Time for a Good Book

Below are some classic books you may want to try. As always, be sure to review any book before giving it to your child to read. A listing here does not constitute an endorsement from Focus on the Family.

• The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
• Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
• The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
• The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie
• Mary Poppins, P. L. Travers
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Lyman Frank Baum
• Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
• The Story of Babar, Jean De Brunhoff
• The People Could Fly, Virginia Hamilton
• Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren
• Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
• The Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis

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