Educators’ Top 100 Children’s Books 1. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 2. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 3. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein 4. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 5. Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 6. I Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch 7. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 8. Oh! The Places You Will Go by Dr. Seuss 9. The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton 10. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg 11. Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner 12. Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco 13. The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss 14. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss 15. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo 16. The Mitten by Jan Brett 17. Crunching Carrots, Not Candy by Judy Slack 18. Don’t Let the 19. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling 20. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 21. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst 22. Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman 23. Corduroy by Don Freeman 24. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes 25. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon 26. Tacky the Penquin by Helen Lester 27. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 28. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams 29. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. 30. Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type Doreen Cronin 31. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson 32. Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss 33. Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park 34. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder 35. Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 36. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 37. Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini 38. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper 39. The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone 40. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo 41. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon 42. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett 43. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 44. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 45. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 46. Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann 47. Olivia by Ian Falconer 48. The BFG by Roald Dahl 49. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn 50. The 51. The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss 52. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 53. Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel 54. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 55. Bark, George by Jules Feiffer 56. Bunnicula by James Howe 57. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 58. Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom DeLuise 59. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes 60. Dear Mr. Henshaw by 61. 62. Frindle by Andrew Clements 63. Frog and Toad by 64. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney 65. Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen 66. Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion 67. Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss 68. How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss 69. I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt 70. Is Your Mama A Llama? by Deborah Guarino 71. Jan Brett’s books 72. Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Jr. 73. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 74. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton 75. Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney 76. My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett 77. My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss 78. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George 79. No David! by David Shannon 80. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss 81. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 82. Stephanie’s Ponytail by Robert Munsch 83. Swimmy by Leo Lionni 84. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes 85. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner 86. The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper 87. The Empty Pot by Demi 88. The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop 89. The Giver by Lois Lowr 90. The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle 91. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 92. The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown 93. The Last 94. The Napping House by Audrey Wood 95. The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau 96. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats 97. The Story About 98. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka 99. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt 100. The Wide-Mouthed Frog: A Pop-Up Book by Keith Faulkner |
