![]() | The Wizard of Oz (Tor Classics) by L. Frank Baum
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $0.01 The original. Wow! What a comparison to the movie! The classic American fairytale.
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![]() | The Princess Bride: S Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
Buy used from: $0.01 This is my all time favorite. I just want my kids to enjoy something as much as I did.
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![]() | The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 My second grade teacher read parts of this book to my class after lunch every day. I changed schools before it was finished. Something never let me forget that one day I needed to finish it. I did.
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![]() | The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Buy new: $23.75 / Used from: $5.69 This is what I consider a corner stone in the foundation of great story telling I want my children to experience.
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![]() | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Signet Classics) by Lewis Carroll
Buy new: $3.95 / Used from: $0.45 Again, nothing but the original.
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![]() | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (The Illus Children's Library) by Mark Twain
Buy used from: $8.95 Another corner stone.
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![]() | Charlotte's Web (Trophy Newbery) by E. B. White
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 This was my favorite "book report" book when I was a child.
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![]() | Stuart Little by E. B. White
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 My mother introduced Stuart Little to me as one of her favorites when she was a child.
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![]() | Peter Pan: The Original Story by J. M. Barrie
Buy used from: $1.15 This is simply one of those stories that every child should read and then save to read again when he or she is an adult.
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![]() | Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Buy new: $4.95 / Used from: $0.36 Black Beauty is another of my mother's favorites passed on to me.
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![]() | Treasure Island (The Illustrated Children's Library) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Buy used from: $8.24 No child should miss out on the adventures laid out in this book!
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![]() | The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Buy new: $14.94 / Used from: $10.99 Shut off the tv and learn more than you could imagine about Fantasia!
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![]() | Grimm's Fairytales Children's Storytime Treasury (Four Favorite Stories For Bedtime)
Buy used from: $0.76 I reccommend one set editted and one set of the originals.
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![]() | Mary Poppins (Easy Piano Vocal Selections) by Richard M. Sherman
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $3.18 Another classic everyone should read at least once.
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![]() | J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: $17.52 / Used from: $11.95 This was the first series of books that real took me to another place. Inspired imagination!
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![]() | Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-5) by J. K. Rowling
Buy used from: $29.94 The newest addition to my list, Harry Potter, because it's an excellent adventure and mystery and because it will always be a part of literary history.
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![]() | Bedknob and Broomstick (Children's choice) by Mary Norton
This classic integrates major historical events in a fun story.
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![]() | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Buy used from: $0.01 Just plain fun.
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![]() | Where the Sidewalk Ends 30th Anniversary Edition: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $6.92 I don't think there's a child alive who hasn't read this book. I want to make sure my kids aren't left out ofthe loop.
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![]() | The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $8.67 One of my favorite movies when I was a child. I was ecstatic to find it in a book.
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![]() | Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $6.48 A classic for many obvious reasons.
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![]() | Santa's Twin by Dean Koontz
Buy used from: $3.00 I save this one for my older children. It's so different one can't help but be captivated.
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![]() | Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $3.01 Comparing movies and books like Jumanji makes reading more interesting. Fabulous illustrations.
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![]() | The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Buy new: $11.47 / Used from: $1.86 This is my four year old's favorite Christmas story. Reading it aloud has become a traditional part of our holiday celebration.
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