Do you have little ones? Well I have a great list of books for you!
Here is a list of 100 Children’s Books to read in a lifetime. I think this is an excellent list to save for when you need baby shower gifts, birthday gifts or Christmas gifts.
We have mountains of books in our house- we just love them- so I think these always make great gifts.
Here is the list- note this was compiled by Amazon and Good Reads- there are chapter books and picture books so something for children of all ages.
Click the title of the book and it will take you straight to the description so you can read more about it.
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling
- Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) by Roald Dahl
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- A Wrinkle in Time (Time, #1) by Madeleine L’Engle
- Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott
- Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- The Giver (The Giver #1) by Lois Lowry
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Matilda by Roald Dahl
- The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) by L. Frank Baum
- Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2) by J,K. Rowling
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan
- Island of the Blue Dolphins (Island of the Blue Dolphins #1) by Scott O’Dell
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- Holes (Holes, #1) by Louis Sachar
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Heidi by Johanna Spyri
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Curious George by H.A. Rey
- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
- Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
- Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
- The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
- Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew, #1) by Carolyn Keene
- The Little House Collection (Little House, #1-9) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Ender’s Game (The Ender Quintet, #1) by Orson Scott Card
- Alice in Wonderland (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland #1) by Lewis Carroll
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
- Going Over by Beth Kephart
- Press Here by Hervé Tullet
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
- Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
- A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1) by Michael Bond
- Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
- The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) by Lemony Snicket
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Ramona, #6) by Beverly Cleary
- Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond between a Soldier and his Service Dog by Luis Carlos Montalván
- The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
- A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
- Frog and Toad Are Friends (Frog and Toad, #1) by Arnold Lobel
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans #1) by Barbara Robinson
- Hatchet (Brian’s Saga, #1) by Gary Paulsen
- The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Corduroy by Don Freeman
- Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
- The Complete Tales by Beatrix Potter
- A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
- Miss Nelson Is Missing! (Miss Nelson, #1) by Harry Allard
- The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
- Rhyme Schemer by K.A. Holt
And I can’t wait to hear what books you would add to this list? Any books you have loved recently?
At least twice the is a novel.that is.part of a.series that is listed and then the.complete series. And you missed anything by Beverley.Cleary and Louise Fitzhugh
Beverly Cleary #75
Do u have a printable copy of this list? I would love to be able to check them off as we read them.
Hi Kristen,
I don’t have a printable checklist. I did try copying and pasting into a word doc and that worked perfectly. You can print it out and then just highlight each title as you finish it.
Happy Reading!
I would add any of the books from the Little Miss and Mr Men series to your list.
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle…my favorite next to Charlotte’s Web
– Jillian Jiggs
-Berenstain Bears
-Mercer Mayer series
-Franklin
-ALL of Robert Munsch
Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tales
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Puck of Pook’s Hill by R. Kipling
Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter
The Jungle Books by R. Kipling
“Make Way for Ducklings” by Robert McCloskey (I think) and “In the Night Kitchen” by Maurice Sendak
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry The Search for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi Any of Roald Dahl
What about “Old Yeller’? All three of my kids (2 boys, 1 girl) LOVED it.
I know I saw the movie but I don’t think I ever read the book. I will add that to our reading list 🙂 Thanks for the suggestion Carla.
The Borrowers series ; Horrible Henry series ; All 4 Winnie the Pooh books; Redcap; The Olypians; Terrible 5 series; Eloise; Henny Penny
I would add: The Little House by Virginia Burton, the Christopher Robin Storybook, by Milne, Margery Morningstar, and Cpwhy Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect.