Kids' Page – Book Lists

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ALSC Awards The Association for Library Service to Children's lists of Newbery, Caldecott, and other awards.
Nebraska's Golden Sower Homepage Informative site about Nebraska's Children's Choice Book Award. Find current nominees and past winners. Visit the student gallery, which has book reviews and original artwork inspired by the award-winning books.
AR BookFinderAccelerated Readers Type in a title to find reading levels and points.

See our Childrens' series list [PDF] for a comprensive list.

Beginning chapter books...look for these series

List updated 3-06

Cam Jansen Adventure by David A. Adler
Berenstain Bear Scouts by Stan Berenstain
Big Chapter Books by Stan Berenstain
Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Books by Marc Brown
Gator Girls by Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson
Adventures of the Bailey School Kids by Debbie Dadey
Amber Brown by Paula Danziger
Pee Wee Scouts by Judy Delton
Mercer Mayer's LC and the Critter Kids by Erica Farber

Ballet Slippers by Patricia Reilly Giff
Rosy Cole by Sheila Greenwald
Graveyard Creeper Mystery by Geoffrey Hayes
Pinky and Rex by James Howe
Horrible Harry by Suzy Kline
Mary Marony by Suzy Kline
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
Miss Mallard Mystery by Robert M. Quackenbush

A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
Marvin Redpost by Louis Sachar
Katie Lynn Cookie Company by George Edward Stanley
American Girls Collection (various authors)
Hyperion chapters (various authors)
I Can Read chapter books (various authors)
Lily Hill series by Sally Warner
Mr. Rose's class by Harriet Ziefert

If you like Harry Potter... try these series

List updated 7-07

Chapter books

Anthony Monday & Miss Eells Mysteries by John Bellairs
Books of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Chronicles of Prydian by Lloyd Alexander
Circle of Magic by Debra Doyle
Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda

Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula Le Guin
Karmidee by Charlotte Haptie
Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix
Lewis Barnavelt & Uncle Jonathan Mysteries by John Bellairs
Magic Shop Books by Bruce Coville
Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
Septimus Heap by Angie Sage
Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black
Squire's Tales by Gerald Morris
Tales of Magic by Edward Eager
Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka
Witch Twins by Adele Griffin
Wolves Chronicles by Joan Aiken
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Young Merlin Trilogy by Jane Yolen

If you like Harry Potter... try these stand-alone titles

List updated 7-06

Chapter books

The BFG by Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope Farmer
The Dragonslayers by Bruce Coville
Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit
The Fledgling by Jane Langton
Frankenstein's Aunt by Allan Rune Pettersson
Ghost Drum by Susan Price
The Gold Dust Letters by Janet Taylor Lisle

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James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
Matilda by Roald Dahl
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
Seven-day Magic by Edward Eager

The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The Twenty-one Balloons by William Du Bois
Well Wished by Franny Billingsley
Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen

Seen the movie... Read the book — Children's books made into movies

List updated 5-08

The 101 Dalmations Dodie Smith
Alias Madame Doubtfire movie: Mrs. DoubtfireAnne Fine
Anne of Greene Gables L.M. Montgomery
Babe, the Gallant Pig Dick King-Smith movie: Babe
Bambi Felix Salten
Black Beauty Anna Sewell
The Black Stallion Walter Farley
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
Charlotte's Web E.B. White
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Ian Fleming
Cinderella Charles Perrault
Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine
Escape to Witch Mountain Alexander Key
Freak the Mighty (movie: The Mighty) W.Rodman Philbrick
Harriet, the Spy Louise Fitzhugh
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone J.K. Rowling
Hatchet (movie: A Cry in the Wild) Gary Paulsen
Heidi Johanna Heusser Spyri
Holes Louis Sachar
The Hostage (movie: Free Willy) Theodore Taylor
The Incredible Journey Sheila Burnford
The Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks
Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson
James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes
Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg
The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
The Light in the Forest Conrad Richter
Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Little Mermaid Hans Christian Anderson
The Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Madeline Ludwig Bemelmans

Matilda Roald Dahl
Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH (movie: Secret of NIMH) Robert C. O’Brien
Nim’s Island Wendy Orr
Peter Pan J.M. Barrie
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg
Pollyanna Eleanor H. Porter
The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Shiloh Season (movie: Shiloh 2) Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Story of Doctor Dolittle (movie: Doctor Dolittle) Hugh Lofting
Stuart Little E.B. White
The Swiss Family Robinson Johann David Wyss
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbit
Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls
The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum
The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Zathura Chris Van Allsburg

More book lists

See our Fun Links page for book- and author-related links.

See the Teen Domain page for more book lists.

Read Kathy's article for what's available in the children's collection.