100 Great Books Every Child Should Hear
• 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.
• The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
• Corduroy by Don Freeman
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise
Brown
• Guess How Much I Love You by Sam
McBratney
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
• Heidi by Johanna Spyri
• The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice
Sendak
• Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
• The Mitten by Jan Brett
• Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
• Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
• Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No
Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon
Scieszka
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John
Archambault
• The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A.
A. Milne
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe
Numeroff
• The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
• Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
• Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
• Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
• Are You My Mother by Phillip D. Eastman
• Make Way for Ducklings by Robert
McCloskey
• Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by
C.S. Lewis
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald
Dahl
• Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L 'Engle
• Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls
Wilder
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson
Burnett
• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler
Warner
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
• Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
• Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
• The BFG by Roald Dahl
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
• Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls
Wilder
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D.
Taylor
• Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
• One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr.
Seuss
• The Napping House by Audrey Wood
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William
Steig
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
• Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
• Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus
• The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
• Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey
• Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem
Fox
• Arthur series by Marc Brown
• Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
• The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
• Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
• The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola
• Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
• Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman
Bridwell
• Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
• The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats fo Nimh by Robert
C. O'Brien
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara
Robinson
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy
Blume
• Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
• The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
• Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud
Montgomery
• The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine
Paterson
• Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Sideways Stories from Wayside School by
Lois Sachar
• Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
• A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
• Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
• My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
• Stuart Little by E. B. White
• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth
George Speare
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by
Chirstopher Paul Curtis
The National Education Association surveyed its members and compiled this list of the top 100 children's books as part of its
annual Read Across America celebration.