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 or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
Alcott, Louisa May
Paper Book
Louisa May Alcott's beloved tale about Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy is presented in a beautiful Everyman's Library Children's Classics edition. The story of the four sisters' dreams, quarrels, and romances are brought to vivid life in this edition that features full cloth binding in bold, bright colors;...
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...
Pinocchio
Collodi, Carlo
Paper Book
PRESENTING that mischievous puppet PINOCCHIO! GEPETTO, his long-suffering father FOX and CAT, those demons of the night FIRE-EATER, the wicked puppet master CRICKET, a constant friend BLUE FAIRY, an even more constant friend CANDLEWICK, a wild, wonderful companion DOGFISH, a great mysterious enemy...
La historia interminable
Ende, Michael.
Paper Book
Reading a strange book, Bastian finds out that the kingdom of Fantasia is in danger. In this same book he reads with astonishment that he must join Atreyu, a brave warrior, to save Fantasia.
The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
Lewis, C. S.
Paper Book
A beautiful hardcover edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia.  The full-color jacket features art by three-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator David Wiesner. The interior includes ...
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After a shy and rather withdrawn eight-year-old begins receiving frightening supernatural images and messages, he learns about a family legacy which coul be considered a curse or a rare gift.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
Read the timeless classic about the beloved Anne Shirley, a red-haired orphan with a fiery spirit, behind the hit Netflix series Anne with an E-now celebrating a hundred years of this children's favorite. " Anne is the dearest and most lovable child in fiction since the...
The railway children
Nesbit, E.
Paper Book
Edith Nesbit wrote with supreme confidence about the lives of children and Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis, the trio in The Railway Children, reflect her faith in the resourcefulness, capacity for adventure, and instinctive heroism of the young. This edition of her most popular book restores the...
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...
Escape from Warsaw
Serraillier, Ian.
Paper Book
Heidi
Spyri, Johanna
Paper Book
Little Heidi goes to live with her grandfather in his lonely hut high in the Alps and she quickly learns to love her new life. But her strict aunt decides to send her away again to live in the town. Heidi cannot bear being away from the mountains and is determined to return to the happiness of life...
The eagle of the Ninth
Sutcliff, Rosemary.
Paper Book
In a.d. 125, a young Roman centurion must recover the infamous Ninth Legion's missing symbol of honor, the eagle standard.
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
They're Puffin Classics for a reason, it's because they're the best Tom Sawyer is sure to find trouble wherever the river leads him . . . On the banks of the Mississippi River, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night...
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 Garth Williams' classic art in vibrant full-color. Laura Ingalls and her...

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