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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
Book by Julia Eccleshare
Book by Julia Eccleshare
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up |
| image | 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up.png |
| author | Julia Eccleshare |
| country | United Kingdom |
| language | English |
| genre | Non-fiction |
| published | 2009 (Universe/Rizzoli International) |
| media_type | Print (Hardcover) |
| pages | 960 |
| isbn | 978-0-7333-2562-5 |
| dewey | 011.62 22 |
| congress | Z1037 .A255 2009 |
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is a literary reference book compiled by Julia Eccleshare, children's book editor at British newspaper The Guardian.
Contents
Noted for listing a variety of international works, 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up features stories originally written in a multitude of languages, which includes Japanese, Slovak, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, Russian and Dutch. as well as some by famous children's writers such as Michael Morpurgo, Judy Blume, Lois Lowry, Jamila Gavin, Philip Pullman and 25 others. These appear in a different style from the other reviews by contributors. Along with the reviews, there are short excerpts from some of the works, which appear in bold alongside the review. Each listing includes a summary with information on the author as well; each picture book title is accompanied by colourful illustrations. Some of the genres included are fantasy, adventure, history, contemporary life, and others. It appears in hardcover, with 960 pages and weighs roughly 2.2 lbs.
Complete list from 2nd edition (2010)
| English title | Original title | Author | Illustrator | Language | Year | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 1930 | 0–3 | |||||
| Pat the Bunny | English | 1940 | 0–3 | ||||
| Make Way for Ducklings | English | 1941 | 0–3 | ||||
| English | 1942 | 0–3 | |||||
| English | 1945 | 0–3 | |||||
| Thomas the Tank Engine | English | 1946 | 0–3 | ||||
| Goodnight Moon | English | 1947 | 0–3 | ||||
| Lavender's Blue | English | 1954 | 0–3 | ||||
| Bedtime for Frances | English | 1960 | 0–3 | ||||
| Miffy | Nijntje | Dutch | 1963 | 0–3 | |||
| Rosie's Walk | English | 1968 | 0–3 | ||||
| English | 1969 | 0–3 | |||||
| English | 1969 | 0–3 | |||||
| Mr. Gumpy's Outing | English | 1970 | 0–3 | ||||
| Meg and Mog | English | 1972 | 0–3 | ||||
| Good Night, Alfie Atkins | God natt Alfons Åberg | Swedish | 1972 | 0–3 | |||
| Little Brown Bear | Petit ours brun | French | 1975 | 0–3 | |||
| Little Spook's Baby Sister | Lilla spöket Laban får en lillasyster | Swedish | 1977 | 0–3 | |||
| Fly, Little Bird | Vola, uccellino! | Italian | 1977 | 0–3 | |||
| Each Peach Pear Plum | English | 1978 | 0–3 | ||||
| Where's Spot? | English | 1980 | 0–3 | ||||
| English | 1982 | 0–3 | |||||
| Dear Zoo | English | 1982 | 0–3 | ||||
| Good Dog, Carl | English | 1985 | 0–3 | ||||
| Bathwater's Hot | English | 1985 | 0–3 | ||||
| Tickle, Tickle | English | 1987 | 0–3 | ||||
| Elmer | English | 1989 | 0–3 | ||||
| We're Going on a Bear Hunt | English | 1989 | 0–3 | ||||
| Bunny Bath | Kanin-bad | Swedish | 1990 | 0–3 | |||
| Kipper | English | 1991 | 0–3 | ||||
| Maisy Goes to Playschool | English | 1992 | 0–3 | ||||
| Owl Babies | English | 1992 | 0–3 | ||||
| Handa's Surprise | English | 1994 | 0–3 | ||||
| Alvin Says Good Night | Albin säger godnatt | Swedish | 1996 | 0–3 | |||
| English | 1999 | 0–3 | |||||
| Humphrey's Corner | English | 1999 | 0–3 | ||||
| Julian the Rabbit | Giulio coniglio: storie per un anno | Italian | 2001 | 0–3 | |||
| English | 1876 | 3+ | |||||
| Mother Goose | English | 1881 | 3+ | ||||
| Marigold Garden | English | 1885 | 3+ | ||||
| Die lustige Tante | German | 1891 | 3+ | ||||
| Peter in Blueberry Land | Puttes äventyr i blåbärsskogen | Swedish | 1901 | 3+ | |||
| English | 1902 | 3+ | |||||
| English | 1906 | 3+ | |||||
| Etwas von den Wurzelkindern | German | 1906 | 3+ | ||||
| English | 1908 | 3+ | |||||
| Tomtebobarnen | Swedish | 1910 | 3+ | ||||
| Clever Bill | English | 1926 | 3+ | ||||
| Winnie-the-Pooh | English | 1926 | 3+ | ||||
| Histoire de Babar le petit éléphant | French | 1931 | 3+ | ||||
| English | 1933 | 3+ | |||||
| Blinky Bill | English | 1933 | 3+ | ||||
| English | 1936 | 3+ | |||||
| Orlando | English | 1938 | 3+ | ||||
| Little Toot | English | 1939 | 3+ | ||||
| Madeline | English | 1939 | 3+ | ||||
| Mike Mulligan | English | 1939 | 3+ | ||||
| Curious George | English | 1941 | 3+ | ||||
| English | 1942 | 3+ | |||||
| English | 1942 | 3+ | |||||
| Moomin, Mymble and Little My | Hur gick det sen? Boken om Mymlan, Mumintrollet och lilla My | Swedish | 1952 | 3+ | |||
| My Naughty Little Sister | English | 1952 | 3+ | ||||
| Martine | Martine à la ferme | French | 1954 | 3+ | |||
| Eloise | English | 1955 | 3+ | ||||
| Harry the Dirty Dog | English | 1956 | 3+ | ||||
| {{sortname | Dr. Seuss | Theodor Seuss Geisel}} | English | 1957 | |||
| English | 1957 | 3+ | |||||
| English | 1958 | 3+ | |||||
| Little Blue and Little Yellow | English | 1959 | 3+ | ||||
| Green Eggs and Ham | {{sortname | Dr. Seuss | Theodor Seuss Geisel}} | English | 1960 | ||
| Go, Dog. Go! | English | 1961 | 3+ | ||||
| Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain | English | 1962 | 3+ | ||||
| Ivor the Engine | English | 1962 | 3+ | ||||
| Clifford the Big Red Dog | English | 1963 | 3+ | ||||
| Where the Wild Things Are | English | 1963 | 3+ | ||||
| Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | English | 1965 | 3+ | ||||
| Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? | English | 1967 | 3+ | ||||
| What Does the Mouse Think on Thursday? | Was denkt die Maus am Donnerstag? | German | 1967 | 3+ | |||
| What Do People Do All Day? | English | 1968 | 3+ | ||||
| Corduroy | English | 1968 | 3+ | ||||
| Det underbara trädet | Swedish | 1969 | 3+ | ||||
| In the Night Kitchen | English | 1970 | 3+ | ||||
| Barbapapa | Barbapapa | Talus Taylor and Annette Tison | French | 1970 | 3+ | ||
| Mr. Tickle | English | 1971 | 3+ | ||||
| Lotta's Bike | Visst kan Lotta cykla | Swedish | 1971 | 3+ | |||
| Little I Am I | Das kleine Ich-bin-ich | German | 1972 | 3+ | |||
| English | 1972 | 3+ | |||||
| English | 1972 | 3+ | |||||
| Father Christmas | English | 1973 | 3+ | ||||
| My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes | English | 1973 | 3+ | ||||
| Who's Seen the Scissors? | ¿Quién ha visto las tijeras? | Spanish | 1975 | 3+ | |||
| Morris's Disappearing Bag | English | 1975 | 3+ | ||||
| Uppo the Bear | Uppo-Nalle | Finnish | 1977 | 3+ | |||
| Burglar Bill | English | 1977 | 3+ | ||||
| Dogger | English | 1977 | 3+ | ||||
| Up in the Tree | English | 1978 | 3+ | ||||
| English | 1978 | 3+ | |||||
| Freight Train | English | 1978 | 3+ | ||||
| Is That a Monster, Alfie Atkins? | Alfons och odjuret | Swedish | 1978 | 3+ | |||
| Ox-Cart Man | English | 1979 | 3+ | ||||
| Mister Magnolia | English | 1980 | 3+ | ||||
| Peace at Last | English | 1980 | 3+ | ||||
| Mr. Archimedes' Bath | English | 1980 | 3+ | ||||
| Léo and Popi | Léo et Popi | French | 1980 | 3+ | |||
| Postman Pat's Treasure Hunt | English | 1981 | 3+ | ||||
| Ernest and Celestine Have Lost Simon | Ernest et Célestine ont perdu Siméon | French | 1981 | 3+ | |||
| Alfie Gets In First | English | 1981 | 3+ | ||||
| One Woolly Wombat | English | 1982 | 3+ | ||||
| Avocado Baby | English | 1982 | 3+ | ||||
| Gorilla | English | 1983 | 3+ | ||||
| Angelina Ballerina | English | 1983 | 3+ | ||||
| Dusty Wants to Help | Hjälpa till, sa Pulvret | Swedish | 1983 | 3+ | |||
| We Are the Triplets | Som les tres bessones | Spanish | 1983 | 3+ | |||
| Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy | English | 1983 | 3+ | ||||
| Possum Magic | English | 1983 | 3+ | ||||
| Felix and Alexander | English | 1985 | 3+ | ||||
| Pancakes for Findus | Pannkakstårtan | Swedish | 1985 | 3+ | |||
| Love You Forever | English | 1986 | 3+ | ||||
| This Is the Bear | English | 1986 | 3+ | ||||
| Old Bear | English | 1986 | 3+ | ||||
| Owl Moon | English | 1987 | 3+ | ||||
| Winnie the Witch | English | 1987 | 3+ | ||||
| Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? | English | 1988 | 3+ | ||||
| Crocodile Beat | English | 1988 | 3+ | ||||
| Stina | Storm-Stina | Swedish | 1988 | 3+ | |||
| Fire-Engine Lil | English | 1989 | 3+ | ||||
| One Snowy Night | English | 1989 | 3+ | ||||
| English | 1990 | 3+ | |||||
| Amazing Grace | English | 1991 | 3+ | ||||
| Window | English | 1991 | 3+ | ||||
| Slinky Malinki | English | 1991 | 3+ | ||||
| T'choupi | T'choupi | French | 1992 | 3+ | |||
| Frog in Winter | Kikker in de kou | Dutch | 1992 | 3+ | |||
| Where's My Teddy? | English | 1992 | 3+ | ||||
| Okilélé | Okilélé | French | 1993 | 3+ | |||
| Sleep Well, Little Bear | Schlaf gut, kleiner Bär | German | 1993 | 3+ | |||
| Poems for the Very Young | English | 1993 | 3+ | ||||
| Guess How Much I Love You | English | 1994 | 3+ | ||||
| Vom kleinen Maulwurf, der wissen wollte, wer ihm auf den Kopf gemacht hat. | German | 1994 | 3+ | ||||
| Garden of Little Creatures | Droles de petites betes | French | 1994 | 3+ | |||
| Clown | English | 1995 | 3+ | ||||
| Runaway Train | English | 1995 | 3+ | ||||
| Bad Habits! | English | 1998 | 3+ | ||||
| Pumpkin Soup | English | 1998 | 3+ | ||||
| Molly Goes Shopping | Malla handlar | Swedish | 1998 | 3+ | |||
| ふしぎなポケット | Japanese | 1998 | 3+ | ||||
| Rosa Goes To Daycare | Rosa på dagis | Swedish | 1999 | 3+ | |||
| Jamela's Dress | English | 1999 | 3+ | ||||
| Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs | English | 1999 | 3+ | ||||
| English | 1999 | 3+ | |||||
| Crispin | English | 2000 | 3+ | ||||
| Max | English | 2000 | 3+ | ||||
| Olivia | English | 2000 | 3+ | ||||
| Madlenka | Madlenka | Czech | 2000 | 3+ | |||
| Marc Just Couldn't Sleep | De verdad que no podía | Spanish | 2001 | 3+ | |||
| La grenouille à grande bouche | French | 2001 | 3+ | ||||
| Tatu and Patu in Helsinki | Tatu ja Patu Helsingissä | Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen | Finnish | 2003 | 3+ | ||
| Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! | English | 2003 | 3+ | ||||
| Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale | English | 2004 | 3+ | ||||
| The Secret Lives of Princesses | Les Princesses oubliées ou inconnues | French | 2004 | 3+ | |||
| Lost and Found | English | 2005 | 3+ | ||||
| unknown | Chinese | 5+ | |||||
| unknown | Japanese | 5+ | |||||
| unknown | Japanese | 1603 | 5+ | ||||
| Fairy Tales from the Past | Histoires ou contes du temps passé | French | 1696 | 5+ | |||
| Grimms' Fairy Tales | Kinder- und Hausmärchen | Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm | German | 1812 | 5+ | ||
| English | 1822 | 5+ | |||||
| Fifty Fables for Children | Fünfzig Fabeln für Kinder | German | 1833 | 5+ | |||
| Keiserens nye Klæder | Danish | 1837 | 5+ | ||||
| Den lille Havfrue | Danish | 1837 | 5+ | ||||
| Den grimme Ælling | Danish | 1843 | 5+ | ||||
| Book of Nonsense | English | 1846 | 5+ | ||||
| Max and Moritz | Max und Moritz | German | 1865 | 5+ | |||
| English | 1868 | 5+ | |||||
| unknown | English | 1878 | 5+ | ||||
| Cole's Funny Picture Book | English | 1879 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1885 | 5+ | |||||
| English | 1889 | 5+ | |||||
| English | 1894 | 5+ | |||||
| Perez the Mouse | El Ratón Pérez | Spanish | 1894 | 5+ | |||
| Just So Stories | English | 1902 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1911 | 5+ | |||||
| Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer | German | 1912 | 5+ | ||||
| Josephine and Her Dolls | English | 1916 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1918 | 5+ | |||||
| Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie | English | 1918 | 5+ | ||||
| Ameliaranne and the Green Umbrella | English | 1920 | 5+ | ||||
| Rupert the Bear | English | 1921 | 5+ | ||||
| Velveteen Rabbit | English | 1922 | 5+ | ||||
| Come Hither | English | 1923 | 5+ | ||||
| When We Were Very Young | English | 1924 | 5+ | ||||
| Now We Are Six | English | 1927 | 5+ | ||||
| Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories | English | 1928 | 5+ | ||||
| Millions of Cats | English | 1929 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1929 | 5+ | |||||
| All About Doggie and Pussycat | Povidani o pejskovi a kocicce | Czech | 1929 | 5+ | |||
| Les Contes du Chat Perché | French | 1934 | 5+ | ||||
| Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain | English | 1936 | 5+ | ||||
| Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep | English | 1937 | 5+ | ||||
| Mr. Popper's Penguins | English | 1938 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1938 | 5+ | |||||
| Caps for Sale | English | 1938 | 5+ | ||||
| Michka | Michka | French | 1941 | 5+ | |||
| Jan Le Witt and George Him | English | 1942 | 5+ | ||||
| Tweet Tweet | Čin-Čin | Slovakian | 1943 | 5+ | |||
| Tales and Legends | Cuentos y Leyendas | {{sortname | Tabaré | Tabaré Gómez Laborde}} | Spanish | 1945 | |
| Pippi Longstocking | Pippi Långstrump | Swedish | 1945 | 5+ | |||
| Stone Soup | English | 1947 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1947 | 5+ | |||||
| My Father's Dragon | English | 1948 | 5+ | ||||
| Blueberries for Sal | English | 1948 | 5+ | ||||
| Apoutsiak | Apoutsiak | French | 1948 | 5+ | |||
| Foxie | Ingri D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire | English | 1949 | 5+ | |||
| Peanuts | English | 1950 | 5+ | ||||
| Roule Galette | Roule Galette | French | 1950 | 5+ | |||
| One Morning in Maine | English | 1952 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1952 | 5+ | |||||
| English | 1952 | 5+ | |||||
| English | 1952 | 5+ | |||||
| Charlotte's Web | English | 1952 | 5+ | ||||
| Marlaguette | Marlaguette | French | 1952 | 5+ | |||
| Jip and Janneke | Jip en Janneke | Dutch | 1953 | 5+ | |||
| Teddy Robinson Stories | English | 1953 | 5+ | ||||
| Detectives in Togas | Caius ist ein Dummkopf | German | 1953 | 5+ | |||
| Harold and the Purple Crayon | English | 1955 | 5+ | ||||
| Clever Polly and The Stupid Wolf | English | 1955 | 5+ | ||||
| El sapo que quería ser estrella | Spanish | 1955 | 5+ | ||||
| Italian Folktales | Fiable Italiane | Italian | 1956 | 5+ | |||
| English | 1956 | 5+ | |||||
| Captain Pugwash | English | 1957 | 5+ | ||||
| Crictor | English | 1958 | 5+ | ||||
| Chanticlear and the Fox | English | 1958 | 5+ | ||||
| Little Old Mrs. Pepperpot | Kjerringa som ble så lita som ei teskje | Norwegian | 1958 | 5+ | |||
| Little Nicholas | Le petit Nicolas | French | 1959 | 5+ | |||
| Are You My Mother? | English | 1960 | 5+ | ||||
| La Vache orange | French | 1961 | 5+ | ||||
| Die drei Räuber | German | 1961 | 5+ | ||||
| Old Master Q | Wong Chak | Chinese | 1962 | 5+ | |||
| Der Räuber Hotzenplotz | German | 1962 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1962 | 5+ | |||||
| Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present | English | 1962 | 5+ | ||||
| Borka | English | 1963 | 5+ | ||||
| Swimmy | English | 1963 | 5+ | ||||
| Amelia Bedelia | English | 1963 | 5+ | ||||
| Los sueños del sapo | {{sortname | Tabaré | Tabaré Gómez Laborde}} | Spanish | 1963 | ||
| Le Schtroumpfs Noirs | {{sortname | Peyo}} | French | 1963 | |||
| Flat Stanley | English | 1964 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1964 | 5+ | |||||
| Dailan Kifki | Dailan Kifki | Spanish | 1966 | 5+ | |||
| Gumdrop | The Adventures of a Vintage Car | English | 1966 | 5+ | |||
| Frederick | English | 1967 | 5+ | ||||
| Cion Cion Blue | Cion Cion Blu | Italian | 1968 | 5+ | |||
| English | 1968 | 5+ | |||||
| English | 1968 | 5+ | |||||
| Kangaroo for All | Cangura para todo | Spanish | 1968 | 5+ | |||
| Ramona the Pest | English | 1968 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1968 | 5+ | |||||
| English | 1969 | 5+ | |||||
| Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | English | 1969 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1969 | 5+ | |||||
| Joseph's Yard | English | 1969 | 5+ | ||||
| Frog and Toad are Friends | English | 1970 | 5+ | ||||
| Mog the Forgetful Cat | English | 1970 | 5+ | ||||
| Figgie Hobbin | English | 1970 | 5+ | ||||
| Hodja from Port | Hodja fra Pjort | Danish | 1970 | 5+ | |||
| Tow Truck Pluck | Pluk van de Petteflet | Dutch | 1971 | 5+ | |||
| Leo the Late Bloomer | English | 1971 | 5+ | ||||
| Amos & Boris | English | 1971 | 5+ | ||||
| Balloon Cat | Japanese | 1972 | 5+ | ||||
| Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | English | 1972 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1972 | 5+ | |||||
| Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish | English | 1972 | 5+ | ||||
| Os colegas | Portuguese | 1972 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1973 | 5+ | |||||
| Mind Your Own Business | English | 1974 | 5+ | ||||
| Where the Sidewalk Ends | English | 1974 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1974 | 5+ | |||||
| Strega Nona | English | 1975 | 5+ | ||||
| Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Leo and Diane Dillon | English | 1975 | 5+ | |||
| Mr. and Mrs. Pig's Evening Out | English | 1976 | 5+ | ||||
| John Brown, Rose, and the Midnight Cat | English | 1977 | 5+ | ||||
| Come Away From the Water, Shirley | English | 1977 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1977 | 5+ | |||||
| Teo Discovers the World | Teo Descubre El Mundo | Spanish | 1977 | 5+ | |||
| On the Antilles Sea in a Paper Boat | Por el Mar de las Antillas | Spanish | 1977 | 5+ | |||
| Fungus the Bogeyman | English | 1977 | 5+ | ||||
| Loon's Necklace | English | 1977 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1977 | 5+ | |||||
| Miss Nelson is Missing | English | 1977 | 5+ | ||||
| Anno's Journey | Tabi no Ehon | Japanese | 1977 | 5+ | |||
| Hyakumankai ikita neko | Japanese | 1977 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1978 | 5+ | |||||
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | English | 1978 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1978 | 5+ | |||||
| English | 1978 | 5+ | |||||
| Percy Trezise and Dick Roughsey | English | 1978 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1978 | 5+ | |||||
| Haunted House | English | 1979 | 5+ | ||||
| La belle lisse poire du prince de Motordu | French | 1980 | 5+ | ||||
| Not now, Bernard | English | 1980 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1980 | 5+ | |||||
| Jumanji | English | 1981 | 5+ | ||||
| Mr. Fox | English | 1982 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1982 | 5+ | |||||
| Doctor De Soto | English | 1982 | 5+ | ||||
| Two Little Bears | English | 1983 | 5+ | ||||
| Den stora systern | Swedish | 1984 | 5+ | ||||
| Dragon Ball | Doragonbōru | Japanese | 1984 | 5+ | |||
| Mr. Majeika | English | 1984 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1984 | 5+ | |||||
| Katie Morag Delivers the Mail | English | 1984 | 5+ | ||||
| If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | English | 1985 | 5+ | ||||
| Leo and Diane Dillon | English | 1985 | 5+ | ||||
| Not So Fast Songololo | English | 1985 | 5+ | ||||
| Linnea in Monet's Garden | Linnea i Målarens Trädgård | Swedish | 1985 | 5+ | |||
| English | 1985 | 5+ | |||||
| English | 1986 | 5+ | |||||
| Animalia | English | 1986 | 5+ | ||||
| Hey, Al | English | 1986 | 5+ | ||||
| El Perro del Cerro y la Rana de la Sabana | Spanish | 1986 | 5+ | ||||
| Lend me Your Wings | English | 1987 | 5+ | ||||
| Henry and Mudge | English | 1987 | 5+ | ||||
| My Place | English | 1987 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1987 | 5+ | |||||
| English | 1988 | 5+ | |||||
| Anancy-Spiderman | English | 1988 | 5+ | ||||
| Drac and the Gremlin | English | 1988 | 5+ | ||||
| Matilda | English | 1988 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1988 | 5+ | |||||
| Lon Po Po | English | 1989 | 5+ | ||||
| Loulou | Loulou | French | 1989 | 5+ | |||
| English | 1989 | 5+ | |||||
| Oh, the Places You'll Go | {{sortname | Dr. Seuss | Theodor Seuss Geisel}} | English | 1990 | ||
| Else-Marie and Her Seven Little Daddies | Else-Marie och småpapporna | Swedish | 1990 | 5+ | |||
| My Friend Percy's Magical Gym Shoes | Min vän Percys magiska gymnastikskor | Swedish | 1991 | 5+ | |||
| Tar Beach | English | 1991 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1992 | 5+ | |||||
| English | 1993 | 5+ | |||||
| Friends From the Other Side | Amigos del Otro Lado | Spanish | 1993 | 5+ | |||
| Stellaluna | English | 1993 | 5+ | ||||
| Horrid Henry | English | 1994 | 5+ | ||||
| Old Tom | English | 1994 | 5+ | ||||
| Jennifer Jones Won't Leave me Alone | English | 1995 | 5+ | ||||
| Math Curse | English | 1995 | 5+ | ||||
| Moka the Cow | La mucca Moka | Italian | 1995 | 5+ | |||
| Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse | English | 1996 | 5+ | ||||
| Il mare in fondo al bosco | Italian | 1997 | 5+ | ||||
| My Kingdom For a Horse | Mi reino por un caballo | Spanish | 1997 | 5+ | |||
| English | 1997 | 5+ | |||||
| Henry and Amy | English | 1998 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 1998 | 5+ | |||||
| Rumpelstiltskin and Other Grimm Tales | English | 1999 | 5+ | ||||
| Dödenboken | Swedish | 1999 | 5+ | ||||
| I will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato | English | 2000 | 5+ | ||||
| Fox | English | 2000 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 2001 | 5+ | |||||
| Dodo Gets Married | English | 2001 | 5+ | ||||
| Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age | English | 2001 | 5+ | ||||
| Kärlekboken | Swedish | 2001 | 5+ | ||||
| That Pesky Rat | English | 2002 | 5+ | ||||
| Beegu | English | 2003 | 5+ | ||||
| Bridget and the Moose Brothers | Gittan och älgbrorsorna | Swedish | 2003 | 5+ | |||
| English | 2003 | 5+ | |||||
| El beso más largo del mundo | Spanish | 2003 | 5+ | ||||
| I Hate School | English | 2003 | 5+ | ||||
| Skippyjon Jones | English | 2003 | 5+ | ||||
| Constable Sniffler | Komisario Nuusku ja makkaratehtaan arvoitus | Finnish | 2003 | 5+ | |||
| Tyttö ja naakkapuu | Finnish | 2004 | 5+ | ||||
| You're All My Favourites | English | 2004 | 5+ | ||||
| Are We There Yet? | English | 2004 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 2005 | 5+ | |||||
| Zen Shorts | English | 2005 | 5+ | ||||
| Leonardo, the Terrible Monster | English | 2005 | 5+ | ||||
| Llama, Llama, Red Pajama | English | 2005 | 5+ | ||||
| Wolves | English | 2005 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 2005 | 5+ | |||||
| Snip Snap! | English | 2005 | 5+ | ||||
| English | 2005 | 5+ | |||||
| Flotsam | English | 2006 | 5+ | ||||
| In Mr. Thunder's House | Nella casa del signor Tuono | Italian | 2006 | 5+ | |||
| English | 2006 | 5+ | |||||
| Aesop's Fables | {{sortname | Aesop}} | Greek | ||||
| Arabian Nights | unknown | Arabic | 8+ | ||||
| Fairy Tales | Les Contes des Fées | French | 1697 | 8+ | |||
| Robinson the Younger | Robinson der Jüngere | German | 1779 | 8+ | |||
| Tales from Shakespeare | Charles Lamb and Mary Anne Lamb | English | 1807 | 8+ | |||
| Der Schweizerische Robinson | German | 1812 | 8+ | ||||
| Nussknacker und Mausekönig | German | 1816 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1842 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1843 | 8+ | |||||
| Struwwelpeter | Der Struwwelpeter | German | 1845 | 8+ | |||
| Morality Tales | Cuentos morales para niños formales | Spanish | 1854 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1863 | 8+ | |||||
| Sophie's Misfortunes | Les malheurs de Sophie | French | 1864 | 8+ | |||
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | English | 1865 | 8+ | ||||
| Through the Looking Glass | English | 1871 | 8+ | ||||
| At the Back of the North Wind | English | 1871 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1876 | 8+ | |||||
| Black Beauty | English | 1877 | 8+ | ||||
| {{sortname | Mrs. Molesworth | Mary Louisa Molesworth}} | English | 1877 | |||
| English | 1878 | 8+ | |||||
| Sans famille | French | 1878 | 8+ | ||||
| Simple National Slovak Tales | Prostonárodnie slovenské povesti | Slovakian | 1880 | 8+ | |||
| Uncle Remus Stories | English | 1881 | 8+ | ||||
| Frank T. Merrill, John Harley and Ludvig Sandöe Ipsen | English | 1881 | 8+ | ||||
| Bevis | English | 1882 | 8+ | ||||
| Pinocchio | Le avventure di Pinocchio | Italian | 1883 | 8+ | |||
| Treasure Island | English | 1883 | 8+ | ||||
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | English | 1884 | 8+ | ||||
| Little Lord Fauntleroy | English | 1886 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1887 | 8+ | |||||
| Walter Crane and George Percy Jacomb-Hood | English | 1888 | 8+ | ||||
| Carrot Top | Poil de carotte | French | 1894 | 8+ | |||
| Moonfleet | English | 1898 | 8+ | ||||
| Il Corsaro Nero | Italian | 1898 | 8+ | ||||
| Gordon Browner and Lewis Baumer | English | 1899 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1900 | 8+ | |||||
| Queen of the Caribbean | La regina dei Caraibi | Italian | 1901 | 8+ | |||
| Sussi and Biribissi | Sussi e Biribissi | Italian | 1902 | 8+ | |||
| Five Children and It | English | 1902 | 8+ | ||||
| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | English | 1903 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1904 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1905 | 8+ | |||||
| Captain Storm | Il Capitan Tempesta | Italian | 1905 | 8+ | |||
| Bécassine | Bécassine | French | 1905 | 8+ | |||
| Paul Street Boys | A Pál-utcai fiúk | Hungarian | 1906 | 8+ | |||
| Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens | English | 1906 | 8+ | ||||
| Cautionary Tales for Children | English | 1907 | 8+ | ||||
| Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar | Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur | French | 1907 | 8+ | |||
| Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige | Swedish | 1907 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1908 | 8+ | |||||
| Anne of Green Gables | May Claus and William Claus | English | 1908 | 8+ | |||
| Las aventuras extraordinarias de Massagran | Spanish | 1910 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1911 | 8+ | |||||
| Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca | {{sortname | Vamba}} | Italian | 1911 | |||
| Nesthäkchen | Nesthäkchen und ihre Puppen | German | 1913 | 8+ | |||
| Pollyanna | English | 1913 | 8+ | ||||
| Platero and I | Platero y yo | Spanish | 1914 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1919 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1920 | 8+ | |||||
| Just William | English | 1922 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1924 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1925 | 8+ | |||||
| Franklin W. Dixon | English | 1927 | 8+ | ||||
| Tintin in the Land of the Soviets | Tintin au pays des Soviets | {{sortname | Hergé}} | French | 1929 | ||
| Emil and the Detectives | Emil und die Detektive | German | 1929 | 8+ | |||
| What Celia Says | Celia lo que dice | Spanish | 1929 | 8+ | |||
| Swallows and Amazons | English | 1930 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1930 | 8+ | |||||
| Kubula and Kuba Kubikula | Kubula a Kuba Kubikula | Czech | 1931 | 8+ | |||
| Das rote U: eine Jungengeschichte | German | 1932 | 8+ | ||||
| Little House in the Big Woods | English | 1932 | 8+ | ||||
| Farmer Boy | English | 1933 | 8+ | ||||
| Professor Branestawm | English | 1933 | 8+ | ||||
| Night on the Galactic Railroad | Japanese | 1934 | 8+ | ||||
| Mary Poppins | English | 1934 | 8+ | ||||
| Little House on the Prairie | English | 1935 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1935 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1935 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1936 | 8+ | |||||
| Ballet Shoes | English | 1936 | 8+ | ||||
| Worzel Gummidge | English | 1936 | 8+ | ||||
| Pigeon Post | English | 1936 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1937 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1937 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1937 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1937 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1937 | 8+ | |||||
| My Friend Mr. Leakey | English | 1937 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1938 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1938 | 8+ | |||||
| Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats | English | 1939 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1939 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1939 | 8+ | |||||
| Lassie Come-Home | English | 1940 | 8+ | ||||
| Betsy-Tacy | English | 1940 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1941 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1941 | 8+ | |||||
| {{sortname | B.B. | Denys Watkins-Pitchford}} | English | 1942 | |||
| Five on a Treasure Island | English | 1942 | 8+ | ||||
| Le Petit Prince | French | 1943 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1944 | 8+ | |||||
| Brendon Chase | {{sortname | B.B. | Denys Watkins-Pitchford}} | English | 1944 | ||
| Rabbit Hill | English | 1944 | 8+ | ||||
| Wind on the Moon | English | 1944 | 8+ | ||||
| Stuart Little | English | 1945 | 8+ | ||||
| La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia | Italian | 1945 | 8+ | ||||
| Lucky Luke — Arizona 1880 | Arizona 1880 | {{sortname | Morris | Morris (cartoonist)}} | French | 1946 | |
| English | 1946 | 8+ | |||||
| Mistress Masham's Repose | English | 1946 | 8+ | ||||
| Comet in Moominland | Kometjakten | Finnish | 1946 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1947 | 8+ | |||||
| Misty of Chincoteague | English | 1947 | 8+ | ||||
| Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School | English | 1947 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1947 | 8+ | |||||
| Hurrah for St. Trinian's | English | 1948 | 8+ | ||||
| Antoñita La Fantastica | Spanish | 1948 | 8+ | ||||
| Autumn Term | English | 1948 | 8+ | ||||
| Finn Family Moomintroll | Trollkarlens hatt | Finnish | 1948 | 8+ | |||
| Amazon Adventure | English | 1949 | 8+ | ||||
| Children on the Oregon Trail | De Kinder Karavaan | Dutch | 1949 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1950 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1950 | 8+ | |||||
| La princesita que tenía los dedos mágicos | Spanish | 1950 | 8+ | ||||
| Adventurous Tales of Machu Picchu | Las aventuras de Machu Picchu | Spanish | 1950 | 8+ | |||
| Tales of Uncle Rabbit | Cuentos del picaro tio conejo | Spanish | 1950 | 8+ | |||
| Kimba | Jyangeru taitei | Japanese | 1950 | 8+ | |||
| Prince Caspian | English | 1951 | 8+ | ||||
| Little Onion | Le avventure di Cipollino | Italian | 1951 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1952 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1952 | 8+ | |||||
| Astro Boy (Mighty Atom) | Japanese | 1952 | 8+ | ||||
| Marcelino, Bread and Wine | Marcelino, pan y vino | Spanish | 1952 | 8+ | |||
| Jennings and Darbishire | English | 1952 | 8+ | ||||
| Down with Skool! | English | 1953 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1953 | 8+ | |||||
| Half Magic | English | 1954 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1954 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1954 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1954 | 8+ | |||||
| Hobberdy Dick | English | 1955 | 8+ | ||||
| Little Bookroom | English | 1955 | 8+ | ||||
| Minnow on the Say | English | 1955 | 8+ | ||||
| Le Cheval sans tête | French | 1955 | 8+ | ||||
| Old Yeller | English | 1956 | 8+ | ||||
| Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone | English | 1956 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1957 | 8+ | |||||
| Thorn Castle | Tüskevár | Hungarian | 1957 | 8+ | |||
| Gaston | Gaston | French | 1957 | 8+ | |||
| Tom's Midnight Garden | English | 1958 | 8+ | ||||
| Warrior Scarlet | English | 1958 | 8+ | ||||
| Mort and Phil | Mortadelo y Filemón | Spanish | 1958 | 8+ | |||
| Walkabout | English | 1959 | 8+ | ||||
| El niño, la golondrina y el gato | Spanish | 1959 | 8+ | ||||
| My Great-Grandfather and I | Mein Urgroßvater und ich | German | 1959 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1960 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1960 | 8+ | |||||
| Knight's Fee | English | 1960 | 8+ | ||||
| Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver | Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer | German | 1960 | 8+ | |||
| Astérix the Gaul | Astérix le Gaulois | French | 1961 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1961 | 8+ | |||||
| James and the Giant Peach | English | 1961 | 8+ | ||||
| Fantômette | Fantômette | French | 1961 | 8+ | |||
| Six Companions | Les Six Compagnons | French | 1961 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1961 | 8+ | |||||
| Where the Red Fern Grows | English | 1961 | 8+ | ||||
| D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths | Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire | English | 1962 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1962 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1962 | 8+ | |||||
| Zahrada | Czech | 1962 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1962 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1963 | 8+ | |||||
| How the Whale Became | English | 1963 | 8+ | ||||
| Marcovaldo | Italian | 1963 | 8+ | ||||
| Stig of the Dump | English | 1963 | 8+ | ||||
| Uncle | English | 1964 | 8+ | ||||
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | English | 1964 | 8+ | ||||
| Den vita stenen | Swedish | 1964 | 8+ | ||||
| Harriet the Spy | English | 1964 | 8+ | ||||
| Las aventuras del sapo Ruperto | Spanish | 1964 | 8+ | ||||
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | English | 1964 | 8+ | ||||
| Shy Violet | Violetta la timida | Italian | 1964 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1964 | 8+ | |||||
| Nurse Matilda | English | 1964 | 8+ | ||||
| Elidor | English | 1965 | 8+ | ||||
| Vuk | Hungarian | 1965 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1965 | 8+ | |||||
| Telephone Tales | Favole al telefono | Italian | 1965 | 8+ | |||
| Het Sleutelkruid | Dutch | 1965 | 8+ | ||||
| Ash Road | English | 1965 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1966 | 8+ | |||||
| Graveyard Kitaro | Hakaba Kitaro | Japanese | 1966 | 8+ | |||
| L'albero del riccio | Italian | 1966 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1967 | 8+ | |||||
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | English | 1967 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1967 | 8+ | |||||
| D'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants | Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire | English | 1967 | 8+ | |||
| Tales of Rue Broca | Contes de la rue Broca | French | 1967 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1968 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1968 | 8+ | |||||
| My Sweet-Orange Tree | O meu pé de laranja lima | Portuguese | 1968 | 8+ | |||
| Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future | ドラえもん | Japanese | 1968 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1969 | 8+ | |||||
| Charlotte Sometimes | English | 1969 | 8+ | ||||
| De kleine kapitein | Dutch | 1970 | 8+ | ||||
| Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | English | 1970 | 8+ | ||||
| When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit | English | 1971 | 8+ | ||||
| Friday, or the Savage Life | Vendredi ou la vie sauvage | French | 1971 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1971 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1971 | 8+ | |||||
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | English | 1971 | 8+ | ||||
| Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig | German | 1972 | 8+ | ||||
| Watership Down | English | 1972 | 8+ | ||||
| Efrem the Knight | Efrem il cavaliere | Italian | 1972 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1973 | 8+ | |||||
| Stradbroke Dreamtime | English | 1972 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1973 | 8+ | |||||
| Chlorophyll from the Blue Sky | Clorofilla dal cielo blu | Italian | 1973 | 8+ | |||
| Bröderna Lejonhjärta | Swedish | 1973 | 8+ | ||||
| Crusade in Jeans | Kruistocht in spijkerbroek | Dutch | 1973 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1973 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1975 | 8+ | |||||
| Konrad oder Das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse | German | 1975 | 8+ | ||||
| Oma | German | 1975 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1976 | 8+ | |||||
| Ordinary Jack | English | 1977 | 8+ | ||||
| Bridge to Terabithia | English | 1977 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1977 | 8+ | |||||
| Storm Boy | English | 1977 | 8+ | ||||
| Charmed Life | English | 1977 | 8+ | ||||
| El Hombrecito Vestido de Gris | Spanish | 1978 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1978 | 8+ | |||||
| Under the Mountain | English | 1979 | 8+ | ||||
| Fray Perico y su borrico | Spanish | 1979 | 8+ | ||||
| Anastasia Krupnik | English | 1979 | 8+ | ||||
| Jacob Have I Loved | English | 1980 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1980 | 8+ | |||||
| Superfudge | English | 1980 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1980 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1980 | 8+ | |||||
| Jules Ratte | German | 1981 | 8+ | ||||
| Goodnight Mister Tom | English | 1981 | 8+ | ||||
| Ronia, the Robber's Daughter | Ronja rövardotter | Swedish | 1981 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1982 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 1982 | 8+ | |||||
| Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes | English | 1982 | 8+ | ||||
| When the Wind Blows | English | 1982 | 8+ | ||||
| Bisa Bia, Bisa Bei | Portuguese | 1982 | 8+ | ||||
| Schoolboy Jia Li | Chinese | 1982 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1982 | 8+ | |||||
| Max and Sally | Mach a Sebestová | Czech | 1982 | 8+ | |||
| War Horse | English | 1982 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1983 | 8+ | |||||
| Sonntagskind | German | 1983 | 8+ | ||||
| Please Mrs. Butler | English | 1983 | 8+ | ||||
| Mouth Open, Story Jump Out | English | 1984 | 8+ | ||||
| L'œil du loup | French | 1984 | 8+ | ||||
| Tomb Raiders | Les pilleurs de sarcophages | Gaëtan Brizzi and Paul Brizzi | French | 1984 | 8+ | ||
| Pirate's Heart | Das Herz des Piraten | German | 1985 | 8+ | |||
| Storm | English | 1985 | 8+ | ||||
| Sarah, Plain and Tall | English | 1985 | 8+ | ||||
| Journey to Jo'burg | English | 1985 | 8+ | ||||
| El valle de los Cocuyos | Spanish | 1985 | 8+ | ||||
| Why the Whales Came | English | 1985 | 8+ | ||||
| Gargling with Jelly | English | 1985 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1985 | 8+ | |||||
| Redwall | English | 1986 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1986 | 8+ | |||||
| Whipping Boy | English | 1987 | 8+ | ||||
| I am Susannah | English | 1987 | 8+ | ||||
| Quirky Tails | English | 1987 | 8+ | ||||
| Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | English | 1987 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1987 | 8+ | |||||
| My Friend the Painter | O meu amigo pintor | Portuguese | 1987 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1987 | 8+ | |||||
| Pit Pony | English | 1989 | 8+ | ||||
| Two Weeks With the Queen | English | 1989 | 8+ | ||||
| Hayflower and Quiltshoe | Heinähattu ja Vilttitossu | Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola | Finnish | 1989 | 8+ | ||
| Merryll of the Stones | English | 1989 | 8+ | ||||
| Bill's New Frock | English | 1989 | 8+ | ||||
| Truckers | English | 1989 | 8+ | ||||
| Haroun and the Sea of Stories | English | 1990 | 8+ | ||||
| La casa pintada | Spanish | 1990 | 8+ | ||||
| Maniac Magee | English | 1990 | 8+ | ||||
| Shiloh | English | 1991 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1991 | 8+ | |||||
| Only You Can Save Mankind | English | 1992 | 8+ | ||||
| Les derniers Géants | French | 1992 | 8+ | ||||
| Almost Everyone Could Topple | Bijna iedereen kon omvallen | Dutch | 1993 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1993 | 8+ | |||||
| Manolito Gafotas | Los trapos sucios | Spanish | 1994 | 8+ | |||
| Ein Maulwurf kommt immer allein | German | 1994 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1994 | 8+ | |||||
| Way Home | English | 1994 | 8+ | ||||
| Stories to Fernando | Historias a Fernández | Spanish | 1994 | 8+ | |||
| Halinka | Wenn das Glück kommt, muss man ihm einen Stuhl hinstellen | German | 1994 | 8+ | |||
| Watch Out For the Cat | Occhio al gatto | Italian | 1995 | 8+ | |||
| Poordog The Starved | Casiperro del Hambre | Spanish | 1995 | 8+ | |||
| 45 & 47 Stella Street and Everything that Happened | English | 1995 | 8+ | ||||
| Tashi | Anna Fienberg and Barbara Fienberg | English | 1995 | 8+ | |||
| Clockwork | English | 1995 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1996 | 8+ | |||||
| Johnny and the Bomb | English | 1996 | 8+ | ||||
| Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar | Spanish | 1996 | 8+ | ||||
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | English | 1997 | 8+ | ||||
| Fire, Bed and Bone | English | 1997 | 8+ | ||||
| Matthias and Grandpa | Mattia e il nonno | Italian | 1997 | 8+ | |||
| Toby | Spanish | 1997 | 8+ | ||||
| La composición | Spanish | 1998 | 8+ | ||||
| Skellig | English | 1998 | 8+ | ||||
| Just Annoying! | English | 1998 | 8+ | ||||
| My Girragundji | Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor | English | 1998 | 8+ | |||
| English | 1998 | 8+ | |||||
| Der Hund mit dem gelben Herzen | German | 1998 | 8+ | ||||
| Clarice Bean: That's Me | English | 1999 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 1999 | 8+ | |||||
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | English | 1999 | 8+ | ||||
| Kensuke's Kingdom | English | 1999 | 8+ | ||||
| Hitler's Daughter | English | 1999 | 8+ | ||||
| Something's Fishy, Hazel Green! | English | 2000 | 8+ | ||||
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | English | 2000 | 8+ | ||||
| Der Tag, als ich lernte die Spinnen zu zähmen | German | 2000 | 8+ | ||||
| Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare | English | 2000 | 8+ | ||||
| Because of Winn-Dixie | English | 2000 | 8+ | ||||
| Father Grew Wings in Spring | Keväällä isä sai siivet | Finnish | 2000 | 8+ | |||
| Alex Rider: Stormbreaker | English | 2000 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 2000 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 2001 | 8+ | |||||
| Rupert the Rapper and Aunt Deep Freeze | Risto Räppääjä ja pakastaja-Elvi | Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola | Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen | Finnish | 2001 | 8+ | |
| Mortal Engines | English | 2001 | 8+ | ||||
| Artemis Fowl | English | 2001 | 8+ | ||||
| Aldabra | Aldabra: la tartaruga che amava Shakespeare | Italian | 2001 | 8+ | |||
| Journey to the River Sea | English | 2001 | 8+ | ||||
| City of the Beasts | La Ciudad de las bestias | Spanish | 2002 | 8+ | |||
| Utterly Me, Clarice Bean | English | 2002 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 2003 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 2003 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 2003 | 8+ | |||||
| Inkheart | Tintenherz | German | 2003 | 8+ | |||
| Three Fairy Tales | Tres cuentos de hadas | Spanish | 2003 | 8+ | |||
| English | 2003 | 8+ | |||||
| Millions | English | 2004 | 8+ | ||||
| Wolf Brother | English | 2004 | 8+ | ||||
| Ark Angel | English | 2005 | 8+ | ||||
| Rabbit and Coyote | Conejo y Coyote | Spanish | 2005 | 8+ | |||
| Die Katze oder wie ich die Ewigkeit verloren habe | German | 2006 | 8+ | ||||
| English | 2006 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 2006 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 2007 | 8+ | |||||
| English | 2008 | 8+ | |||||
| Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno | Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno | Giulio Cesare Croce and Adriano Banchieri | Italian | 12+ | |||
| Robinson Crusoe | English | 1719 | 12+ | ||||
| Gulliver's Travels | English | 1726 | 12+ | ||||
| Wunderbare Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande – Feldzüge und lustige Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen | German | 1786 | 12+ | ||||
| Les Trois Mousquetaires | French | 1844 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1847 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1850 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1855 | 12+ | |||||
| Tom Brown's Schooldays | English | 1857 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1857 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1858 | 12+ | |||||
| Captain Fracasse | Le Capitaine Fracasse | French | 1863 | 12+ | |||
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Voyage au centre de la Terre | French | 1864 | 12+ | |||
| Un bon petit diable | French | 1865 | 12+ | ||||
| Little Women | English | 1868 | 12+ | ||||
| 20.000 lieues sous les mers | French | 1869 | 12+ | ||||
| What Katy Did | English | 1872 | 12+ | ||||
| Around the World in 80 Days | Le Tour du monde en 80 jours | French | 1873 | 12+ | |||
| Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre | German | 1880 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1881 | 12+ | |||||
| With Clive in India | English | 1884 | 12+ | ||||
| Kidnapped | English | 1886 | 12+ | ||||
| Heart | Cuore | Italian | 1886 | 12+ | |||
| Seven Little Australians | English | 1894 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1894 | 12+ | |||||
| Der Schatz im Silbersee | German | 1894 | 12+ | ||||
| Eclipse of the Crescent Moon | Egri csillagok | Hungarian | 1899 | 12+ | |||
| Le Tigri di Mompracem | Italian | 1900 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1902 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1903 | 12+ | |||||
| Jolanda, Daughter of the Black Corsair | Jolanda la figlia del Corsaro Nero | Italian | 1905 | 12+ | |||
| White Fang | English | 1906 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1906 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1906 | 12+ | |||||
| Jock of the Bushveld | English | 1907 | 12+ | ||||
| Le mystère de la chambre jaune | French | 1907 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1909 | 12+ | |||||
| La Guerre des boutons | French | 1912 | 12+ | ||||
| Cuentos de la selva | Spanish | 1918 | 12+ | ||||
| Die Höhlenkinder | German | 1918 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1923 | 12+ | |||||
| In Medeleni | La Medeleni | Romanian | 1925 | 12+ | |||
| Emily Climbs | English | 1925 | 12+ | ||||
| Tarka the Otter | English | 1927 | 12+ | ||||
| Ede and Unku | Ede und Unku | German | 1931 | 12+ | |||
| Biggles: The Camels Are Coming | English | 1932 | 12+ | ||||
| Die Kinder aus Nummer 67 | German | 1933 | 12+ | ||||
| Missing from Saint-Agil | Les Disparus de Saint-Agil | French | 1935 | 12+ | |||
| Caddie Woodlawn | English | 1935 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1937 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1938 | 12+ | |||||
| Cue for Treason | English | 1940 | 12+ | ||||
| Red Zora | Die rote Zora und ihre Bande | German | 1941 | 12+ | |||
| We Couldn't Leave Dinah | English | 1941 | 12+ | ||||
| My Friend Flicka | English | 1941 | 12+ | ||||
| Johnny Tremain | English | 1943 | 12+ | ||||
| Woods of Windri | English | 1944 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1948 | 12+ | |||||
| I Capture the Castle | English | 1949 | 12+ | ||||
| Metropolis | メトロポリス | Japanese | 1949 | 12+ | |||
| El Camino | Spanish | 1950 | 12+ | ||||
| Big Tiger and Christian | Großer-Tiger und Christian | German | 1950 | 12+ | |||
| English | 1951 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1951 | 12+ | |||||
| Die Söhne der Großen Bärin | German | 1951 | 12+ | ||||
| Industrias y andanzas de Alfanhuí | Spanish | 1951 | 12+ | ||||
| Il visconte dimezzato | Italian | 1952 | 12+ | ||||
| King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table | English | 1953 | 12+ | ||||
| Fahrenheit 451 | English | 1953 | 12+ | ||||
| Eagle of the Ninth | English | 1954 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1954 | 12+ | |||||
| Lord of the Flies | English | 1954 | 12+ | ||||
| Carry on, Mr. Bowditch | English | 1955 | 12+ | ||||
| Viking's Dawn | English | 1955 | 12+ | ||||
| Captain Thunder | El Capitán Trueno | {{sortname | Ambrós}} | Spanish | 1956 | ||
| Neitah: A Girl in the Far North | Neitah, ein Mädchen im hohen Norden | German | 1956 | 12+ | |||
| English | 1956 | 12+ | |||||
| Cireșarii | Romanian | 1956 | 12+ | ||||
| Rifles for Watie | English | 1957 | 12+ | ||||
| Il barone rampante | Italian | 1957 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1958 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1958 | 12+ | |||||
| Marianne Dreams | English | 1958 | 12+ | ||||
| Le lion | French | 1958 | 12+ | ||||
| Friday's Tunnel | English | 1959 | 12+ | ||||
| Zazie in the Metro | Zazie dans le métro | French | 1959 | 12+ | |||
| My Side of the Mountain | English | 1959 | 12+ | ||||
| Il cavaliere inesistente | Italian | 1959 | 12+ | ||||
| To Kill a Mockingbird | English | 1960 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1960 | 12+ | |||||
| Island of the Blue Dolphins | English | 1960 | 12+ | ||||
| Tangara | English | 1961 | 12+ | ||||
| Friedrich | Damals war es Friedrich | German | 1961 | 12+ | |||
| English | 1962 | 12+ | |||||
| De brief voor de koning | Dutch | 1962 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1962 | 12+ | |||||
| Time of Trial | English | 1963 | 12+ | ||||
| I Am David | English | 1963 | 12+ | ||||
| Pastures of the Blue Crane | English | 1964 | 12+ | ||||
| El polizón del Ulises | Spanish | 1965 | 12+ | ||||
| Gentle Ben | English | 1965 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1966 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1967 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1967 | 12+ | |||||
| Flambards | English | 1967 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1967 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1967 | 12+ | |||||
| Picnic at Hanging Rock | English | 1967 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1968 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1968 | 12+ | |||||
| Chocky | English | 1968 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1969 | 12+ | |||||
| Sounder | English | 1969 | 12+ | ||||
| Where the Lilies Bloom | Vera Cleaver and Bill Cleaver | English | 1969 | 12+ | |||
| English | 1969 | 12+ | |||||
| Oscar at the South Pole | Oscar en el Polo Sur | Spanish | 1970 | 12+ | |||
| English | 1970 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1970 | 12+ | |||||
| Grover | Vera Cleaver and Bill Cleaver | English | 1970 | 12+ | |||
| I'm the King of the Castle | English | 1970 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1971 | 12+ | |||||
| Winter in Wartime | Oorlogswinter | Dutch | 1972 | 12+ | |||
| No Way of Telling | English | 1972 | 12+ | ||||
| Across the Barricades | English | 1972 | 12+ | ||||
| Sommarboken | Finnish | 1972 | 12+ | ||||
| Julie of the Wolves | English | 1972 | 12+ | ||||
| Stories From the Year One Thousand | Storie dell'anno mille | Italian | 1972 | 12+ | |||
| English | 1973 | 12+ | |||||
| Maikäfer, flieg! | German | 1973 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1973 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1973 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1973 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1973 | 12+ | |||||
| Carrie's War | English | 1973 | 12+ | ||||
| M. C. Higgins | English | 1974 | 12+ | ||||
| Nobody's Family Is Going to Change | English | 1974 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1974 | 12+ | |||||
| Who Does this Kid Take After? | Kire ütött ez a gyerek? | Hungarian | 1974 | 12+ | |||
| English | 1974 | 12+ | |||||
| Twopence a Tub | English | 1975 | 12+ | ||||
| Tuck Everlasting | English | 1975 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1975 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1975 | 12+ | |||||
| Crisis on Conshelf Ten | English | 1975 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1976 | 12+ | |||||
| Dragonsong | English | 1976 | 12+ | ||||
| Bilgewater | English | 1976 | 12+ | ||||
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | English | 1976 | 12+ | ||||
| Thunder and Lightnings | English | 1976 | 12+ | ||||
| First of Midnight | English | 1977 | 12+ | ||||
| Underground to Canada | English | 1977 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1978 | 12+ | |||||
| Hey, Dollface | English | 1978 | 12+ | ||||
| After the First Death | English | 1979 | 12+ | ||||
| Tulku | English | 1979 | 12+ | ||||
| Die unendliche Geschichte | German | 1979 | 12+ | ||||
| My One-Legged Friend and Me | Ykä Yksinäinen | Finnish | 1980 | 12+ | |||
| Playing Beatie Bow | English | 1980 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1980 | 12+ | |||||
| Homecoming | English | 1981 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1981 | 12+ | |||||
| Agnes Cecilia | Agnes Cecilia - en sältsam historia | Swedish | 1981 | 12+ | |||
| Hebrew | 1981 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1982 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1982 | 12+ | |||||
| Nausicaä | Japanese | 1982 | 12+ | ||||
| Handles | English | 1983 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1983 | 12+ | |||||
| Talking in Whispers | English | 1983 | 12+ | ||||
| Hating Alison Ashley | English | 1984 | 12+ | ||||
| Brother in the Land | English | 1984 | 12+ | ||||
| Badger on the Barge | English | 1984 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1984 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1985 | 12+ | |||||
| Johnny, My Friend | Janne, min vän | Swedish | 1985 | 12+ | |||
| Hatchet | English | 1986 | 12+ | ||||
| Taronga | English | 1986 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1987 | 12+ | |||||
| Madame Doubtfire | English | 1987 | 12+ | ||||
| Strollers | English | 1987 | 12+ | ||||
| Die Wolke | German | 1987 | 12+ | ||||
| Alex | English | 1987 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1988 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1988 | 12+ | |||||
| Caperucita in Manhattan | Caperucita en Manhattan | Spanish | 1989 | 12+ | |||
| Number the Stars | English | 1989 | 12+ | ||||
| Thunderwith | English | 1989 | 12+ | ||||
| Strange Objects | English | 1990 | 12+ | ||||
| Redwork | English | 1990 | 12+ | ||||
| Rocco | English | 1990 | 12+ | ||||
| Las Visitas | Spanish | 1991 | 12+ | ||||
| Dear Nobody | English | 1991 | 12+ | ||||
| Listen to My Heart | Ascolta il mio cuore | Italian | 1991 | 12+ | |||
| Memoirs of a Basque Cow | Behi euskaldun baten memoriak | Basque | 1991 | 12+ | |||
| Looking for Alibrandi | English | 1992 | 12+ | ||||
| There Will be Wolves | English | 1992 | 12+ | ||||
| Pagan's Crusade | English | 1992 | 12+ | ||||
| Flour Babies | English | 1992 | 12+ | ||||
| Titeuf | Titeuf | {{sortname | Zep | Zep (cartoonist)}} | French | 1992 | |
| See Ya, Simon | English | 1992 | 12+ | ||||
| Heart's Delight | Hjärtans fröjd | Swedish | 1992 | 12+ | |||
| Tomorrow, When the War Began | English | 1993 | 12+ | ||||
| Some of the Kinder Planets | English | 1993 | 12+ | ||||
| Rowan of Rin | English | 1993 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1993 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 1993 | 12+ | |||||
| Dougy | English | 1993 | 12+ | ||||
| Stone Cold | English | 1993 | 12+ | ||||
| Foxspell | English | 1994 | 12+ | ||||
| Walk Two Moons | English | 1994 | 12+ | ||||
| Switchers | English | 1994 | 12+ | ||||
| Whispers in the Graveyard | English | 1994 | 12+ | ||||
| See How They Run | English | 1994 | 12+ | ||||
| Salto nell'Ultramondo | Italian | 1994 | 12+ | ||||
| When the World Was Still Young | Als die Welt noch jung war | German | 1995 | 12+ | |||
| Northern Lights | English | 1995 | 12+ | ||||
| When the Snow Fell | Pojken som sov med snö i sin säng | Swedish | 1996 | 12+ | |||
| Peeling the Onion | English | 1996 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1996 | 12+ | |||||
| Out of the Dust | English | 1997 | 12+ | ||||
| Deadly, Unna? | English | 1997 | 12+ | ||||
| River Boy | English | 1997 | 12+ | ||||
| Pig-Heart Boy | English | 1997 | 12+ | ||||
| Holes | English | 1998 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1998 | 12+ | |||||
| I Am Not Esther | English | 1998 | 12+ | ||||
| Bud, Not Buddy | English | 1999 | 12+ | ||||
| Stony Heart Country | English | 1999 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 1999 | 12+ | |||||
| Nicht Chicago. Nicht hier. | German | 1999 | 12+ | ||||
| Postcards from No Man's Land | English | 1999 | 12+ | ||||
| Thursday's Child | English | 2000 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 2000 | 12+ | |||||
| Troy | English | 2000 | 12+ | ||||
| Witch Child | English | 2000 | 12+ | ||||
| Oh, Boy! | Oh, Boy! | French | 2000 | 12+ | |||
| Arthur | English | 2000 | 12+ | ||||
| Coram Boy | English | 2000 | 12+ | ||||
| Refugee Boy | English | 2001 | 12+ | ||||
| Noughts & Crosses | English | 2001 | 12+ | ||||
| I am Polleke | Ik ben Polleke hoor! | Dutch | 2001 | 12+ | |||
| Walking Naked | English | 2002 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 2002 | 12+ | |||||
| Across the Nightingale Floor | English | 2002 | 12+ | ||||
| Parvana's Journey | English | 2002 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 2002 | 12+ | |||||
| Dragonkeeper | English | 2003 | 12+ | ||||
| Crispin | {{sortname | Avi | Edward Irving Wortis}} | English | 2002 | ||
| Four Sisters | Quatre soeurs | French | 2003 | 12+ | |||
| Slaves of Quentaris | English | 2003 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 2003 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 2003 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 2003 | 12+ | |||||
| Private Peaceful | English | 2003 | 12+ | ||||
| Keeper | English | 2003 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 2003 | 12+ | |||||
| English | 2004 | 12+ | |||||
| By the River | English | 2004 | 12+ | ||||
| Una barca nel bosco | Italian | 2004 | 12+ | ||||
| How I Live Now | English | 2004 | 12+ | ||||
| Memories of Idhún: The Resistance | Memorias de Idhún: La Resistencia | Spanish | 2004 | 12+ | |||
| Twilight | English | 2005 | 12+ | ||||
| Grimpow | Grimpow | Spanish | 2005 | 12+ | |||
| New Policeman | English | 2005 | 12+ | ||||
| My Big Birkett | English | 2006 | 12+ | ||||
| English | 2006 | 12+ | |||||
| Toby Alone | Tobie Lolness | French | 2006 | 12+ | |||
| Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling | English | 2006 | 12+ | ||||
| Winter Song | Le Combat d'hiver | French | 2006 | 12+ | |||
| Der silberne Jaguar | German | 2007 | 12+ | ||||
| Finding Violet Park | English | 2007 | 12+ |
Reviews
Julie Just of The New York Times said of 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up that the reader will "be grateful to discover or revisit and many more that have been all but forgotten." Roger Ebert tweeted about it, saying "with bright pictures and easy prose, this could be the first."
References
References
- "1001 children's books you must read before you grow up; general editor, Julia Eccleshare; preface by Quentin Blake; (selected and reviewed by leading international critics).". [[Chicago Public Library]].
- Dylan. (14 February 2011). "1001 children's books you must read before you grow up; edited by Julia Eccleshare.". [[National Library of New Zealand]].
- Kids New York. (11 January 2010). "Make It Count "1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up," by Julia Eccleshare". [[DailyCandy]].
- Just, Julie. (11 March 2010). "1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up". [[The New York Times]].
- "1001 Children's Books". [[guardian.co.uk]].
- Matheson, Whitney. (6 January 2010). "Cool book alert: '1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up'". [[USATODAY]].
- Ebert, Roger. (9 January 2011). "1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up". [[Twitter]].
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