Generally best enjoyed by children between five and eight years old; but every child is unique, so only you know best.
Published: 1987 Theme: Inner Courage Best for: 8 - 10 years old "A truly courageous person is one who must first conquer fear within himself." A great mixture of fantasy and realism, this book is loving and enjoyable from start to finish. Perfect for younger readers, it is very satisfying.
Published: 1902 Theme: Be Careful What You Wish for! Suitable for: all ages Five Stars From the very opening pages, Nesbit has us, the reader, firmly in her grip. Right away, you picture the children so eager to be free of the confines of their city life, and you know something interesting will happen...
Published 1970 Theme: Friendship; Easy Reader Best for: 5- 8 This is one of those books that is important not because it is great literature, but because it is possible for children to read it on their own, love it, remember it, imitate it, and feel the magic that comes from learning to read...
Published 1922 Theme: Power of Love Best for: ages 5 to 9 Five Stars That night, he was almost too happy to sleep, and so much love stirred in his little sawdust heart that it almost burst." I feel any list of great children's literature which omitted this book would be quite remiss.
Published 1952 Theme: Friendship Best for: Ages 8 and up "After all, what's a life anyway? We're born, we live a little, we die...By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle." A simple and moving story of friendship and humane treatment of animals...
Published 1886 Theme: Power of Love and Kindness Best for: Ages 6 and up, especially boys Five Stars "His greatest charm was this cheerful, fearless, quaint little way of making friends with people. Finding this children's book, the first ever written by Burnett, was like going to the pure, unpolluted, ancient source of story itself...
Published 1908 Theme: Friendship Best for: Any Age Five Stars "At last over the rim of the waiting earth, the moon lifted with slow majesty till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off, free of moorings..."The lyrical nature of the writing alone would be enough to rave about the book. But that's just the beginning...
Published 1992 Theme: Expectations Best for: 5-6 years old "There was a man called the Thinking Man of Moha, and there was a woman called the Writing Woman of Maho, and they were friends." Thus begins this very small, simple book by Le Guin, combining fantasy and reality seamlessly...
Published 2000 Theme: Fairies Best for: 5 - 8 years old I love the Fairy Realm series, stepping from our human world into the world of the fairies, where magic, beauty, goodness, and yes, also a bit of evil, mingle together...
Published 2009 Theme: Nature Best for: ages 5 - 8 This small little children's book has the best elements of combining fiction and non-fiction into a little tale. It is lyrical, it is sensitive, it is keenly accurate, and it is accompanied by the most delicate illustrations one could find in a children's book...
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