Childrens Classics

Classics and Bestsellers

A story is usually considered a classic if it has withstood the test of time; generation after generation has enjoyed it, and the mention of the name brings instant recognition and often fond memories - not to mention the fact that they stay in print.

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Lassie Come Home - Eric Knight
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum - As usual, the original book version (ISBN: 0060293233) is far superior (and less scary for children) to the film version. There are actually several stories of Dorothy and her friends in the Land of Oz, but this was the first, and most well known.
The Phantom Tollbooth (ISBN: 0394820371) - Norton Juster
The Cat In The Hat -
A Wrinkle in Time (ISBN: 0440498058) - Madeleine L'Engle

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (ISBN: 0451527747) - Lewis Carroll
Charlotte's Web (ISBN: 039480001X) - E.B. White
The Velveteen Rabbit (ISBN: 0385077254) - Margery Williams
Heidi (ISBN: 0753454947) - Johanna Spyri
Little House on the Prairie (ISBN: 0060264454) - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Black Beauty (ISBN: 0451528654) - Anna Sewell
Tale of Peter Rabbit (ISBN: 0723247706) - Beatrix Potter
Mother Goose (ISBN: 0517436191)
Where the Red Fern Grows (ISBN: 0385323301) - Wilson Rawls

Madeline (ISBN: 0670445800)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
The Call of the Wild - Jack London
James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis - This is actually the second book of seven in the Chronicles of Narnia series, but it seems to remain the most well known and loved of all the books.
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett (avoid abridged versions) -
Stuart Little - E.B. White
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame

Classic series books

The Hardy Boys Mysteries (series) -
Nancy Drew Mysteries (series) -
Encyclopedia Brown (series)- Donald J. Sobol
Curious George - H. A. Rey

Fairy Tales, Fables and Folk Tales

Aesop's Fables -
The Arabian Nights -
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales -