Great Middle Grade Reads discussion

I use Project Gutenberg and there's a *lot* there. Anything over 50 years old is worth checking to see.

Oh, I'm sure feedbooks is fine for you - I was just letting folks know of an alternative, that's all.

Thanks for the links, too!

There are also many available through Overdrive to borrow for free for a few weeks. I have no problem clearing books off my Nook when I finish reading them--it makes it easier to find what I want! But I see you know that. My library's Overdrive site also has a link to the Open Library, with more public domain works, though not always well-formatted.

I've had mixed success, but mostly they seem to read fine on the computer or iPad, but aren't formatted for ereaders.

Yeah, it stinks to get something and then not be able to read it. On a similar note, I can get audio from One-Click audio through my library. But as far as I've been able to find, I can't tell until I download if it's MP3 or WMA--and I can't listen to WMA. Doubly annoying, as by the time I know I can't listen to it, it's checked out and someone else can't borrow it.

The regular Overdrive audio books I can pick my format, which is important. I can't do WMA because I don't have a Window's computer, but I can do Overdrive MP3s.

Audio books are addictive. I've been known to do housework just so I have an excuse to keep listening.

I found the whole Anne of Green Gables series in the public domain. Also a couple other lesser known children's series by L.M. Montgomery.

Also Alcott's Little Women and its sequels.

The Wizard of Oz series, which you mentioned in a different thread.

Great thread, BTW!

What Katy Did and other books by Susan Coolidge.

Polyanna and other books by Eleanor H. Porter

Five Children and It and many books by E. Nesbit. I love The Enchanted Castle.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and other books by Kate Douglas Wiggin.

For the Sake of the School and other books by Angela Brazil

George MacDonald's books like The Light Princess

Treasure Island and other books by Robert Louis Stevenson

Jean Webster's books like Daddy-Long-Legs

Rudyard Kipling and P.G. Wodehouse have written books which are set at school and are public domain.

The early Newbery winners like The Story of Doctor Dolittle and The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account Of What Befell A Little Boy In Search Of Adventure are public domain.

My copies of Understood Betsy and The Windy Hill are public domain (probably Gutenberg).

There is certainly no shortage of MG books in public domain.

Rebecca wrote: "There are also many available through Overdrive to borrow for free for a few weeks. I have no problem clearing books off my Nook when I finish reading them--it makes it easier to find what I want! ..."

Thanks, Rebecca, I had never heard of Overdrive. Very useful to know :)

Beth wrote: "Thanks y'all for the additional suggestions.

And yes, Carolien, there is tons of MG in the public domain.

Heidi is another one!"

I was going to say Heidi.
OP, I read 'A Little Princess' to my little one and cried all the way through, it is such a great story :)

Has anyone mentioned Librivox here yet? It can be a bit hit and miss because it is run by volunteers reading out of copyright books, but some of them can be magical.

The downside can be that you have to download one section at a time.

Another great source I've found these days has been YouTube! I now check YouTube first before deciding to buy an audiobook because, I can sometimes find it there already!