CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
List of Exceptional Children’s Books
Favorite Books for Very Small People
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
Corduroy by Don Freeman
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise
Little Bear Collection by Else Holmelund Minarik
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
I Am a Bunny by Ole Rison
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Are You My Mother? By PD Eastman
A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
A Fairy Went A-Marketing by Rose Flyleman
A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry
Favorite Books for Young Children
Amos and Boris by William Steig
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
The Littlest Matryoshka by Corrine Demas Bliss
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Madeline series by Ludwig Bemelmans
Just So Stories for Little Children by Rudyard Kipling
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
The Frog and Toad Collection by Arnold Lobel
The Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
The “Little” series by Lois Lenski (the little train, sailboat, farm, airplane etc)
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by Heyward
Grimms Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Fritz and the Beautiful Horses by Jan Brett
The Stray Dog by Simont Marc
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
Fairy House by Tracy Kane
Grandfather Mountain: Stories of Gods, Heroes from Many Cultures by Burleigh Muten
Trick of the Tale: A Collection of Trickster Tales by John and Caitlin Matthews
The Lady of Ten Thousand Names: Goddess Stories from Many Cultures by Burleigh Muten
Beloved Chapter Books
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
All of the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
Stuart Little by E. B. White
The Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson
Older Child Chapter Books
Caddie Woodlawn and its sequel Magical Mellons by Carol Ryrie Brink
The Kellyhorns by Barbara Cooney
All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman
The Wind Boy by Ethel Cook Elliot (these may be hard to find but well worth it!)
Little House in the Fairy Wood by Ethel Cook Elliot
House Above the Trees by Ethel Cook Elliot
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse
Moon over Manifest Clare Vanderpool
Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson
Rascal by Sterling North
Bright Island by M.L Robinson
Children of the Alps by Johanna Spyri
The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen
Beyond the PawPaw Trees- Palmer Brown
Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
Stuart Little by E. B. White
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Orphan Train Adventures Series- Joan Lowry Nixon (all 7 are good! For boys and girls!)
The Orphan Train Children- Joan Lowry Nixon (series of 4 good for both girls and boys)
Colonial Williamsburg : Young America Series – Joan Lowry Nixon (series of 6 books- 3 about boys, 3 about girls, all great)
The Yearling by Marjorie K Rawlings
Anne of Green Gables Series by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (there is a whole series of these DELIGHTFUL books, regional tales of boys and girls from diff. parts of the country, very authentic stories, regional dialect and gritty realism this one is about poor rural florida “crackers” others cover mississipi, oazarks, texas, prairie, amish etc about both boys and girls these are kid recommended) other titles: houseboat girl, judy’s journey, texas tomboy, shoefly girl etc
May B. A Novel by Caroline Starr Rose
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm
Meet the Austins by Madeline L’Engle
Wrinkle in Time Quintet by Madeline L’Engle
Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leewen
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
Dear America Series- a series of 36 books written in form of diaries of a girl during an important historical period in American history e.g salem witch trials, gold rush, great depression etc
My America Series this is similar series of 21 books about both boys and girls from different historical periods in the form of diaries (e.g civil war diaries, underground railroad diary, Oregon trail diary etc)
Teens
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Little Prince
I am Malala
Huckleberry Finn
Diary of Anne Frank
The Giver
The Outsiders
Catcher in the Rye
Lord of the Flies
The Sword in the Stone
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Bud Not Buddy
A Separate Peace
Oliver Twist
Of Mice and Men
Night
Siddhartha
The Handmaids Tale
March series (graphic novels)
Persepolis (graphic novel)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
