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Classic Children's Books
Discover classic books for kids including timeless picture books, award winning novels, classic children’s book series & more!
Our Young Reader Classic Pick is The Graveyard Book . Neil Gaiman always delivers. This is the story of Bod, a boy raised in a graveyard who isn’t sure where he belongs. It’s haunty, hilarious and heartfelt and it belongs on the shelf of all young readers.
Our Young Reader Classic Pick is The Graveyard Book . Neil Gaiman always delivers. This is the story of Bod, a boy raised in a graveyard who isn’t sure where he belongs. It’s haunty, hilarious and heartfelt and it belongs on the shelf of all young readers.
Classic Kids Books
Promote the love of literature and reading with classic books for children at Barnes & Noble. Browse a wide variety of iconic titles that have been read as bedtime stories and at kindergarten story time generations after generations. Discover classic picture books like Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter which are perfect for toddlers and young children. Children's classic books make thoughtful gifts for families with littles ones. Shop the best classic board books kids love including beloved titles like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Corduroy that your children will want to read over and over again.
Classic Children’s Novels
There's a classic book for every child at any age available at Barnes & Noble. Find classroom favorites like E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web and classic young reader novels like Roald Dahl’s Matilda . Children's classic novels make great gifts for kids that love the magic of reading. Explore Barnes & Noble's Collectible Edition classics for children for beautifully illustrated hardcover, bonded-leather books that are a gift worth giving and keeping.
Classic Children's Book Series
When thinking of kids’ books, popular standalone titles and board books that you read aloud with your children mostly come to mind. However, there are also many classic book series for kids! Book series like Little Blue Truck and Elephant & Piggie for younger kids may have multiple stories about the same character that don’t have to be read in order. Older kids can start to enjoy children's book series like Anne of Green Gables that follows one storyline. Some classic children's book series for younger kids include Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book Collection , The Frog and Toad Collection and Pat the Bunny First Books for the Baby. Classic children's book series for slightly older kids that read independently include The Chronicles of Narnia , The Little House Collection, and The Boxcar Children .
10 Classic Children's Books You Must Read With Your Kids
Goodnight Moon
The Giving Tree
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Where the Wild Things Are
The Rainbow Fish
Matilda
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Corduroy
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Because of Winn-Dixie