Kids: Classics

The books in this list have been around for a while - some longer than others! If you want to read a book your parents or even your grandparents read when they were children then we're pretty sure you'll find one on this list!

Updated July 28, 2025
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Little women
Alcott, Louisa May
Paper Book
One of the best loved books of all time.Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy- these are hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War. Through their...
The velveteen rabbit : or, How toys become real
Bianco, Margery Williams
Paper Book
This original, timeless classic has been treasured for generations--this edition has the original story and illustrations from 1922. A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME Once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always. ...
Alice's adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
Paper Book
Lewis Carroll's timeless classic brought to life by one of the most revered children's book illustrators of our time! Suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to...
The adventures of Pinocchio : story of a puppet
Collodi, Carlo
Paper Book
A revelatory new annotated edition of the most translated Italian book in the world--the basis for two new major motion pictures- a Netflix animated version co-directed and co-written by Guillermo del Toro and voiced by Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, and Tilda Swinton, and a Disney Plus live...
The neverending story
Ende, Michael.
Paper Book
Read the book that inspired the classic coming-of-age film! From award-winning German author Michael Ende, The Neverending Story is a classic tale of one boy and the book that magically comes to life.  When Bastian happens upon an old book called The...
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
Lewis, C. S.
Paper Book
There are a thousand stories in the land of Narnia, and the first is about to be told in an extraordinary motion picture, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media. This is the companion book to that movie. Here is a bold and striking...
The haunting
Mahy, Margaret.
Paper Book
After a shy and rather withdrawn eight-year-old begins receiving frightening supernatural images and messages, he learns about a family legacy which coul be considered a curse or a rare gift.
Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery, L. M.
Paper Book
The cherished classic featuring everyone's favorite red-headed orphan, now in a lush hardcover edition with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co. Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live...
The railway children
Nesbit, E.
Paper Book
The Railway Children is the classic children's story by E. Nesbit. When Father is taken away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis and their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country. The children seek solace in the nearby railway station,...
The Borrowers
Norton, Mary
Paper Book
A enchanting and enduring children's classic, The Borrowers is the award-winning tale of three tiny people who are big heroes. The Clock family--Homily, Pod, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Arrietty--are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an...
Heidi
Spyri, Johanna
Paper Book
The classic story of a little orphan girl in the Swiss Alps, with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co. At the age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in...
The eagle of the Ninth
Sutcliff, Rosemary.
Paper Book
The Eagle of the Ninth is heralded as one of the most outstanding children's books of the twentieth century and has sold over a million copies worldwide. This special edition has been produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this remarkable book by one of the most highly respected authors of...
The hobbit, or, There and back again
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Paper Book
The stirring adventure that begins The Lord of the Rings, the greatest fantasy epic of all time When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an...
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
Twain, Mark
Paper Book
The adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century.
Little house on the prairie
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Paper Book
Based on the real-life adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie is the third book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers. This edition features the classic black-and-white artwork from Garth Williams.  Laura Ingalls...

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