Classics

These books have stood the test of time; for 40 years or more, generations of children have read and enjoyed them. Classics are appropriate for grades 4 and older, although younger children will enjoy many of these as read-alouds.

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**Alcott, Louisa May	Little Women, Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy.
**Atwater, Richard	Mr. Popper’s Penguins.
**Barrie, J. M.	Peter Pan.
**Baum, L. Frank	The Wizard of Oz.
**Brink, Carol Ryrie	Caddie Woodlawn.
**Burnett, Frances Hodgson	The Secret Garden.
**Carroll, Lewis	Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
**Collodi, Carlo	Pinocchio.
**Defoe, Daniel	Robinson Crusoe.
**Dumas, Alexandre	The Three Musketeers.
**Grahame, Kenneth	The Wind in the Willows.
**Kipling, Rudyard	The Jungle Book.
**Lindgren, Astrid	Pippi Longstocking.
Lofting, Hugh	The Story of Doctor Dolittle Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts ; Never Before Printed.
**London, Jack	The Call of the Wild and White Fang.
**Milne, A. A.	Winnie-the-Pooh.
**Montgomery, L. M.	Anne of Green Gables.
**Norton, Mary	The Borrowers.
**O’Dell, Scott	Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Pyle, Howard	The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire.
Pyle, Howard	The Story of King Arthur and His Knights.
**Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de	The Little Prince.
**Sewell, Anna	Black Beauty.
**Stevenson, Robert Louis	Treasure Island.
**Tolkien, J. R. R.	The Hobbit Or, There and Back Again.
**Travers, P. L.	Mary Poppins.
**Twain, Mark	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
**Verne, Jules	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
**White, E. B.	Charlotte’s Web.
**White, T. H.	The Sword in the Stone.
**Wyss, Johann David	The Swiss Family Robinson.

Picture Book Classics

The following books are popular choices for preschoolers and primary-grade children. Many of these authors have written other appealing picture books. Click on the title to see if the book is available.

**Barrett, Judi	Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.
**Bemelmans, Ludwig	Madeline.
Bishop, Claire Huchet	The Five Chinese Brothers.
**Brett, Jan	The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale.
**Briggs, Raymond	The Snowman.
**Bright, Robert	Georgie.
**Brown, Marcia	Stone Soup: An Old Tale.
**Brown, Margaret Wise	Goodnight Moon.
**Brown, Margaret Wise	The Runaway Bunny.
Burningham, John	Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car.
Burton, Virginia Lee	The Little House.
**Burton, Virginia Lee	Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
**Carle, Eric	The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
**Crews, Donald	Freight Train.
Daugherty, James	Andy and the Lion.
**Brunhoff, Jean de	The Story of Babar The Little Elephant.
**DePaola, Tomie	Strega Nona: An Old Tale.
Duvoisin, Roger	Petunia.
Ets, Marie Hall	Gilberto and the Wind.
Fatio, Louise	The Happy Lion.
**Flack, Marjorie	Angus and the Ducks.
**Flack, Marjorie	Ask Mr. Bear.
**Flack, Marjorie	The Story About Ping.
**Freeman, Don	Corduroy.
Freeman, Don	Norman the Doorman.
Gág, Wanda	Millions of Cats.
**Galdone, Paul	The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
Ginsburg, Mirra	Mushroom in the Rain.
**Gramatky, Hardie	Little Toot.
**Hader, Berta	The Big Snow.
**Hoban, Russell	Bread and Jam for Frances.
Hutchins, Pat	Happy Birthday, Sam.
Hutchins, Pat	Rosie’s Walk.
Johnson, Crockett	Harold and the Purple Crayon.
**Kahl, Virginia	The Duchess Bakes A Cake.
**Keats, Ezra Jack	The Snowy Day.
**Kellogg, Steven	The Mysterious Tadpole.
Kraus, Robert	Leo the Late Bloomer.
Kraus, Robert	Milton the Early Riser.
**Krauss, Ruth	The Carrot Seed.
Lamorisse, Albert	The Red Balloon.
Leaf, Munro	The Story of Ferdinand.
**Lionni, Leo	Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse.
Lionni, Leo	Little Blue and Little Yellow A Story for Pippo and Ann and Other Children.
**Lionni, Leo	Swimmy.
Lobel, Arnold	The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments.
Lobel, Anita	On Market Street.
**Marshall, James	George and Martha.
**Martin, Bill	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
**McCloskey, Robert	Blueberries for Sal.
McCloskey, Robert	Lentil.
**McCloskey, Robert	Make Way for Ducklings.
McDermott, Gerald	Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale.
**Mosel, Arlene	Tikki Tikki Tembo.
**Payne, Emmy	Katy No-Pocket.
**Peet, Bill	The Caboose Who Got Loose.
Petersham, Maud	The Circus Baby.
**Piper, Watty	The Little Engine That Could.
**Potter, Beatrix	The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
**Rey, H. A.	Curious George.
**Sendak, Maurice	Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book of Months.
**Sendak, Maurice	Where the Wild Things Are.
**Seuss	Horton Hatches the Egg.
**Seuss	McElligot’s Pool.
**Slobodkina, Esphyr	Caps for Sale: A Tale of A Peddler, Some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business.
**Steig, William	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.
Thompson, Kay	Kay Thompson’s Eloise The Absolutely Essential Edition.
Ungerer, Tomi	Crictor.
**Viorst, Judith	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
**Waber, Bernard	Ira Sleeps Over.
**Waber, Bernard	Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.
**Ward, Lynd	The Biggest Bear.
**Zion, Gene	Harry, the Dirty Dog.
Zolotow, Charlotte	Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present.