 | Title: The runaway bunny Author: Brown, Margaret Wise Summary: A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him. |
 | Title: The story of Babar, the little elephant Author: Brunhoff, Jean de Summary: An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants, but eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants. |
 | Title: Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel Author: Burton, Virginia Lee Summary: Mike Mulligan proves that, although dated, his steam shovel is still useful. |
 | Title: Petunia Author: Duvoisin, Roger Summary: Petunia, the goose, learns that possessing knowledge doesn't mean carrying a book around constantly. |
 | Title: Ask Mr. Bear Author: Flack, Marjorie Summary: When he doesn't know what to give his mother for her birthday, a small boy asks all the animals for advice. |
 | Title: Millions of cats Author: Gag, Wanda Summary: How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions? |
 | Title: Little Toot Author: Gramatky, Hardie Summary: Little Toot the tugboat conquers his fear of rough seas when he single-handedly rescues an ocean liner during a storm. |
 | Title: Bedtime for Frances Author: Hoban, Russell Summary: Frances finds it difficult to go to sleep with the strange noises and menacing shapes that seem to fill her room after dark. |
 | Title: Harold and the purple crayon Author: Johnson, Crockett Summary: Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon |
 | Title: The red balloon Author: Lamorisse, Albert Summary: A young boy finds a red balloon with a mind of its own floating across the skies of Paris. |
 | Title: Make way for ducklings Author: McCloskey, Robert Summary: Story about a mallard family who make their home near a pond in the Public Garden in Boston |
 | Title: The Little Engine That Could and the snowy, blowy Christmas Author: Piper, Watty Summary: When Santa's reindeer get sick, the Little Engine That Could saves Christmas. |
 | Title: The tale of Peter Rabbit Author: Potter, Beatrix Summary: Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught. |
 | Title: The velveteen rabbit : or, How toys become real Author: Fancher, Lou Summary: Retells the adventures of a stuffed rabbit and how the love of a boy turns him into a real rabbit. |
 | Title: William's doll Author: Zolotow, Charlotte Summary: William's father gives him a basketball and a train but these do not make him want a doll less. |
 | Title: Danny and the dinosaur Author: Hoff, Syd Summary: A little boy is surprised and pleased when one of the dinosaurs from the museum agrees to play with him. |
 | Title: Amelia Bedelia Author: Parish, Peggy Summary: A literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos in the Rogers household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions. |
 | Title: The cat in the hat Author: Seuss, Dr Summary: The Cat in the Hat visits two children on a rainy day, much to their surprise and delight. |
 | Title: Little women Author: Alcott, Louisa May Summary: Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in mid-nineteenth-century New England. |
 | Title: Peter Pan Author: Barrie, J. M Summary: The adventures of Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. |
 | Title: The wonderful Wizard of Oz Author: Baum, L. Frank Summary: After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas. |
 | Title: Tales of a fourth grade nothing Author: Blume, Judy Summary: Hilarious episodes in the lives of Peter and his younger brother |
 | Title: Alice's adventures in Wonderland Author: Carroll, Lewis Summary: A little girl ventures down a rabbit hole and embarks on a fantastic journey through Wonderland. |
 | Title: The adventures of Pinocchio Author: Collodi, Carlo Summary: Pinocchio, a wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy. |
 | Title: Hans Brinker, or, The silver skates Author: Dodge, Mary Mapes Summary: A Dutch brother and sister work toward two goals--finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates. |
 | Title: Harriet the spy Author: Fitzhugh, Louise Summary: Eleven year old Harriet, who is a spy and plans to be an author keeps a secret notebook filled with thoughts and notes on her schoolmates and people she observes on her afterschool spy route, but when some of her classmates read the notebook, they seek revenge. |
 | Title: The wind in the willows Author: Grahame, Kenneth Summary: Riverbank adventures of Rat, Mole, Toad, and Badger from a golden time. |
 | Title: Pippi Longstocking Author: Lindgren, Astrid Summary: Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village. |
 | Title: The princess and the goblin Author: MacDonald, George Summary: A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the castle. |
 | Title: Homer Price Author: McCloskey, Robert Summary: Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage. |
 | Title: Winnie-the-Pooh Author: Milne, A. A. Summary: The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends, in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Heffalump, and Eeyore has a birthday. |
 | Title: Henry Reed, Inc. Author: Robertson, Keith Summary: Henry Reed keeps a journal of his summer activities which include setting up a research firm and embarking on a series of usually profitable projects with the aid of his ally and neighbor Midge. |
| Title: Five little Peppers and how they grew Author: Sidney, Margaret Summary: A fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman. |
 | Title: Heidi Author: Spyri, Johanna Summary: A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. |
 | Title: Treasure island Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis Summary: While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. |
 | Title: All-of-a-kind family Author: Taylor, Sydney Summary: The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York in the early twentieth century. |
 | Title: Mary Poppins Author: Travers, P. L. Summary: An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences. |
 | Title: The adventures of Tom Sawyer Author: Twain, Mark Summary: The adventures of a boy growing up in the nineteenth century in a Mississippi River town, as he plays hookey on an island, witnesses a crime, hunts for pirates' treasure, and becomes lost in a cave. |
 | Title: Stuart Little Author: White, E. B. Summary: The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird that stayed for a few days in his family's garden. |
 | Title: Little house on the prairie Author: Wilder, Laura Ingalls Summary: A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire. |
 | Title: The Swiss family Robinson Author: Wyss, Johann David Summary: The enchanting story of a shipwrecked family --a minister, his wife, and four sons-- who are cast up on a desert island, build a wonderful house in a tree, and survive so cleverly and happily apart from the world that they never want to be rescued. |
 | Title: Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Author: Andersen, H. C. Summary: His most famous stories, along with charming illustrations. |
 | Title: The McElderry book of Aesop's fables Author: Morpurgo, Michael Summary: Retellings of twenty-one classic Aesop fables, including The Hare and the Tortoise and Belling the Cat, in updated language. |
 | Title: Grimms' fairy tales Author: Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Karl Summary: An illustrated collection of fifty-five traditional tales collected by the Grimm brothers. |
 | Title: The Arabian nights Author: Philip, Neil Summary: Sheherezade, daughter of King Shahryar's advisor, tells her husband a different story every night to keep the king from killing her. |
 | Title: Here comes Mother Goose Author: Opie, Iona Summary: Presents more than sixty traditional nursery rhymes, including Old Mother Hubbard, I'm a Little Teapot, and One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, accompanied by illustrations of various animals. |
 | Title: A child's garden of verses Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis Summary: A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood. |