Sadly, there is not a huge treasure trove of classic children’s books with diverse characters. But fortunately, with the We Need Diverse Books movement, the number of quality chapter books featuring diverse protagonists from all walks of life is increasing. While there is still much progress to be made, it is becoming easier to find…
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Classic Books for Kids
Here you will find all of my favorite old-fashioned and new classic books for kids. Included is my series of book lists featuring 10 titles from each decade in the 20th century. Happy Reading.
Diverse Picture Books: 14 Classics to Have on Your Shelf
The “We Need Diverse Books” campaign is picking up steam and it looks like publishers are indeed making an effort to publish diverse picture books which reflect the multicultural world we live in. But what about classic picture books? There are indeed some wonderful diverse, multicultural books that many of us remember from our childhood. Some of…
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12 Classic Books for Tweens
A question I hear a lot is, “What are some good classic books for tweens?” Although the word “tween” is a new-fangled one, kids ages 9-12 can certainly appreciate a classic book. My oldest son turns 10 in a few months and will be firmly in this group. While I don’t think there is a…
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1970s Children’s Books {Picture Books}
This list of 1970s children’s books is meant as the picture book companion to my post about great 1970s chapter book classics that I compiled a few years ago as part of my series, Children’s Classics by the Decade in which I shared favorites from the 20th century. I think it is safe to say all…
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Ten 1950s Children’s Picture Books
I love to read classic children’s books to my kids. These 1950s children’s books were popular read alouds with both my boys. You may remember my list of 1950s chapter books from my 20th century classics by the decade series. I’m working through picture books now, but as I explained in my list of 1960s picture books,…
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1960s Children’s Picture Books
Previously I compiled a list of 1960s children’s books as part of my series of classics for each decade of the 20th century. It’s fun to share vintage books and since that series featured chapter books I want to extend it to include some of my favorite 1960s children’s picture books. I’m not so ambitious…
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Classic Easy Reader Books for Kids
After the positive response to easy reader books that won’t make parents groan, it seemed prudent to offer you an additional book list for your beginning readers. Parents may even remember reading some of these classic books when they were children. I’ve noticed that classic easy readers tend to be longer than some of the…
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Classic Children’s Books By The Decade: 1990s
We have reached the final list of classic children’s books of the 20th century. (Sniff Sniff) Making this list of Classic Children’s Books written in the 1990s was an unusual exercise for me because it is the first list in my series in which there is not a single book that I read when I…
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