A Book List for Children of All Ages

Children not only need to read, but they need good books to read. The following lists provide a compilation of classic, quality literature for children of all ages. You may also download the entire list as a PDF. So, whether you access this list from the internet browser on your phone or carry it with you as a printed sheet, you will be able to refer to it whenever you visit the library, swing by a bookstore, or shop for books online.

Board Books

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See, by Bill Martin, Jr.
• Doggies, by Sandra Boynton
• Fifteen Animals! and others, by Sandra Boynton
• Goodnight Moon and others, by Margaret Wise Brown
• Max’s First Word, by Rosemary Wells
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle

Picture Books

• Adam Raccoon books, by Glen Keane
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very-Bad Day, by J. Viorst
• Always Room for One More, by Sorche Nic Leodhas
• Animals of Farmer Jones & other Little Golden Books illus., by Richard Scarry
• Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, by Judi Barrett
• Ba, by Farm Animals & other Little Golden Books illus., by Garth Williams
• Beatrice’s Goat, by Page McBrier
• Bedtime for Frances, by Russell Hoban
• Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey
• Bread and Jam for Frances, by Russell Hoban
• But Not the Hippopotamus, by Sandra Boynton
• Buzzle Billy: A Book about Sharing, by Michael P. Waite
• Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina
• The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss
• Christopher Churchmouse books, by Barbara Davoll
• Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type, by Doreen Cronin
• Corduroy, by Don Freeman
• Curious George & others, by Hans A. Rey
• Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, by Mo Willems
• Emperor’s New Clothes and others, by Hans Christian Anderson
• Fables, by Arnold Lobel
• Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, by Eileen Christelow
• Freight Train, by Donald Crews
• Garth Pig and the Ice Cream Lady and others, by Mary Rayner
• Guess How Much I Love, by Sam McBratney
• Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson
• Harry the Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion
• Horton Hatches the Egg, by Dr. Seuss
• Horton Hears a Who, by Dr. Seuss
• The House on East 88th Street and others, by Bernard Waber
• House that Jack Built, by Antonio Frasconi
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr. Seuss
• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, by Laura Joffe Numeroff
• Katy and the Big Snow, by Virginia Lee Burton
• Leo the Late Bloomer, by Robert Kraus
• Little Engine That Could, by Watty Piper
• Little House and others, by Virginia Lee Burton
• The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
• Little Red Hen and others, by Paul Galdone
• Madeline and, by Ludwig Bemelmans
• Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
• Max and the Big Fat Lie: A Book About Telling the Truth, by Michael P. Waite
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton
• The Mitten, by Jan Brett
• Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney
• The Monster at the End of This Book, by Jon Stone
• Mouse Paint, by Ellen Stoll Walsh
• Gumpy’s Outing, by John Burningham
• The Napping House, by Audrey Wood
• The New Ba, by and others, by Cyndy Szekeres
• Noah's Ark, by Peter Spier
• One Morning in Maine, by Robert McCloskey
• Owl Moon, by Jane Yolan
• Ox-Cart Man, by Donald Hall
• The Princess and the Kiss, by Jennie Bishop
• Poky Little Puppy, by Janette Sebring Lowry, illus., by Gustaf Tenggren
• Press Here, by Herve Tullet
• The Random House Book of Fairy Tales, by Amy Ehrlich
• Richard Scarry's Please and Thank You Book, by Richard Scarry
• The Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown
• Sir Maggy the Mighty: A Book About Obedience, by Michael P. Waite
• The Sneetches and Other Stories, by Dr. Seuss
• Snowy Day and others, by Ezra Jack Keats
• The Squire and the Scroll, by Jennie Bishop
• Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown
• Story About Ping, by Marjorie Flack
• Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf
• Swimmy, by Leo Lionni
• Tale of Peter Rabbit & others, by Beatrix Potter
• The Tawny Scrawny Lion, by Kathryn Jackson
• The Thanksgiving Story, by Alice Dalgliesh
• “There Are Rocks in My Socks” said the Ox to the Fox, by Patricia Thomas
• Thunder Cake, by Patricia Polacco
• Tikki Tikki Tembo, by Arlene Mosel
• The Tub People, by Pam Conrad
• The Train, by David McPhail
• What Do People Do All Day? by Richard Scarry
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen
• Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
• Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, by Dr. Seuss

Easy Readers

• Amelia Bedelia and others, by Peggy Parish
• Are You My Mother, P.D. Eastman
• The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss
• Daniel’s Duck, by Clyde Robert Bulla
• The Drinking Gourd, by F. N. Monjo
• Fire Cat, by Esther Holden Averill
• A Fly Went, by, by Michael McClintock
• Frog & Toad books, by Arnold Lobel
• Go Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman
• Greg’s Microscope and other Science I Can Read books, by Millicent Selsam
• Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss
• It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny, by Marilyn Sadler
• Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, by Peter Roop
• A King for Brass Cobweb, by Dawn L. Watkins
• Little Bear, by Elise Minarik
• Mouse Soup, by Arnold Lobel
• Mouse Tales, by Arnold Lobel
• Nate the Great and Others, by Marjorie Sharmat
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, by Dr. Seuss
• Owl at Home, by Arnold Lobel
• Poppleton books, by Cynthia Rylant
• Put Me in the Zoo, by Robert Lopshire
• Sam the Minuteman, by Nathaniel Benchley
• Tales of Amanda Pig, by Jean Van Leeuwen
• Tales of Oliver Pig, by Jean Van Leeuwen

Easy Chapter Books

• The Apple and the Arrow, by Mary and Conrad Buff
• A Bear Called Paddington, by Michael Bond
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, by Alice Dalgliesh
• Castle, by David Macauley
• The Chalk Box Kid, by Clyde Robert Bulla
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
• The Courage of Sarah Noble, by Alice Dalgliesh
• George Washington’s Breakfast, by Jean Fritz
• A Grain of Rice, by Helena Clare Pittman
• The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes
• A Lion to Guard Us, by Clyde Robert Bulla
• The Littles and others, by John Peterson
• The Matchlock Gun, by Walter Edmonds
• Mice of the Herring Bone and others, by Tim Davis
• The Mouse and the Motorcycle and others, by Beverly Cleary
• My Father’s Dragon, by Ruth Stiles Gannet
• The Paint Box Kid, by Clyde Robert Bulla
• A Pirate’s Promise, by Clyde Robert Bulla
• Pocahontas and the Strangers, by Clyde Robert Bulla
• The Story of George Washington Carver, by Eva Moore
• The Sword in the Tree, by Clyde Robert Bulla
• Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims, by Clyde Robert Bulla
• Toys Go Out, by Emily Jenkins
• Twenty and Ten, by Claire Huchet Bishop
• Viking Adventure, by Clyde Robert Bulla

Intermediate Chapter Books

• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
• Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates
• Ar, by Jenkins series, by Sharon Hambrick
• Ben and Me, by Robert Lawson
• Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell
• The Black Pearl, by Scott O’Dell
• The Borrowers and others, by Mary Norton
• The Bridge Trilogy, by Jeri Massi
• The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare
• Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Brink
• Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry
• Captive Treasure, by Milly Howard
• Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham
• Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White
• The Chronicles of Narnia series, by C. S. Lewis
• A Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden
• Derwood Inc. series, by Jeri Massi
• Escape to Lichtenstein, by Ed Dunlop
• A Father’s Promise, by Donnalynn Hess
• The Family’s Pilgrim’s Progress
• Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman, by Dorothy Sterling
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E. L. Konigsburg
• Gettysburg, by MacKinlay Kantor
• Ginger Pye, by Eleanor Estes
• Gone Away Lake, by Elizabeth Enright
• The Good Master, by Kate Seredy
• The Great Glass Elevator, by Roald Dahl
• Helen Keller, by Margaret Davidson
• Helen Keller’s Teacher, by Margaret Davidson
• Homer Price, by Robert McCloskey
• The House at Pooh Corner, by A. A. Milne
• The House of Sixty Fathers, by Meindert De Jong
• In Search of Honor, by Donnalynn Hess
• The Incredible Rescues, by Ed Dunlop
• Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes
• King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry
• The Landing of the Pilgrims, by James Daugherty
• Lassie Come-Home, by Eric Knight
• Little House series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Little Pilgrim’s Progress, by Hannah
• A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind, by Margaret Davidson
• Medallion, by Dawn L. Watkins
• Mik-Shrok, by Gloria Repp
• The Moffats and others, by Eleanor Estes
• Misty of Chincoteague, by Marguerite Henry
• Mountain Born, by Elizabeth Yates
• Popper’s Penguins, by Richard Atwater
• Fris, by and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert O’Brien
• My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George
• Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
• Peanut Butter Friends in a Chop Suey World, by Deb Brammer
• Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi
• Pollyanna, by Eleanor Porter
• Rabbit Hill, by Robert Lawson
• The Railway Children, by Edith Nesbit
• The Rescuers, by Marjery Sharp
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor
• The Search for the Silver Eagle, by Ed Dunlop
• The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Secret of the Golden Cowrie, by Gloria Repp
• The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare
• The Singing Tree, by Kate Seredy
• Snow Treasure, by Marie McSwigan
• The Story of Thomas Alva Edison, by Margaret Cousins
• Stuart Little, by E. B. White
• The Sugar Creek Gang series, by Paul Hutchins
• Swallows and Amazons and others, by Arthur Ransome
• The Swamp Fox of the Revolution, by Stewart H. Holbrook
• The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
• Tales from Dust River Gulch, by Tim Davis
• These Are My People, by Mildred T. Howard
• Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll
• Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
• The Twenty-One Balloons, by William Pene DuBois
• The Well, by Mildred D. Taylor
• The Wheel on the School, by Meindert De Jong
• The Winged Watchman, by Hilda van Stockum
• Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne
• With Daring Faith, by Rebecca Davis
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by Frank Baum
• The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, by Donald J. Sobol
• Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• Young-Fu of the Upper Yangtze River, by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

Advanced Chapter Books

• Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
• Animal Farm, by George Orwell
• Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maude Montgomery
• The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Captain’s Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling
• Children of the Storm, by Natasha Vins
• A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
• David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
• The Giver, by Lois Lowry
• Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
• Heidi, by Joanna Spyri
• The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom
• The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell
• The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling
• Laddie, by Eleanor Porter
• Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
• Little Men and others, by Louisa May Alcott
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy, by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Men of Iron, by Howard Pyle
• The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle
• Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens
• Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
• The Prince and the Pauper, by Mark Twain
• The Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
• Watership Down, by Richard Adams