50 Books Kids Should Read

#2

Madeline

1939 • 86 Readers • 56 pages 4.1

#3

Green Eggs and Ham

1913 • 466 Readers • 62 pages 4.1

#4

Where the Wild Things Are

1963 • 497 Readers • 51 pages 4.1

#5

Bread and Jam for Frances

1964 • 14 Readers • 32 pages 4.2

#6

Strega Nona

1975 • 26 Readers • 44 pages 4.4

#7

The Polar Express

1985 • 97 Readers • 32 pages 4.2

#8

The mitten

1989 • 32 Readers • 32 pages 4.1

#9

Library Lion

2006 • 10 Readers • 48 pages 5

#10

The lion & the mouse

2009 • 5 Readers • 40 pages 4.8

#11

The Story Of Babar The Little Elephant

1931 • 24 Readers • 48 pages 4.1

#12

Charlotte's Web

844 Readers 3.9

#13

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

1981 • 52 Readers • 190 pages 4.1

#14

A Bear Called Paddington

1958 • 76 Readers 4.1

#15

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

1969 • 13 Readers • 32 pages 4.1

#16

Tar Beach

1991 • 7 Readers • 32 pages 3.3

#17

Dinosaurs Before Dark

1992 • 66 Readers • 68 pages 3.8

#18

The Arrival

2001 • 173 Readers • 128 pages 4.4

#19

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

2004 • 279 Readers • 226 pages 3.5

#20

Blitz: L'intégrale

2013 • 48 Readers • 1,197 pages 4.3

#21

All-of-a-Kind Family

1951 • 26 Readers • 147 pages 4.2

#22

Borrowers

1952 • 91 Readers • 191 pages 3.7

#23

James and the Giant Peach

1961 • 469 Readers • 146 pages 3.8

#24

The Phantom Tollbooth

1961 • 441 Readers • 268 pages 4.2

#25

Where the Red Fern Grows

1961 • 335 Readers • 272 pages 4

#26

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

1962 • 30 Readers • 192 pages 4.4

#27

Harriet the Spy

1964 • 81 Readers • 298 pages 4

#28

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

1967 • 181 Readers • 178 pages 4.3

#29

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

1970 • 211 Readers • 124 pages 3.7

#30

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

1976 • 113 Readers • 304 pages 4.1

#31

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

1997 • 51 Readers • 138 pages 3.6

#32

Holes

1988 • 803 Readers • 263 pages 4

#33

Bud, Not Buddy

1999 • 63 Readers • 289 pages 3.9

#34

The Bad Beginning

1999 • 705 Readers 3.9

#35

The Tale of Despereaux

2003 • 209 Readers • 267 pages 3.9

#36

One Crazy Summer

2010 • 33 Readers • 171 pages 4.4

#37

A Wrinkle in Time

1962 • 1,298 Readers • 247 pages 3.8

#38

The Outsiders

1967 • 992 Readers • 6 pages 4

#39

Bridge To Terabithia

1977 • 475 Readers 4

#40

The Giver

1993 • 1,806 Readers • 202 pages 4

#41

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

1936 • 4,997 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

#42

Monster: A Graphic Novel

1999 • 65 Readers • 160 pages 3.6

#43

Esperanza Rising

2000 • 69 Readers • 5 pages 4

#44

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

2001 • 264 Readers • 354 pages 3.7

#45

The Book Thief

2005 • 2,104 Readers • 552 pages 4.3

#46

The Hunger Games

2008 • 3,876 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

#47

Smile

2000 • 125 Readers • 213 pages 4

#48

The Fault in Our Stars

2012 • 1,855 Readers • 332 pages 3.9