Readers' Choice: Classic Books for Kids

We asked, you voted. Here are the top 10 classic kids& books.

By Mary Kate Frank
Oct 15, 2014

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Readers' Choice: Classic Books for Kids

Oct 15, 2014

Charlotte’s Web
E.B. White’s tale of true friendship

Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown’s soothing bedtime classic

A Wrinkle in Time
Kid sci-fi fantasy by Madeleine L’Engle

The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats’ ode to winter

Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak’s iconic adventure

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The debut of J.K. Rowling’s fantasy series

Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss’s funny tribute to openness

The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank’s moving Holocaust journal

The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein’s weepy classic

Frog and Toad Are Friends
Arnold Lobel’s chronicle of amphibian BFFs

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