Published: 1973 Theme: The Value of Time Best for: ages 10 to adult "There's a place like the one you visited in every living soul, but only those who let me take them there can see it, nor can it be seen with ordinary eyes." If there was only one children's book I could put on the list of must-read, yet hardly known, children's books, it would have to be Momo. I fell in love with the book, despite the fact that when I first went to read it...
by A. A. Milne, first published 1927 "I found a little beetle, so that Beetle was his name, And I called him Alexander and he answered just the same" This second children's book of poetry by Milne is actually my favorite. If I were to pick one of the two he wrote, I'd pick this…
by A. A. Milne, first published 1924 "A bear, however hard he tries, Grows tubby without exercise..." At first glance, one might think that this, the very first children's book by A. A. Milne, would be more appropriate for much younger children. However, one of the criteria for great literature for kids is the use…
by Shelley Davidow, published 2006 "Wisdom is fading in the world. Words are disappearing. The brightness in the sky is vanishing and the dark Cloud of Ignorance has grown suddenly dense." If I could use only one book to introduce early readers to the magic of learning to read, it would be this beautifully and…
by Gerald Morris, published 2005 "To have arrived for an indefinite stay in this luxurious castle, where she would wear the finest clothes and most of all get to know a real enchantress, was more than Luneta could ever have hoped for." Here's an unusual story from Morris's wonderful collection of Squire Tale's. The heroine…
by Padraic Colum, first published 1920 Here's a children's book that not every young child will read, but having read it, I feel compelled to give it a place in the list of great children's books. For sure, it is for an older child, about 12. It has both a girl and boy as the…
By Gerald Morris, published 1998 "To forgive the unforgivable is the breath of life in this world." A brilliant retelling of some of the stories from Le Morte D'Arthur, author Morris begins his series of children's books about knights with this winning tale of Sir Gawain and his squire Terence. From beginning to end, the pace…
by A. A. Milne, First published 1926. "Sing Ho! for the life of a Bear! Sing Ho! for the life of a Bear"Who among us doesn't know the world of Winnie-the-Pooh? To read it is to be a child again, seeing the world with utter innocence and simplicity.
by P.L. Travers, first published 1935 "It was one of those mornings when everything looks neat and bright and shiny, as though the world had been tidied up over night." If the way that your children know about Mary Poppins is through the Disney movie, that's certainly a good start. However, if it's the ONLY…
by Gerald Morris, published 2001 “As you have now learned, the things you achieve by your own mighty deeds have no value until they are thrown away. But the things worth keeping—those things are yours for the asking.” Parsifal’s Page is the book that launched this website. When I finished reading it, I was so…
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