Fiction

Best Children's Books

Great children's books work on two levels at once — satisfying for the child, rewarding for the adult reading aloud. These are the books worth returning to across every age.

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Charlotte's Web E.B. White · 1952 Editor's Choice Get it on Amazon →

The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 1943 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J.K. Rowling · 1997 Essential Read See details →

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Winnie-the-Pooh A.A. Milne · 1926 Recommended Get it on Amazon →

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum · 1900 Recommended Get it on Amazon →

The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame · 1908 Recommended See details →

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Rick Riordan · 2005 Recommended See details →

A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle · 1962 Recommended See details →

The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1911 Recommended See details →

A Final Reckoning G. A. Henty · 1800 Recommended See details →

American notes Charles Dickens · 1800 Recommended See details →

Anne of Ingleside Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1939 Recommended See details →

Anne of Windy Poplars Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1936 Recommended See details →

Anne's House of Dreams Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1917 Recommended See details →

Chronicles of Avonlea Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1912 Recommended See details →

David Balfour Robert Louis Stevenson · 1883 Recommended See details →

Dombey and Son Charles Dickens · 1800 Recommended See details →

Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1886 Recommended See details →

Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens · 1800 Recommended See details →

Montezuma's daughter H. Rider Haggard · 1893 Recommended See details →

Otto of the Silver Hand Howard Pyle · 1888 Recommended See details →

Pollyanna Grows Up Eleanor Hodgman Porter · 1915 Recommended See details →

Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1919 Recommended See details →

Robin Hood Howard Pyle · 1883 Recommended See details →

The Alhambra Washington Irving · 1800 Recommended See details →

The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll · 1876 Recommended See details →

The Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore · 1857 Recommended See details →

The Wouldbegoods Edith Nesbit · 1901 Recommended See details →

Under the Lilacs Louisa May Alcott · 1878 Recommended See details →

What Katy Did Susan Coolidge · 1873 Recommended See details →

Wulf the Saxon G. A. Henty · 1894 Recommended See details →

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