Classic Books for Kids
Today is 6/19/2013
~All books published before 1980
~Newbery winners are often considered classics as well, but are not included on this list. Please refer to the Newbery pamphlet for these titles.
~Some classics listed are adaptations or abridgements of the original work.
Little Women (J ALC, ALC, LP ALC, e-book*, CD ALC, e-audio*,
DVD DRAMA LIT)
by Louisa May Alcott
Mr. Popper’s Penguins (J ATW, J CD ATW)
by Richard Atwater
Tuck Everlasting (J BAB, J LP BAB, J CD BAB, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY TUC)
by Natalie Babbitt
National Velvet (J BAG, DVD FAMILY NAT)
by Enid Bagnold
Peter Pan (J BAR, J CD BAR, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY PET)
by J.M. Barrie
Betsy-Tacy (J BET V1, e-audio*)
First book in the Betsy-Tacy series
by Maud Hart Lovelace
The Velveteen Rabbit (J BIA, J KIT CD STORIES BIA, e-audio*,
DVD FAMILY VEL)
by Margery Williams Bianco
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (J BLU, J CD BLU, e-audio*)
by Judy Blume
A Little Princess (J BUR, ETR E BUR, e-book*, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY LIT)
The Secret Garden (J BUR, J CD BUR, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY SEC)
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (J CAR, CAR, 823.8 CAR, J CD CAR,
e-audio*, DVD FAMILY ALI)
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (J CAR, CAR,
823.8 CAR, J CD CAR, e-audio*)
by Lewis Carroll
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (J DAH, J CD DAH, e-audio*,
DVD FAMILY CHA)
James and the Giant Peach (J DAH, e-auidio*, DVD FAMILY JAM)
by Roald Dahl
Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates (J DOD, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY HAN)
by Mary Mapes Dodge
The Saturdays (J ENR, J CD ENR)
Gone-Away Lake (J ENR)
by Elizabeth Enright
The Black Stallion (J FAR, J LP FAR, J CD FAR, DVD FAMILY BLA)
by Walter Farley
Harriet the Spy (J FIT, J CD FIT, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY HAR)
by Louise Fitzhugh
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (J FLE, J LP FLE, J CD FLE, DVD FAMILY CHI)
by Ian Fleming
One-Eyed Cat (J FOX)
by Paula Fox
Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon (J GAN, J CD GAN)
by Ruth Stiles Gannett
My Side of the Mountain (J GEO, J CD GEO, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY MY)
by Jean Craighead George
Old Yeller (J GIP, DVD FAMILY OLD)
by Fred Gipson
The Wind in the Willows (J GRA, GRA, J CD GRA, e-book*, e-audio*,
DVD FAMILY WIN)
by Kenneth Grahame
The Great Brain (J GRE V1)
First book in the Great Brain Adventures series
by John Dennis Fitzgerald
Misty of Chincoteague (J HEN, J LP HEN, J CD HEN)
by Marguerite Henry
The Nutcracker (J HOF, 398.2 HOF, DVD MUSICAL NUT)
by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Across Five Aprils (J HUN, J CD HUN, e-audio*)
by Irene Hunt
The Phantom Tollbooth (J JUS)
by Norton Juster
The Jungle Book (J KIP, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY JUN)
by Rudyard Kipling
Lassie Come Home (J KNI, DVD FAMILY LAS)
by Eric Knight
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (J LEW, J CD LEW, e-audio*,
J BRAILLE LEW, DVD FAMILY CHR, DVD FAMILY LIO)
by C.S. Lewis
Pippi Longstocking (J LIN, J CD LIN, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY PIP)
by Astrid Lindgren
The Littles (J LIT V1)
First book in the Littles series
by John Lawrence Peterson
The Call of the Wild (J LON, YA LON, LON, e-book*, YA CD LON, e-audio*,
DVD FAMILY CAL)
by Jack London
Homer Price (J MCC)
by Robert McCloskey
Anne of Green Gables (J MON, MON, e-book*, CD MON, e-audio*,
DVD FAMILY ANN)
by L.M. Montgomery
Gentle Ben (J MOR)
by Walt Morey
Five Children and It (J NES, DVD FAMILY FIV)
by E. Nesbit
The Borrowers (J NOR, DVD FAMILY BOR)
by Mary Norton
Tom’s Midnight Garden (J PEA)
by Philippa Pearce
Soup (J PEC, J CD PEC)
by Robert Newton Peck
The Yearling (J RAW, RAW, LP RAW, J CD RAW, DVD DRAMA YEA)
by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Where the Red Fern Grows (J RAW, RAW, J CD RAW, e-audio*,
DVD FAMILY WHE)
by Wilson Rawls
Henry Reed, Inc. (J ROB)
by Keith Robertson
The Cricket in Times Square (J SEL, J CD SEL)
by George Selden
Black Beauty (J SEW, J GR NOVEL BLA, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY BLA)
by Anna Sewell
Heidi (J SPY, J CD SPY, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY HEI)
by Johanna Spyri
Treasure Island (J STE, STE, e-book*, J CD STE, CD STE, e-audio*,
DVD FAMILY TRE, DVD DRAMA TRE)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
All-of-a-Kind Family (J TAY)
by Sydney Taylor
The Cay (J TAY, J CD TAY, e-audio*)
by Theodore Taylor
Lad: A Dog (J TER, e-audio*)
by Albert Payson Terhune
Little House on the Prairie (J WIL, J CD WIL, DVD FAM LIT)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (J WIZ V1, J GR NOVEL SHA, e-book*,
J CD WIZ, e-audio*, DVD FAMILY WIZ)
First book in the Wizard of Oz series
by L. Frank Baum
* Items marked, “e-audio” or “e-book” are available for download from the Ames Public Library website. Please ask a Librarian for assistance.
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