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'The Lion & the Mouse' by Jerry Pinkney, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers -
'Green Eggs and Ham' by Dr Suess, Random House -
'Where The Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak, Harper & Row -
'Bread and Jam' for Frances by Russell Hoban, Harper & Row -
'Madeline' by Ludwig Bemelmans, Viking Press -
'The Mitten' by Jan Brett, Spoken Arts -
'Strega Nona' by Tomie DePaola, Prentice Hall -
'Library Lion' by Michelle Knudsen, Candlewick Press -
'The Polar Express' by Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin Co. -
'A Bear Called Paddington', Michael Bond, Houghton Mifflin -
'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' by Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books -
'The Story of Babar' by Jean de Brunhoff, Crocodile Creek -
'The Magic Treehouse' series by Mary Pope Osbourne, Random House -
'Ramona' series by Beverly Cleary, Listening Library -
'One Crazy Summer' by Rita Williams-Garcia, Amistad -
'Captain Underpants' by Dav Pilkey, Blue Sky Press -
'James and the Giant Peach' by Roald Dahl, Knopf -
'Sylvester and the Magic Pebble' by William Steig, Simon & Schuster -
'Charlotte's Web' by E.B. White, Harper & Brothers -
'The Black Stallion' by Walter Farley, Random House -
'The Tale of Despereaux' by Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick Press -
'Where the Red Fern Grows' by Wilson Rawls, Doubleday -
'Island of the Blue Dolphins' by Scott O'Dell, Houghton Mifflin -
'Smile' by Raina Telgemeier, Graphix -
'The Phantom Tollbooth' by Norton Juster, Random House -
'Esperanza Rising' by Pam Ryan, Scholastic Press -
'All-of-a-Kind Family' by Sydney Taylor, Dutton -
'D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths' by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire, Doubleday -
'The Borrowers' by Mary Norton, Brace & World -
'Wonder' by R.J. Palacio, Knopf -
'Harriet the Spy' by Louise Fitzhugh, Harper & Row -
'A Series of Unfortunate Events' by Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events -
'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' by Judy Blume, Bradbury Press -
'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' by C.S. Lewis, HarperCollins -
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'Bridge to Terabithia' by Katherine Paterson, Crowell -
'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak, Knopf -
'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' by Anne Brasheres, Random House Children's Books -
'The Hunger Games' trilogy by Suzanne Collins -
'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green, Dutton Books
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Here is a selection of books every child should read, from 'Where the Wild Things Are' for the younger crowd to 'The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants' for young adults.
These books are guaranteed to make you and your kids laugh and probably cry.
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