The Best Overall Books for Kids
The best overall books for children, ranked by readers of all ages. Anyone can vote on this kids' book list, which makes these rankings a trustworthy way to find out which books your kids will love. Is a title missing? You can also add your own books to this list, and see how your taste stacks up against everyone else's. No matter if your kids are 9 year old budding lit experts, 5 year-olds just beginning to read on their own, or pre-schoolers still having you read aloud -- these are the books you remember and hope your own kids will.
For children in pre-school or younger, check out this list of the best books for toddlers.
For children in pre-school or younger, check out this list of the best books for toddlers.
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- 1Up 37Down 3
E. B. White - 2Up 32Down 5
Dr. Seuss - 3Up 25Down 3
Dr. Seuss - 4Up 27Down 1
Dr. Seuss - 5Up 30Down 3
Roald Dahl - 6Up 24Down 4
C. S. Lewis - 7Up 23Down 3 Dr. Seuss
- 8Up 22Down 5 Maurice Sendak
- 9Up 21Down 8 Madeleine L'Engle
- 10Up 21Down 4 L. Frank Baum
- 11Up 22Down 8 Roald Dahl
- 12Up 20Down 3 Roald Dahl
- 13Up 13Down 4 Roald Dahl
- 14Up 12Down 4 Marcia Brown
- 15Up 16Down 7 Scott O'Dell
- 16Up 17Down 1 J. R. R. Tolkien
- 17Up 13Down 6 Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
- 18Up 23Down 10 Shel Silverstein
- 19Up 10Down 5 Robert C. O'Brien
- 20Up 14Down 4
T. H. White - 21Up 12Down 6 Neil Gaiman
- 22Up 11Down 4 Shel Silverstein
- 23Up 16Down 7 Margaret Wise Brown
- 24Up 12Down 1 Philip D. Eastman
- 25Up 10Down 4
The Dark is Rising
Susan Cooper - 26Up 9Down 5 Judith Viorst
- 27Up 8Down 4 Lloyd Alexander
- 28Up 11Down 5
Richard Scarry's busiest busytown ever!
Richard Scarry - 29Up 7Down 5
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Virginia Lee Burton - 30Up 7Down 4
The Chronicles of Spiderwick
Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi - 31Up 20Down 3 J. K. Rowling
- 32Up 10Down 2 Shel Silverstein
- 33Up 7Down 2 Laura Ingalls Wilder
- 34Up 6Down 2 Mo Willems
- 35Up 4Down 3 Kate DiCamillo
- 36Up 11Down 5
The Golden Compass
Brian Sibley - 37Up 8Down 1 G. K. Chesterton, Aesop, V. S. Vernon Jones
- 38Up 4Down 4 Maurice Sendak
- 39Up 6Down 2
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
Gerald McDermott - 40Up 3Down 1 Wilson Rawls
- 41Up 13Down 2 Roald Dahl
- 42Up 3Down 3 Neil Gaiman
- 43Up 8Down 3
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson - 44Up 8Down 2 Robert Munsch
- 45Up 6Down 4 Thomas Rockwell
- 46Up 5Down 2
Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!
Dr. Seuss - 47Up 4Down 3
Be Nice to Spiders
Margaret Graham - 48Up 5Down 3 Judy Blume
- 49Up 12Down 0 Beverly Cleary
- 50Up 4Down 3
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
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The Best Overall Books for Kids at 11/30/2012 8:30 AM