Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff
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Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html .
This list was compiled from an online survey by the NEA in 2007. See also Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books.
- Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch
- Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
- The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
- The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
- Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
- Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
- The Mitten by Jan Brett
- Crunching Carrots, Not Candy by Judy Slack
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
- Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
- Are You My Mother? by Philip D. Eastman
- Curduroy by Don Freeman
- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
- Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
- Tacky the Penquin by Helen Lester
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault
- Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
- Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
- Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
- Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
- Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
- The Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini
- The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
- The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
- The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
- A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
- From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
- Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
- Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
- Olivia by Ian Falconer
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
- Bunnicula by James Howe
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom DeLuise
- Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
- Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
- Frederick by Leo Lionni
- Frindle by Andrew Clements
- Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
- Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
- Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
- Harry and the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
- Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
- I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt
- Is Your Mama A Llama? by Deborah Guarino
- Jan Brett's books
- Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Jr.
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (All ages)
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
- Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
- My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
- My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
- My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
- No David! by David Shannon
- One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss (4–8 years)
- Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein (All ages)
- Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch
- Swimmy by Leo Lionni
- The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
- The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
- The Empty Pot by Demi
- The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop
- The Giver by Lois Lowry (9–12 years)
- The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
- The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements
- The Napping House by Audrey Wood
- The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
- The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
- The Wide-Mouthed Frog: A Pop-Up Book by Keith Faulkner
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