100 Books Every Child Should Read
The 100 titles below have been selected from classic and popular children’s book titles. Some are fiction, and some cover nonfiction subjects.
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Author – Title
Ahlberg, Janet – Each Peach Pear Plum
Asch, Frank – Happy Birthday, Moon
Bang, Molly – Ten, Nine, Eight
Barrett, Judi – Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
Bauer, Marion – If You Were Born a Kitten
Bemelmans, Ludwig – Madeline
Beskow, Elsa – Pelle’s New Suit
Boynton, Sandra – Going to Bed Book
Brett, Jan – The Mitten
Brown, Marcia – Stone Soup
Brown, Margaret Wise – Goodnight Moon
Brunhoff, Jean de – The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
Burningham, John – Mr. Gumpy’s Outing
Burton, Virginia Lee – The Little House
Burton, Virginia Lee – Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Campbell, Rod – Dear Zoo
Cannon, Janell – Stellaluna
Carle, Eric – The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Crews, Donald – Freight Train
Cronin, Doreen – Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type
Day, Alexandra – Good Dog, Carl
Degen, Bruce – Jamberry
Demi – The Emperor’s New Clothes
DePaola, Tomie – Pancakes for Breakfast
Dorros, Arthur – Abuela
Eastman, P. D. – Are You My Mother?
Ehlert, Lois – Feathers for Lunch
Emberley, Ed – Go Away, Big Green Monster!
Falconer, Ian – Olivia
Flack, Marjorie – Ask Mr. Bear
Flack, Marjorie – Story about Ping
Fleming, Denise – Lunch
Freeman, Don – Corduroy
Gag, Wanda – Millions of Cats
Galdone, Paul – The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Gerstein, Mordicai – The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Goble, Paul – The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Guarina, Deborah – Is Your Mama a Llama?
Hamanaka, Sheila – All the Colors of the Earth
Henkes, Kevin – Kitten’s First Full Moon
Henkes, Kevin – Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Hill, Eric – Where’s Spot?
Ho, Minfong – Hush!: A Thai Lullaby
Hoban, Russell – Bread and Jam for Frances
Hoban, Tana – Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? An Adventure in Color
Hoffman, Mary – Amazing Grace
Holabird, Katherine – Angelina Ballerina
Hutchins, Pat – Rosie’s Walk
Jenkins, Steve – What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
Johnson, Crockett – Harold and the Purple Crayon
Kasza, Keiko – The Wolf’s Chicken Stew
Keats, Ezra Jack – The Snowy Day
Kellogg, Steven – Paul Bunyan
Kennedy, Jimmy – The Teddy Bears’ Picnic
Kent, Jack – The Caterpillar and the Polliwog
Kimmel, Eric – I Took My Frog to the Library
Klassen, Jon – I Want My Hat Back
Kraus, Robert – Whose Mouse are You?
Krauss, Ruth – The Carrot Seed
Leaf, Munro – The Story of Ferdinand
Lester, Mike – A is for Salad
Lester, Julius – The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Lionni, Leo – Little Blue and Little Yellow
Lobel, Anita – On Market Street
Lobel, Arnold – Frog and Toad
London, Jonathan – Froggy Gets Dressed
Marshall, James – George and Martha
Martin, Bill – Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Martin, Bill – Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs – Snowflake Bentley
Mayer, Mercer – Frog Goes to Dinner
McBratney, Sam – Guess How Much I Love You
McCarthy, Peter – Hondo and Fabian
McCloskey, Robert – Make Way for Ducklings
McDermott, Gerald – Anansi the Spider
McFarland, Lyn – Widget
McKissack, Pat – Goin’ Someplace Special
McLimans, David – Gone Wild : An Endangered
McPhail, David – Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore!
Meddaugh, Susan – Martha Speaks
McMullan, Kate – I Stink!
Miller, Margaret – Whose Hat?
Mother Goose: (choose one)
Sylvia Long’s Mother Goose
The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Wright
My First Mother Goose by Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells
Munsch, Robert – Love You Forever
Noble, Trinka – The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
Numeroff, Laura – If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Parish, Peggy – Amelia Bedelia
Penn, Audrey – The Kissing Hand
Pfister, Marcus – The Rainbow Fish
Pinkney, Jerry – The Lion and the Mouse
Piper, Watty – The Little Engine that Could
Potter, Beatrix – The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Rathmann, Peggy – Good Night, Gorilla
Rathmann, Peggy – Officer Buckle and Gloria
Rey, H. A. – Curious George
Rohman, Eric – My Friend Rabbit
Rosen, Michael – We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Rylant, Cynthia – The Relatives Came
Say, Allen – Grandfather’s Journey
Scarry, Richard – Cars and Trucks and Things that Go
Seeger, Laura Vacaro – First the Egg
Sendak, Maurice – Where the Wild Things Are
Seuss, Dr. – The Cat in the Hat
Shannon, George – Duck on a Bike
Shaw, Charles – It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Simmons, Jane – Come Along Daisy
Simont, Marc – The Stray Dog
Sis, Peter – Madlenka
Slobodkina, Esphyr – Caps for Sale
Steig, William – Dr. De Soto
Taback, Simms – There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Taback, Simms – Joseph Had A Little Overcoat
Tulet, Herve – Press Here
Van Allsburg, Chris – The Polar Express
Viorst, Judith – Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Waber, Bernard – Lyle Lyle Crocodile
Walsh, Ellen – Mouse Paint
Walter, Virginia – “Hi, Pizza Man!”
Wells, Rosemary – Noisy Nora
Wiesner, David – The Three Pigs
Willems, Mo – Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Wood, Audrey – The Napping House
Yolen, Jane – How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Yolen, Jane – Owl Moon
Yorinks, Arthur – Hey, Al
Young, Ed – Seven Blind Mice
Ziefert, Harriet – A New Coat for Anna
Zion, Gene – Harry, the Dirty Dog