Best 100 Children's Books

Top 100 Children's Books of all time as voted by our readers

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1. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
3. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
4. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
5. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
6. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrolll
7. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
8. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
9. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
10. The Harry Potter Books by J.K. Rowling
11. The Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
12. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
13. Matilda by Roald Dahl
14. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
15. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
16. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
17. The BFG by Roald Dahl
18. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
19. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
20. The Lorax by Dr Seuss
21. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
22. The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
23. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
24. The Giver by Lois Lowry
25. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
26. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
27. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
28. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
29. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickets
30. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
31. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
32. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
33. Holes by Louis Sachar
34. Goosebumps by R.L. Stine
35. The Phantom Toolbooth by Norton Juster
36. Grimm's Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm
37. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
38. The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Banks
39. Heidi by Johanna Spyri
40. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
41. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
42. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
43. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
44. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
45. Oh! The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
46. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
47. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
48. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
49. Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
50. The Ramona Quimby Series by Beverly Cleary

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Best 100 Childrens Books of All Time updated 01-03-2011