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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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!

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Little women
Alcott, Louisa May
Paper Book
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The velveteen rabbit, or, How toys become real
Bianco, Margery Williams,
Paper Book
The timeless classic that has been treasured for generations--with the original story and illustrations from 1922. Once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always. This wondrous tale of the velveteen rabbit has delighted readers of all...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
Paper Book
Alice in Wonderland is one of the most popular, inviting, and adventurous stories of all time. One normal summer day, Alice is sitting on the riverbank when a big, white, talking rabbit runs past. He pops into a big rabbit hole, and Alice follows him down, down, down into a strange...
The adventures of Pinocchio : story of a puppet
Collodi, Carlo
Paper Book
The adventures of a talking wooden puppet who becomes a real boy.
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
Lewis, C.S.; Baynes, Pauline
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 ...
Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery, L. M.
Paper Book
The cherished classic featuring everyone's favorite red-headed orphan, in this 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 with...
The Railway Children
Nesbit, E.
Paper Book
"The Railway Children" is a delightful reading of a classic story by Edith Nesbit, first published in 1906. When father is suddenly taken away, mother and the three children must leave their fancy London life to live in a simple country cottage near a train station. The children and their bottomless...
The borrowers
Norton, Mary
Paper Book
This is the classic story--read and loved by children all over the world--of Pod, Homily, and their daughter, Arrietty, who live under the kitchen floor in a quiet, half-empty house and get their livelihood by borrowing from the "human beans." "Delectable fantasy."--Booklist
The hobbit : or, There and back again
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Paper Book
"In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit." So begins one of the most beloved and delightful tales in the English language. Set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth, at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is one of literature's most enduring and...
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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