Teachers in the National Education Association rated the following 100 books as their top picks for children as part of the READ ACROSS AMERICA project. PRE-SCHOOL
Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
AGES 4 TO 8
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Are You My Mother? By Philip D. Eastman
The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola
Arthur (Series) by Marc Tolon Brown
Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Chika Chika Boom Boom by John Archambault
Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Love You Forever by Rober N. Munsch
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Math Curse by John Scieszka
The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
AGES 9 TO 12
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
The BFG by Roald Dahl
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Charlie and the chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Charlottes' Web by E.B. White
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House (Series) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
YOUNG ADULTS
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
The Hobbitt by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
ALL AGES
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Heidi by Johanna spyri
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Accelerated Reader / Battle of the Books / Read Aloud / Best 100
