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100 Best Books for Children

The American National Education Association asked teachers to pick a list of 100 books they felt represented the best books for children and young people.

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Books for All Ages

The Giving TreeThe Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein


Where the Sidewalk Ends
Shel Silverstein

Little Women
Louisa May Alcott

The Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum

Heidi
Johanna Spyri

Books for Preschoolers

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle

Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?
Bill Martin, Jr.

The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister

Corduroy
Don Freeman

The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats

The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise

Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney

Books for Children Ages 4-8

The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg

Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss

The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss

Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak

Love You Forever
Robert N. Munsch

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Judith Viorst

The Mitten
Jan Brett

Stellaluna
Janell Cannon

Oh, The Places You'll Go
Dr. Seuss

Strega Nona
Tomie De Paola

The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
John Archambault

The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh
A. A. Milne

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe

Numeroff The Lorax
Dr. Seuss

Amazing Grace
Mary Hoffman

Jumanji
Chris Van Allsburg

Math Curse
Jon Scieszka

Are You My Mother?
Philip D. Eastman

The Napping House
Audrey Wood

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
William Steig

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter

Horton Hatches the Egg
Dr. Seuss

Basil of Baker Street
Eve Titus

The Little Engine That Could
Watty Piper

Curious George
Hans Augusto Rey

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Mem Fox

Arthur series
Marc Tolon Brown

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Kevin Henkes

The Little House
Virginia Lee Burton

Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish

The Art Lesson
Tomie De Paola

Caps for Sale
Esphyr Slobodkina

Clifford, the Big Red Dog
Norman Bridwell

The Paper Bag Princess
Robert N. Munsch

Books for Children Ages 9-12

Charlotte's Web
E. B. White

Hatchet
Gary Paulsen

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis

Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl

A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle

Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Little House on the Prarie
Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Boxcar Children
Gertrude Chandler Warner

Sarah, Plain and Tall
Patricia MacLachlan

The Indian in the Cupboard
Lynne Reid Banks

Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell

Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli

The BFG
Roald Dahl

The Giver
Lois Lowry

James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl

Little House in the Big Woods
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred D. Taylor

Stone Fox
John Reynolds Gardiner

Number the Stars
Lois Lowry

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
Robert C. O'Brien

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson

Matilda
Roald Dahl

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume

Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Beverly Cleary

The Trumpet of the Swan
E. B. White

The Chronicles of Narnia
C. S. Lewis

The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster

Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt

Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery

The Great Gilly Hopkins
Katherine Paterson

Little House books
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Louis Sachar

Harriet the Spy
Louise Fitzhugh

A Light in the Attic
Shel Silverstein

Mr. Popper's Penguins
Richard Atwater

My Father's Dragon
Ruth Stiles Gannett

Stuart Little
E. B. White

Walk Two Moons
Sharon Creech

The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth George Speare

The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Christopher Paul Curtis

Books for Young Adults

Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls

The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien

Summer of the Monkeys
Wilson Rawls

The Cay
Theodore Taylor

The Sign of the Beaver
Elizabeth George Speare