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. |