Children's Books

Beloved picture books and early readers shared across generations.

10 books

Early Chapter Book

Charlotte's Web

E. B. White · 1952

A spider named Charlotte saves Wilbur the pig with words in her web.

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Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown · 1947

A little bunny says goodnight to everything in the great green room.

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Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss · 1960

Sam-I-Am's persistent offer of an unusual meal, in just fifty words.

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Early Chapter Book

Matilda

Roald Dahl · 1988

A brilliant girl with neglectful parents discovers she has extraordinary powers.

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The Cat in the Hat

Dr. Seuss · 1957

A mischievous cat turns a rainy day upside down.

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Picture Book

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein · 1964

A tree gives everything she has to the boy she loves, across his whole life.

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Picture Book

The Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson · 1999

A mouse invents a monster to scare predators — then meets the real thing.

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle · 1969

A very hungry caterpillar eats his way through the week before his transformation.

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Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak · 1963

Max sails to the land of the Wild Things and becomes their king.

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Winnie-the-Pooh

A. A. Milne · 1926

The gentle adventures of Pooh Bear and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.

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