Genre

Classics books

Timeless stories every child should meet.

108 books

Ages 10–14

Ages 5–9

Guess How Much I Love You

Ages 1–4

Ages 2–5

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1)

Lemony Snicket

Ages 9–12

Safe

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Ages 8–12

Safe

The Phantom Tollbooth

Ages 8–12

Ages 6–9

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

Ages 8–12

Safe

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Ages 8–12

Safe

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis

Ages 9–12

Caution

Strong violence

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Ages 13–18

Safe

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Judy Blume

Ages 8–12

Safe

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Ages 4–8

Ages 7–11

Ages 6–10

The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

Ages 9–12

Safe

The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew #1)

Carolyn Keene

Ages 8–12

Safe

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Elizabeth George Speare

Ages 10–14

Safe

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Ages 9–12

Ages 2–5

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

Ages 5–8

Ages 10–14

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Ages 10–18

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