Picture
Book Classics
Truly great picture books transcend the terrible twos, and, if you're
anything like us, may carry you well into adulthood. We carefully selected
the list of classics below based on inimitable illustrations, sweet story
lines, and notable nostalgia. So whether you have an ache for Madeline,
a hankering for Blueberries for Sal, or just want to find Where
the Wild Things Are, these books are as reliable as Mike Mulligan's
steam shovel.
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1. The
Little House ~ Usually ships in 24
hours
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Virginia Lee Burton(Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1978
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2. In
the Night Kitchen ~ Usually ships in
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Maurice Sendak(Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1995
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3. The
Runaway Bunny ~ Usually ships in 24
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Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1974
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4. The
Little Engine That Could ~ Usually
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Watty Piper, George Hauman (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1978
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5. The
Snowy Day ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
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Ezra Jack Keats / Paperback / Published 1981
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6. Blueberries
for Sal ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
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Robert McCloskey, Robert McClosky / School & Library Binding
/ Published 1987
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7. Madeline
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Ludwig Bemelmans / Paperback / Published 1977
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8. Mike
Mulligan and His Steam Shovel: 60th Anniversary Edition ~ Usually
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Virginia Lee Burton(Illustrator) / School & Library Binding /
Published 1978
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9. Harold
and the Purple Crayon ~ Usually ships
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Crockett Johnson / Hardcover / Published 1977
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10. The
20th-Century Children's Book Treasury : Picture Books and Stories to Read
Aloud ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
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Janet Schulman(Editor), Simon Boughton (Editor) / Hardcover / Published
1998
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11. Millions
of Cats (Paperstar) ~ Usually ships
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Wanda Gag / Paperback / Published 1996
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12. Mad
About Madeline : The Complete Tales ~ Usually
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Ludwig Bemelmans, Anna Quindlen (Contributor) / Hardcover / Published
1993
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13. The
Story About Ping ~ Usually ships in
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Marjorie Flack, Kurt Wiese (Illustrator) / School & Library Binding
/ Published 1933
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14. Tikki
Tikki Tembo ~ Usually ships in 2-3
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Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent (Illustrator) / School & Library Binding
/ Published 1988
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15. The
Complete Adventures of Curious George ~ Usually
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Margret Rey, et al / Hardcover / Published 1995
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16. Corduroy
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Don Freeman / Hardcover / Published 1985
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17. The
Story of Ferdinand ~ Usually ships
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Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson (Illustrator) / School & Library Binding
/ Published 1987
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18. Where
the Wild Things Are ~ Usually ships
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Maurice Sendak(Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1988
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19. Goodnight
Moon ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days
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Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1991
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20. Sylvester
and the Magic Pebble ~ Usually ships
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William Steig / School & Library Binding / Published 1989
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With
velveteen rabbits, cats in hats, and boys having bad days, these terrific
books for early readers will make any aspiring (or established) bookworm
wriggle with glee.
Discover a magical chocolate factory, or a barnyard where spiders talk
to pigs. Wherever these books take you, you're guaranteed to enjoy the
ride.
Early
Reader Classics (Ages 4 to 8)
What could be more exciting than crossing the threshold into reading?
Our early reader classics are perfect for kids who are just getting their
sea legs in the literature lagoon. Children in the early grades will devour
the drawings as they read along with the delightful, amusing stories. With
velveteen rabbits, cats in hats, and boys having bad days, these books
will make any aspiring (or established) bookworm wriggle with glee.
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1. Eloise
~ Usually ships in 24 hours
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Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1969
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2. The
Shrinking of Treehorn ~ Usually ships
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Florence Parry Heide, Edward Gorey (Illustrator) / School & Library
Binding / Published 1988
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3. Three
Tales of My Father's Dragon ~ Usually
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Ruth Stiles Gannett, Ruth Chrisman Gannett (Illustrator) / Hardcover
/ Published 1997
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4. Are
You My Mother? ~ Usually ships in 24
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P. D. Eastman(Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1988
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5. A
Hatful of Seuss: Five Favorite Dr. Seuss Stories ~ Usually
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Dr. Seuss / Hardcover / Published 1997
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6. Ready...
Set ... Read! : The Beginning Reader's Treasury ~ Usually
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Joanna Cole, et al / Hardcover / Published 1990
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7. Ready,
Set, Read- And Laugh! : A Funny Treasury for Beginning Readers
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Joanna Cole(Editor), et al / Hardcover / Published 1995
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8. Bedtime
for Frances ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
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Russell Hoban, Garth Williams (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published
1995
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9. Absolutely
Positively Alexander : The Complete Stories ~ Usually
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Judith Viorst, et al / School & Library Binding / Published 1997
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10. The
20th-Century Children's Book Treasury : Picture Books and Stories to Read
Aloud ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
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Janet Schulman(Editor), Simon Boughton (Editor) / Hardcover / Published
1998
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11. The
Story of Babar, the Little Elephant ~ Usually
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Jean De Brunhoff / Hardcover / Published 1966
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12. The
Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh ~ Usually
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A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1996
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13. The
Velveteen Rabbit ~ Usually ships in
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Margery Williams Bianco, et al / Hardcover / Published 1958
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14. Pinocchio
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Carlo Collodi, Ed Young (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1996
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15. Just
So Stories ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
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Rudyard Kipling, Barry Moser (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1996
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16. My
Brother, Ant (Viking Easy-To-Read) ~ Usually
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Marc Simont(Illustrator), Betsy Cromer Byars / Hardcover / Published
1996
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17. Lyle,
Lyle, Crocodile ~ Usually ships in
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Bernard Waber / School & Library Binding / Published 1973
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Classics
for Older Readers (Ages 9 to 12)
It's not easy being teen. Angst? Mild paranoia? General trauma? These ever-popular
classics will make your favorite teenagers feel right at home.
Older readers know the bliss of becoming fully enveloped in a great
book, and this classics list provides plenty of fodder for curling up and
getting lost in new lands. Readers may find themselves whisked away to
a magical chocolate factory, or maybe a barnyard where spiders talk to
pigs. Or maybe, just maybe, it's a place that isn't really a place at all,
but merely a wrinkle in time. Wherever these books take you, you're guaranteed
to enjoy the ride.
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1. The
Phantom Tollbooth ~ Usually ships in
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Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1988
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2. The
Wind in the Willows ~ Usually ships
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Kenneth Grahame, Michael Hague (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1980
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3. Stuart
Little ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days
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E. B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1999
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4. Bridge
to Terabithia ~ Usually ships in 2-3
days
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Katherine Paterson, Donna Diamond (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1978
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5. Black
Beauty : The Autobiography of a Horse (Books of Wonder) ~ Usually
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Anna Sewell, Lucy Kemp-Welch (Illustrator) / School & Library
Binding / Published 1997
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6. The
Borrowers ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
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Mary Norton, et al / Hardcover / Published 1998
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7. From
the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler ~ Usually
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E. L. Konigsburg(Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1977
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8. A
Wrinkle in Time ~ Usually ships in
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Madeleine L'Engle / Paperback / Published 1973
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9. Caddie
Woodlawn ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days
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Carol Ryrie Brink, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) / Paperback /
Published 1990
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10. Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory ~ Usually
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Roald Dahl, Joseph Schindelman (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1985
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11. Charlie
and the Great Glass Elevator : The Further Adventures of Charlie Bucket
and Willy Wonka, Chocolate-Maker Extraordinary ~ Usually
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Roald Dahl, Joseph Schindelman (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1972
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12. Half
Magic
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N.M. Bodecker(Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1954
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13. The
Jungle Books ~ Usually ships in 2-3
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Rudyard Kipling, Bradley Clark (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published
1992
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14. Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland (Books of Wonder) ~ Usually
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Lewis Carroll, et al / School & Library Binding / Published 1992
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15. Tales
of a Fourth Grade Nothing ~ Usually
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Judy Blume, Roy Doty (Illustrator) / School & Library Binding
/ Published 1972
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16. Where
the Red Fern Grows : The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy ~ Usually
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Wilson Rawls / Hardcover / Published 1996
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17. The
Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles ~ Usually
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Julie Andrews Edwards / Paperback / Published 1989
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18. Charlotte's
Web
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E. B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1952
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
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19. Harriet
the Spy ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
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Louise Fitzhugh(Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1990
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20. The
Little Prince ~ Usually ships in 24
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Antoine De Saint-Exupery, et al / Paperback / Published 1982
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21. Sarah,
Plain and Tall ~ Usually ships in 24
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Patricia MacLachlan / Paperback / Published 1987
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22. Little
Women ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
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Louisa May Alcott, et al / Hardcover / Published 1983
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23. The
Secret Garden ~ Usually ships in 24
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Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tasha Tudor (Illustrator) / Hardcover /
Published 1987
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24. The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew/The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe/The Horse and His Boy/Prince Caspian/Voyage of the Dawn Treader/The
Silver Chair/The Last Battle ~ Usually
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C. S. Lewis, et al / Paperback / Published 1994
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