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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.

Classic Read Aloud Books – You Haven’t Read Yet!

January 7, 2019

Classic children's books to read aloud

Have you ever noticed how book lists of classic read alouds contain the same titles? Does one of the following describe your situation? A) You are an experienced read aloud-er and you’ve read all the standards (Charlotte’s Web, The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe) and you want something new, but with a classic literature sensibility….
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Timeless Children’s Christmas Books You Will Read Year After Year

November 19, 2018

Christmas picture books for kids

I try hard to make my book lists unique so when it came to making a “classic children’s Christmas books” list I struggled to make the collection of titles very different from a typical Christmas picture book list with well-worn classics! I decided, much like my 20th century classics lists that I would not feel…
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Science Fiction Books for Kids that Will Blow Their Minds

September 17, 2018

Science Fiction for kids

Science fiction books have never really been my thing, but I had a surprisingly good time searching out and reading titles for this list of science fiction books for kids. It’s fair to say I have a new-found appreciation for the genre. A few of these my older son read in my stead, but I…
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Wonderful Classic Books for Tweens, ages 8-12

August 2, 2018

Classic books for 8-12 year olds.

I read and share so many excellent contemporary books for tweens, but  I still hear from parents who want their kids to read the classics. But most tweens are not ready for Dickens or George Orwell! So, what are some good classic books for tweens? Although the word “tween” is a new-fangled one, kids ages…
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Classic Children’s Books By The Decade: 1990s

June 1, 2018

Children's books from the 1990s. New classics!

Making this list of classic 1990s children’s books was an unusual exercise for me because it is the first list in my classic book series in which there is not a single book that I read when I was a kid. In fact, all of these books I read after the age of 30. However, the…
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Classic Children’s Books By The Decade: 1980s

May 31, 2018

1980s books for kids

Raise your hand if you grew up reading children’s books from the 1980s! The 1980s were like a totally awesome decade, dude. I’m really happy with this list of 20th century classic children’s books from the 1980s even though using the term “classic” is becoming more and more suspect as we close in on the…
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Classic Children’s Books By The Decade: 1970s

May 30, 2018

Classic children's books from the 1970s

Compiling a list of classic children’s books from the 1970s was unexpectedly challenging! Most of the books I had previously read from this decade were already quite popular so I had to do a fair bit of research to decide which 1970s titles to read so I could determine what I wanted to include. I…
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Classic Children’s Books By The Decade: 1960s

May 29, 2018

children's classic books from the 1960s

I love sharing my favorite under-the-radar classic children’s literature and these classic books from the 1960s is my latest book list in my series of the best books of the 20th century. I found a lot of 1960s books to choose from so I picks books from different genres and threw in some British, and…
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