100 Most Loved Children's Books

This can be a very subjective list but most I'm sure will agree on many of these books being a 'must read' for young people today (or the young at heart to recapture, at least in spirit, the days of their youth). Reading is fundamental and these are 100 childhood books published in the twentieth century loved best by Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers. It's nice every once in awhile to turn off the TV, radio, stereo, ipod, XBox 360, PS3, Wii, DVD/VCR (you get the picture) and encourage the kids to sit back (or curl up) with a good book and let their/your imagination and free spirit take over. There's choices here for all age groups as well as reading levels. Maybe enjoy reading your childhood favorite book to your youngest ones. Books are listed alphabetically for easy reference. Following each title is the year it debuted and the author's name. Enjoy :)

• All Creatures Great & Small (1972) by James Herriot
• Amelia Bedelia (1963) by Peggy Parish
• Annie On My Mind (1982) by Nancy Garden
• Are You My Mother? (1960) by P.D. Eastman
• Are You There God?, It's Me, Margaret (1970) by Judy Blume
• Babar (1933) by Jean de Brunhoff
• Bambi (1926) by Felix Salten
• A Bear Called Paddington (1960) by Michael Bond
• The Berenstain Bears (1967) by Stan & Jan Berenstain
• Best Word Book Ever (1963) by Richard Scarry
• Big Red (1945) by Jim Kjelgaard
• The Black Cauldron (1965) by Lloyd Alexander
• The Black Stallion (1941) by Walter Farley
• Bless The Beasts & The Children (1970) by Gordon Swarthout
• Blubber (1974) by Judy Blume
• The Bobbsey Twins (1904) by Laura Lee Hope
• Born Free (1960) by Joy Adamson
• The Borrowers (1953) by Mary Norton
• Caddie Woodlawn (1935) by Carol Ryrie Brink
• The Call Of The Wild (1903) by Jack London
• The Cat Ate My Gymsuit (1974) by Paula Danziger
• The CatIn The Hat (1956) by Dr. Seuss
• Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (1963) by Roald Dahl
• Charlie & The Great Glass Elevator (1972) by Roald Dahl
• Charlotte's Webb (1952) by E.B. White
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1964) by Ian Fleming
• The Chronicles Of Narnia (1950) by C.S. Lewis
• Clifford, The Big Red Dog (1966) by Norman Bridwell
• The Cricket In Times Square (1960) by George Selden
• Curious George (1942) by H.A. & Margret Rey
• The Diary Of Anne Frank (1947) by Anne Frank
• Doctor Dolittle (1920) by Hugh Lofting
• Eloise (1955) by Kay Thompson
• Encyclopedia Brown (1963) by Donald J. Sobol
• Forever (1975) by Judy Blume
• Fox In Socks (1966) by Dr. Seuss
• Freaky Friday (1972) by Mary Rodgers
• From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1967) by E.L. Konigsburg
• Gentle Ben (1965) by Walt Morey
• Go Ask Alice (1971) by Anonymous (Beatrice Sparks)
• Green Eggs & Ham (1960) by Dr. Seuss
• Happiness Is A Warm Puppy (1962) by Charles Schulz
• The Hardy Boys (1927) by Franklin W. Dixon
• Harold & The Purple Crayon (1955) by Crockett Johnson
• Harriet The Spy (1964) by Louise Fitzhugh
• The Hobbit (1937) by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Hop On Pop (1963) by Dr. Seuss
• Horton Hears A Who! (1954) by Dr. Seuss
• How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) by Dr. Seuss
• The Incredible Journey (1961) by Sheila Burnford
• Island of The Blue Dolphins (1960) by Scott O'Dell
• James & The Giant Peach (1961) by Roald Dahl
• Lassie Come Home (1940) by Eric Knight
• The Little Engine That Could (1930) by Watty Piper
• Little House In The Big Woods (1932) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Little Prince (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
• The Littlest Angel (1946) by Charles Tazewell
• The Lord of The Rings (1954) by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Madeline (1939) by Ludwig Bemelman
• Mary Poppins (1934) by P.L. Travers
• Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel (1939) by Virginia Lee Burton
• Misty of Chincoteague (1947) by Marguerite Henry
• Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957) by Betty MacDonald
• My Friend Flicka (1941) by Mary O'Hara
• Nancy Drew (1930) by Carolyn Keene
• National Velvet (1935) by Enid Bagnold
• Old Yeller (1957) by Fred Gipson
• One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960) by Dr. Seuss
• The Outsiders (1967) by S.E. (Susan Eloise) Hinton
• Pat The Bunny (1940) by Dorothy Kunhardt
• Peter Pan (1904) by James M. Barrie
• Peter Rabbit (1902) by Beatrix Potter
• The Phantom Tollbooth (1961) by Norman Juster
• Pippi Longstocking (1950) by Astrid Lindgren
• The Poky Little Puppy (1942) by Janet Sebring Lowrey
• Pollyanna (1913) by Eleanor H. Porter
• Ramona The Pest (1952) by Beverly Cleary
• Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1939) by Robert L. May
• The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1947) by Kathryn & Byron Jackson
• Scuffy The Tugboat (1946) by Gertrude Crampton
• The Secret Garden (1912) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Sounder (1969) by William H. Armstrong
• Stuart Little (1945) by E.B. White
• Superfudge (1980) by Judy Blume
• The Sweet Smell of Christmas (1970) by Patricia Scarry
• Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing (1972) by Judy Blume
• Tarzan of The Apes (1914) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• The Tawny Scrawny Lion (1952) by Kathryn Jackson
• There's A Wocket In My Pocket (1974) by Dr. Seuss
• The Trumpet of The Swan (1970) E.B. White
• The Twenty-One Balloons (1947) by William Pene du Bois
• The Velveteen Rabbit (1926) by Margery Williams
• Watership Down (1972) by Richard Adams
• Where The Red Fern Grows (1961) by Wilson Rawls
• Where The Sidewalk Ends (1974) by Shel Silverstein
• Where The Wild Things Are (1963) by Maurice Sendak
• The Wind In The Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame
• Winnie The Pooh (1926) by A.A. Milne
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum
• The Yearling (1938) by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings