Here is a list of one hundred books selected by the National Education Association in 1999 as great reading for children and young people.
Books for All Ages
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein []
Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawing of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott[]
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum[]
Heidi by Johanna Spyri []
Books for Preschoolers
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Corduroy by Don Freeman
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Books for Children Ages 4-8
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Green Eggs and Hamby Dr. Seuss []
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak []
Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Oh, The Places You'll Goby Dr. Seuss[]
Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams[]
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault
The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne []
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Arthur series by Marc Tolon Brown
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch[]
Books for Children Ages 9-12
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White []
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen[]
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis []
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson []
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl []
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle []
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder []
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett []
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner []
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The BFG by Roald Dahl
The Giver by Lois Lowry[]
James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story by Roald Dahl[]
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder[]
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Matilda by Roald Dahl []
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis []
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt []
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery []
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder- Laura Ingalls Wilder Webquest
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Stuart Little by E. B. White
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Books for Young Adults
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls []
The Hobbitby J. R. R. Tolkien []
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare