddie Woodlawn
by Carol Ryrie Brink
Recommended Age: 10
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Cheaper by the Dozen
by Frank Gilbreth
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The Children of Green Knowe
by L. M. Boston
The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain)
by Lloyd Alexander
The Black Cauldron (The Chronicles of Prydain)
by Lloyd Alexander
The Castle of Llyr (The Chronicles of Prydain)
by Lloyd Alexander
Taran Wanderer (The Chronicles of Prydain)
by Lloyd Alexander
The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain)
by Lloyd Alexander
Recommended Age: 9
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The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
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The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
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Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (The Chronicles of Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
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The Silver Chair (The Chronicles of Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
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The Last Battle (The Chronicles of Narnia)
by C. S. Lewis
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The Complete Fairy Tales
by Charles Perrault
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Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark Is Rising Sequence)
by Susan Cooper
The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising Sequence)
by Susan Cooper
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Greenwitch (The Dark Is Rising Sequence)
by Susan Cooper
The Grey King (The Dark is Rising Sequence)
by Susan Cooper
Recommended Age: 11
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Silver on the Tree (The Dark Is Rising Sequence)
by Susan Cooper
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
by Ingri d'Aulaire
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D’Aulaire’s Book of Norse Myths
by Ingri d'Aulaire
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A Dog on Barkham Street
by Mary Stolz
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
by Jacqueline Kelly
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburg
Recommended Age: 11
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Gentle Ben
by Walt Morey
Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
by Mary Mapes Dodge
Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
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Heidi
by Johanna Spyri
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Homer Price
by Robert McCloskey
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The House of Dies Drear
by Virginia Hamilton
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
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Lad: A Dog
by Albert Payson Terhune
Lassie Come Home
by Eric Knight
Mary Poppins
by P. L. Travers
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Matilda
by Roald Dahl
The Matchlock Gun
by Walter Edmonds
Recommended Age: 8
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Misty of Chincoteague
by Marguerite Henry
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The Moffats
by Eleanor Estes
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My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
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The Pushcart War
by Jean Merrill
The Railway Children
by E. Nesbit
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Redwall
by Brian Jacques
The Rescuers
by Margery Sharp
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
Recommended Age: 12
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Strawberry Girl
by Lois Lenski
Recommended Age: 10
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The Summer of the Swans
by Betsy Byars
Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann D. Wyss
The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pène du Bois
Recommended Age: 10
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
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Thimble Summer
by Elizabeth Enright
Recommended Age: 12
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Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbit
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