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Classic Children's Books

The best-ever children’s books, from Lewis Carroll to Roald Dahl. Can you name the authors of the following books that inspire a child to read?


Children's Books

  1. The Railway Children
  2. Heidi
  3. The Worst Witch
  4. The Wind in the Willows
  5. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea




  6. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  7. Charlotte's Web
  8. The Hobbit
  9. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  10. Animal Farm
  11. The Secret Garden
  12. The Tiger Who Came to Tea
  13. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  14. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  15. Black Beauty
  16. Swallows and Amazons
  17. Watership Down
  18. The Hundred and One Dalmatians
  19. Robinson Crusoe
  20. Winnie-The-Pooh
  21. Peter Pan
  22. Treasure Island
  23. The Little Prince
  24. Little Women
  25. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  26. The Cat in the Hat
  27. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
  28. Anne of Green Gables
  29. A Little Princess
  30. A Christmas Carol
  31. The Gruffalo
  32. The Water Babies



Classic Children's Books and Authors:

  1. The Railway Children by E. Nesbit (1906)
  2. Heidi by Johanna Spyri (1880)
  3. The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy (1974)
  4. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908)
  5. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (1870)
  6. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865)
  7. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (1952)
  8. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkein (1937)
  9. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884)
  10. Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945)
  11. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911)
  12. The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr (1968)
  13. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900)
  14. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964)
  15. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (1877)
  16. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome (1930)
  17. Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972)
  18. The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith (1956)
  19. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1719)
  20. Winnie-The-Pooh by A. A. Milne (1926)
  21. Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (1911)
  22. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)
  23. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943)
  24. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1868)
  25. The Cat in the Hatby Dr. Seuss (1957)
  26. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (1898)
  27. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter (1908)
  28. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (1908)
  29. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1905)
  30. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1843)
  31. The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson (1999)
  32. The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley (1863)