Great books stand the test of time. They are well loved because they are well written and continue to speak to us, years after publication. If you’ve read and loved any of the following classics, click on the links to read about a comparable contemporary book.

Picture Books and Early Readers (listed in order of author’s last name)

• Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond
• Dr. Seuss’s ABC by Dr. Seuss
• The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

 

Middle Grade Novels (listed in order of author’s last name)

• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
• The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
• Ramona series by Beverly Cleary
• The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
• Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

 

Young Adult Novels (listed in order of author’s last name)

• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
• The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee