Classic Children's Literature
Classic children's literature is more than simply books to read. It’s stories that stay with a child, impart lessons, and change the way they view the world. Fill your library with these classic series and works for children.
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Berta Hader, Elmer HaderDover Publications / 2015 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$13.49
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Alice Dalgliesh, Leonard WeisgardAladdin / 1991 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$4.695 out of 5 stars for The Courage of Sarah Noble. View reviews of this product. 4 Reviews
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Barbara CooneyPuffin Books / Trade PaperbackOur Price$6.745 out of 5 stars for Miss Rumphius. View reviews of this product. 2 Reviews
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Donald HallPuffin Books / Trade PaperbackOur Price$6.694 out of 5 stars for Ox-Cart Man. View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
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Eleanor EstesHoughton Mifflin Harcourt / Trade PaperbackOur Price$7.295 out of 5 stars for The Hundred Dresses. View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
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Farley MowatYearling / 1996 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$5.39
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Bushel & Peck Books / 2023 / HardcoverOur Price$13.49
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Ruth Vander ZeeEerdmans Books for Young Readers / 2017 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$7.49
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Daniel NayeriLevine Querido / 2020 / HardcoverOur Price$17.09
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Mark TwainDover Publications / 2000 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$5.745 out of 5 stars for The Prince and the Pauper. View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
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Jules VernePuffin Books / 2016 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$5.94
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Jules VerneDover Publications / 2005 / Mass PaperbackOur Price$4.99
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Study Guides for Children's Literature
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- Bright Notes Study Guides
- Canon Press Literature Guides
- Christian Guides for the Classics
- Classroom Complete Literature Guides
- Memoria Press
- Novel Units
- On The Mark Literature Study Guides
- Progeny Press
- Teacher Created Resources
- Total Language Plus Study Guides
- Veritas Press Comprehension Guides
- Vocabulary: An Elementary Approach Study Guides
- Vocabulary: A Novel Solution Study Guides
- Walking to Wisdom Literature Guides (Classical Academic Press)
Finding the Best Books for Children
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Sarah MackenzieZondervan / 2018 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$14.995 out of 5 stars for The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids. View reviews of this product. 5 Reviews
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Humans have always connected through stories. And even in our busy, technology-driven lives, stories provide the chance to be fully present with our children and open up opportunities for deep conversations. Listening to read-aloud stories also increases our kids' academic success, inspires compassion, and fortifies them with the inner strength they need to face life's challenges. As homeschooler Sarah Mackenzie has found with her own six children, reading aloud long after kids are able to read to themselves can deepen relationships in a powerful way.
Founder of the immensely popular Read-Aloud Revival podcast, Sarah knows first-hand how reading can change a child's life. In The Read-Aloud Family, she offers the inspiration and age-appropriate book lists you need to start a read-aloud movement in your own home. From a toddler's wonder to a teenager's resistance, Sarah details practical strategies to make reading aloud a meaningful family ritual.
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Square Halo Books / 2022 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$18.995 out of 5 stars for Wild Things and Castles in the Sky: A Guide to Choosing the Best Books for Children. View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
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Leslie Rayner, Dr. Christopher PerrinClassical Academic Press / 2015 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$8.141 out of 5 stars for The Classical Reader: A Comprehensive Reading Guide for K-12 Students. View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
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Elizabeth WilsonCrossway / 2002 / ePubOur Price$13.19Retail Price$21.99Save 40% ($8.80) -
Gladys Hunt, Barbara HamptonZondervan / 2002 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$9.244 out of 5 stars for Honey for a Teenager's Heart. View reviews of this product. 4 Reviews
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Gladys HuntZondervan / 2021 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$13.995 out of 5 stars for Honey for a Child's Heart Updated and Expanded: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life. View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
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A modern classic with over 250,000 copies sold, Honey for a Child's Heart is a compelling, essential guide for parents who want to find the best books for their children ages 0-12. This updated and expanded edition includes completely updated book lists geared to your child's age and filled with nearly one thousand longtime favorites, timeless classics, and wonderful new books and audiobooks that will enrich your child's life. You'll discover the importance of being a read-aloud family and how great books can give your children a large view of the world, of truth, and of goodness. Thousands of parents have used this guide to furnish their children's inner spirit with the wonder and delight of good reading. 272 pages, softcover.
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Robert Louis StevensonSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers / 1996 / HardcoverOur Price$14.245 out of 5 stars for A Child's Garden of Verses. View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
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Sailing boats down the river, climbing majestic cherry trees, building cities out of blocks, reading picture books on snowy days. . . . Ready to charm a new generation of readers, this perennial classic celebrates all the timeless joys of childhood! Stevenson's poetry is complemented by breathtaking watercolor paintings by Caldecott Honor illustrator Tasha Tudor. 69 pages, hardcover from Simon & Schuster.
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Helen FerrisDoubleday / 1957 / HardcoverOur Price$20.995 out of 5 stars for Favorite Poems, Old and New. View reviews of this product. 5 Reviews
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Cynthia GradyEerdmans Books for Young Readers / 2012 / HardcoverOur Price$13.49
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Jack PrelutskyRandom House / 1999 / HardcoverOur Price$17.96
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Harold BloomSimon & Schuster / 2002 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$15.74
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Add engaging stories, folk tales, myths, and legends to your child's history, geography or language arts programs. Learning about other countries and cultures can increase awareness and deepen respect toward the lives and experiences of others.
Shop for stories from around the world in picture books, chapter books, and anthologies in the Stories, Folk Tales & Myths Shop.
Fairy Tales and folklore tales are found across the world from antiquity onward, in both oral and literary form. Often featuring fantastical creatures or settings, this unique genre of literature has been read to children generation after generation and makes up a unique aspect of our shared childhood experiences.
Shop fairy tale anthologies, classics such as the Arabian Nights, as well as works by the Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Anderson, Andrew Lang, and others in the Fairy Tale & Folklore Shop.
Nursery Rhymes, like Fairy and Folk tales, have been handed down orally from generation to generation. While they might not be as old (the first collections arrive in the mid-1700s), they still speak to years of history and years of family play with young children.
Shop Mother Goose & Nursery Rhyme anthologies, as well as picture books based on popular rhymes, in the Nursery Rhyme Shop.
Favorite Series
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- Aesop's Fables
- Alice in Wonderland
- Amelia Bedelia
- Anne of Green Gables
- Betsy-Tacy
- Chronicles of Narnia
- Corduroy
- Curious George
- Fairy Tales
- Frog & Toad
- Goodnight Moon
- Heidi
- The Jungle Book
- Little Golden Books
- Little House on the Prairie
- The Little Prince
- Little Women
- Madeline
- Peter Pan
- Peter Rabbit
- Pippi Longstocking
- Redwall Series
- Richard Scarry
- The Secret Garden
- Stories, Folk Tales & Myths from Around the World
- Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Wingfeather Saga
- The Wind in the Willows
- Winnie the Pooh
- The Wizard of Oz
- A Wrinkle in Time
Favorite Authors
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- Louisa May Alcott
- J.M. Barrie
- L. Frank Baum
- Margaret Wise Brown
- Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Eric Carle
- Lewis Carroll
- The d'Aulaires
- Tomie dePaola
- Roald Dahl
- Kenneth Graham
- Marguerite Henry
- Rudyard Kipling
- Madeline L'Engle
- C.S. Lewis
- Astrid Lindgren
- Lois Lowry
- A.A. Milne
- L.M. Montgomery
- Gary Paulsen
- Andrew Peterson
- Beatrix Potter
- Antoine De Saint-Exupery
- Richard Scarry
- Dr. Seuss
- Shel Silverstein
- Elizabeth George Speare
- Johanna Spyri
- Robert L. Stevenson
- Rosemary Sutcliff
- Tasha Tudor
- Mark Twain
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Jeanne BirdsallYearling / 2021 / Other, N/AOur Price$39.56
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Jeanne BirdsallYearling / 2007 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$8.09
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Jeanne BirdsallYearling / 2010 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$8.09
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Jeanne BirdsallYearling / 2012 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$8.09
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Mariah MarsdenAmp Children / 2017 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$9.995 out of 5 stars for Anne Of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel. View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
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Discover the classic story of Anne of Green Gables in a graphic novel format. The classic story is adapted by Mariah Marsden and illustrated by Brenna Thummler, this new edition breathes new life into the (mis)adventures of Anne Shirley. Perfect for newcomers and kindred spirits alike. Recommended for ages 7 to 12 years.
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Brian JacquesPenguin Random House / Trade PaperbackOur Price$11.693 out of 5 stars for Redwall: The Graphic Novel. View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
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Gareth HindsCandlewick Press / 2019 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$12.994 out of 5 stars for The Iliad, softcover. View reviews of this product. 1 Reviews
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J.R.R. TolkienDel Rey / Trade PaperbackOur Price$15.99
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Bryan DavisScrub Jay Journeys / 2015 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$10.995 out of 5 stars for Raising Dragons - graphic novel edition. View reviews of this product. 71 Reviews
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Beautiful Bindings
Here are beautiful collections of must-have classics -- some of the most beloved stories, now handsomely bound in style and design with endearing covers by acclaimed artists like Laci Fowle and Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co. Luxurious production details like decorative interior pages in the Pretty Books Painted Editions; vibrantly designed hardcovers of Puffin in Bloom; deckle edges and French flaps for Puffin Chalk; and delicate laser-cut dustjackets, foil stamped covers, and decorative interior pages for the Seasons Collection make these editions treasured collectible gifts.
Pretty Books Painted Editions
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A.A. MilneThomas Nelson / 2023 / HardcoverOur Price$24.99
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L.M. MontgomeryThomas Nelson / 2023 / HardcoverOur Price$24.99
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Frances Hodgson BurnettThomas Nelson / 2023 / HardcoverOur Price$24.99
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J.M. BarrieThomas Nelson / 2023 / HardcoverOur Price$24.99
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Penguin Threads Series
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L. Frank BaumPenguin Classics / 2012 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$15.30
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Kenneth GrahamePenguin Classics / 2012 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$16.20
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Frances Hodgson BurnettPenguin Classics / 2012 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$17.10
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Anna SewellPenguin Classics / 2011 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$16.20
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Louisa May AlcottPuffin Books / 2014 / HardcoverOur Price$12.99
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L.M. MontgomeryPuffin Books / 2014 / HardcoverOur Price$12.99
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Johanna SpyriPuffin Books / 2014 / HardcoverOur Price$12.99
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Frances Hodgson BurnettPuffin Books / 2014 / HardcoverOur Price$11.49
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Lewis CarrollPuffin Books / 2014 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$5.94
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Astrid LindgrenPuffin Books / 2013 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$7.19
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Charles DickensPuffin Books / 2014 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$7.49
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L. Frank Baum, Dana TanamachiPuffin Books / 2013 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$8.09
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Seasons Limited Editions
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Victor HugeThomas Nelson / 2021 / HardcoverOur Price$31.49
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Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThomas Nelson / 2021 / HardcoverOur Price$16.99
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Frances Hodgson BurnettThomas Nelson / 2021 / HardcoverOur Price$23.49
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L.M. MontgomeryThomas Nelson Fiction / 2021 / HardcoverOur Price$15.49
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