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- 101 Dalmatians - Dodie Smith
- 5 Children and It - Edith Nesbit
- 20,000 Leagues under the Sea - Jules Verne
A
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
- The Adventures of Tintin - Hergé
- Alex Rider Adventures - Anthony Horowitz
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day - Judith Viorst
- Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
- Anne of Green Gables - L. M. Montgomery
- The Ant Bully - John Nickle
- Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne
- Astro Boy - Osamu Tezuka
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman - Ernest J. Gaines
- Avalon High - Meg Cabot
B
- Babar the Movie - Jean de Brunhoff
- Babe - Dick King-Smith
- Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild
- Because of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo
- Beezus and Ramona - Beverly Cleary
- The BFG - Roald Dahl
- The Black Stallion - Walter Farley
- The Borrowers - Mary Norton
- The Boss Baby - Marla Frazee
- Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
C
- Call Me by Your Name - Andre Aciman
- Captains Courageous - Rudyard Kipling
- Castle in the Sky - Hayao Miyazaki
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
- Charlotte's Web - E. B. White
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Ian Fleming
- A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
- The City of Ember - Jeanne Duprau
- The Clique - Lisi Harrison
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Judi Barrett
- The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett
- Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen - Dyan Sheldon
- Coraline - Neil Gaiman
D
- Dear Dumb Diary - Jim Benton
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
- The Disaster Artist - Greg Sestero
- Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
- Dragonball Evolution - Akira Toriyama
E
- Eragon - Christopher Paolini
- Escape to Witch Mountain - Alexander Key
F
- Fallen - Lauren Kate
- Fantastic Mr. Fox - Roald Dahl
- Ferdinand - Munro Leaf
- Finding Buck McHenry - Alfred Slote
- Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen
- Fluke - James Herbert
- The Fox and the Hound - Daniel P. Mannix
G
- The Great Gilly Hopkins - Katherine Paterson
- Guardians of Ga'Hoole - Kathryn Lasky
- Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
H
- Hans Brinker - Mary Mapes Dodge
- Harriet the Spy - Louise Fitzhugh
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter series - J. K. Rowling
- The Haunting Hour - R. L. Stine
- Heidi - Johanna Spyri
- Hogfather - Terry Pratchett
- Holes - Louis Sachar
- Hoot - Carl Hiaasen
- Horton Hears a Who - Dr. Seuss
- Hotel for Dogs - Lois Duncan
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Dr. Seuss
- How to Eat Fried Worms - Thomas Rockwell
- How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell
- Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo
I
- The Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks
- Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
J
- James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
- Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes
- Journey to the Center of the Earth - Jules Verne
- Judy Moody - Megan McDonald
- Jumanji - Chris Van Allsburg
- The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
K
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl - Valerie Tripp
L
- Lassie - Eric Knight
- Laura's Star - Klaus Baumgart
- Legend of the Candy Cane - Lori Walburg
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
- Little House on the Prairie - Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Andersen
- The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
- Living Free - Joy Adamson
- Lost in the Woods - Carl R. Sams
M
- Madeline - Ludwig Bemelmans
- A Mama for Owen - Marion Dane Bauer
- The Man Who Invented Christmas - Les Standiford
- Mars Needs Moms - Berkeley Breathed
- Mary Poppins - P. L. Travers
- Matilda - Roald Dahl
- Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life - James Patterson
- Millions - Frank Cottrell Boyce
- Misty - Marguerite Henry
- Mostly Ghostly - R. L. Stine
- Mr. Popper's Penguins - Richard Atwater
- My Dog Skip - Willie Morris
- My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George
- Mysterious Island - Jules Verne
N
- Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene
- Nim's Island - Wendy Orr
O
- Old Yeller - Fred Gipson
- Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
- Our Souls at Night - Kent Haruf
P
- Paddle to the Sea - Holling C. Holling
- Percy Jackson - Rick Riordan
- Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie
- Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindgren
- The Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg
- Pollyanna - Eleanor H. Porter
- Prince Caspian - C. S. Lewis
- The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot
R
- Race to Witch Mountain - Alexander Key
- Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
S
- The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Secret of the Magic Gourd - Zhang Tian Yi
- The Seeker: The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper
- Shiloh - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Shrek - William Steig
- The Sign of the Beaver - Elizabeth George Speare
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
- Skellig - David Almond
- The Snow Queen - Hans Christian Andersen
- Soul Surfer - Bethany Hamilton
- Sounder - William Howard Armstrong
- The Spiderwick Chronicles - Tony DiTerlizzi
- Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki
- Stranger in the Woods - Carl R. Sams
- Stuart Little - E. B. White
- Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss
T
- The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo
- The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke
- The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
- Toby Tyler - James Otis Kaler
- Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
- Trumpet of the Swan - E. B. White
- Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt
V
- The Velveteen Rabbit - Margery Williams
- Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C. S. Lewis
W
- The Water Horse - Dick King-Smith
- Watership Down - Richard Adams
- Where the Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls
- Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
- Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
- Witches - Roald Dahl
- The Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
- Wonder - R.J. Palacio
- Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick
- A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
Y
- The Yearling - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Z
- Zathura - Chris Van Allsburg