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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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
Paper Book
""""And what is the use of a book,"" thought Alice, ""without pictures?"""" Certain to please even Alice herself, this new version of her famous adventures in Wonderland is brimming with wonderfully whimsical pictures by internationally acclaimed artist Lisbeth Zwerger. Her imaginative...
The adventures of Pinocchio : story of a puppet
Collodi, Carlo
Paper Book
The carpenter Gepetto has carved an extraordinary marionette called Pinocchio out of a special piece of wood. But what a scamp that Pinocchio turns out to be! He pulls off Gepetto's wig and races out the door in search of adventure. Pinocchio finds plenty, but he is so mischievous and so very...
Heidi
Brooks, Louise
Ebook
When Heidi's parents pass away, her aunt takes her in, but she soon sends Heidi to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. At first, Heidi's grandfather seems gruff, but over time he becomes fond of her. Heidi grows to love the mountains and spends many hours with the goats and Peter, the...
The hobbit : or, There and back again
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Paper Book
This popular paperback edition of the classic work of fantasy, with a striking new black cover based on JRR Tolkien's own design and featuring brand new reproductions of all his drawings and maps. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely...
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
Twain, Mark
Paper Book
This is Mark Twain's first novel about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and it has become one of the world's best-loved books. It is a fond reminiscence of life in Hannibal, Missouri, an evocation of Mark Twain's own boyhood along the banks of the Mississippi during the 1840s. "Most of the...

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