This page has a list of authors and books from children’s literature.
As is the case with my other page, Books-For-Young-At-Heart, this is in no way an exhaustive list of each of the authors’ works – these are just what I (or someone in my family whose taste in children’s books I trust) read over time and liked; and the entries are in no particular order.
Please visit this page occasionally — I’ll be sure to add more gems to it, as and when I come across them.
Also, I do not distinguish between the various categories of children’s literature: picture books, easy-reader books, early chapter books, middle grade and young adult fiction– they are all here, presented in a higgledy-piggledy manner.
Still not sure which books to pick for your kids? Look for those that have won awards such as: Newbery, Bluebonnet, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Scott O’Dell, among others, and you couldn’t go wrong!
Classics/Vintage Books:
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- Swiss Family Robinson by Johann D. Wyss
- Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Books by C.S. Lewis:
- The Chronicles of Narnia Collection
Books by Louisa May Alcott:
Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder:
- The Little House Collection
Books by Robert Louis Stevenson:
- Kidnapped
- Treasure island
Books by Charles Dickens:
- Oliver Twist
- David Copperfield
- Great Expectations
- Nicholas Nickleby
Books by Jack London:
- The Call of the Wild
- White Fang
Books by Mark Twain:
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Tom Sawyer Abroad
Books by Beatrix Potter:
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
- The Tailor of Gloucester
- The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
- The Tale of Two Bad Mice
- The Tale of Mrs. Twiggy-Winkle
- The Tale of Jeremy Fisher
- The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
- The Story of Miss Moppet
- The Tale of Tom Kitten
- The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
- The Roly-Poly Pudding
- The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
- The Tale of Mr. Tod
Books by Frances Hodgson Burnett:
- The Secret Garden
- A Little Princess
- Little Lord Fauntleroy
Books by Lucy Maud Montgomery:
- Anne of Green Gables Collection
Books by R.K.Narayanan:
- Swami and his Friends
Books by Rudyard Kipling:
- The Jungle Book
- The Second Jungle Book
- All the Mowgli Stories
- Kim
Books by Hugh Lofting:
- The Story of Dr. Dolittle
- The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle
Books by Lloyd Alexander:
- The Chronicles of Prydain
- Adventures of Vesper Holly
- The Westmarl Trilogy
- The Iron Ring
Books by Shashi Deshpande:
- A Summer Adventure
- The Hidden Treasure
- The Only Witness
- The Narayanpur Incident
Books by Enid Blyton:
- The Secret Seven Series
- The Famous Five Series
- Six Cousins Series
- The Malory Towers Series
- The Five Find-Outers Series
- The Wishing Chair
- Brer Rabbit Stories
- The O’Clock Tales Collection
Books by James Herriot:
- James Herriot’s Cat Stories
- James Herriot’s Treasury for Children
Contemporary Literature:
Books by Roald Dahl:
- Matilda
- The BFG
- James and the Giant Peach
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- The Harry Potter Series
Books by Kate DiCamillo:
- Because of Winn-Dixie
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- The Tiger Rising
Books by Maurice Sendak:
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Little Bear Books
Books by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni:
- Neela: Victory Song
- The Conch Bearer Trilogy
Books by Linda Sue Park:
- A Single Shard
- When My Name was Keoko
- The Kite Fighters
- Seesaw Girl
- Project Mulberry
Books by Will Hobbs:
- Far North
- Kokopelli’s Flute
- Bearstone
Books by Jerry Spinelli:
- Stargirl
- Maniac Magee
- Smiles to go
Books by Lois Lowry:
- Autumn Street
- Number the Stars
- The Giver
Books by Richard Peck:
- A Year Down Yonder
- A Long Way from Chicago
- The Ghost Belonged to Me
- Blossom Culp Series
- Voices After Midnight
Books by Rick Riordan:
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
- The 39 Clues Book 1
Books by Jan Karon:
- Jeremy: The Tale of an Honest Bunny
- Violet Comes To Stay
- Violet Goes to the Country
- Miss Fannie’s Hat
- The Trellis and the Seed
Books by Shannon Hale:
- The Princess Academy
- The Goose Girl
- Book of a Thousand Days
Books by Grace Lin:
- The Year of the Dog
- The Year of the Rat
- Bringing in the New Year
- Dim Sum for Everyone!
Books by Bill Wallace:
- Beauty
- A Dog Called Kitty
Books by Zilpha Keatley Snyder:
- The Egypt Game
- The Gypsy Game
Other Series:
- A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
- Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
- The Breadwinner Trilogy by Deborah Ellis
- Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind Trilogy by Suzanne Fisher Staples
- Gemma Doyle Books by Libba Bray
- The Samurai Series by Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler
- Dorrie the Little Witch by Patricia Coombs
- The Magic School Bus
- The Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
- The Boxcar Children Series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- A-Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
- Nancy Drew Mysteries
- Hardy Boys Series by Franklin W. Dixon
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney
- Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
- Arthur Series by Marc Brown
- My Weird Schools Series by Dan Gutman
- I Wonder Why Series (Non-Fiction)
- Angelina Ballerina Series by Katharine Holabird
- The Kronos Chronicles by Mary Rutkoski
- The Healing War Series by Janice Hardy
- The Nightshade Series by Andrea Cremer
- Infernal Devices Series by Cassandra Clare
Authors and their Books:
- Ruskin Bond: Grandfather’s Private Zoo
- Susan Fletcher: Shadow Spinner
- Jane Kurtz: The Storyteller’s Beads
- Patricia Polacco: Thunder Cake, Thank You Mr. Falker, Welcome Comfort
- Wendy Mass: Every Soul a Star, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
- Eileen Spinelli: Where I live
- Ingrid Law: Savvy
- Anna Levine: Running on Eggs
- Karen Hesse: Out of the Dust
- Anjali Banerjee: Maya Running
- Mary Downing Hahn: Promises to the Dead
- Witi Ihimaera: The Whale Rider
- Carl Hiaasen: Hoot
- Elizabeth Coatsworth: The Cat Who Went to Heaven
- Evan Kuhlman: The Last Invisible Boy
- Margaret Peterson Haddix: Among the Hidden, Palace of Mirrors
- E.L.Konigsburg: The View from Saturday, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
- Madeleine L’Engle: A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door
- Ellen Raskin: The Westing Game
- Gennifer Choldenko: Al Capone Does My Shirts; Al Capone Shines My Shoes, Notes from a Liar and Her Dog
- Kate Klise: Deliver Us from Normal
- Kristin Cashore: Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue
- Sarwat Chadda: Devil’s Kiss, Dark Goddess
I basically adore pretty much every book on this list. What a great collection!
Thanks, Aspiring Novelist. I agree — each of them is a gem.
YAYYY!!! Now I have a good list to take with me the next time I visit the library!!! Gracias :)
You’re welcome, Varsha! :)
Hey Hema, How do you keep track of the stories you have read. For example, I have read Maya Running, but I cannot recall what it was about…
Thank you very much Hema for this wondeful list.Lucky to have such a avid reader like you as a friend.
Thanks, Mohan! Hope your girls can find some books to their liking in that list.