Classic Books

Here is a list of some of the greatest children’s books of all time, listed in order of Lexile number.

Amelia Bedelia

By: Peggy Parish

Published: 1963-1988

Lexile #: 100-570

Hop on Pop

By: Dr. Seuss

Published: 1963

Lexile #: 190

Green Eggs and Ham

By: Dr. Seuss

Published: 1960

Lexile #: 210

Go, Dog. Go!

By: P.D. Eastman

Published: 1961

Lexile #: 240

Nate the Great Series

By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Published: 1972-2018

Lexile #: 260-570

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

By: Dr. Seuss

Published: 1960

Lexile #: 270

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

By: Mo Willems

Published: 2003

Lexile #: 280

Miss Nelson Is Missing

By: James Marshall

Published: 1977

Lexile #: 340

Pete the Cat

By: Eric Litwin

Published: 2008-Present

Lexile #: 350-510

Goodnight Moon

By: Margaret Wise Brown

Published: 1947

Lexile #: 360

Little Bear

By: Else Holmelund Minarik & Maurice Sendak

Published: 1957

Lexile #: 370

Curious George

By: H.A. Rey

Published: 1941

Lexile #: 400

Frog and Toad Are Friends

By: Arnold Lobel

Published: 1970

Lexile #: 400

The Carrot Seed

By: Ruth Krauss & Crockett Johnson

Published: 1945

Lexile #: 400

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

By: Laura Numeroff

Published: 1985

Lexile #: 410

The Cat in the Hat

By: Dr. Seuss

Published: 1957

Lexile #: 430

The Boxcar Children Series

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner

Published: 1924-2019

Lexile #: 430-800

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

By: Eric Carle

Published: 1969

Lexile #: 460

Olivia

By: Ian Falconer

Published: 2000

Lexile #: 470

Library Lion

By: Michelle E. Knudsen

Published: 2006

Lexile #: 470

Caps for Sale

By: Esphyr Slobodkina

Published: 1940

Lexile #: 480

Press Here

By: Herve Tullet

Published: 2010

Lexile #: 480

Harold and the Purple Crayon

By: Crockett Johnson

Published: 1955

Lexile #: 490

Bread and Jam for Frances

By: Russell and Lillian Hoban

Published: 1964

Lexile #: 490

The Snowy Day

By: Ezra Jack Keats

Published: 1962

Lexile #: 500

The Gruffalo

By: Julia Donaldson

Published: 1999

Lexile #: 510

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

By: Jon Scieszka

Published: 1989

Lexile #: 510

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

By: Dr. Seuss

Published: 1957

Lexile #: 510

The Sneetches

By: Dr. Seuss

Published: 1961

Lexile #: 511

Harry the Dirty Dog

By: Gene Zion

Published: 1956

Lexile #: 520

Katy and the Big Snow

By: Virginia Lee Burton

Published: 1943

Lexile #: 520

The Berenstain Bears

By: Stan and Jan Berenstain

Published: 1962-2011

Lexile #: 520-790

The Giving Tree

By: Shel Silverstein

Published: 1964

Lexile #: 530

Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom

By: Bill Martin Jr.

Published: 1989

Lexile #: 530

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

By: Louis Sachar

Published: 1978

Lexile #: 530

Crenshaw

By Katherine Applegate

Published: 2015

Lexile #: 540

Owl Moon

By: Jane Yolen

Published: 1987

Lexile #: 550

Stellaluna

By: Janell Cannon

Published: 1993

Lexile #: 550

The Lorax

By: Dr. Seuss

Published: 1971

Lexile #: 560

Officer Buckle and Gloria

By: Peggy Rathmann

Published: 1995

Lexile #: 570

Chrysanthemum

By: Kevin Henkes

Published: 1991

Lexile #: 570

The One and Only Ivan

By: Katherine Applegate

Published: 2012

Lexile #: 570

Richard Scarry’s Busy Books

By: Richard Scarry

Published: 1963-1981

Lexile #: 570-600

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

By: Abdul Gasazi

Published: 1979

Lexile #: 580

Millions of Cats

By: Wanda G’ag

Published: 1928

Lexile #: 580

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

By: Virginia Lee Burton

Published: 1938

Lexile #: 580

The Little Island

By: Margaret Wise Brown

Published: 1946

Lexile #: 590

Corduroy

By: Don Freeman

Published: 1968

Lexile #: 600

The Runaway Bunny

By: Margaret Wise Brown

Published: 1942

Lexile #: 600

Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

By: Dr. Seuss

Published: 1990

Lexile #: 600

Horton Hears a Who!

By: Dr. Seuss

Published: 1954

Lexile #: 600

Blueberries for Sal

By: Robert McCloskey

Published: 1948

Lexile #: 600

Yertle the Turtle

By: Dr. Seuss

Published: 1958

Lexile #: 600

A Bad Case of the Stripes

By: David Shannon

Published: 1998

Lexile #: 610

The Story of Babar

By: Jean du Brunhoff

Published: 1931

Lexile #: 610

Jumanji

By: Chris Van Allsburg

Published: 1981

Lexile #: 620

Sarah, Plain and Tall

By: Patricia MacLachlan

Published: 1985

Lexile #: 660

Holes

By: Louis Sachar

Published: 1998

Lexile #: 660

The Tale of Despereaux

By: Kate DiCamillo

Published: 2003

Lexile #: 670

Lon Po Po

By: Ed Young

Published: 1989

Lexile #: 670

Number the Stars

By: Lois Lowry

Published: 1989

Lexile #: 670

Charlotte’s Web

By: E.B. White

Published: 1952

Lexile #: 680

Madeline

By: Ludwig Bemelmans

Published: 1939

Lexile #: 680

Out of My Mind

By: Sharon M. Draper

Published: 2010

Lexile #: 700

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

By: E.L. Konigsburg

Published: 1967

Lexile #: 700

Make Way for Ducklings

By: Robert McCloskey

Published: 1941

Lexile #: 710

The Little Prince

By: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Published: 1943

Lexile #: 710

The BFG

By: Roald Dahl

Published: 1982

Lexile #: 720

Little House Series

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Published: 1932-1953

Lexile #: 720-1030

Strega Nona

By: Tomie dePaola

Published: 1975

Lexile #: 730

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

By: Judi Barrett

Published: 1978

Lexile #: 730

The Day the Crayons Quit

By: Drew Daywalt

Published: 2013

Lexile #: 730

Where the Wild Things Are

By: Maurice Sendak

Published: 1963

Lexile #: 740

A Wrinkle in Time

By: Madeleine L’Engle

Published: 1962

Lexile #: 740

The Witches

By: Roald Dahl

Published: 1983

Lexile #: 740

A Bear Called Paddington

By: Peggy Fortnum

Published: 1958

Lexile #: 750

Ramona Book Series

By: Beverly Cleary

Published: 1955-1999

Lexile #: 750-860

The Story of Ferdinand

By: Munro Leaf

Published: 1936

Lexile #: 760

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

By: Verna Aardema

Published: 1975

Lexile #: 770

The House on East 88th Street

By: Bernard Waber

Published: 1962

Lexile #: 770

Tuck Everlasting

By: Natalie Babbitt

Published: 1975

Lexile #: 770

Counting by Sevens

By: Holly Goldberg Sloan

Published: 2013

Lexile #: 770

Love You Forever

By: Robert Munsch

Published: 1986

Lexile #: 780

The Borrowers

By: Mary Norton

Published: 1952

Lexile #: 780

Wonder

By: R.J. Palacio

Published: 2012

Lexile #: 790

Winnie-the-Pooh

By: Ernest H. Shepard

Published: 1926

Lexile #: 790

James and the Giant Peach

By: Roald Dahl

Published: 1961

Lexile #: 790

The Chronicles of Narnia Series

By: C.S. Lewis

Published: 1950-1956

Lexile #: 790-970

Original Order: 1-The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 2-Prince Caspian, 3-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 4-The Silver Chair, 5-The Horse and His Boy, 6-The Magician’s Nephew, 7-The Last Battle

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

By: Roald Dahl

Published: 1964

Lexile #: 810

The Velveteen Rabbit

By: Margery Williams

Published: 1922

Lexile #: 820

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

By: Beatrix Potter

Published: 1902

Lexile #: 820

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

By: Judith Viorst

Published: 1972

Lexile #: 840

Matilda

By: Roald Dahl

Published: 1988

Lexile #: 840

Black Beauty

By: Anna Sewell

Published: 1877

Lexile #: 850

Alice in Wonderland

By: Lewis Carroll

Published: 1865

Lexile #: 860

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

By: Beverly Cleary

Published: 1965

Lexile #: 860

The Hundred Dresses

By: Eleanor Estes

Published: 1944

Lexile #: 870

Pollyanna

By: Eleanor H. Porter

Published: 1913

Lexile #: 870

Pippi Longstocking

By: Astrid Lindgren

Published: 1945

Lexile #: 870

Harry Potter Series

By: J.K. Rowling

Published: 1997-2007

Lexile #: 870-940

Mr. Popper’s Penguins

By: Richard and Florence Atwater

Published: 1938

Lexile #: 910

Stuart Little

By: E.B. White

Published: 1945

Lexile #: 920

The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

Published: 1995

Lexile #: 920

Bud, not Buddy

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

Published: 1999

Lexile #: 950

The Secret Garden

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Published: 1911

Lexile #: 970

Anne of Green Gables

By: L.M. Montgomery

Published: 1908

Lexile #: 970

Through the Looking Glass

By: Lewis Carroll

Published: 1865

Lexile #: 980

The Phantom Tollbooth

By: Norton Juster

Published: 1961

Lexile #: 1000

Wind in the Willows

By: Kenneth Grahame

Published: 1908

Lexile #: 1140

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