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1001 Children's Books You Should Read Before You Grow Up

Classic and essential children's books from the bestselling guide by Julia Eccleshare. Spanning picture books to young adult fiction.

Based on the book by Julia Eccleshare

67 of 998 books rated

Cover of This is the bear and the bad little girl

This is the bear and the bad little girl

Sarah Hayes

G2 Gentle
Cover of Henry and Mudge and the tall tree house

Henry and Mudge and the tall tree house

Cynthia Rylant

G2 Gentle
Cover of The cat in the hat comes back!

The cat in the hat comes back!

Dr. Seuss

G2 Gentle
Cover of Little blue and little yellow

Little blue and little yellow

Leo Lionni

G2 Gentle
Cover of The Berenstain Bears And The Shaggy Little Pony

The Berenstain Bears And The Shaggy Little Pony

Jan Berenstain, Mike Berenstain

G2 Gentle
Cover of Peter Pan

Peter Pan

Susan Hill Long

G3 Moderate
Cover of Bad habits!, or, The taming of Lucretzia Crum

Bad habits!, or, The taming of Lucretzia Crum

Babette Cole

G3 Gentle
Cover of Through the Looking Glass

Through the Looking Glass

Matthew K. Manning

G3 Mild
Cover of Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs

Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs

Ian Whybrow

G3 Gentle
Cover of One Snowy Night

One Snowy Night

Seon-Hye Jang

G3 Gentle
Cover of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Jennifer Frantz

G3 Gentle
Cover of The little red lighthouse and the great gray bridge

The little red lighthouse and the great gray bridge

Hildegarde Hoyt Swift

G3 Gentle
Cover of Crispin and the 3 little piglets

Crispin and the 3 little piglets

Ted Dewan

G3 Gentle
Cover of Else-Marie and her seven little daddies

Else-Marie and her seven little daddies

Gabrielle Charbonnet

G3 Gentle
Cover of Twilight

Twilight

Stephenie Meyer

G3 Moderate
Cover of Peter Rabbit

Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter

G3 Gentle
Cover of The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

Gina Kammer

G3 Mild
Cover of Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?

Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?

Martin Waddell

G3 Gentle
Cover of A chair for my mother

A chair for my mother

Vera B. Williams

G3 Gentle
Cover of Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Deborah G. Felder

G4 Moderate
Cover of The little engine that could

The little engine that could

Watty Piper

G4 Gentle
Cover of The wonderful Wizard of Oz

The wonderful Wizard of Oz

Eric Shanower

G4 Gentle
Cover of A Farmer Boy Birthday (My First Little House Books)

A Farmer Boy Birthday (My First Little House Books)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

G4 Gentle
Cover of Earth

Earth

Julie K. Lundgren

G4 Gentle
Cover of Lost and found

Lost and found

Caroline Adderson

G4 Gentle
Cover of Madeline and the bad hat

Madeline and the bad hat

Ludwig Bemelmans

G4 Gentle
Cover of Curious George

Curious George

Marcy Goldberg Sacks

G4 Gentle
Cover of Runaway train

Runaway train

Wim Coleman

G4 Mild
Cover of The giant jam sandwich

The giant jam sandwich

John Vernon Lord

G4 Gentle
Cover of The Boxcar Children

The Boxcar Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

G4 Gentle
Cover of The Graveyard book: volume 1

The Graveyard book: volume 1

Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell

G4 Mild
Cover of Little women

Little women

Pauline Francis

G4 Mild
Cover of Treasure Island

Treasure Island

G4 Intense
Cover of The Giver

The Giver

Lois Lowry

G4 Moderate
Cover of The Little House

The Little House

G4 Gentle
Cover of Nobody's Boy

Nobody's Boy

Hector Malot

G4 Moderate
Cover of The happy prince

The happy prince

Roberto Piumini

G4 Gentle
Cover of Harriet the Spy

Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh

G5 Moderate
Cover of Wolves

Wolves

Heather C. Hudak

G5 Intense
Cover of The Railway Children

The Railway Children

Edith Nesbit

G5 Moderate
Cover of Little Toot

Little Toot

Hardie Gramatky

G5 Mild
Cover of The prince and the pauper

The prince and the pauper

Kathleen Costick

G5 Gentle
Cover of Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder

G5 Gentle
Cover of The secret garden

The secret garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

G5 Moderate
Cover of Lord of the flies

Lord of the flies

William Golding

G5 Intense
Cover of My Naughty Little Sister

My Naughty Little Sister

Dorothy Edwards

G5 Gentle
Cover of The three musketeers

The three musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

G5 Intense
Cover of Pollyanna

Pollyanna

Eleanor Hodgman Porter

G5 Moderate
Cover of Sounder

Sounder

William H. Armstrong

G5 Intense
Cover of The wind in the willows

The wind in the willows

Kenneth Grahame

G5 Moderate
Cover of My Father's Dragon

My Father's Dragon

Ruth Stiles Gannett

G6 Gentle
Cover of To kill a mockingbird

To kill a mockingbird

Harper Lee

G6 Intense
Cover of Roll of thunder, hear my cry

Roll of thunder, hear my cry

Mildred D. Taylor

G6 Moderate
Cover of The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

G6 Mild
Cover of The adventures of Robinson Crusoe

The adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

G6 Mild
Cover of Stuart Little

Stuart Little

E. B. White

G6 Gentle
Cover of Adventures of the little wooden horse

Adventures of the little wooden horse

Ursula Moray Williams

G6 Gentle
Cover of Gulliver's travels

Gulliver's travels

Jonathan Swift

G6 Intense
Cover of The real thief.

The real thief.

William Steig

G6 Mild
Cover of White Fang

White Fang

Jack London

G6 Intense
Cover of See How They Run

See How They Run

Susan Goodman

G6 Moderate
Cover of The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising Sequence)

The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising Sequence)

Susan Cooper

G6 Mild
Cover of A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket

G6 Moderate
Cover of The little grey men

The little grey men

"BB,"

G6 Mild
Cover of The hobbit

The hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

G7 Moderate
Cover of The Little White Horse

The Little White Horse

Elizabeth Goudge

G7 Mild
Cover of The story of the treasure seekers

The story of the treasure seekers

Edith Nesbit

G7 Mild