# 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is a literary reference book compiled by Julia Eccleshare, children's book editor at Britain's Guardian newspaper. It was published in 2009 by Universe/Rizzoli International.

## Contents

Noted for listing a variety of international works, 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up features stories originally written in a multitude of languages, which includes Japanese, Slovak, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, Russian and Dutch. Among the commentaries, there are reviews from notable figures such as Wayne Mills and Lorraine Orman, as well as some by famous authors, such as Michael Morpurgo, Judy Blume, Lois Lowry, Jamila Gavin, Philip Pullman and 25 others. These appear in a different style from the other reviews by contributors. Along with the reviews, there are short excerpts from some of the books themselves, which appear in bold alongside the review. 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is separated by reading level, and each title includes summaries with information on the author as well; each picture book title is accompanied by colourful illustrations. Some of the genres included are fantasy, adventure, history, contemporary life, and others. It appears in hardcover, with 960 pages and weighs roughly 2.2 pounds (1.00 kg). The preface for 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is by children's illustrator and author Quentin Blake and introduction by Julia Eccleshare. There is an index of titles, arranged alphabetically, and an index by author/illustrator, arranged alphabetically too, but by author/illustrator, not by title of book. It is organized by age groups, such as 0–3, 3+, 5+, 8+ and 12+.

## Complete list from 2nd edition (2010)

| English title | Original title | Author | Illustrator | Language | Year | Age |
| The Little Engine That Could | | Watty Piper | Lois Lenski | English | 1930 | 0–3 |
| Pat the Bunny | | Dorothy Kunhardt | | English | 1940 | 0–3 |
| Make Way for Ducklings | | Robert McCloskey | | English | 1941 | 0–3 |
| The Runaway Bunny | | Margaret Wise Brown | Clement Hurd | English | 1942 | 0–3 |
| The Three Railway Engines | | Reverend W. Awdry | William Middleton | English | 1945 | 0–3 |
| Thomas the Tank Engine | | Reverend W. Awdry | Reginald Payne | English | 1946 | 0–3 |
| Goodnight Moon | | Margaret Wise Brown | Clement Hurd | English | 1947 | 0–3 |
| Lavender's Blue | | Kathleen Lines | Harold Jones | English | 1954 | 0–3 |
| Bedtime for Frances | | Russell Hoban | Garth Williams | English | 1960 | 0–3 |
| Miffy | Nijntje | Dick Bruna | | Dutch | 1963 | 0–3 |
| Rosie's Walk | | Pat Hutchins | | English | 1968 | 0–3 |
| The Elephant and the Bad Baby | | Elfrida Vipont | Raymond Briggs | English | 1969 | 0–3 |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar | | Eric Carle | | English | 1969 | 0–3 |
| Mr. Gumpy's Outing | | John Burningham | | English | 1970 | 0–3 |
| Meg and Mog | | Helen Nicoll | Jan Pieńkowski | English | 1972 | 0–3 |
| Good Night, Alfie Atkins | God natt Alfons Åberg | Gunilla Bergström | | Swedish | 1972 | 0–3 |
| Little Brown Bear | Petit ours brun | Claude Lebrun | Danièle Bour | French | 1975 | 0–3 |
| Little Spook's Baby Sister | Lilla spöket Laban får en lillasyster | Inger Sandberg | Lasse Sandberg | Swedish | 1977 | 0–3 |
| Fly, Little Bird | Vola, uccellino! | Francesco Tullio Altan | | Italian | 1977 | 0–3 |
| Each Peach Pear Plum | | Allan Ahlberg | Janet Ahlberg | English | 1978 | 0–3 |
| Where's Spot? | | Eric Hill | | English | 1980 | 0–3 |
| The Baby's Catalogue | | Allan Ahlberg | Janet Ahlberg | English | 1982 | 0–3 |
| Dear Zoo | | Rod Campbell | | English | 1982 | 0–3 |
| Good Dog, Carl | | Alexandra Day | | English | 1985 | 0–3 |
| Bathwater's Hot | | Shirley Hughes | | English | 1985 | 0–3 |
| Tickle, Tickle | | Helen Oxenbury | | English | 1987 | 0–3 |
| Elmer | | David McKee | | English | 1989 | 0–3 |
| We're Going on a Bear Hunt | | Michael Rosen | Helen Oxenbury | English | 1989 | 0–3 |
| Bunny Bath | Kanin-bad | Lena Anderson | | Swedish | 1990 | 0–3 |
| Kipper | | Mick Inkpen | | English | 1991 | 0–3 |
| Maisy Goes to Playschool | | Lucy Cousins | | English | 1992 | 0–3 |
| Owl Babies | | Martin Waddell | Patrick Benson | English | 1992 | 0–3 |
| Handa's Surprise | | Eileen Browne | | English | 1994 | 0–3 |
| Alvin Says Good Night | Albin säger godnatt | Ulf Löfgren | | Swedish | 1996 | 0–3 |
| The Bear Went Over the Mountain | | John Prater | | English | 1999 | 0–3 |
| Humphrey's Corner | | Sally Hunter | | English | 1999 | 0–3 |
| Julian the Rabbit | Giulio coniglio: storie per un anno | Nicoletta Costa | | Italian | 2001 | 0–3 |
| The Quangle Wangle's Hat | | Edward Lear | | English | 1876 | 3+ |
| Mother Goose | | Kate Greenaway | | English | 1881 | 3+ |
| Marigold Garden | | Kate Greenaway | | English | 1885 | 3+ |
| The Jolly Aunt | Die lustige Tante | Lothar Meggendorfer | | German | 1891 | 3+ |
| Peter in Blueberry Land | Puttes äventyr i blåbärsskogen | Elsa Beskow | | Swedish | 1901 | 3+ |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | | Beatrix Potter | | English | 1902 | 3+ |
| The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher | | Beatrix Potter | | English | 1906 | 3+ |
| The Story of the Root Children | Etwas von den Wurzelkindern | Sibylle von Olfers | | German | 1906 | 3+ |
| The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck | | Beatrix Potter | | English | 1908 | 3+ |
| The Children of the Forest | Tomtebobarnen | Elsa Beskow | | Swedish | 1910 | 3+ |
| Clever Bill | | William Nicholson | | English | 1926 | 3+ |
| Winnie-the-Pooh | | A. A. Milne | Ernest Shepard | English | 1926 | 3+ |
| The Story of Babar | Histoire de Babar le petit éléphant | Jean de Brunhoff | | French | 1931 | 3+ |
| The Story About Ping | | Marjorie Flack | Kurt Wiese | English | 1933 | 3+ |
| Blinky Bill | | Dorothy Wall | | English | 1933 | 3+ |
| The Story of Ferdinand | | Munro Leaf | Robert Lawson | English | 1936 | 3+ |
| Orlando | | Kathleen Hale | | English | 1938 | 3+ |
| Little Toot | | Hardie Gramatky | | English | 1939 | 3+ |
| Madeline | | Ludwig Bemelmans | | English | 1939 | 3+ |
| Mike Mulligan | | Virginia Lee Burton | | English | 1939 | 3+ |
| Curious George | | Margret Rey | H. A. Rey | English | 1941 | 3+ |
| The Little House | | Virginia Lee Burton | | English | 1942 | 3+ |
| The Little Red Lighthouse | | Hildegarde Swift | Lynd Ward | English | 1942 | 3+ |
| Moomin, Mymble and Little My | Hur gick det sen? Boken om Mymlan, Mumintrollet och lilla My | Tove Jansson | | Swedish | 1952 | 3+ |
| My Naughty Little Sister | | Dorothy Edwards | Henrietta Garland | English | 1952 | 3+ |
| Martine | Martine à la ferme | Gilbert Delahaye | Marcel Marlier | French | 1954 | 3+ |
| Eloise | | Kay Thompson | Hilary Knight | English | 1955 | 3+ |
| Harry the Dirty Dog | | Gene Zion | Margaret Bloy Graham | English | 1956 | 3+ |
| The Cat in the Hat | | Dr. Seuss | | English | 1957 | 3+ |
| The Cow Who Fell in the Canal | | Phyllis Krasilovsky | Peter Spier | English | 1957 | 3+ |
| A Bear Called Paddington | | Michael Bond | Peggy Fortnum | English | 1958 | 3+ |
| Little Blue and Little Yellow | | Leo Lionni | | English | 1959 | 3+ |
| Green Eggs and Ham | | Dr. Seuss | | English | 1960 | 3+ |
| Go, Dog. Go! | | P. D. Eastman | | English | 1961 | 3+ |
| The Berenstain Bears | | Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain | | English | 1962 | 3+ |
| Ivor the Engine | | Oliver Postgate | Peter Firmin | English | 1962 | 3+ |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog | | Norman Bridwell | | English | 1963 | 3+ |
| Where the Wild Things Are | | Maurice Sendak | | English | 1963 | 3+ |
| Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | | Bernard Waber | | English | 1965 | 3+ |
| Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? | | Bill Martin, Jr. | Eric Carle | English | 1967 | 3+ |
| What Does the Mouse Think on Thursday? | Was denkt die Maus am Donnerstag? | Josef Guggenmos | Günther Stiller | German | 1967 | 3+ |
| What Do People Do All Day? | | Richard Scarry | | English | 1968 | 3+ |
| Corduroy | | Don Freeman | | English | 1968 | 3+ |
| The Wonderful Tree | Det underbara trädet | Ulf Löfgren | | Swedish | 1969 | 3+ |
| In the Night Kitchen | | Maurice Sendak | | English | 1970 | 3+ |
| Barbapapa | Barbapapa | Talus Taylor and Annette Tison | | French | 1970 | 3+ |
| Mr. Tickle | | Roger Hargreaves | | English | 1971 | 3+ |
| Lotta's Bike | Visst kan Lotta cykla | Astrid Lindgren | Ilon Wikland | Swedish | 1971 | 3+ |
| Little I Am I | Das kleine Ich-bin-ich | Mira Lobe | Susi Weigel | German | 1972 | 3+ |
| The Church Mouse | | Graham Oakley | | English | 1972 | 3+ |
| The Sea-Thing Child | | Russell Hoban | Abrom Hoban | English | 1972 | 3+ |
| Father Christmas | | Raymond Briggs | | English | 1973 | 3+ |
| My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes | | Eve Sutton | Lynley Dodd | English | 1973 | 3+ |
| Who's Seen the Scissors? | ¿Quién ha visto las tijeras? | Fernando Krahn | | Spanish | 1975 | 3+ |
| Morris's Disappearing Bag | | Rosemary Wells | | English | 1975 | 3+ |
| Uppo the Bear | Uppo-Nalle | Elina Karjalainen | Hannu Taina | Finnish | 1977 | 3+ |
| Burglar Bill | | Allan Ahlberg | Janet Ahlberg | English | 1977 | 3+ |
| Dogger | | Shirley Hughes | | English | 1977 | 3+ |
| Up in the Tree | | Margaret Atwood | | English | 1978 | 3+ |
| The Snowman | | Raymond Briggs | | English | 1978 | 3+ |
| Freight Train | | Donald Crews | | English | 1978 | 3+ |
| Is That a Monster, Alfie Atkins? | Alfons och odjuret | Gunilla Bergström | | Swedish | 1978 | 3+ |
| Ox-Cart Man | | Donald Hall | Barbara Cooney | English | 1979 | 3+ |
| Mister Magnolia | | Quentin Blake | | English | 1980 | 3+ |
| Peace at Last | | Jill Murphy | | English | 1980 | 3+ |
| Mr. Archimedes' Bath | | Pamela Allen | | English | 1980 | 3+ |
| Léo and Popi | Léo et Popi | Marie-Agnès Gaudrat | Helen Oxenbury | French | 1980 | 3+ |
| Postman Pat's Treasure Hunt | | John Arthur Cunliffe | Celia Berridge | English | 1981 | 3+ |
| Ernest and Celestine Have Lost Simon | Ernest et Célestine ont perdu Siméon | Gabrielle Vincent | | French | 1981 | 3+ |
| Alfie Gets In First | | Shirley Hughes | | English | 1981 | 3+ |
| One Woolly Wombat | | Rod Trinca | Kerry Argent | English | 1982 | 3+ |
| Avocado Baby | | John Burningham | | English | 1982 | 3+ |
| Gorilla | | Anthony Browne | | English | 1983 | 3+ |
| Angelina Ballerina | | Katharine Holabird | Helen Craig | English | 1983 | 3+ |
| Dusty Wants to Help | Hjälpa till, sa Pulvret | Inger Sandberg | Lasse Sandberg | Swedish | 1983 | 3+ |
| We Are the Triplets | Som les tres bessones | Roser Capdevila | | Spanish | 1983 | 3+ |
| Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy | | Lynley Dodd | | English | 1983 | 3+ |
| Possum Magic | | Mem Fox | Julie Vivas | English | 1983 | 3+ |
| Felix and Alexander | | Terry Denton | | English | 1985 | 3+ |
| Pancakes for Findus | Pannkakstårtan | Sven Nordqvist | | Swedish | 1985 | 3+ |
| Love You Forever | | Robert Munsch | Sheila McGraw | English | 1986 | 3+ |
| This Is the Bear | | Sarah Hayes | Helen Craig | English | 1986 | 3+ |
| Old Bear | | Jane Hissey | | English | 1986 | 3+ |
| Owl Moon | | Jane Yolen | John Schoenherr | English | 1987 | 3+ |
| Winnie the Witch | | Valerie Thomas | Korky Paul | English | 1987 | 3+ |
| Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? | | Martin Waddell | Barbara Firth | English | 1988 | 3+ |
| Crocodile Beat | | Gail Jorgensen | Patricia Mullins | English | 1988 | 3+ |
| Stina | Storm-Stina | Lena Anderson | | Swedish | 1988 | 3+ |
| Fire-Engine Lil | | Janet McLean | Andrew McLean | English | 1989 | 3+ |
| One Snowy Night | | Nick Butterworth | | English | 1989 | 3+ |
| The Mousehole Cat | | Antonia Barber | Nicola Bayley | English | 1990 | 3+ |
| Amazing Grace | | Mary Hoffman | Caroline Binch | English | 1991 | 3+ |
| Window | | Jeannie Baker | | English | 1991 | 3+ |
| Slinky Malinki | | Lynley Dodd | | English | 1991 | 3+ |
| T'choupi | T'choupi | Thierry Courtin | | French | 1992 | 3+ |
| Frog in Winter | Kikker in de kou | Max Velthuijs | | Dutch | 1992 | 3+ |
| Where's My Teddy? | | Jez Alborough | | English | 1992 | 3+ |
| Okilélé | Okilélé | Claude Ponti | | French | 1993 | 3+ |
| Sleep Well, Little Bear | Schlaf gut, kleiner Bär | Quint Buchholz | | German | 1993 | 3+ |
| Poems for the Very Young | | Michael Rosen | Bob Graham | English | 1993 | 3+ |
| Guess How Much I Love You | | Sam McBratney | Anita Jeram | English | 1994 | 3+ |
| The Story of the Little Mole | Vom kleinen Maulwurf, der wissen wollte, wer ihm auf den Kopf gemacht hat. | Werner Holzwarth | Wolf Erlbruch | German | 1994 | 3+ |
| Garden of Little Creatures | Droles de petites betes | Antoon Krings | | French | 1994 | 3+ |
| Clown | | Quentin Blake | | English | 1995 | 3+ |
| Runaway Train | | Benedict Blathwayt | | English | 1995 | 3+ |
| Bad Habits! | | Babette Cole | | English | 1998 | 3+ |
| Pumpkin Soup | | Helen Cooper | | English | 1998 | 3+ |
| Molly Goes Shopping | Malla handlar | Eva Eriksson | | Swedish | 1998 | 3+ |
| The Magic Pocket | ふしぎなポケット | Michio Mado | Mitsumasa Anno | Japanese | 1998 | 3+ |
| Rosa Goes To Daycare | Rosa på dagis | Barbro Lindgren | Eva Eriksson | Swedish | 1999 | 3+ |
| Jamela's Dress | | Niki Daly | | English | 1999 | 3+ |
| Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs | | Ian Whybrow | Adrian Reynolds | English | 1999 | 3+ |
| The Gruffalo | | Julia Donaldson | Axel Scheffler | English | 1999 | 3+ |
| Crispin | | Ted Dewan | | English | 2000 | 3+ |
| Max | | Bob Graham | | English | 2000 | 3+ |
| Olivia | | Ian Falconer | | English | 2000 | 3+ |
| Madlenka | Madlenka | Peter Sís | | Czech | 2000 | 3+ |
| Marc Just Couldn't Sleep | De verdad que no podía | Gabriela Keselman | Noemí Villamuza | Spanish | 2001 | 3+ |
| The Widemouthed Frog | La grenouille à grande bouche | Francine Vidal | Elodie Nouhen | French | 2001 | 3+ |
| Tatu and Patu in Helsinki | Tatu ja Patu Helsingissä | Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen | | Finnish | 2003 | 3+ |
| Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! | | Mo Willems | | English | 2003 | 3+ |
| Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale | | Mo Willems | | English | 2004 | 3+ |
| The Secret Lives of Princesses | Les Princesses oubliées ou inconnues | Philippe Lechermeier | Rébecca Dautremer | French | 2004 | 3+ |
| Lost and Found | | Oliver Jeffers | | English | 2005 | 3+ |
| Traditional Chinese Folktales | Chinese: 山海經; pinyin: Shānhǎi jīng | unknown | | Chinese | 221 BC | 5+ |
| Tales of Otogizōshi | Japanese: 御伽草子, romanized: Otogi-zōshi | unknown | | Japanese | 1392 | 5+ |
| The Adventures of Peach Boy | Japanese: 桃太郎, romanized: Momotarō | unknown | | Japanese | 1603 | 5+ |
| Fairy Tales from the Past | Histoires ou contes du temps passé | Charles Perrault | | French | 1696 | 5+ |
| Grimms' Fairy Tales | Kinder- und Hausmärchen | Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm | | German | 1812 | 5+ |
| A Visit from St. Nicholas | | Clement Clarke Moore | | English | 1822 | 5+ |
| Fifty Fables for Children | Fünfzig Fabeln für Kinder | Wilhelm Hey | Otto Speckter | German | 1833 | 5+ |
| The Emperor's New Clothes | Keiserens nye Klæder | Hans Christian Andersen | | Danish | 1837 | 5+ |
| The Little Mermaid | Den lille Havfrue | Hans Christian Andersen | | Danish | 1837 | 5+ |
| The Ugly Duckling | Den grimme Ælling | Hans Christian Andersen | | Danish | 1843 | 5+ |
| Book of Nonsense | | Edward Lear | | English | 1846 | 5+ |
| Max and Moritz | Max und Moritz | Wilhelm Busch | | German | 1865 | 5+ |
| The Magic Fishbone | | Charles Dickens | John Gilbert | English | 1868 | 5+ |
| The House That Jack Built | | unknown | Randolph Caldecott | English | 1878 | 5+ |
| Cole's Funny Picture Book | | Edward William Cole | | English | 1879 | 5+ |
| A Child's Garden of Verses | | Robert Louis Stevenson | Charles Robinson | English | 1885 | 5+ |
| The Blue Fairy Book | | Andrew Lang | Henry Justice Ford | English | 1889 | 5+ |
| The Jungle Book | | Rudyard Kipling | John Lockwood Kipling | English | 1894 | 5+ |
| Perez the Mouse | El Ratón Pérez | Luis Coloma | | Spanish | 1894 | 5+ |
| Just So Stories | | Rudyard Kipling | | English | 1902 | 5+ |
| The Dutch Twins | | Lucy Fitch Perkins | | English | 1911 | 5+ |
| The Adventures of Maya the Bee | Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer | Waldemar Bonsels | | German | 1912 | 5+ |
| Josephine and Her Dolls | | H. C. Cradock | Honor C. Appleton | English | 1916 | 5+ |
| The Magic Pudding | | Norman Lindsay | | English | 1918 | 5+ |
| Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie | | May Gibbs | | English | 1918 | 5+ |
| Ameliaranne and the Green Umbrella | | Constance Heward | Susan Beatrice Pearse | English | 1920 | 5+ |
| Rupert the Bear | | Mary Tourtel | | English | 1921 | 5+ |
| Velveteen Rabbit | | Margery Williams | William Nicholson | English | 1922 | 5+ |
| Come Hither | | Walter de la Mare | Alec Buckels | English | 1923 | 5+ |
| When We Were Very Young | | A. A. Milne | Ernest Shepard | English | 1924 | 5+ |
| Now We Are Six | | A. A. Milne | Ernest Shepard | English | 1927 | 5+ |
| Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories | | Joyce Lankester Brisley | | English | 1928 | 5+ |
| Millions of Cats | | Wanda Gág | | English | 1929 | 5+ |
| The Squirrel, the Hare and the Little Grey Rabbit | | Alison Uttley | Margaret Tempest | English | 1929 | 5+ |
| All About Doggie and Pussycat | Povidani o pejskovi a kocicce | Josef Čapek | | Czech | 1929 | 5+ |
| The Wonderful Farm | Les Contes du Chat Perché | Marcel Aymé | Natalie Parain | French | 1934 | 5+ |
| Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain | | Edward Ardizzone | | English | 1936 | 5+ |
| Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep | | Eleanor Farjeon | | English | 1937 | 5+ |
| Mr. Popper's Penguins | | Richard Atwater | Robert Lawson | English | 1938 | 5+ |
| The Little Wooden Horse | | Ursula Moray Williams | Joyce Lankester Brisley | English | 1938 | 5+ |
| Caps for Sale | | Esphyr Slobodkina | | English | 1938 | 5+ |
| Michka | Michka | Marie Colmont | Feodor Rojankovsky | French | 1941 | 5+ |
| The Little Red Engine Gets a Name | | Diana Ross | Jan Le Witt and George Him | English | 1942 | 5+ |
| Tweet Tweet | Čin-Čin | Ľudmila Podjavorinská | | Slovakian | 1943 | 5+ |
| Tales and Legends | Cuentos y Leyendas | Javier Villafañe | Tabaré | Spanish | 1945 | 5+ |
| Pippi Longstocking | Pippi Långstrump | Astrid Lindgren | | Swedish | 1945 | 5+ |
| Stone Soup | | Marcia Brown | | English | 1947 | 5+ |
| The Doll's House | | Rumer Godden | | English | 1947 | 5+ |
| My Father's Dragon | | Ruth Stiles Gannett | Ruth Chrisman Gannett | English | 1948 | 5+ |
| Blueberries for Sal | | Robert McCloskey | | English | 1948 | 5+ |
| Apoutsiak | Apoutsiak | Paul-Émile Victor | | French | 1948 | 5+ |
| Foxie | | Ingri D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire | | English | 1949 | 5+ |
| Peanuts | | Charles M. Schulz | | English | 1950 | 5+ |
| Roule Galette | Roule Galette | Natha Caputo | Pierre Belvès | French | 1950 | 5+ |
| One Morning in Maine | | Robert McCloskey | | English | 1952 | 5+ |
| The Bears on Hemlock Mountain | | Alice Dalgliesh | Helen Sewell | English | 1952 | 5+ |
| The Biggest Bear | | Lynd Ward | | English | 1952 | 5+ |
| The Little Horse Bus | | Graham Greene | Dorothy Craige | English | 1952 | 5+ |
| Charlotte's Web | | Elwyn Brooks White | Garth Williams | English | 1952 | 5+ |
| Marlaguette | Marlaguette | Marie Colmont | Gerda Muller | French | 1952 | 5+ |
| Jip and Janneke | Jip en Janneke | Annie M. G. Schmidt | | Dutch | 1953 | 5+ |
| Teddy Robinson Stories | | Joan G. Robinson | | English | 1953 | 5+ |
| Detectives in Togas | Caius ist ein Dummkopf | Henry Winterfeld | Charlotte Kleinert | German | 1953 | 5+ |
| Harold and the Purple Crayon | | Crockett Johnson | | English | 1955 | 5+ |
| Clever Polly and The Stupid Wolf | | Catherine Storr | Marjorie-Ann Watts | English | 1955 | 5+ |
| A Toad Who Wanted to be a Star | El sapo que quería ser estrella | Oscar Alfaro | | Spanish | 1955 | 5+ |
| Italian Folktales | Fiable Italiane | Italo Calvino | | Italian | 1956 | 5+ |
| A Tree Is Nice | | Janice May Udry | Marc Simont | English | 1956 | 5+ |
| Captain Pugwash | | John Ryan | | English | 1957 | 5+ |
| Crictor | | Tomi Ungerer | | English | 1958 | 5+ |
| Chanticlear and the Fox | | Barbara Cooney | | English | 1958 | 5+ |
| Little Old Mrs. Pepperpot | Kjerringa som ble så lita som ei teskje | Alf Prøysen | Björn Berg | Norwegian | 1958 | 5+ |
| Little Nicholas | Le petit Nicolas | René Goscinny | Jean-Jacques Sempé | French | 1959 | 5+ |
| Are You My Mother? | | P. D. Eastman | | English | 1960 | 5+ |
| The Orange Cow | La Vache orange | Nathan Hale | Lucile Butel | French | 1961 | 5+ |
| The Three Robbers | Die drei Räuber | Tomi Ungerer | | German | 1961 | 5+ |
| Old Master Q | Chinese: 老夫子; pinyin: Lao Fu Zi | Wong Chak | | Chinese | 1962 | 5+ |
| The Robber Hotzenplotz | Der Räuber Hotzenplotz | Otfried Preußler | Franz Josef Tripp | German | 1962 | 5+ |
| The Snowy Day | | Ezra Jack Keats | | English | 1962 | 5+ |
| Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present | | Charlotte Zolotow | Maurice Sendak | English | 1962 | 5+ |
| Borka | | John Burningham | | English | 1963 | 5+ |
| Swimmy | | Leo Lionni | | English | 1963 | 5+ |
| Amelia Bedelia | | Peggy Parish | Fritz Siebel | English | 1963 | 5+ |
| The Dreams of the Toad | Los sueños del sapo | Javier Villafañe | Tabaré | Spanish | 1963 | 5+ |
| The Black Smurfs | Le Schtroumpfs Noirs | Peyo | | French | 1963 | 5+ |
| Flat Stanley | | Jeff Brown | Tomi Ungerer | English | 1964 | 5+ |
| The Giving Tree | | Shel Silverstein | | English | 1964 | 5+ |
| Dailan Kifki | Dailan Kifki | María Elena Walsh | Sandra Lavandeira | Spanish | 1966 | 5+ |
| Gumdrop | The Adventures of a Vintage Car | Val Biro | | English | 1966 | 5+ |
| Frederick | | Leo Lionni | | English | 1967 | 5+ |
| Cion Cion Blue | Cion Cion Blu | Pinin Carpi | Iris de Paoli | Italian | 1968 | 5+ |
| The Tiger Who Came to Tea | | Judith Kerr | | English | 1968 | 5+ |
| The Best Nest | | P. D. Eastman | | English | 1968 | 5+ |
| Kangaroo for All | Cangura para todo | Gloria Fuertes | | Spanish | 1968 | 5+ |
| Ramona the Pest | | Beverly Cleary | Louis Darling | English | 1968 | 5+ |
| A Necklace of Raindrops | | Joan Aiken | Jan Pieńkowski | English | 1968 | 5+ |
| The Duck in the Gun | | Joy Cowley | Edward Sorel | English | 1969 | 5+ |
| Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | | William Steig | | English | 1969 | 5+ |
| A Lion in the Meadow | | Margaret Mahy | Jenny Williams | English | 1969 | 5+ |
| Joseph's Yard | | Charles Keeping | | English | 1969 | 5+ |
| Frog and Toad are Friends | | Arnold Lobel | | English | 1970 | 5+ |
| Mog the Forgetful Cat | | Judith Kerr | | English | 1970 | 5+ |
| Figgie Hobbin | | Charles Causley | Pat Marriott | English | 1970 | 5+ |
| Hodja from Port | Hodja fra Pjort | Ole Lund Kirkegaard | | Danish | 1970 | 5+ |
| Tow Truck Pluck | Pluk van de Petteflet | Annie M. G. Schmidt | Fiep Westendorp | Dutch | 1971 | 5+ |
| Leo the Late Bloomer | | Robert Kraus | José Aruego | English | 1971 | 5+ |
| Amos & Boris | | William Steig | | English | 1971 | 5+ |
| Balloon Cat | | Keiko Sena | | Japanese | 1972 | 5+ |
| Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | | Judith Viorst | Ray Cruz | English | 1972 | 5+ |
| The Giant Jam Sandwich | | Janet Burroway | John Vernon Lord | English | 1972 | 5+ |
| Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish | | Michael Foreman | | English | 1972 | 5+ |
| The Companions | Os colegas | Lygia Bojunga Nunes | | Portuguese | 1972 | 5+ |
| The Real Thief | | William Steig | | English | 1973 | 5+ |
| Mind Your Own Business | | Michael Rosen | Quentin Blake | English | 1974 | 5+ |
| Where the Sidewalk Ends | | Shel Silverstein | | English | 1974 | 5+ |
| The Worst Witch | | Jill Murphy | | English | 1974 | 5+ |
| Strega Nona | | Tomie dePaola | | English | 1975 | 5+ |
| Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | | Verna Aardema | Leo and Diane Dillon | English | 1975 | 5+ |
| Mr. and Mrs. Pig's Evening Out | | Mary Rayner | | English | 1976 | 5+ |
| John Brown, Rose, and the Midnight Cat | | Jenny Wagner | Ron Brooks | English | 1977 | 5+ |
| Come Away From the Water, Shirley | | John Burningham | | English | 1977 | 5+ |
| The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch | | Ronda Armitage | David Armitage | English | 1977 | 5+ |
| Teo Discovers the World | Teo Descubre El Mundo | Violeta Denou | | Spanish | 1977 | 5+ |
| On the Antilles Sea in a Paper Boat | Por el Mar de las Antillas | Nicolás Guillén | Rapi Diego | Spanish | 1977 | 5+ |
| Fungus the Bogeyman | | Raymond Briggs | | English | 1977 | 5+ |
| Loon's Necklace | | William Toye | Elizabeth Cleaver | English | 1977 | 5+ |
| A Walk in the Park | | Anthony Browne | | English | 1977 | 5+ |
| Miss Nelson is Missing | | Harry Allard | James Marshall | English | 1977 | 5+ |
| Anno's Journey | Tabi no Ehon | Mitsumasa Anno | | Japanese | 1977 | 5+ |
| The Cat That Lived a Million Times | Hyakumankai ikita neko | Yōko Sano | | Japanese | 1977 | 5+ |
| The Battle of Bubble and Squeak | | Philippa Pearce | Alan Baker | English | 1978 | 5+ |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | | Judi Barrett | Ron Barrett | English | 1978 | 5+ |
| The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | | Paul Goble | | English | 1978 | 5+ |
| A Pocket for Corduroy | | Don Freeman | | English | 1978 | 5+ |
| The Quinkins | | Percy Trezise and Dick Roughsey | | English | 1978 | 5+ |
| The Enormous Crocodile | | Roald Dahl | Quentin Blake | English | 1978 | 5+ |
| Haunted House | | Jan Pieńkowski | | English | 1979 | 5+ |
| The Prince of Motordu | La belle lisse poire du prince de Motordu | Pierre Élie Ferrier | | French | 1980 | 5+ |
| Not now, Bernard | | David McKee | | English | 1980 | 5+ |
| The Paper Bag Princess | | Robert Munsch | Michael Martchenko | English | 1980 | 5+ |
| Jumanji | | Chris Van Allsburg | | English | 1981 | 5+ |
| Mr. Fox | | Gavin Bishop | | English | 1982 | 5+ |
| A Chair for My Mother | | Vera B. Williams | | English | 1982 | 5+ |
| Doctor De Soto | | William Steig | | English | 1982 | 5+ |
| Two Little Bears | | Hanna Muschg | Käthi Bhend | English | 1983 | 5+ |
| The Big Sister | Den stora systern | Siv Widerberg | Cecilia Torudd | Swedish | 1984 | 5+ |
| Dragon Ball | Doragonbōru | Akira Toriyama | | Japanese | 1984 | 5+ |
| Mr. Majeika | | Humphrey Carpenter | Frank Rodgers | English | 1984 | 5+ |
| The New Kid on the Block | | Jack Prelutsky | James Stevenson | English | 1984 | 5+ |
| Katie Morag Delivers the Mail | | Mairi Hedderwick | | English | 1984 | 5+ |
| If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | | Laura Numeroff | Felicia Bond | English | 1985 | 5+ |
| The People Could Fly | | Virginia Hamilton | Leo and Diane Dillon | English | 1985 | 5+ |
| Not So Fast Songololo | | Niki Daly | | English | 1985 | 5+ |
| Linnea in Monet's Garden | Linnea i Målarens Trädgård | Christina Björk | Lena Anderson | Swedish | 1985 | 5+ |
| The Polar Express | | Chris Van Allsburg | | English | 1985 | 5+ |
| The Jolly Postman | | Allan Ahlberg | Janet Ahlberg | English | 1986 | 5+ |
| Animalia | | Graeme Base | | English | 1986 | 5+ |
| Hey, Al | | Arthur Yorinks | Richard Egielski | English | 1986 | 5+ |
| The Hound of the Mound and the Frog of the Bog | El Perro del Cerro y la Rana de la Sabana | Ana Maria Machado | Irene Savino | Spanish | 1986 | 5+ |
| Lend me Your Wings | | John Agard | Adrienne Kennaway | English | 1987 | 5+ |
| Henry and Mudge | | Cynthia Rylant | Suçie Stevenson | English | 1987 | 5+ |
| My Place | | Nadia Wheatley | Donna Rawlins | English | 1987 | 5+ |
| The Hodgeheg | | Dick King-Smith | Ann Kronheimer | English | 1987 | 5+ |
| A Balloon for Grandad | | Nigel Gray | Jane Ray | English | 1988 | 5+ |
| Anancy-Spiderman | | James Berry | Joseph Oiobu | English | 1988 | 5+ |
| Drac and the Gremlin | | Allan Baillie | Jane Tanner | English | 1988 | 5+ |
| Matilda | | Roald Dahl | Quentin Blake | English | 1988 | 5+ |
| The Keeping Quilt | | Patricia Polacco | | English | 1988 | 5+ |
| Lon Po Po | | Ed Young | | English | 1989 | 5+ |
| Loulou | Loulou | Grégoire Solotareff | | French | 1989 | 5+ |
| The True Story of the Three Little Pigs | | Jon Scieszka | Lane Smith | English | 1989 | 5+ |
| Oh, the Places You'll Go | | Dr. Seuss | | English | 1990 | 5+ |
| Else-Marie and Her Seven Little Daddies | Else-Marie och småpapporna | Pija Lindenbaum | | Swedish | 1990 | 5+ |
| My Friend Percy's Magical Gym Shoes | Min vän Percys magiska gymnastikskor | Ulf Stark | Olof Landström | Swedish | 1991 | 5+ |
| Tar Beach | | Faith Ringgold | | English | 1991 | 5+ |
| The Stinky Cheese Man | | Jon Scieszka | Lane Smith | English | 1992 | 5+ |
| The Little Bird | | Paro Anand | | English | 1993 | 5+ |
| Friends From the Other Side | Amigos del Otro Lado | Gloria Anzaldúa | Consuelo Méndez | Spanish | 1993 | 5+ |
| Stellaluna | | Janell Cannon | | English | 1993 | 5+ |
| Horrid Henry | | Francesca Simon | Tony Ross | English | 1994 | 5+ |
| Old Tom | | Leigh Hobbs | | English | 1994 | 5+ |
| Jennifer Jones Won't Leave me Alone | | Frieda Wishinsky | Linda Hendry | English | 1995 | 5+ |
| Math Curse | | Jon Scieszka | Lane Smith | English | 1995 | 5+ |
| Moka the Cow | La mucca Moka | Agostino Traini | | Italian | 1995 | 5+ |
| Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse | | Kevin Henkes | | English | 1996 | 5+ |
| The Sea at the End of the Forest | Il mare in fondo al bosco | Pinin Carpi | | Italian | 1997 | 5+ |
| My Kingdom For a Horse | Mi reino por un caballo | Ana Maria Machado | Elisabeth Teixeira | Spanish | 1997 | 5+ |
| The Great Escape from City Zoo | | Tohby Riddle | | English | 1997 | 5+ |
| Henry and Amy | | Stephen Michael King | | English | 1998 | 5+ |
| A Bad Case of Stripes | | David Shannon | | English | 1998 | 5+ |
| Rumpelstiltskin and Other Grimm Tales | | Carol Ann Duffy | Markéta Prachatiká | English | 1999 | 5+ |
| The Death Book | Dödenboken | Pernilla Stalfelt | | Swedish | 1999 | 5+ |
| I will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato | | Lauren Child | | English | 2000 | 5+ |
| Fox | | Margaret Wild | Ron Brooks | English | 2000 | 5+ |
| The Three Pigs | | David Wiesner | | English | 2001 | 5+ |
| Dodo Gets Married | | Petra Mathers | | English | 2001 | 5+ |
| Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age | | Raymond Briggs | | English | 2001 | 5+ |
| The Love Book | Kärlekboken | Pernilla Stalfelt | | Swedish | 2001 | 5+ |
| That Pesky Rat | | Lauren Child | | English | 2002 | 5+ |
| Beegu | | Alexis Deacon | | English | 2003 | 5+ |
| Bridget and the Moose Brothers | Gittan och älgbrorsorna | Pija Lindenbaum | | Swedish | 2003 | 5+ |
| The Day the Babies Crawled Away | | Peggy Rathman | | English | 2003 | 5+ |
| The Biggest Kiss in the World | El beso más largo del mundo | Ricardo Chávez Castañeda | Mary Rodríguez | Spanish | 2003 | 5+ |
| I Hate School | | Jeanne Willis | Tony Ross | English | 2003 | 5+ |
| Skippyjon Jones | | Judy Schachner | | English | 2003 | 5+ |
| Constable Sniffler | Komisario Nuusku ja makkaratehtaan arvoitus | Asko Sirkiä | Pirjo Lipponen | Finnish | 2003 | 5+ |
| The Girl and the Jackdaw Tree | Tyttö ja naakkapuu | Riitta Jalonen | Kristiina Louhi | Finnish | 2004 | 5+ |
| You're All My Favourites | | Sam McBratney | Anita Jeram | English | 2004 | 5+ |
| Are We There Yet? | | Alison Lester | | English | 2004 | 5+ |
| The Sea Monster | | Christopher Wormell | | English | 2005 | 5+ |
| Zen Shorts | | Jon J Muth | | English | 2005 | 5+ |
| Leonardo, the Terrible Monster | | Mo Willems | | English | 2005 | 5+ |
| Llama, Llama, Red Pajama | | Anna Dewdney | | English | 2005 | 5+ |
| Wolves | | Emily Gravett | | English | 2005 | 5+ |
| The Boy Who Grew Flowers | | Jen Wojtowicz | Steve Adams | English | 2005 | 5+ |
| Snip Snap! | | Mara Bergman | Nick Maland | English | 2005 | 5+ |
| The Night Pirates | | Peter Harris | Deborah Allwright | English | 2005 | 5+ |
| Flotsam | | David Wiesner | | English | 2006 | 5+ |
| In Mr. Thunder's House | Nella casa del signor Tuono | Guido Quarzo | Fabrizio Monetti | Italian | 2006 | 5+ |
| The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon | | Mini Grey | | English | 2006 | 5+ |
| Aesop's Fables | | Aesop | | Greek | 550 BC | 8+ |
| Arabian Nights | Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, romanized: Alf Laylah wa-Laylah | unknown | | Arabic | 1400 | 8+ |
| Fairy Tales | Les Contes de Fées | Marie Catherine Baronne d’Aulnoy | | French | 1697 | 8+ |
| Robinson the Younger | Robinson der Jüngere | Joachim Heinrich Campe | | German | 1779 | 8+ |
| Tales from Shakespeare | | Charles Lamb and Mary Anne Lamb | | English | 1807 | 8+ |
| The Swiss Family Robinson | Der Schweizerische Robinson | Johann David Wyss | Johann Emmanuel Wyss | German | 1812 | 8+ |
| The Nutcracker and other Tales | Nussknacker und Mausekönig | E. T. A. Hoffmann | | German | 1816 | 8+ |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | | Robert Browning | | English | 1842 | 8+ |
| A Christmas Carol | | Charles Dickens | John Leech | English | 1843 | 8+ |
| Struwwelpeter | Der Struwwelpeter | Heinrich Hoffmann | | German | 1845 | 8+ |
| Morality Tales | Cuentos morales para niños formales | Rafael Pombo | | Spanish | 1854 | 8+ |
| The Water-Babies | | Charles Kingsley | Edward Linley Sambourne | English | 1863 | 8+ |
| Sophie's Misfortunes | Les malheurs de Sophie | Sophie Rostopchine | Horace Castelli | French | 1864 | 8+ |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | | Lewis Carroll | John Tenniel | English | 1865 | 8+ |
| Through the Looking Glass | | Lewis Carroll | John Tenniel | English | 1871 | 8+ |
| At the Back of the North Wind | | George MacDonald | Arthur Hughes | English | 1871 | 8+ |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | | Mark Twain | | English | 1876 | 8+ |
| Black Beauty | | Anna Sewell | | English | 1877 | 8+ |
| The Cuckoo Clock | | Mrs. Molesworth | Walter Crane | English | 1877 | 8+ |
| The Princess and the Goblin | | George MacDonald | Arthur Hughes | English | 1878 | 8+ |
| Nobody's Boy | Sans famille | Hector Malot | Émile Bayard | French | 1878 | 8+ |
| Simple National Slovak Tales | Prostonárodnie slovenské povesti | Pavol Dobšinský | | Slovakian | 1880 | 8+ |
| Uncle Remus Stories | | Joel Chandler Harris | | English | 1881 | 8+ |
| The Prince and the Pauper | | Mark Twain | Frank T. Merrill, John Harley and Ludvig Sandöe Ipsen | English | 1881 | 8+ |
| Bevis | | Richard Jefferies | | English | 1882 | 8+ |
| Pinocchio | Le avventure di Pinocchio | Carlo Collodi | Enrico Mazzanti | Italian | 1883 | 8+ |
| Treasure Island | | Robert Louis Stevenson | | English | 1883 | 8+ |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | | Mark Twain | Edward W. Kemble | English | 1884 | 8+ |
| Little Lord Fauntleroy | | Frances Hodgson Burnett | Reginald Birch | English | 1886 | 8+ |
| The Canterville Ghost | | Oscar Wilde | Frederick Henry Townsend | English | 1887 | 8+ |
| The Happy Prince | | Oscar Wilde | Walter Crane and George Percy Jacomb-Hood | English | 1888 | 8+ |
| Carrot Top | Poil de carotte | Jules Renard | Félix Vallotton | French | 1894 | 8+ |
| Moonfleet | | J. Meade Falkner | | English | 1898 | 8+ |
| The Black Corsair | Il Corsaro Nero | Emilio Salgari | Pipein Gamba | Italian | 1898 | 8+ |
| The Story of the Treasure Seekers | | E. Nesbit | Gordon Browner and Lewis Baumer | English | 1899 | 8+ |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | | Lyman Baum | William Wallace Denslow | English | 1900 | 8+ |
| Queen of the Caribbean | La regina dei Caraibi | Emilio Salgari | Pipein Gamba | Italian | 1901 | 8+ |
| Sussi and Biribissi | Sussi e Biribissi | Collodi Nipote | | Italian | 1902 | 8+ |
| Five Children and It | | E. Nesbit | H. R. Millar | English | 1902 | 8+ |
| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | | Kate Douglas Wiggin | Helen Mason Grose | English | 1903 | 8+ |
| The Bobbsey Twins | | Laura Lee Hope | Martha E. Miller | English | 1904 | 8+ |
| A Little Princess | | Frances Hodgson Burnett | Harold Piffard | English | 1905 | 8+ |
| Captain Storm | Il Capitan Tempesta | Emilio Salgari | Alberto della Valle | Italian | 1905 | 8+ |
| Bécassine | Bécassine | Jacqueline Rivière | Joseph Pinchon | French | 1905 | 8+ |
| Paul Street Boys | A Pál-utcai fiúk | Ferenc Molnár | | Hungarian | 1906 | 8+ |
| Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens | | J. M. Barrie | Arthur Rackham | English | 1906 | 8+ |
| Cautionary Tales for Children | | Hilaire Belloc | Basil Temple Blackwood | English | 1907 | 8+ |
| Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar | Arsène Lupin, gentleman-cambrioleur | Maurice Leblanc | | French | 1907 | 8+ |
| The Wonderful Adventures of Nils | Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige | Selma Lagerlöf | | Swedish | 1907 | 8+ |
| The Wind in the Willows | | Kenneth Grahame | | English | 1908 | 8+ |
| Anne of Green Gables | | Lucy Maud Montgomery | May Claus and William Claus | English | 1908 | 8+ |
| The Extraordinary Adventures of Massagran | Las aventuras extraordinarias de Massagran | Josep Maria Folch i Torres | Joan García Junceda i Supervia | Spanish | 1910 | 8+ |
| The Secret Garden | | Frances Hodgson Burnett | Charles Robinson | English | 1911 | 8+ |
| The Adventures of Gian Burrasca | Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca | Vamba | | Italian | 1911 | 8+ |
| Nesthäkchen | Nesthäkchen und ihre Puppen | Else Ury | | German | 1913 | 8+ |
| Pollyanna | | Eleanor Hodgman Porter | | English | 1913 | 8+ |
| Platero and I | Platero y yo | Juan Ramón Jiménez | | Spanish | 1914 | 8+ |
| The Young Visiters | | Daisy Ashford | | English | 1919 | 8+ |
| The Story of Doctor Dolittle | | Hugh Lofting | | English | 1920 | 8+ |
| Just William | | Richmal Crompton | Thomas Henry | English | 1922 | 8+ |
| The Boxcar Children | | Gertrude Chandler Warner | | English | 1924 | 8+ |
| The School at the Châlet | | Elinor Brent-Dyer | Nina K. Brisley | English | 1925 | 8+ |
| The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure | | Franklin W. Dixon | | English | 1927 | 8+ |
| Tintin in the Land of the Soviets | Tintin au pays des Soviets | Hergé | | French | 1929 | 8+ |
| Emil and the Detectives | Emil und die Detektive | Erich Kästner | Walter Trier | German | 1929 | 8+ |
| What Celia Says | Celia lo que dice | Elena Fortun | Molina Gallent | Spanish | 1929 | 8+ |
| Swallows and Amazons | | Arthur Ransome | | English | 1930 | 8+ |
| The Secret of the Old Clock | | Carolyn Keene | | English | 1930 | 8+ |
| Kubula and Kuba Kubikula | Kubula a Kuba Kubikula | Vladislav Vančura | Ondřej Sekora | Czech | 1931 | 8+ |
| The Red U: A Story for Lads | Das rote U: eine Jungengeschichte | Wilhelm Matthießen | | German | 1932 | 8+ |
| Little House in the Big Woods | | Laura Ingalls Wilder | Garth Williams | English | 1932 | 8+ |
| Farmer Boy | | Laura Ingalls Wilder | Garth Williams | English | 1933 | 8+ |
| Professor Branestawm | | Norman Hunter | William Heath Robinson | English | 1933 | 8+ |
| Night on the Galactic Railroad | Japanese: 銀河鉄道の夜, romanized: Ginga Tetsudō no Yoru | Kenji Miyazawa | Bryn Barnard | Japanese | 1934 | 8+ |
| Mary Poppins | | P. L. Travers | Mary Shepard | English | 1934 | 8+ |
| Little House on the Prairie | | Laura Wilder | Garth Williams | English | 1935 | 8+ |
| The Good Master | | Kate Seredy | | English | 1935 | 8+ |
| The Box of Delights | | John Masefield | | English | 1935 | 8+ |
| A Pony for Jean | | Joanna Cannan | Anne Bullen | English | 1936 | 8+ |
| Ballet Shoes | | Noel Streatfeild | Ruth Gervis | English | 1936 | 8+ |
| Worzel Gummidge | | Barbara Euphan Todd | Elizabeth Alldridge | English | 1936 | 8+ |
| Pigeon Post | | Arthur Ransome | | English | 1936 | 8+ |
| The Adventures of the Wishing Chair | | Enid Blyton | Hilda McGavin | English | 1937 | 8+ |
| The Far-Distant Oxus | | Katherine Hull | Pamela Whitlock | English | 1937 | 8+ |
| The Family from One End Street | | Eve Garnett | | English | 1937 | 8+ |
| The Hobbit | | J. R. R. Tolkien | | English | 1937 | 8+ |
| The Red Pony | | John Steinbeck | | English | 1937 | 8+ |
| My Friend Mr. Leakey | | J. B. S. Haldane | | English | 1937 | 8+ |
| The Circus Is Coming | | Noel Streatfeild | Steven Spurrier | English | 1938 | 8+ |
| The Sword in the Stone | | T. H. White | | English | 1938 | 8+ |
| Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats | | T. S. Eliot | Nicolas Bentley | English | 1939 | 8+ |
| The Ship That Flew | | Hilda Lewis | Nora Lavrin | English | 1939 | 8+ |
| A Traveller in Time | | Alison Utley | | English | 1939 | 8+ |
| Lassie Come-Home | | Eric Knight | Marguerite Kirmse | English | 1940 | 8+ |
| Betsy-Tacy | | Maud Lovelace | Lois Lenski | English | 1940 | 8+ |
| The Black Stallion | | Walter Farley | Keith Ward | English | 1941 | 8+ |
| The Swish of the Curtain | | Pamela Brown | | English | 1941 | 8+ |
| The Little Grey Men | | B.B. | | English | 1942 | 8+ |
| Five on a Treasure Island | | Enid Blyton | Eileen Soper | English | 1942 | 8+ |
| The Little Prince | Le Petit Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | | French | 1943 | 8+ |
| The Hundred Dresses | | Eleanor Estes | Louis Slobodkin | English | 1944 | 8+ |
| Brendon Chase | | B.B. | | English | 1944 | 8+ |
| Rabbit Hill | | Robert Lawson | | English | 1944 | 8+ |
| Wind on the Moon | | Eric Linklater | Nicolas Bentley | English | 1944 | 8+ |
| Stuart Little | | Elwyn Brooks White | Garth Williams | English | 1945 | 8+ |
| The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily | La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia | Dino Buzzati | | Italian | 1945 | 8+ |
| Lucky Luke — Arizona 1880 | Arizona 1880 | Morris | | French | 1946 | 8+ |
| The Little White Horse | | Elizabeth Goudge | C. Walter Hodges | English | 1946 | 8+ |
| Mistress Masham's Repose | | T. H. White | Fritz Eichenberg | English | 1946 | 8+ |
| Comet in Moominland | Kometjakten | Tove Jansson | | Finnish | 1946 | 8+ |
| The School for Cats | | Esther Averill | | English | 1947 | 8+ |
| Misty of Chincoteague | | Marguerite Henry | Wesley Dennis | English | 1947 | 8+ |
| Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School | | Frank Richards | | English | 1947 | 8+ |
| The Twenty-One Balloons | | William Pène du Bois | | English | 1947 | 8+ |
| Hurrah for St. Trinian's | | Ronald Searle | | English | 1948 | 8+ |
| The Fantastic Antoñita | Antoñita La Fantastica | Borita Casas | Mariano Zaragüeta | Spanish | 1948 | 8+ |
| Autumn Term | | Antonia Forest | | English | 1948 | 8+ |
| Finn Family Moomintroll | Trollkarlens hatt | Tove Jansson | | Finnish | 1948 | 8+ |
| Amazon Adventure | | Willard Price | | English | 1949 | 8+ |
| Children on the Oregon Trail | De Kinder Karavaan | Anna Rutgers van der Loeff | Carl Hollander | Dutch | 1949 | 8+ |
| The Thirteen Clocks | | James Thurber | Marc Simont | English | 1950 | 8+ |
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | C. S. Lewis | Pauline Baynes | English | 1950 | 8+ |
| The Princess Who Had Magic Fingers | La princesita que tenía los dedos mágicos | María Luisa Gefaell | Pilarín Ballés | Spanish | 1950 | 8+ |
| Adventurous Tales of Machu Picchu | Las aventuras de Machu Picchu | Ciro Alegria | | Spanish | 1950 | 8+ |
| Tales of Uncle Rabbit | Cuentos del picaro tio conejo | Euclides Jaramillo | | Spanish | 1950 | 8+ |
| Kimba | Jyangeru taitei | Osamu Tezuka | | Japanese | 1950 | 8+ |
| Prince Caspian | | C. S. Lewis | Pauline Baynes | English | 1951 | 8+ |
| Little Onion | Le avventure di Cipollino | Gianni Rodari | Raul Verdini | Italian | 1951 | 8+ |
| The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | | C. S. Lewis | Pauline Baynes | English | 1952 | 8+ |
| The Borrowers | | Mary Norton | Diana Stanley | English | 1952 | 8+ |
| Astro Boy (Mighty Atom) | Japanese: 鉄腕アトム, romanized: Tetsuwan Atomu | Osamu Tezuka | | Japanese | 1952 | 8+ |
| Marcelino, Bread and Wine | Marcelino, pan y vino | José María Sánchez-Silva | Lorenzo Goñi | Spanish | 1952 | 8+ |
| Jennings and Darbishire | | Anthony Buckeridge | | English | 1952 | 8+ |
| Down with Skool! | | Geoffrey Willans | Ronald Searle | English | 1953 | 8+ |
| A Kid for Two Farthings | | Wolf Mankowitz | | English | 1953 | 8+ |
| Half Magic | | Edward Eager | N. M. Bodecker | English | 1954 | 8+ |
| The Children of Green Knowe | | Lucy Boston | Peter Boston | English | 1954 | 8+ |
| A Child's Christmas in Wales | | Dylan Thomas | Edward Ardizzone | English | 1954 | 8+ |
| The Wheel on the School | | Meindert DeJong | Maurice Sendak | English | 1954 | 8+ |
| Hobberdy Dick | | Katharine Mary Briggs | Jane Kingshill | English | 1955 | 8+ |
| Little Bookroom | | Eleanor Farjeon | Edward Ardizzone | English | 1955 | 8+ |
| Minnow on the Say | | Philippa Pearce | Edward Ardizzone | English | 1955 | 8+ |
| A Hundred Million Francs | Le Cheval sans tête | Paul Berna | Richard Kennedy | French | 1955 | 8+ |
| Old Yeller | | Fred Gipson | | English | 1956 | 8+ |
| The Hundred and One Dalmatians | | Dodie Smith | Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone | English | 1956 | 8+ |
| The Warden's Niece | | Gillian Avery | Dick Hart | English | 1957 | 8+ |
| Thorn Castle | Tüskevár | István Fekete | | Hungarian | 1957 | 8+ |
| Gaston | Gaston | André Franquin | | French | 1957 | 8+ |
| Tom's Midnight Garden | | Philippa Pearce | Susan Einzig | English | 1958 | 8+ |
| Warrior Scarlet | | Rosemary Sutcliff | Charles Keeping | English | 1958 | 8+ |
| Mort and Phil | Mortadelo y Filemón | Francisco Ibáñez | | Spanish | 1958 | 8+ |
| Walkabout | | James Vance Marshall | | English | 1959 | 8+ |
| The Boy, the Swallow, and the Cat | El niño, la golondrina y el gato | Miguel Buñuel | Lorenzo Goñi | Spanish | 1959 | 8+ |
| My Great-Grandfather and I | Mein Urgroßvater und ich | James Krüss | Jochen Bartsch | German | 1959 | 8+ |
| The Cricket in Times Square | | George Selden | Garth Williams | English | 1960 | 8+ |
| The Bonny Pit Laddie | | Frederick Grice | Brian Wildsmith | English | 1960 | 8+ |
| Knight's Fee | | Rosemary Sutcliff | Charles Keeping | English | 1960 | 8+ |
| Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver | Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer | Michael Ende | Franz Josef Tripp | German | 1960 | 8+ |
| Astérix the Gaul | Astérix le Gaulois | René Goscinny | Albert Uderzo | French | 1961 | 8+ |
| The Incredible Journey | | Sheila Burnford | | English | 1961 | 8+ |
| James and the Giant Peach | | Roald Dahl | Nancy Ekholm Burkert | English | 1961 | 8+ |
| Fantômette | Fantômette | Georges Chaulet | Jeanne Hives | French | 1961 | 8+ |
| Six Companions | Les Six Compagnons | Paul-Jacques Bonzon | Albert Chazelle | French | 1961 | 8+ |
| The Phantom Tollbooth | | Norton Juster | Jules Feiffer | English | 1961 | 8+ |
| Where the Red Fern Grows | | Wilson Rawls | | English | 1961 | 8+ |
| D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths | | Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire | | English | 1962 | 8+ |
| The Winged Watchman | | Hilda van Stockum | | English | 1962 | 8+ |
| A Dog So Small | | Philippa Pearce | Jules Feiffer | English | 1962 | 8+ |
| The Garden | Zahrada | Jiří Trnka | | Czech | 1962 | 8+ |
| The Wolves of Willoughby Chase | | Joan Aiken | Pat Marriott | English | 1962 | 8+ |
| The Little Pot Boiler | | Spike Milligan | | English | 1963 | 8+ |
| How the Whale Became | | Ted Hughes | George Adamson | English | 1963 | 8+ |
| The Seasons in the City | Marcovaldo | Italo Calvino | | Italian | 1963 | 8+ |
| Stig of the Dump | | Clive King | Edward Ardizzone | English | 1963 | 8+ |
| Uncle | | J. P. Martin | Quentin Blake | English | 1964 | 8+ |
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | | Ian Fleming | John Burningham | English | 1964 | 8+ |
| The White Stone | Den vita stenen | Gunnel Linde | Eric Palmquist | Swedish | 1964 | 8+ |
| Harriet the Spy | | Louise Fitzhugh | | English | 1964 | 8+ |
| The Adventures of Rupert the Toad | Las aventuras del sapo Ruperto | Roy Berocay | José Miguel Silva Lara | Spanish | 1964 | 8+ |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | | Roald Dahl | Joseph Schindelman | English | 1964 | 8+ |
| Shy Violet | Violetta la timida | Giana Anguissola | | Italian | 1964 | 8+ |
| The Book of Three | | Lloyd Alexander | | English | 1964 | 8+ |
| Nurse Matilda | | Christianna Brand | Edward Ardizzone | English | 1964 | 8+ |
| Elidor | | Alan Garner | Charles Keeping | English | 1965 | 8+ |
| The Little Fox | Vuk | István Fekete | | Hungarian | 1965 | 8+ |
| The Mouse and the Motorcycle | | Beverly Cleary | Louis Darling | English | 1965 | 8+ |
| Telephone Tales | Favole al telefono | Gianni Rodari | Bruno Munari | Italian | 1965 | 8+ |
| The King of Copper Mountains | Het Sleutelkruid | Paul Biegel | | Dutch | 1965 | 8+ |
| Ash Road | | Ivan Southall | Clem Seale | English | 1965 | 8+ |
| The Magic Finger | | Roald Dahl | William Pène du Bois | English | 1966 | 8+ |
| Graveyard Kitaro | Hakaba Kitaro | Shigeru Mizuki | | Japanese | 1966 | 8+ |
| The Hedgehog Tree | L'albero del riccio | Antonio Gramsci | | Italian | 1966 | 8+ |
| The Mouse and His Child | | Russell Hoban | Lillian Hoban | English | 1967 | 8+ |
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | | E. L. Konigsburg | | English | 1967 | 8+ |
| The Goalkeeper's Revenge | | Bill Naughton | | English | 1967 | 8+ |
| D'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants | | Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire | | English | 1967 | 8+ |
| Tales of Rue Broca | Contes de la rue Broca | Pierre Gripari | Claude Lapointe | French | 1967 | 8+ |
| A Wizard of Earthsea | | Ursula K. Le Guin | | English | 1968 | 8+ |
| The Iron Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights | | Ted Hughes | George Adamson | English | 1968 | 8+ |
| My Sweet-Orange Tree | O meu pé de laranja lima | José Mauro de Vasconcelos | | Portuguese | 1968 | 8+ |
| Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future | ドラえもん | Fujiko Fujio | | Japanese | 1968 | 8+ |
| A Pair of Jesus Boots | | Sylvia Sherry | | English | 1969 | 8+ |
| Charlotte Sometimes | | Penelope Farmer | | English | 1969 | 8+ |
| The Little Captain [Wikidata] | De kleine kapitein | Paul Biegel | Carl Hollander | Dutch | 1970 | 8+ |
| Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | | Judy Blume | | English | 1970 | 8+ |
| When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit | | Judith Kerr | | English | 1971 | 8+ |
| Friday, or the Savage Life | Vendredi ou la vie sauvage | Michel Tournier | Georges Lemoine | French | 1971 | 8+ |
| The Shrinking of Treehorn | | Florence Parry Heide | Edward Gorey | English | 1971 | 8+ |
| The Carpet People | | Terry Pratchett | | English | 1971 | 8+ |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | | Robert C. O’Brien | | English | 1971 | 8+ |
| The Cucumber King | Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig | Christine Nöstlinger | Werner Maurer | German | 1972 | 8+ |
| Watership Down | | Richard Adams | | English | 1972 | 8+ |
| Efrem the Knight | Efrem il cavaliere | Mino Milani | | Italian | 1972 | 8+ |
| The Ghost of Thomas Kempe | | Penelope Lively | Anthony Maitland | English | 1973 | 8+ |
| Stradbroke Dreamtime | | Oodgeroo Noonuccal | Bronwyn Bancroft | English | 1972 | 8+ |
| The Eighteenth Emergency | | Betsy Byars | | English | 1973 | 8+ |
| Chlorophyll from the Blue Sky | Clorofilla dal cielo blu | Bianca Pitzorno | Gianna Santini Valeriani | Italian | 1973 | 8+ |
| The Brothers Lionheart | Bröderna Lejonhjärta | Astrid Lindgren | Ilon Wikland | Swedish | 1973 | 8+ |
| Crusade in Jeans | Kruistocht in spijkerbroek | Thea Beckman | | Dutch | 1973 | 8+ |
| Grinny [Wikidata] | | Nicholas Fisk | | English | 1973 | 8+ |
| The Fib [Wikidata] | | George Layton | | English | 1975 | 8+ |
| Conrad: The Factory-Made Boy [Wikidata] | Konrad oder Das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse | Christine Nöstlinger | Franz Wittkamp | German | 1975 | 8+ |
| Granny [Wikidata] | Oma | Peter Härtling | Peter Knorr | German | 1975 | 8+ |
| The Stone Book | | Alan Garner | Michael Foreman | English | 1976 | 8+ |
| Ordinary Jack | | Helen Cresswell | | English | 1977 | 8+ |
| Bridge to Terabithia | | Katherine Paterson | Donna Diamond | English | 1977 | 8+ |
| The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler | | Gene Kemp | Carolyn Dinan | English | 1977 | 8+ |
| Storm Boy | | Colin Thiele | | English | 1977 | 8+ |
| Charmed Life | | Diana Wynne Jones | | English | 1977 | 8+ |
| The Little Man Dressed in Gray [Wikidata] | El Hombrecito Vestido de Gris | Fernando Alonso | Ulises Wensell | Spanish | 1978 | 8+ |
| The Kaziranga Trail [Wikidata] | | Arup Kumar Dutta | | English | 1978 | 8+ |
| Under the Mountain | | Maurice Gee | | English | 1979 | 8+ |
| Fray Perico and His Donkey [Wikidata] | Fray Perico y su borrico | Juan Muñoz Martín | Antonio Tello | Spanish | 1979 | 8+ |
| Anastasia Krupnik | | Lois Lowry | Diane deGroat | English | 1979 | 8+ |
| Jacob Have I Loved | | Katherine Paterson | | English | 1980 | 8+ |
| Night Swimmers [Wikidata] | | Betsy Byars | | English | 1980 | 8+ |
| Superfudge | | Judy Blume | | English | 1980 | 8+ |
| The Indian in the Cupboard | | Lynne Reid Banks | Robin Jacques | English | 1980 | 8+ |
| Nothing to be Afraid Of [Wikidata] | | Jan Mark | David Parkins | English | 1980 | 8+ |
| Jules's Rat [Wikidata] | Jules Ratte | Peter Hacks | Klaus Ensikat | German | 1981 | 8+ |
| Goodnight Mister Tom | | Michelle Magorian | | English | 1981 | 8+ |
| Ronia, the Robber's Daughter | Ronja rövardotter | Astrid Lindgren | | Swedish | 1981 | 8+ |
| The BFG | | Roald Dahl | Quentin Blake | English | 1982 | 8+ |
| The Haunting | | Margaret Mahy | | English | 1982 | 8+ |
| The Rattle Bag [Wikidata] | | Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes | | English | 1982 | 8+ |
| When the Wind Blows | | Raymond Briggs | | English | 1982 | 8+ |
| Me in the Middle [Wikidata] | Bisa Bia, Bisa Bei | Ana Maria Machado | Regina Yolanda | Portuguese | 1982 | 8+ |
| Schoolboy Jia Li | Chinese: 男生贾里全传; lit. 'The Complete Story of Jia Li' | Qin Wenjun | | Chinese | 1982 | 8+ |
| The Demon Headmaster | | Gillian Cross | | English | 1982 | 8+ |
| Max and Sally | Mach a Sebestová | Miloš Macourek | Adolf Born | Czech | 1982 | 8+ |
| War Horse | | Michael Morpurgo | | English | 1982 | 8+ |
| The Sheep-Pig | | Dick King-Smith | Mary Rayner | English | 1983 | 8+ |
| Sunday's Child [Wikidata] | Sonntagskind | Gudrun Mebs | Rotraut Susanne Berner | German | 1983 | 8+ |
| Please Mrs. Butler | | Allan Ahlberg | Fritz Wegner | English | 1983 | 8+ |
| Mouth Open, Story Jump Out | | Grace Hallworth | Art Derry | English | 1984 | 8+ |
| The Eye of the Wolf | L'œil du loup | Daniel Pennac | | French | 1984 | 8+ |
| Tomb Raiders | Les pilleurs de sarcophages | Odile Weulersse | Gaëtan Brizzi and Paul Brizzi | French | 1984 | 8+ |
| Pirate's Heart | Das Herz des Piraten | Benno Pludra | Gerhard Großmann | German | 1985 | 8+ |
| Storm | | Kevin Crossley-Holland | Alan Marks | English | 1985 | 8+ |
| Sarah, Plain and Tall | | Patricia MacLachlan | | English | 1985 | 8+ |
| Journey to Jo'burg | | Beverley Naidoo | | English | 1985 | 8+ |
| The Valley of the Fireflies | El valle de los Cocuyos | Gloria Cecilia Díaz | Francisco Meléndez | Spanish | 1985 | 8+ |
| Why the Whales Came | | Michael Morpurgo | | English | 1985 | 8+ |
| Gargling with Jelly | | Brian Patten | David Mostyn | English | 1985 | 8+ |
| The Hounds of the Morrigan | | Pat O’Shea | | English | 1985 | 8+ |
| Redwall | | Brian Jacques | | English | 1986 | 8+ |
| The Snow Spider | | Jenny Nimmo | | English | 1986 | 8+ |
| Whipping Boy | | Sid Fleischman | Peter Sís | English | 1987 | 8+ |
| I am Susannah | | Libby Gleeson | | English | 1987 | 8+ |
| Quirky Tails | | Paul Jennings | | English | 1987 | 8+ |
| Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | | John Steptoe | | English | 1987 | 8+ |
| A Thief in the Village | | James Berry | | English | 1987 | 8+ |
| My Friend the Painter | O meu amigo pintor | Lygia Bojunga Nunes | | Portuguese | 1987 | 8+ |
| The Whale Rider | | Witi Ihimaera | | English | 1987 | 8+ |
| Pit Pony | | Joyce Barkhouse | | English | 1989 | 8+ |
| Two Weeks With the Queen | | Morris Gleitzman | | English | 1989 | 8+ |
| Hayflower and Quiltshoe | Heinähattu ja Vilttitossu | Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola | Markus Majaluoma | Finnish | 1989 | 8+ |
| Merryll of the Stones | | Brian Caswell | | English | 1989 | 8+ |
| Bill's New Frock | | Anne Fine | Philippe Dupasquier | English | 1989 | 8+ |
| Truckers | | Terry Pratchett | | English | 1989 | 8+ |
| Haroun and the Sea of Stories | | Salman Rushdie | | English | 1990 | 8+ |
| The Painted House | La casa pintada | Montserrat del Amo | Francisco Solé | Spanish | 1990 | 8+ |
| Maniac Magee | | Jerry Spinelli | | English | 1990 | 8+ |
| Shiloh | | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | | English | 1991 | 8+ |
| The Story of Tracy Beaker | | Jacqueline Wilson | Nick Sharratt | English | 1991 | 8+ |
| Only You Can Save Mankind | | Terry Pratchett | | English | 1992 | 8+ |
| The Last Giants [Wikidata] | Les derniers Géants | François Place | | French | 1992 | 8+ |
| Almost Everyone Could Topple | Bijna iedereen kon omvallen | Toon Tellegen | | Dutch | 1993 | 8+ |
| The Giver | | Lois Lowry | | English | 1993 | 8+ |
| Manolito Gafotas | Los trapos sucios | Elvira Lindo | Emilio Urberuaga | Spanish | 1994 | 8+ |
| A Mole Always Turns Up On Its Own | Ein Maulwurf kommt immer allein | Hanna Johansen | | German | 1994 | 8+ |
| The Bed and Breakfast Star | | Jacqueline Wilson | Nick Sharratt | English | 1994 | 8+ |
| Way Home | | Libby Hathorn | Gregory Rogers | English | 1994 | 8+ |
| Stories to Fernando | Historias a Fernández | Ema Wolf | Jorge Sanzol | Spanish | 1994 | 8+ |
| Halinka | Wenn das Glück kommt, muss man ihm einen Stuhl hinstellen | Mirjam Pressler | | German | 1994 | 8+ |
| Watch Out For the Cat | Occhio al gatto | Silvana Gandolfi | Giulia Orecchia | Italian | 1995 | 8+ |
| Poordog The Starved | Casiperro del Hambre | Graciela Montes | Oscar Rojas | Spanish | 1995 | 8+ |
| 45 & 47 Stella Street and Everything that Happened | | Elizabeth Honey | | English | 1995 | 8+ |
| Tashi | | Anna Fienberg and Barbara Fienberg | Kim Gamble | English | 1995 | 8+ |
| Clockwork | | Philip Pullman | Peter Bailey | English | 1995 | 8+ |
| The View from Saturday | | E. L. Konigsburg | | English | 1996 | 8+ |
| Johnny and the Bomb | | Terry Pratchett | | English | 1996 | 8+ |
| The Story of a Seagull | Historia de una gaviota y del gato que le enseñó a volar | Luis Sepúlveda | Miles Hyman | Spanish | 1996 | 8+ |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | Joanne K. Rowling | | English | 1997 | 8+ |
| Fire, Bed and Bone | | Henrietta Branford | | English | 1997 | 8+ |
| Matthias and Grandpa | Mattia e il nonno | Roberto Piumini | Cecco Mariniello | Italian | 1997 | 8+ |
| Toby | | Graciela Beatriz Cabal | Alberto Pez | Spanish | 1997 | 8+ |
| The Composition | La composición | Antonio Skármeta | Alfonso Ruano | Spanish | 1998 | 8+ |
| Skellig | | David Almond | | English | 1998 | 8+ |
| Just Annoying! | | Andy Griffiths | Terry Denton | English | 1998 | 8+ |
| My Girragundji | | Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor | | English | 1998 | 8+ |
| The Sterkarm Handshake | | Susan Price | | English | 1998 | 8+ |
| The Dog With the Yellow Heart | Der Hund mit dem gelben Herzen | Jutta Richter | | German | 1998 | 8+ |
| Clarice Bean: That's Me | | Lauren Child | | English | 1999 | 8+ |
| A Series of Unfortunate Events | | Lemony Snicket | Brett Helquist | English | 1999 | 8+ |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | | Joanne K. Rowling | | English | 1999 | 8+ |
| Kensuke's Kingdom | | Michael Morpurgo | Michael Foreman | English | 1999 | 8+ |
| Hitler's Daughter | | Jackie French | | English | 1999 | 8+ |
| Something's Fishy, Hazel Green! | | Odo Hirsch | Andrew McLean | English | 2000 | 8+ |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | | Joanne K. Rowling | | English | 2000 | 8+ |
| The Day I Learned to Tame Spiders | Der Tag, als ich lernte die Spinnen zu zähmen | Jutta Richter | | German | 2000 | 8+ |
| Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare | | Darren Shan | | English | 2000 | 8+ |
| Because of Winn-Dixie | | Kate DiCamillo | | English | 2000 | 8+ |
| Father Grew Wings in Spring | Keväällä isä sai siivet | Tomi Kontio | | Finnish | 2000 | 8+ |
| Alex Rider: Stormbreaker | | Anthony Horowitz | | English | 2000 | 8+ |
| The Papunya School Book | | Nadia Wheatley | Mary Malbunka | English | 2000 | 8+ |
| The Vile Village | | Lemony Snicket | Brett Helquist | English | 2001 | 8+ |
| Rupert the Rapper and Aunt Deep Freeze | Risto Räppääjä ja pakastaja-Elvi | Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola | Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen | Finnish | 2001 | 8+ |
| Mortal Engines | | Philip Reeve | | English | 2001 | 8+ |
| Artemis Fowl | | Eoin Colfer | | English | 2001 | 8+ |
| Aldabra | Aldabra: la tartaruga che amava Shakespeare | Silvana Gandolfi | Fabian Negrin | Italian | 2001 | 8+ |
| Journey to the River Sea | | Eva Ibbotson | | English | 2001 | 8+ |
| City of the Beasts | La Ciudad de las bestias | Isabel Allende | | Spanish | 2002 | 8+ |
| Utterly Me, Clarice Bean | | Lauren Child | | English | 2002 | 8+ |
| The Wolves in the Walls | | Neil Gaiman | Dave McKean | English | 2003 | 8+ |
| The Field Guide | | Holly Black | Tony DiTerlizzi | English | 2003 | 8+ |
| The Naming Of Tishkin Silk | | Glenda Millard | Caroline Magerl | English | 2003 | 8+ |
| Inkheart | Tintenherz | Cornelia Funke | | German | 2003 | 8+ |
| Three Fairy Tales | Tres cuentos de hadas | Gustavo Martín Garzo | Jesús Gabán | Spanish | 2003 | 8+ |
| The Tale of Despereaux | | Kate DiCamillo | Timothy Basil Ering | English | 2003 | 8+ |
| Millions | | Frank Cottrell Boyce | | English | 2004 | 8+ |
| Wolf Brother | | Michelle Paver | | English | 2004 | 8+ |
| Ark Angel | | Anthony Horowitz | | English | 2005 | 8+ |
| Rabbit and Coyote | Conejo y Coyote | Beatriz Donnet | | Spanish | 2005 | 8+ |
| The Cat, or How I Lost Eternity | Die Katze oder wie ich die Ewigkeit verloren habe | Jutta Richter | Rotraut Susanne Berner | German | 2006 | 8+ |
| The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | | John Boyne | | English | 2006 | 8+ |
| The Arrival | | Shaun Tan | | English | 2006 | 8+ |
| The Invention of Hugo Cabret | | Brian Selznick | | English | 2007 | 8+ |
| The Graveyard Book | | Neil Gaiman | Chris Riddell | English | 2008 | 8+ |
| Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno | Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno | Giulio Cesare Croce and Adriano Banchieri | | Italian | 1620 | 12+ |
| Robinson Crusoe | | Daniel Defoe | | English | 1719 | 12+ |
| Gulliver's Travels | | Jonathan Swift | | English | 1726 | 12+ |
| The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen | Wunderbare Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande – Feldzüge und lustige Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen | Gottfried August Bürger | | German | 1786 | 12+ |
| The Three Musketeers | Les Trois Mousquetaires | Alexandre Dumas | | French | 1844 | 12+ |
| The Children of the New Forest | | Frederick Marryat | | English | 1847 | 12+ |
| The Scarlet Letter | | Nathaniel Hawthorne | | English | 1850 | 12+ |
| The Rose and the Ring | | William Makepeace Thackeray | | English | 1855 | 12+ |
| Tom Brown's Schooldays | | Thomas Hughes | | English | 1857 | 12+ |
| The Coral Island | | Robert Michael Ballantyne | | English | 1857 | 12+ |
| Eric, or Little by Little | | Frederic Farrar | | English | 1858 | 12+ |
| Captain Fracasse | Le Capitaine Fracasse | Théophile Gautier | | French | 1863 | 12+ |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | Voyage au centre de la Terre | Jules Verne | | French | 1864 | 12+ |
| The Good Little Devil | Un bon petit diable | Sophie de Ségur | Horace Castelli | French | 1865 | 12+ |
| Little Women | | Louisa May Alcott | May Alcott | English | 1868 | 12+ |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | 20.000 lieues sous les mers | Jules Verne | | French | 1869 | 12+ |
| What Katy Did | | Susan Coolidge | | English | 1872 | 12+ |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Le Tour du monde en 80 jours | Jules Verne | | French | 1873 | 12+ |
| Heidi | Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre | Johanna Spyri | | German | 1880 | 12+ |
| The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's | | Talbot Baines Reed | | English | 1881 | 12+ |
| With Clive in India | | George Alfred Henty | | English | 1884 | 12+ |
| Kidnapped | | Robert Louis Stevenson | | English | 1886 | 12+ |
| Heart | Cuore | Edmondo De Amicis | | Italian | 1886 | 12+ |
| Seven Little Australians | | Ethel Turner | | English | 1894 | 12+ |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | | Anthony Hope | | English | 1894 | 12+ |
| The Treasure in Silver Lake [Wikidata] | Der Schatz im Silbersee | Karl May | | German | 1894 | 12+ |
| Eclipse of the Crescent Moon | Egri csillagok | Géza Gárdonyi | | Hungarian | 1899 | 12+ |
| The Tigers of Mompracem | Le Tigri di Mompracem | Emilio Salgari | Pipein Gamba | Italian | 1900 | 12+ |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | | Arthur Conan Doyle | | English | 1902 | 12+ |
| The Call of the Wild | | Jack London | | English | 1903 | 12+ |
| Jolanda, Daughter of the Black Corsair | Jolanda la figlia del Corsaro Nero | Emilio Salgari | Alberto della Valle | Italian | 1905 | 12+ |
| White Fang | | Jack London | | English | 1906 | 12+ |
| The Railway Children | | E. Nesbit | | English | 1906 | 12+ |
| The Fortunes of Philippa | | Angela Brazil | | English | 1906 | 12+ |
| Jock of the Bushveld | | James Percy FitzPatrick | Edmund Caldwell | English | 1907 | 12+ |
| The Mystery of the Yellow Room | Le mystère de la chambre jaune | Gaston Leroux | | French | 1907 | 12+ |
| A Girl of the Limberlost | | Gene Stratton-Porter | Władysław T. Benda | English | 1909 | 12+ |
| The War of the Buttons | La Guerre des boutons | Louis Pergaud | | French | 1912 | 12+ |
| Tales of the Jungle [Wikidata] | Cuentos de la selva | Horacio Quiroga | | Spanish | 1918 | 12+ |
| The Cave Children [Wikidata] | Die Höhlenkinder | Alois Theodor Sonnleitner | | German | 1918 | 12+ |
| The Dark Frigate | | Charles Boardman Hawes | Aiden Lassell Ripley | English | 1923 | 12+ |
| In Medeleni | La Medeleni | Ionel Teodoreanu | | Romanian | 1925 | 12+ |
| Emily Climbs | | Lucy Maud Montgomery | | English | 1925 | 12+ |
| Tarka the Otter | | Henry Williamson | Charles Tunnicliffe | English | 1927 | 12+ |
| Ede and Unku | Ede und Unku | Alex Wedding | | German | 1931 | 12+ |
| Biggles: The Camels Are Coming | | William Earl Johns | | English | 1932 | 12+ |
| The Children from Number 67 | Die Kinder aus Nummer 67 | Lisa Tetzner | | German | 1933 | 12+ |
| Missing from Saint-Agil | Les Disparus de Saint-Agil | Pierre Véry | | French | 1935 | 12+ |
| Caddie Woodlawn | | Carol Ryrie Brink | Kate Seredy | English | 1935 | 12+ |
| The Happy Return | | Cecil Scott Forester | | English | 1937 | 12+ |
| The Yearling | | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | N. C. Wyeth | English | 1938 | 12+ |
| Cue for Treason | | Geoffrey Trease | Beatrice Goldsmith | English | 1940 | 12+ |
| Red Zora | Die rote Zora und ihre Bande | Kurt Held | | German | 1941 | 12+ |
| We Couldn't Leave Dinah | | Mary Treadgold | Stuart Tresilian | English | 1941 | 12+ |
| My Friend Flicka | | Mary O'Hara | John Steuart Curry | English | 1941 | 12+ |
| Johnny Tremain | | Esther Forbes | | English | 1943 | 12+ |
| Woods of Windri | | Violet Needham | Joyce Bruce | English | 1944 | 12+ |
| The Otterbury Incident | | Cecil Day-Lewis | Edward Ardizzone | English | 1948 | 12+ |
| I Capture the Castle | | Dodie Smith | | English | 1949 | 12+ |
| Metropolis | メトロポリス | Osamu Tezuka | | Japanese | 1949 | 12+ |
| The Path | El Camino | Miguel Delibes | | Spanish | 1950 | 12+ |
| Big Tiger and Christian | Großer-Tiger und Christian | Fritz Mühlenweg | Raffaello Busoni | German | 1950 | 12+ |
| The Catcher in the Rye | | J. D. Salinger | | English | 1951 | 12+ |
| The Wool-Pack: A Tale of Adventure | | Cynthia Harnett | | English | 1951 | 12+ |
| The Sons of Great Bear | Die Söhne der Großen Bärin | Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich | | German | 1951 | 12+ |
| Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhuí [Wikidata] | Industrias y andanzas de Alfanhuí | Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio | | Spanish | 1951 | 12+ |
| The Cloven Viscount | Il visconte dimezzato | Italo Calvino | | Italian | 1952 | 12+ |
| King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table | | Roger Lancelyn Green | Arthur Henderson Hall | English | 1953 | 12+ |
| Fahrenheit 451 | | Ray Bradbury | | English | 1953 | 12+ |
| Eagle of the Ninth | | Rosemary Sutcliff | C. Walter Hodges | English | 1954 | 12+ |
| The Fellowship of the Ring | | J. R. R. Tolkien | | English | 1954 | 12+ |
| Lord of the Flies | | William Golding | | English | 1954 | 12+ |
| Carry on, Mr. Bowditch | | Jean Lee Latham | | English | 1955 | 12+ |
| Viking's Dawn | | Henry Treece | Christine Hilda Price | English | 1955 | 12+ |
| Captain Thunder | El Capitán Trueno | Víctor Mora | Ambrós | Spanish | 1956 | 12+ |
| Neitah: A Girl in the Far North | Neitah, ein Mädchen im hohen Norden | Edith Klatt | | German | 1956 | 12+ |
| The Silver Sword | | Ian Serraillier | C. Walter Hodges | English | 1956 | 12+ |
| The Cherry Kids | Cireșarii | Constantin Chirita | | Romanian | 1956 | 12+ |
| Rifles for Watie | | Harold Keith | | English | 1957 | 12+ |
| The Baron in the Trees | Il barone rampante | Italo Calvino | | Italian | 1957 | 12+ |
| The Witch of Blackbird Pond | | Elizabeth George Speare | | English | 1958 | 12+ |
| The Silver Brumby | | Elyne Mitchell | | English | 1958 | 12+ |
| Marianne Dreams | | Catherine Storr | Marjorie-Ann Watts | English | 1958 | 12+ |
| The Lion | Le lion | Joseph Kessel | | French | 1958 | 12+ |
| Friday's Tunnel | | John Verney | | English | 1959 | 12+ |
| Zazie in the Metro | Zazie dans le métro | Raymond Queneau | | French | 1959 | 12+ |
| My Side of the Mountain | | Jean Craighead George | | English | 1959 | 12+ |
| The Nonexistent Knight | Il cavaliere inesistente | Italo Calvino | | Italian | 1959 | 12+ |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | | Harper Lee | | English | 1960 | 12+ |
| The Weirdstone of Brisingamen | | Alan Garner | | English | 1960 | 12+ |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins | | Scott O’Dell | | English | 1960 | 12+ |
| Tangara | | Nan Chauncy | | English | 1961 | 12+ |
| Friedrich | Damals war es Friedrich | Hans Peter Richter | | German | 1961 | 12+ |
| A Wrinkle in Time | | Madeleine L’Engle | | English | 1962 | 12+ |
| The Letter for the King | De brief voor de koning | Tonke Dragt | | Dutch | 1962 | 12+ |
| The Twelve and the Genii | | Pauline Clarke | | English | 1962 | 12+ |
| Time of Trial | | Hester Burton | | English | 1963 | 12+ |
| I Am David | | Anne Holm | | English | 1963 | 12+ |
| Pastures of the Blue Crane | | Hesba Fay Brinsmead | | English | 1964 | 12+ |
| The Stowaway of the Ulysses | El polizón del Ulises | Ana María Matute | | Spanish | 1965 | 12+ |
| Gentle Ben | | Walt Morey | John Schoenherr | English | 1965 | 12+ |
| The Min-Min | | Mavis Thorpe Clark | Genevieve Melrose | English | 1966 | 12+ |
| The Owl Service | | Alan Garner | | English | 1967 | 12+ |
| The Outsiders | | Susan E. Hinton | | English | 1967 | 12+ |
| Flambards | | K. M. Peyton | | English | 1967 | 12+ |
| Smith [Wikidata] | | Leon Garfield | Antony Maitland | English | 1967 | 12+ |
| The Dolphin Crossing | | Jill Paton Walsh | | English | 1967 | 12+ |
| Picnic at Hanging Rock | | Joan Lindsay | | English | 1967 | 12+ |
| The Pigman | | Paul Zindel | | English | 1968 | 12+ |
| A Kestrel for a Knave | | Barry Hines | | English | 1968 | 12+ |
| Chocky | | John Wyndham | | English | 1968 | 12+ |
| The Cay | | Theodore Taylor | | English | 1969 | 12+ |
| Sounder | | William H. Armstrong | | English | 1969 | 12+ |
| Where the Lilies Bloom | | Vera Cleaver and Bill Cleaver | James J. Spanfeller | English | 1969 | 12+ |
| The Edge of the Cloud | | K. M. Peyton | | English | 1969 | 12+ |
| Oscar at the South Pole | Oscar en el Polo Sur | Carmen Kurtz | | Spanish | 1970 | 12+ |
| The Summer of the Swans | | Betsy Byars | Ted CoConis | English | 1970 | 12+ |
| The Lark and the Laurel | | Barbara Willard | | English | 1970 | 12+ |
| Grover | | Vera Cleaver and Bill Cleaver | | English | 1970 | 12+ |
| I'm the King of the Castle | | Susan Hill | | English | 1970 | 12+ |
| A Long Way from Verona | | Jane Gardam | | English | 1971 | 12+ |
| Winter in Wartime | Oorlogswinter | Jan Terlouw | Jan Wesseling | Dutch | 1972 | 12+ |
| No Way of Telling | | Emma Smith | | English | 1972 | 12+ |
| Across the Barricades | | Joan Lingard | | English | 1972 | 12+ |
| The Summer Book | Sommarboken | Tove Jansson | | Finnish | 1972 | 12+ |
| Julie of the Wolves | | Jean Craighead George | John Schoenherr | English | 1972 | 12+ |
| Stories From the Year One Thousand | Storie dell'anno mille | Tonino Guerra | Adriano Zannino | Italian | 1972 | 12+ |
| The Spirit Wind | | Max Fatchen | Trevor Stubley | English | 1973 | 12+ |
| Fly Away Home [Wikidata] | Maikäfer, flieg! | Christine Nöstlinger | | German | 1973 | 12+ |
| The Nargun and the Stars | | Patricia Wrightson | Robert Ingpen | English | 1973 | 12+ |
| The Slave Dancer | | Paula Fox | Eros Keith | English | 1973 | 12+ |
| The Friends | | Rosa Guy | | English | 1973 | 12+ |
| The Dark is Rising | | Susan Cooper | Alan E. Cober | English | 1973 | 12+ |
| Carrie's War | | Nina Bawden | | English | 1973 | 12+ |
| M. C. Higgins | | Virginia Hamilton | | English | 1974 | 12+ |
| Nobody's Family Is Going to Change | | Louise Fitzhugh | | English | 1974 | 12+ |
| The Trouble with Donovan Croft | | Bernard Ashley | Fermin Rocker | English | 1974 | 12+ |
| Who Does this Kid Take After? | Kire ütött ez a gyerek? | Éva Janikovszky | Lázsló Réber | Hungarian | 1974 | 12+ |
| The Chocolate War | | Robert Cormier | | English | 1974 | 12+ |
| Twopence a Tub | | Susan Price | | English | 1975 | 12+ |
| Tuck Everlasting | | Natalie Babbitt | | English | 1975 | 12+ |
| The Machine Gunners | | Robert Westall | John Williamson | English | 1975 | 12+ |
| The Peppermint Pig | | Nina Bawden | Charles Lilly | English | 1975 | 12+ |
| Crisis on Conshelf Ten | | Monica Hughes | G. Humphreys | English | 1975 | 12+ |
| The October Child | | Eleanor Spence | Malcolm Green | English | 1976 | 12+ |
| Dragonsong | | Anne McCaffrey | | English | 1976 | 12+ |
| Bilgewater | | Jane Gardam | | English | 1976 | 12+ |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | | Mildred D. Taylor | Jerry Pinkney | English | 1976 | 12+ |
| Thunder and Lightnings | | Jan Mark | | English | 1976 | 12+ |
| First of Midnight | | Marjorie Darke | Anthony Morris | English | 1977 | 12+ |
| Underground to Canada | | Barbara Smucker | Imre Hofbauer | English | 1977 | 12+ |
| The Westing Game | | Ellen Raskin | | English | 1978 | 12+ |
| Hey, Dollface | | Deborah Hautzig | | English | 1978 | 12+ |
| After the First Death | | Robert Cormier | | English | 1979 | 12+ |
| Tulku | | Peter Dickinson | | English | 1979 | 12+ |
| The Neverending Story | Die unendliche Geschichte | Michael Ende | Roswitha Quadflieg | German | 1979 | 12+ |
| My One-Legged Friend and Me | Ykä Yksinäinen | Anna-Liisa Haakana | | Finnish | 1980 | 12+ |
| Playing Beatie Bow | | Ruth Park | | English | 1980 | 12+ |
| The Sentinels | | Peter Carter | | English | 1980 | 12+ |
| Homecoming | | Cynthia Voigt | Sharon Scotland | English | 1981 | 12+ |
| The Scarecrows | | Robert Westall | | English | 1981 | 12+ |
| Agnes Cecilia | Agnes Cecilia - en sältsam historia | Maria Gripe | | Swedish | 1981 | 12+ |
| The Island on Bird Street | Hebrew: האי ברחוב הציפורים, romanized: Ha-I bi-Reḥov ha-Zipporim | Uri Orlev | | Hebrew | 1981 | 12+ |
| The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole | | Sue Townsend | Caroline Holden | English | 1982 | 12+ |
| The Village by the Sea | | Anita Desai | | English | 1982 | 12+ |
| Nausicaä | Japanese: 風の谷のナウシカ, romanized: Kaze no Tani no Naushika | Hayao Miyazaki | | Japanese | 1982 | 12+ |
| Handles | | Jan Mark | David Parkins | English | 1983 | 12+ |
| A Parcel of Patterns | | Jill Paton Walsh | | English | 1983 | 12+ |
| Talking in Whispers | | James Watson | | English | 1983 | 12+ |
| Hating Alison Ashley | | Robin Klein | | English | 1984 | 12+ |
| Brother in the Land | | Robert Swindells | | English | 1984 | 12+ |
| Badger on the Barge | | Janni Howker | | English | 1984 | 12+ |
| The Changeover | | Margaret Mahy | | English | 1984 | 12+ |
| The Ruby in the Smoke | | Philip Pullman | | English | 1985 | 12+ |
| Johnny, My Friend | Janne, min vän | Peter Pohl | | Swedish | 1985 | 12+ |
| Hatchet | | Gary Paulsen | | English | 1986 | 12+ |
| Taronga | | Victor Kelleher | | English | 1986 | 12+ |
| The Ghost Drum | | Susan Price | | English | 1987 | 12+ |
| Madame Doubtfire | | Anne Fine | | English | 1987 | 12+ |
| Strollers | | Lesley Beake | | English | 1987 | 12+ |
| The Cloud | Die Wolke | Gudrun Pausewang | | German | 1987 | 12+ |
| Alex | | Tessa Duder | | English | 1987 | 12+ |
| The Devil's Arithmetic | | Jane Yolen | | English | 1988 | 12+ |
| A Pack of Lies | | Geraldine McCaughrean | | English | 1988 | 12+ |
| Caperucita in Manhattan | Caperucita en Manhattan | Carmen Martín Gaite | | Spanish | 1989 | 12+ |
| Number the Stars | | Lois Lowry | | English | 1989 | 12+ |
| Thunderwith | | Libby Hathorn | | English | 1989 | 12+ |
| Strange Objects | | Gary Crew | | English | 1990 | 12+ |
| Redwork | | Michael Bedard | | English | 1990 | 12+ |
| Rocco | | Sherryl Jordan | | English | 1990 | 12+ |
| The Visits | Las Visitas | Silvia Schujer | | Spanish | 1991 | 12+ |
| Dear Nobody | | Berlie Doherty | | English | 1991 | 12+ |
| Listen to My Heart | Ascolta il mio cuore | Bianca Pitzorno | | Italian | 1991 | 12+ |
| Memoirs of a Basque Cow | Behi euskaldun baten memoriak | Bernardo Atxaga | | Basque | 1991 | 12+ |
| Looking for Alibrandi | | Melina Marchetta | | English | 1992 | 12+ |
| There Will be Wolves | | Karleen Bradford | | English | 1992 | 12+ |
| Pagan's Crusade | | Catherine Jinks | | English | 1992 | 12+ |
| Flour Babies | | Anne Fine | | English | 1992 | 12+ |
| Titeuf | Titeuf | Zep | | French | 1992 | 12+ |
| See Ya, Simon | | David Hill | | English | 1992 | 12+ |
| Heart's Delight | Hjärtans fröjd | Per Nilsson | | Swedish | 1992 | 12+ |
| Tomorrow, When the War Began | | John Marsden | | English | 1993 | 12+ |
| Some of the Kinder Planets | | Tim Wynne-Jones | | English | 1993 | 12+ |
| Rowan of Rin | | Emily Rodda | | English | 1993 | 12+ |
| The Gahtering | | Isobelle Carmody | | English | 1993 | 12+ |
| Gold Dust [Wikidata] | | Geraldine McCaughrean | | English | 1993 | 12+ |
| Dougy | | James Moloney | | English | 1993 | 12+ |
| Stone Cold | | Robert Swindells | | English | 1993 | 12+ |
| Foxspell | | Gillian Rubinstein | | English | 1994 | 12+ |
| Walk Two Moons | | Sharon Creech | | English | 1994 | 12+ |
| Switchers | | Kate Thompson | | English | 1994 | 12+ |
| Whispers in the Graveyard | | Theresa Breslin | | English | 1994 | 12+ |
| See How They Run | | David McRobbie | | English | 1994 | 12+ |
| A Jump into the Other World | Salto nell'Ultramondo | Bruno Tognolini | Roberto Luciani | Italian | 1994 | 12+ |
| When the World Was Still Young | Als die Welt noch jung war | Jürg Schubiger | Rotraut Susanne Berner | German | 1995 | 12+ |
| Northern Lights | | Philip Pullman | | English | 1995 | 12+ |
| When the Snow Fell | Pojken som sov med snö i sin säng | Henning Mankell | | Swedish | 1996 | 12+ |
| Peeling the Onion | | Wendy Orr | | English | 1996 | 12+ |
| The Gifting | | Sophie Masson | | English | 1996 | 12+ |
| Out of the Dust | | Karen Hesse | | English | 1997 | 12+ |
| Deadly, Unna? | | Phillip Gwynne | | English | 1997 | 12+ |
| River Boy | | Tim Bowler | | English | 1997 | 12+ |
| Pig-Heart Boy | | Malorie Blackman | | English | 1997 | 12+ |
| Holes | | Louis Sachar | | English | 1998 | 12+ |
| The Crowstarver | | Dick King-Smith | | English | 1998 | 12+ |
| I Am Not Esther | | Fleur Beale | | English | 1998 | 12+ |
| Bud, Not Buddy | | Christopher Paul Curtis | | English | 1999 | 12+ |
| Stony Heart Country | | David Metzenthen | | English | 1999 | 12+ |
| The Illustrated Mum | | Jacqueline Wilson | Nick Sharratt | English | 1999 | 12+ |
| Not Chicago. Not Here [Wikidata] | Nicht Chicago. Nicht hier. | Kirsten Boie | | German | 1999 | 12+ |
| Postcards from No Man's Land | | Aidan Chambers | | English | 1999 | 12+ |
| Thursday's Child | | Sonya Hartnett | | English | 2000 | 12+ |
| The Wind Singer | | William Nicholson | | English | 2000 | 12+ |
| Troy | | Adèle Geras | | English | 2000 | 12+ |
| Witch Child | | Celia Rees | | English | 2000 | 12+ |
| Oh, Boy! | Oh, Boy! | Marie-Aude Murail | | French | 2000 | 12+ |
| Arthur | | Kevin Crossley-Holland | | English | 2000 | 12+ |
| Coram Boy | | Jamila Gavin | | English | 2000 | 12+ |
| Refugee Boy | | Benjamin Zephaniah | | English | 2001 | 12+ |
| Noughts & Crosses | | Malorie Blackman | | English | 2001 | 12+ |
| I am Polleke | Ik ben Polleke hoor! | Guus Kuijer | Alice Hoogstad | Dutch | 2001 | 12+ |
| Walking Naked | | Alyssa Brugman | | English | 2002 | 12+ |
| The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley | | Martine Murray | | English | 2002 | 12+ |
| Across the Nightingale Floor | | Lian Hearn | | English | 2002 | 12+ |
| Parvana's Journey | | Deborah Ellis | | English | 2002 | 12+ |
| The Messenger | | Markus Zusak | | English | 2002 | 12+ |
| Dragonkeeper | | Carole Wilkinson | | English | 2003 | 12+ |
| Crispin | | Avi | | English | 2002 | 12+ |
| Four Sisters | Quatre soeurs | Malika Ferdjoukh | | French | 2003 | 12+ |
| Slaves of Quentaris | | Paul Collins | | English | 2003 | 12+ |
| The Keys to the Kingdom: Mister Monday | | Garth Nix | | English | 2003 | 12+ |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time | | Mark Haddon | | English | 2003 | 12+ |
| The Fire-Eaters | | David Almond | | English | 2003 | 12+ |
| Private Peaceful | | Michael Morpurgo | | English | 2003 | 12+ |
| Keeper | | Mal Peet | | English | 2003 | 12+ |
| The Amulet of Samarkand | | Jonathan Stroud | | English | 2003 | 12+ |
| The Running Man | | Michael Gerard Bauer | | English | 2004 | 12+ |
| By the River | | Steven Herrick | | English | 2004 | 12+ |
| A Boat in the Forest | Una barca nel bosco | Paolo Mastrocola | | Italian | 2004 | 12+ |
| How I Live Now | | Meg Rosoff | | English | 2004 | 12+ |
| Memories of Idhún: The Resistance | Memorias de Idhún: La Resistencia | Laura Gallego García | | Spanish | 2004 | 12+ |
| Twilight | | Stephenie Meyer | | English | 2005 | 12+ |
| Grimpow | Grimpow | Rafael Ábalos | | Spanish | 2005 | 12+ |
| New Policeman | | Kate Thompson | | English | 2005 | 12+ |
| My Big Birkett | | Lisa Shanahan | | English | 2006 | 12+ |
| The Red Shoe | | Ursula Dubosarsky | | English | 2006 | 12+ |
| Toby Alone | Tobie Lolness | Timothée de Fombelle | François Place | French | 2006 | 12+ |
| Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling | | David Cornish | | English | 2006 | 12+ |
| Winter Song | Le Combat d'hiver | Jean-Claude Mourlevat | | French | 2006 | 12+ |
| The Silver Jaguar | Der silberne Jaguar | Hermann Schulz | | German | 2007 | 12+ |
| Finding Violet Park | | Jenny Valentine | | English | 2007 | 12+ |

## Reviews

Julie Just of The New York Times said of 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up that the reader will "be grateful to discover or revisit and many more that have been all but forgotten." Similarly, Meghan Cox Gurdon of The Wall Street Journal said that "and, happily, what the Internet taketh, by tempting children away from reading, it giveth back to parents, by making it easy for them to locate obscure books that might be otherwise be impossible to find." Roger Ebert tweeted about it, saying "with bright pictures and easy prose, this could be the first."