Top 20 Tuesday
Since we started our Top Book List with the 19th century, we thought it made just a smidge of sense to keep going and move into the 20th century. So, here is our list of favorite kids classics from the 20th century. Most are well known, and all are worth sharing with your children for their reading time, bedtime or anytime in between.
Remember, this is by no means an all-encompassing list, but they are some of our favorites because of the characters, stories, and settings.
- White Fang by Jack London, 1903
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, 1908
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, 1908
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1909
- Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie, 1911
- Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A.Milne, 1926
- Little House on the Prairie (series) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1935
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1937
- Curious George by H.A. Rey, 1941
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, 1947
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, 1950
- Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren, 1950
- The Borrowers by Mary Norton, 1952
- Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, 1952
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 1962
- Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish, 1963
- Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, 1964
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, 1964
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, 1972
- Number the Stars, Lois Lowry, 1989