Seventy-five of Our Family’s Favorite Chapter Books
There are so many book lists out there, but often I wonder whether bloggers have even read the books they’re recommending. The books on this list have been vetted by my kids and me. We own them all and have read them repeatedly!
Aiken, Joan The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Alcott, Louisa May Eight Cousins
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women
Alexander, Lloyd The High King
Atwater, Florence and Richard Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Baum, L. Frank The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Brink, Carol Ryrie Caddie Woodlawn
Brooks, Walter R. Freddy the Detective
Dagg, Carole Estby Sweet Home Alaska
Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
de Angeli, Marguerite The Door in the Wall
DeJong, Meindert The Wheel on the School
Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol
du Bois, William Pène The Twenty-One Balloons
Field, Rachel Calico Bush
Field, Rachel Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
Fitzgerald, John D. The Great Brain
Fleischman, Sid By the Great Horn Spoon!
Forbes, Esther Johnny Tremain
George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain
Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows
Henry, Marguerite Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Juster, Norton The Phantom Tollbooth
Kipling, Rudyard Captains Courageous
Latham, Jean Lee Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Lawson, Robert Ben and Me
Lawson, Robert Rabbit Hill
L’Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time
Lewis, C. S. Chronicles of Narnia (in the original published order, of course)
Lovelace, Maud Hart Betsy-Tacy
MacKnight, Wendy McLeod The Frame-Up
MacDonald, George The Light Princess
MacDonald, George The Princess and the Goblin
McCloskey, Robert Homer Price
McSwigan, Marie Snow Treasure
Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh
Montgomery, Lucy Maud Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery, Lucy Maud Jane of Lantern Hill
Moody, Ralph Little Britches series
Nesbit, E. The Railway Children
Nesbit, E. Five Children and It
Norton, Mary The Borrowers
Peterson, Andrew The Wingfeather Saga series
Pope, Elizabeth Marie The Perilous Gard
Pyle, Howard Men of Iron
Ransome, Arthur Swallows and Amazons
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan The Yearling
Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square
Seredy, Kate The Good Master
Seredy, Kate The Singing Tree
Snedeker, Caroline Dale Downright Dencey
Snicket, Lemony A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
Sorensen, Virginia Miracles on Maple Hill
Speare, Elizabeth George The Bronze Bow
Speare, Elizabeth George The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Spyri, Johanna Heidi
Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped
Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island
Stewart, Trenton Lee The Mysterious Benedict Society
Taylor, Sydney All-of-a-Kind Family
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit
Van Stockum, Hilda The Winged Watchman
Verne, Jules Around the World in Eighty Days
Warner, Gertrude Chandler The Boxcar Children
West, Joyce The Drovers Road series
White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web
White, E. B. Stuart Little
Wiggin, Kate Douglas Mother Carey’s Chickens
Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House series (especially Farmer Boy for little boys)
Wilson, N. D. 100 Cupboards
Winterfeld, Henry Detectives in Togas
Winterfeld, Henry Mystery of the Roman Ransom
Wood, Maryrose The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series
Worth, Kathryn They Loved to Laugh
Wyss, Johann The Swiss Family Robinson
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