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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kathleen Dixon (19 Lists)



Red Rocks by Rachael KingRinglet and the Day the Oceans Stopped by Felicity Williams
Best mermaid books
437 books — 952 voters
The Shark Caller by Dianne WolferSlickety Quick by Skila Brown
Shark Lit!
117 books — 32 voters

Pax by Sara PennypackerThe Turnkey by Allison Rushby
Foxes and Wolves
596 books — 157 voters
Lighthouse Keeper's Wife by Jeanette AplinThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanThe Sea is my Neighbour by Ted A. Clark
Lighthouses
424 books — 145 voters

Pigs Might Fly by Jonathan EmmettThe Three Little Pigs by Gavin Bishop
The Three Little Pigs
44 books — 7 voters
Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella by James MayhewThe Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley ClimoPrince Cinders by Babette Cole
Cinderella Stories
129 books — 339 voters

Tizzie by P.D.R. LindsayRipple by Tui AllenThe Bone People by Keri HulmeEvery Five Minutes by Bronwyn ElsmoreThe Elusive Language of Ducks by Judith White
New Zealand
396 books — 244 voters
Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleNeverwhere by Neil GaimanFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyHorns by Joe HillThe House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
Literary Horror
203 books — 200 voters

Whale by David Lucas
Picture Books About Whales
113 books — 40 voters
Dreamhunter by Elizabeth KnoxThe Juniper Game by Sherryl JordanCatalogue of the Universe by Margaret MahyJuno of Taris by Fleur BealeFierce September by Fleur Beale
Great Kiwi YA & MG
224 books — 82 voters

Sirocco the Rock-Star Kakapo by Sarah EllOne Lonely Kakapo by Sandra MorrisKakapo Dance by Helen Taylor
Books for Parrot Lovers
83 books — 17 voters
Owls in the Family by Farley MowatUnless by Carol ShieldsThe Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-DargatzDéjà Dead by Kathy ReichsLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Oh, Canada!
1,330 books — 512 voters

The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie by Ágota Kristóf
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,122 books — 11,175 voters
Ripple by Tui AllenThe Whale Rider by Witi IhimaeraMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Books about Whales, Dolphins or other Marine Mammals
212 books — 145 voters

The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan CooperThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteMary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy by Mary StewartThe Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson
The Arthurian Legend Retold
490 books — 783 voters
Ripple by Tui Allen
Best Books About Animals
1,785 books — 1,910 voters

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard BachCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Capture by Kathryn Lasky
Animal Stories
235 books — 106 voters
Graffiti Heaven by Marita A. HansenThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainQuaking by Kathryn ErskineThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,956 books — 13,196 voters

Eliot by Michael A. Wood Jr.
Best Books You've Never Heard of....
1,300 books — 2,032 voters