100 great books for all 5-year-old kids

On August 9, 2012 By bookguide Topic: Books and Literature, Book list,

Also, see the previous post on great books for 3-year olds.

1. A Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
2. Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream by Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney
3. Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish
4. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
5. Around the World in 20 Days by Piccard & Jones
6. Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
7. BFG by Roald Dahl
8. Bea and Mr. Jones by Amy Schwartz
9. Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo
10. Brave Irene by William Steig
11. Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
12. By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman
13. Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry (good survival story)
14. Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones
15. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
16. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (my favorite)
17. Chicken Soup, Boots by Maira Kalman
18. Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones
19. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
20. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
21. Corduroy by Don Freeman
22. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney
23. Dr. DeSoto by William Steig
24. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson
25. Famous Five by Enid Blyton
26. Fox and His Friends by Edward Marshall
27. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
28. George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt by Lucy and Stephen Hawking
29. George's Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking
30. Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
31. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
32. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
33. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
34. Hey, Willy, See the Pyramids by Maira Kalman
35. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
36. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
37. If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo by Jean Hendrick
38. If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Laura Numeroff
39. Ish by Peter Reynolds
40. Imogene's Antlers by David Small
41. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
42. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
43. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
44. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
45. Little Miss Bossy by Roger Hargreaves
46. Little Miss Stubborn by Roger Hargreaves
47. Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
48. Magic Tree House series by Marie Pope Osborne
49. Matilda by Roald Dahl
50. Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
51. Miss Nelson series by James Marshall and Harry Allard
52. Mouse and the Motorcycle Trilogy by Beverly Cleary
53. Mr. Grouchy by Roger Hargreaves
54. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
55. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
56. My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
57. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
58. Olivia series by Ian Falconer
59. On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
60. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
61. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
62. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
63. Rascal by Sterling North
64. Rechenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco
65. Sayonara, Mrs. Kackelman by Maira Kalman
66. Skellig by David Almond
67. Stuart Little by E.B. White
68. Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
69. Ted's Shed by Phil Roxbee Cox
70. The Amazing Bone by William Steig
71. The Big Blue Spot by Peter Holwitz
72. The Borrowers series by Mary Norton
73. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
74. The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
75. The Dot by Peter Reynolds
76. The Five Find Outers by Enid Blyton
77. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
78. The Great Brain series by John D. Fitzgerald
79. The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynn Reid Banks
80. The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards
81. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
82. The Little Bear series by Else Minari
83. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
84. The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones
85. The Mallory Towers series by Enid Blyton
86. The Neddiad by Daniel Pinkwater
87. The Pain & The Great One series by Judy Blume
88. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
89. The Runaway Bunny by Margaert Wise Brown
90. The Snowy Day and Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats
91. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
92. The Three Little Javelinas (Los Tres Pequeños Javelinas) by Susan Lowell
93. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! by A. Wolf
94. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
95. The 21 Balloons by William Pene du Bois
96. Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis
97. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
98. Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
99. Wait! No Paint! by Bruce Whatley
100. Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
101. Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
102. Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
103. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
104. Zen Ties and Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth
105. 10 Minutes Until Bedtime by Peggy Rathmann

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