![]() ![]() The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden. ![]() The Complete Adventures of Curious George by Margret and H.* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett.* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina.Beatrix Potter, the Complete Tales by Beatrix Potter.The Bad Begining: Or, Orphans! by Lemony Snicket.Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst.We talked and argued and reminisced about the books we read when we were kids, the ones we've read to our own children, and the ones we've discovered since. And, naturally, we didn't want the list to feel like homework. Of course, the age at which people read these may vary wildly, but we tried to pick books that would feel significant in the years leading up to becoming a teenager, and be warmly remembered all their lives. We chose the books based on the idea of selecting the 100 that cover the years from birth (those first well-worn titles) up to age 12. But which ones are the can't-miss favorites, those that will last a lifetime? The Amazon Book editors set out to compile a list of 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime that included classics from years gone by, classics in the making, the serious, the silly, the surreal-children's literature has it all. ![]() So many children's books remain close to our hearts long after we first read them. ![]()
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