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

Hop on Pop
By: Dr. Seuss
Published: 1963
Lexile #: 190

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
By: Bill Martin Jr.
Published: 1967
Lexile #: 200

Green Eggs and Ham
By: Dr. Seuss
Published: 1960
Lexile #: 210

Go, Dog. Go!
By: P.D. Eastman
Published: 1961
Lexile #: 240

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

Clifford Series
By: Norman Bridwell
Published: 1963-2016
Lexile #360-480

Little Bear
By: Else Holmelund Minarik & Maurice Sendak
Published: 1957
Lexile #: 370

Amelia Bedelia
By: Peggy Parish
Published: 1963-1988
Lexile #: 380-670

Curious George
By: H.A. Rey
Published: 1941
Lexile #: 400

The Carrot Seed
By: Ruth Krauss & Crockett Johnson
Published: 1945
Lexile #: 400

Frog and Toad Are Friends
By: Arnold Lobel
Published: 1970
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 Very Hungry Caterpillar
By: Eric Carle
Published: 1969
Lexile #: 460

Knufflebunny
By. Mo Willems
Published: 2004
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

The Magic School Bus
By: Joanna Cole
Published: 1987-1999
Lexile: 480-520

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 Dot
By: Peter Reynolds
Published: 2003
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

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

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

Make Way for Ducklings
By: Robert McCloskey
Published: 1941
Lexile #: 630

Lon Po Po
By: Ed Young
Published: 1989
Lexile #: 670

Madeline
By: Ludwig Bemelmans
Published: 1939
Lexile #: 680

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

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

Love You Forever
By: Robert Munsch
Published: 1986
Lexile #: 780

The Velveteen Rabbit
By: Margery Williams
Published: 1922
Lexile #: 820

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
By: Judith Viorst
Published: 1972
Lexile #: 840
Novels

Nate the Great Series
By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Published: 1972-2018
Lexile #: 260-570

The Boxcar Children Series
By: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Published: 1924-2019
Lexile #: 430-800

Sideways Stories from Wayside School
By: Louis Sachar
Published: 1978
Lexile #: 530

Crenshaw
By Katherine Applegate
Published: 2015
Lexile #: 540

The Whipping Boy
By: Sid Fleischman
Published: 1986
Lexile #: 570

The One and Only Ivan
By: Katherine Applegate
Published: 2012
Lexile #: 570

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

Number the Stars
By: Lois Lowry
Published: 1989
Lexile #: 670

Charlotte’s Web
By: E.B. White
Published: 1952
Lexile #: 680

Where the Red Fern Grows
By: Wilson Rawls
Published: 1961
Lexile #: 700

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

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

A Wrinkle in Time
By: Madeleine L’Engle
Published: 1962
Lexile #: 740

The Witches
By: Roald Dahl
Published: 1983
Lexile #: 740

The Hardy Boys Series
By: Edward Stratemeyer, et al.
Published: 1927-1979
Lexile #: 740 (average)

Nancy Drew Series
By: Mildred Wirt Benson
Published: 1930-2003
Lexile #: 750 (average)

A Bear Called Paddington
By: Peggy Fortnum
Published: 1958
Lexile #: 750

The Westing Game
By: Ellen Raskin
Published: 1979
Lexile #: 750

Ramona Book Series
By: Beverly Cleary
Published: 1955-1999
Lexile #: 750-860

Tuck Everlasting
By: Natalie Babbitt
Published: 1975
Lexile #: 770

Counting by Sevens
By: Holly Goldberg Sloan
Published: 2013
Lexile #: 770

Save Me a Seat
By: Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
Published: 2016
Lexile #: 780

The Borrowers
By: Mary Norton
Published: 1952
Lexile #: 780

Wonder
By: R.J. Palacio
Published: 2012
Lexile #: 790

Winnie-the-Pooh
By: A. A. Milne
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 Tale of Peter Rabbit
By: Beatrix Potter
Published: 1902
Lexile #: 820

Mary Poppins
By: P.L. Travers
Published: 1934
Lexile #: 830

Matilda
By: Roald Dahl
Published: 1988
Lexile #: 840

Black Beauty
By: Anna Sewell
Published: 1877
Lexile #: 850

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
By: William Kamkwamba
Published: 2009
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

Old Yeller
By: Fred Gipson
Published: 1956
Lexile #: 910

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

A Series of Unfortunate Events
By: Lemony Snicket
Published: 1999-2006
Lexile #: 920-1370

Bud, not Buddy
By: Christopher Paul Curtis
Published: 1999
Lexile #: 950

The Secret Garden
By: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Published: 1911
Lexile #: 970

The Birchbark House
By: Louise Erdrich
Published: 2021
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

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
By: John Boyne
Published: 2006
Lexile #: 1000

The Hobbit
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
Published: 1937
Lexile #: 1000

Island of the Blue Dolphins
By: Scott O’Dell
Published: 1960
Lexile #: 1000

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
By: Frank L. Baum
Published: 1900
Lexile #: 1030

The Prince and the Pauper
By: Mark Twain
Published: 1881
Lexile #: 1090

Wind in the Willows
By: Kenneth Grahame
Published: 1908
Lexile #: 1140
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