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
Louisa May Alcott's classic tale of four sisters in a deluxe hardcover edition,with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co. Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters...
The velveteen rabbit, or, How toys become real
Bianco, Margery Williams,
Audiobook
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
Paper Book
They're Puffin Classics for a reason, it's because they're the best. Follow Alice down the rabbit hole in this topsy turvy adventure! On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with...
The neverending story
Ende, Michael.
Paper Book
From award-winning author Michael Ende, The Neverending Story is a classic tale of one boy and the book that magically comes to life Unicorns, dragons, sprites, will-o'-the-wisps: the inhabitants of an enchanted world. And into this world - through the pages of an old book...
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.
Audiobook
This tale follows the adventures of Anne, a young, red-haired orphan who has spent her entire childhood being passed around from one foster home to the next. Until one day she is sent to Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert by mistake. While trying to adopt a boy to help work on their farm, the Cuthbert's...
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
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
Heidi
Spyri, Johanna
Paper Book
If you enjoy books with great heroines, then Heidi is for you! Little orphan Heidi is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps. Everyone in the village is afraid of him but she brings happiness to all she meets. When Heidi is collected by her aunt to...
The hobbit : or, There and back again
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Paper Book
The journey through Middle-earth begins here with J.R.R. Tolkien's classic prelude to his epic fantasy Lord of the Rings trilogy. "A glorious account of a magnificent adventure, filled with suspense and seasoned with a quiet humor that is irresistible... All those, young...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Twain, Mark.
Paper Book
Tom Sawyer is sure to find trouble wherever the river leads him in this timeless classic full of laughter, daring escapes, and unforgettable friendships! On the banks of the Mississippi River, Tom Sawyer and his friends seek out adventure at every turn. Then one fateful night in...
Little house on the prairie
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Audiobook
America's Original Pioneer Girl Pa Ingalls decides to sell the little log house, and the family sets out for Indian country They travel from Wisconsin to Kansas, and there, finally, Pa builds their little house on the prairie. Sometimes farm life is difficult, even dangerous, but Laura and her...

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