The Best of the Best
Reading levels are shown in parentheses
following the titles: E= early readers/picture books, P = primary, I = intermediate, A = advanced, and
Y = young adult). Borderline cases may be listed in two categories
(e.g., PI for primary/intermediate). A "+" following a title indicates a superior selection or a
particular favorite (the best of the best).
Louisa May Alcott
Series: Little Women
Lloyd Alexander
Series: Chronicles of Prydain
Hans Christian Andersen
Marguerite de Angeli
Jane Austen
Ludwig Bemelmans
Series: Madeline
Margaret Wise Brown
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sheila Burnford
Eleanor Cameron
Series: Mushroom Planet
Kay Chorao
John Christopher
Series: The Tripods
Susan Cooper
Series: The Dark is Rising
Charles Dickens
Arthur Conan Doyle
Series: Sherlock Holmes
William Pene DuBois
Alexander Dumas
Eleanor Estes
Series: The Moffats
Helen Ferris(ed.)
Josette Frank(ed.)
Wanda G'ag
Fred Gipson
Elizabeth Goudge
Donald Hall
Selina Hastings
Carolyn Haywood
Series: Betsy Books
Series: Eddie Books
Robert A. Heinlein
Louis Hemon
Marguerite Henry
Series: Misty
Herge
Series: The Adventures of Tintin
James Herriot
Series: All Creatures Great and Small
Russell Hoban
Series: Frances books
Mary Ann Hoberman
Margaret Hodges
Brian Jacques
Series: Redwall
Eric Knight
C. S. Lewis
Series: Chronicles of Narnia
Janette Sebring Lowrey
George Lowther
George MacDonald
A. A. Milne
Series: Winnie the Pooh
Else Holmelund Minarik
Series: Little Bear
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Series: Anne of Green Gables
Ralph Moody
Series: Little Britches
Robert O'Brien
Mary O'Hara
Baroness Orczy
Eleanor H. Porter
Series: Pollyanna
Beatrix Potter
Arthur Ransome
Series: Swallows and Amazons
Sir Walter Scott
Kate Seredy
Dr. Seuss
Elizabeth George Speare
Armstrong Sperry
Johanna Spyri
Robert Louis Stevenson
Rosemary Sutcliff
Series: Roman trilogy
J. R. R. Tolkien
Series: The Lord of the Rings
Mark Twain
Lewis Wallace
Sr. M. Imelda Wallace
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Series: The Little House books
Eloise Wilkin
Williams/Abrashkin
Series: Danny Dunn
Joanne Williamson
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