100 Best Books
Here is a list of one hundred books selected by the National Education Association in 1999 as great reading for children and young people. To help make these books more useful, we have added book and author links to any TeachersFirst resources and lesson ideas. For more reading ideas - including books grouped by theme and grade level - check out the hundreds of titles in our Suggested Reading section. You can see NEA's online suvey from 2007 here. Books for All Ages The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawing of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Books for Preschoolers - More Preschool Titles from TeachersFirst / TeachersAndFamilies
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister Corduroy by Don Freeman The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Books for Children Ages 4-8 - More Primary Reading from TeachersFirst /
TeachersAndFamilies The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst The Mitten by Jan Brett Stellaluna by Janell Cannon Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff The Lorax by Dr. Seuss Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg Math Curse by Jon Scieszka Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman The Napping House by Audrey Wood Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox Arthur series by Marc Tolon Brown Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
Books for Children Ages 9-12 - More Books by Grade Level from TeachersFirst
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White Hatchet by Gary Paulsen The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Little House on the Prarie by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli The BFG by Roald Dahl The Giver by Lois Lowry James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story by Roald Dahl Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson Matilda by Roald Dahl Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder - Laura Ingalls Wilder Webquest Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett Stuart Little by E. B. White Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis Books for Young Adults - More Books by Grade Level from TeachersFirst Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls The Cay by Theodore Taylor The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
In the Classroom:
Share this list with parents via handout or a link from your teacher web page or use it to help make selections for you classroom library. If you provide independent reading incentives, be sure to make this list available to your students as they make book choices. Perhaps you would like to let them "review" books from the list on a class reading wiki or include student mini-reviews on your teacher web page. Or print the list out in a large font and cut strips for books appropriate for your class in general. Allow any student who reads and reviews one of the books to sign the strip and hang it, along with a review, on an "Our Reading Accomplishments" bulletin board.
This list obtained from TeachersFirst.com
Educators' Top 100 Children's Books
The following list was compiled from an online survey in 2007. Parents and teachers will find it useful in selecting quality literature for children. 1. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 2. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 3. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein 4. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 5. Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 6. I Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch 7. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 8. Oh! The Places You Will Go by Dr. Seuss 9. The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton 10. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 11. Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner 12. Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco 13. The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss 14. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss 15. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo 16. The Mitten by Jan Brett 17. Crunching Carrots, Not Candy by Judy Slack 18. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willlems 19. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling 20. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 21. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst 22. Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman 23. Corduroy by Don Freeman 24. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes 25. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon 26. Tacky the Penquin by Helen Lester 27. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 28. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams 29. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. 30. Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type Doreen Cronin 31. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson 32. Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss 33. Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park 34. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder 35. Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 36. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 37. Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini
38. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper 39. The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone 40. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo 41. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon 42. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett 43. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 44. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 45. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 46. Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann 47. Olivia by Ian Falconer 48. The BFG by Roald Dahl 49. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn 50. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 51. The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss 52. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 53. Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel 54. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 55. Bark, George by Jules Feiffer 56. Bunnicula by James Howe 57. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss 58. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 59. Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom DeLuise 60. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes 61. Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary 62. Frederick by Leo Lionni 63. Frindle by Andrew Clements 64. Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel 65. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney 66. Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen 67. Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion 68. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss 69. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss 70. I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt 71. Is Your Mama A Llama? by Deborah Guarino 72. Jan Brett’s books 73. Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Jr. 74. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 75. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton 76. Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney 77. My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett 78. My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss 79. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George 80. No David! by David Shannon
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch Swimmy by Leo Lionni The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper The Empty Pot by Demi The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop The Giver by Lois Lowr The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements The Napping House by Audrey Wood The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt