Darlene's Book Nook: Perpetual Challenge: 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Perpetual Challenge: 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

Have you ever heard of this book?

This book goes along well with my Perpetual Challenge for 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.

This book lists 1001 children's books that everyone should read before they grow up, and they give a little caption for each book explaining why the book was chosen.

I read lots of books to my kids, so I thought this would be a good challenge to keep track of.

Someone on Listology posted a list of the 1001 books, which I have pasted here:

Ages 0-3
The Little Engine That Could – Watty Piper / Lois Lenski (1930)
Pat the Bunny – Dorothy Kunhardt (1940)
Make Way for Ducklings – Robert McCloskey (1941)
The Runaway Bunny – Margaret Wise Brown / Clement Hurd (1942)
The Three Railway Engines – Reverend W. Awdry / William Middleton (1945)
Thomas the Tank Engine – Reverend W. Awdry / Reginald Payne (1946)
Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown / Clement Hurd (1947)
Lavender's Blue – Kathleen Lines / Harold Jones (1954)
Bedtime for Frances – Russell Hoban / Garth Williams (1960)
Miffy – Dick Bruna (1963)
Rosie's Walk – Pat Hutchins (1968)
The Elephant and the Bad baby – Elfrida Vipont / Raymond Briggs (1969)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle (1969)
Mr. Grumpy's Outing – John Burningham (1970)
Meg and Mog – Helen Nicoll / Jan Pieńkowski (1972)
Good Night, Alfie Atkins – Gunilla Bergström (1972)
Little Brown Bear – Claude Lebrun / Daniele Bour (1975)
Little Spook's Baby Sister – Inger Sandberg / Lasse Sandberg (1977)
Fly, Little Bird – Francesco Tullio Altan (1977)
Each Peach Pear Plum – Allan Ahlberg / Janet Ahlberg (1978)
Where's Spot – Eric Hill (1980)
The Baby's Catalogue – Allan Ahlberg / Janet Ahlberg (1982)
Dear Zoo – Rod Campbell (1982)
Good Dog, Carl – Alexandra Day (1985)
Bathwater's Hot – Shirley Hughes (1985)
Tickle, Tickle – Helen Oxenbury (1987)
Elmer – David McKee (1989)
We're Going on a Bear Hunt – Michael Rosen / Helen Oxenbury (1989)
Bunny Bath – Lena Anderson (1990)
Kipper – Mick Inkpen (1991)
Maisy Goes to Playschool – Lucy Cousins (1992)
Owl Babies – Martin Waddell / Patrick Benson (1992)
Handa's Surprise – Eileen Browne (1994)
Alvin Says Good Night – Ulf Löfgren (1996)
The Bear Went Over the Mountain – John Prater (1999)
Humphrey's Corner – Sally Hunter (1999)
Julian the Rabbit – Nicoletta Costa (2001)
Ages 3+
The Quangle Wangle's Hat – Edward Lear (1876)
Mother Goose – Kate Greenway (1881)
Marigold Garden – Kate Greenway (1885)
The Jolly Aunt – Lother Meggendorfer (1891)
Peter in Blueberry Land – Elsa Beskow (1901)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter (1902)
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher – Beatrix Potter (1906)
The Story of the Root Children – Sibylle von Olfers (1906)
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck – Beatrix Potter (1908)
The Children of the Forest – Elsa Beskow (1910)
Clever Bill – William Nicholson (1926)
Winnie-the-Pooh – A. A. Milne / E. H. Shepard (1926)
The Story of Babar – Jean de Brunhoff (1931)
The Story Aabout Ping – Marjorie Flack / Kurt Wiese (1933)
Blinky Bill – Dorothy Wall (1933)
The Story of Ferdinand – Munro Leaf / Robert Lawson (1936)
Orlando – Kathleen Hale (1938)
Little Toot – Hardie Gramatky (1939)
Madeline – Ludwig Bemelmans (1939)
Mike Mulligan – Virginia Lee Burton (1939)
Curious George – Margret Rey / H. A. Rey (1941)
The Little House – Virginia Lee Burton (1942)
The Little Red Lighthouse – Hildegarde H. Swift / Lynd Ward (1942)
Moomin, Mymble and Little My – Tove Jansson (1952)
My Naughty Little Sister – Dorothy Edwards / H. Garland (1952)
Martine – Gilbert Delahaye / Marcel Marlier (1954)
Eloise – Kay Thompson / Hilary Knight (1955)
Harry the Dirty Dog – Gene Zion / Margaret Bloy Graham (1956)
The Cat in the Hat – Dr. Seuss (1957)
The Cow Who Fell in the Canal – Phyllis Krasilovsky / Peter Spier (1957)
A Bear Called Paddington – Michael Bond / Peggy Fortnum (1958)
Little Blue and little yellow – Leo Lionni (1959)
Green Eggs and Ham – Dr. Seuss (1960)
Go, Dog. Go! – P. D. Eastman (1961)
The Berenstain Bears – Stan and Jan Berenstain (1962)
Ivor the Engine – Oliver Postgate / Peter Firmin (1962)
Clifford the Big Red Dog – Norman Bridwell (1963)
Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak (1963)
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile – Bernard Waber (1965)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? – Bill Martin, Jr. / Eric Carle (1967)
What Does the Mouse Think on Thursday? – Josef Guggenmos / Günther Stiller (1967)
What Do People Do All Day? – Richard Scarry (1968)
Corduroy – Don Freeman (1968)
The Wonderful Tree – Ulf Löfgren (1969)
In the Night Kitchen – Maurice Sendak (1970)
Barbapapa – Annette Tison and Talus Taylor (1970)
Mr. Tickle – Roger Hargreaves (1971)
Lotta's Bike – Astrid Lindgren / Ilon Wikland (1971)
Little I Am I – Mira Lobe / Susi Weigel (1972)
The Church Mouse – Graham Oakley (1972)
The Sea-Thing Child – Russell Hoban / Abrom Hoban (1972)
Father Christmas – Raymond Briggs (1973)
My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes – Eve Sutton / Lynley Dodd (1973)
Who's Seen the Scissors? – Fernando Krahn (1975)
Morris's Disappearing Bag – Rosemary Wells (1975)
Uppo the Bear – Elina Karjalainen / Hannu Taina (1977)
Burglar Bill – Allan Ahlberg / Janet Ahlberg (1977)
Dogger – Shirley Hughes (1977)
Up in the Tree – Margaret Atwood (1978)
The Snowman – Raymond Briggs (1978)
Freight Train – Donald Crews (1978)
Is That a Monster, Alfie Atkins? – Gunilla Bergstrom (1978)
Ox-Cart Man – Donald Hall / Barbara Cooney (1979)
Mister Magnolia – Quentin Blake (1980)
Peace at Last – Jill Murphy (1980)
Mr. Archimedes' Bath – Pamela Allen (1980)
Léo and Popi – Marie-Agnes Gaudrat / Helen Oxenbury (1980)
Postman Pat's Treasure Hunt – John A. Cunliffe / Celia Berridge (1981)
Ernest and Celestine Have Lost Simon – Gabrielle Vincent (1981)
Alfie Gets In First – Shirley Hughes (1981)
One Woolly Wombat – Rod Trinca / Kerry Argent (1982)
Avocado Baby – John Birningham (1982)
Gorilla – Anthony Browne (1983)
Angelina Ballerina – Katharine Holabird / Helen Craig (1983)
Dusty Wants to Help – Inger Sandberg / Lasse Sandberg (1983)
We Are the Triplets – Roser Capdevila (1983)
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy – Lynley Dodd / Helen Craig (1983)
Possum Magic – Mem Fox / Julie Vivas (1983)
Felix and Alexander – Terry Denton (1985)
Pancakes for Findus – Sven Nordqvist (1985)
Love You Forever – Robert Munsch (1986)
This Is the Bear – Sarah Hayes / Helen Craig (1986)
Old Bear – Jane Hissey (1986)
Owl Moon – Jane Yolen / John Schoenherr (1987)
Winnie the Witch – Valerie Thomas / Korky Paul (1987)
Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? – Martin Waddell / Barbara Firth (1988)
Crocodile Beat – Gail Jorgensen / Patricia Mullins (1988)
Stina – Lena Anderson (1988)
Fire-Engine Lil – Janet McLean / Andrew McLean (1989)
One Snowy Night – Nick Butterworth (1989)
The Mousehole Cat – Antonia Barber / Nicola Bayley (1990)
Amazing Grace – Mary Hoffman / Caroline Binch (1991)
Window – Jeannie Baker (1991)
Slinky Malinki – Lynley Dodd (1991)
T'choupi – Thierry Courtin (1992)
Frog in Winter – Max Velthuijs (1992)
Where's My Teddy? – Jez Alborough (1992)
Okilélé – Claude Ponti (1993)
Sleep Well, Little Bear – Quint Buchholz (1993)
Poems for the Very Young – Michael Rosen / Bob Graham (1993)
Guess How Much I Love You – Sam McBratney / Anita Jeram (1994)
The Story of the Little Mole – Werner Holzwarth / Wolf Erlbruch (1994)
Garden of Little Creatures – Antoon Krings (1994)
Clown – Quentin Blake (1995)
Runaway train – Benedict Blathwayt (1995)
Bad Habits! – Babette Cole (1998)
Pumpkin Soup – Helen Cooper (1998)
Molly Goes Shopping – Eva Eriksson (1998)
The Magic Pocket – Michio Mado / Mitsumasa Anno (1998)
Rosa Goes To Daycare – Barbro Lindgren / Eva Eriksson (1999)
Jamela's Dress – Niki Daly (1999)
Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs – Ian Whybrow / Adrian Reynolds (1999)
The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson / Axel Scheffler (1999)
Crispin – Ted Dewan (2000)
Max – Bob Graham (2000)
Olivia – Ian Falconer (2000)
Madlenka – Peter Sis (2000)
Marc Just Couldn't Sleep – Gabriela Keselman / Noemí Villamuza (2001)
The Widemouthed Frog – Francine Vidal / Elodie Nouhen (2001)
Tatu and Patu in Helsinki – Aino Havukainen and Sami Toivonen (2003)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! – Mo Willems (2003)
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale – Mo Willems (2004)
Unknown or Forgotten Princesses – Philippe Lechermeier / Rébecca Dautremer (2004)
Lost and Found – Oliver Jeffers (2005)
Ages 5+
Traditional Chinese Folktales – Unknown (221-206 B.C.E.)
Tales of Otogizōshi – Unknown (1392)
The Adventures of Peach Boy – Unknown (1603)
Fairy Tales from the Past – Charles Perrault (1696)
Grimms' Fairy Tales – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1812)
A Visit from St. Nicholas – Clement Clarke Moore (1822)
Fifty Fables for Children – Wilhelm Hey / Otto Speckter (1833)
The Emperor's New Clothes – Hans Christian Anderson (1837)
The Little Mermaid – Hans Christian Anderson (1837)
The Ugly Duckling – Hans Christian Anderson (1843)
Book of Nonsense – Edward Lear (1846)
Max and Moritz – Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (1865)
The Magic Fishbone – Charles Dickens / John Gilbert (1868)
The House that Jack Built – Unknown / Randolph Caldecott (1878)
Cole's Funny Picture Book – Edward William Cole (1879)
A Child's Garden of Verses – Robert Louis Stevenson / Charles Robinson (1885)
The Blue Fairy Book – Andrew Lang / Henry J. Ford (1889)
The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling / John L. Kipling (1894)
Perez the Mouse – Luis Coloma (1894)
Just So Stories – Rudyard Kipling (1902)
The Dutch Twins – Lucy Fitch Perkins (1911)
The Adventures of Maya the Bee – Waldemar Bonsels (1912)
Josephine and Her Dolls – H. C. Cradock / Honor C. Appleton (1916)
The Magic Pudding – Norman Lindsay (1918)
Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie – May Gibbs (1918)
Ameliaranne and the Green Umbrella – Constance Heward / Susan Pearse (1920)
Rupert the Bear – Mary Tourtel (1921)
Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams / William Nicholson (1922)
Come Hither – Walter de la Mare / Alec Buckels (1923)
When We Were Very Young – A. A. Milne / E. H. Shepard (1924)
Now We Are Six – A. A. Milne / E. H. Shepard (1927)
Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories – Joyce Lankester Brisley (1928)
Millions of Cats – Wanda Gág (1929)
The Squirrel, the Hare and the Little Grey Rabbit – Alison Uttley / Margaret Tempest (1929)
All About Doggie and Pussycat – Josef Čapek (1929)
The Wonderful Farm – Marcel Aymé / Natalie Parain (1934)
Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain – Edward Ardizzone (1936)
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep – Eleanor Farjeon (1937)
Mr. Popper's Penguins – Richard Atwater / Robert Lawson (1938)
The Little Wooden Horse – Ursula M. Williams / Joyce L. Brisley (1938)
Caps for Sale – Esphyr Slobodkina (1938)
Michka – Marie Colmont / Feodor Rojankovsky (1941)
The Little Red Engine Gets a Name – Diana Ross / Jan Lewitt and George Him (1942)
Tweet Tweet – Ľudmila Podjavorinská (1943)
Tales and Legends – Javier Villafañe / Tabaré (1945)
Pippi Longstocking – Astrid Lindgren (1945)
Stone Soup – Marcia Brown (1947)
The Doll's House – Rumer Godden (1947)
My Father's Dragon – Ruth S. Gannett / Ruth C. Gannett (1947)
Blueberries for Sal – Robert McCloskey (1948)
Apoutsiak – Paul-Emile Victor
Foxie – Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
Peanuts – Charles Schulz
Roule Galette – Natha Caputo
One Morning in Maine – Robert McCloskey
The bears on hemlock mountain – Alice Dalgliesh
The biggest bear – Lynd Ward
The little horse bus – Graham Greene
Charlotte's web – E.B. White
Marlaguette – Marie Colmont
Jip and Janneke – Annie Schmidt
Teddy Robinson Stories – Joan Robinson
Detectives in Togas – Henry Winterfield
Harold and the Purple Crayon – Crocket Johnson
Clever Polly and The Stupid Wolf – Catherine Starr
A Toad Who wanted to be a star – Oscar Alfaro
Italian Folktales – Italo Calvino
A Tree is Nice – Janice Udry
Captain Pugwash – John Ryan
Crictor – Tomi Ungerer
Chanticlear and the Fox – Barbara Cooney
Little old Mrs. Pepperpot – Alf Proysen
Little Nicholas – Rene Goscinny
Are You My Mother? – P.D. Eastman
The Orange Cow – Nathan Hale
The Three Robbers – Tomi Ungerer
Old Master Q – Wong Chak
The Robber Hotzenplot – Otfried Preubler
The Snowy Day – Ezra Keats
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present – Charlotte Zolotow
Borka – John Burmingham
Swimmy – Leo Lionni
Amelia Bedelia – Peggy Parish
The Dreams of the toad – Javier Villafane
The Black Smurf – Peyo
Flat Stanley – Jeff Brown
The Giving Tree – Shel Silverstein
Dailan Kifki – Maria Walsh
Gumdrop – Val Biro
Frederick – Leo Lionni
Cion Cion Blue – Pnin Carpi
The Tiger who Came to Tea – Judith Kerr
The Best Nest – P.D. Eastman
Kangaroo for All – Gloria Fuertes
Ramona the pest – Beverly Cleary
A Necklace of Raindrops – Joan Aiken
The Duck in the Gun – Joy Cowley
Sylvester and the magic pebble – William Steig
A lion in the meadow – Margaret Mahy
Joseph's yard – Charles Keeping
Frog and Toad are Friends – Arnold Lobel
Mog the forgetful cat – Judith Kerr
Figgie Hobbin – Charles Causley
Hodja the Pjort – Ole Kirkegaard
Tow Truck Pluck – Annie Schmidt
Leo the late Bloomer – Robert Kraus
Amos and Boris – William Steig
Balloon cat – Keiko Sena
Alexander and the terrible, horrible. . . – Judith Viorst
The Giant Jam Sandwich – Janet Burroway
Dinosaurs and all that rubbish – Michael Foreman
The Companions – Lygia Nunes
The Real Thief – William Steig
Mind your own business – Michael Rosen
Where The sidewalk ends – Shel Silverstein
The Worst Witch – Jill Murphy
Strega Nona – Tomie DePaolo
Why Mosquitos buzz in people's ears – Verna Aardema
Mr. and Mrs. Pig's Evening Out – Mary Rayner
John Brown, Rose, and the Midnight Cat – Jenny Wagner
Come Away from the water, Shirley – John Burningham
The Lighthouse keeper's lunch – Ronda Armitage
Teo discovers the world – Violeta Denou
On the Antilles Sea in a paper boat – Nicolas Guillen
Fungus the bogeyman – Raymond Briggs
Loon's Necklace – William Toye
A Walk in the park – Anthony Browne
Miss Nelson is missing – Harry Allard
Anno's Journey – Mitsumasa Anno
The cat that lived a million times – Yoko Sana
The battle of bubble and squeak – Philippa Pearce
Cloudy with a chance of meatballs – Judie Barrett
The girl who loved wild horses – Paul Goble
A pocket for courduroy – Don Freeman
The Quinkins – Percy Trezise
The enormous crocodile – Roald Dahl
Haunted house – Jan Pienkowski
The prince of Motordu – Pef
Not now, Bernard – David McKee
The paper bag princess – Robert Munsch
Jumanji – Chris Van Allsburg
Mr. Fox – Gavin Bishop
A Chair for My mother – Vera Williams
Doctor De Soto – William Steig
Two little bears – Hanna Muschg
The big sister – Siv Widerberg
Dragon ball – Akira Toriyama
Mr. Majeika – Humphrey Carpenter
The New Kid on the block – Jack Prelutsky
Katie Morag delivers the mail – Mairi Hedderwick
If you give a mouse a cookie – Laura Numeroff
The people could fly – Virginia Hamilton
Not so fast Songolo – Niki Daly
Linnea in Monet's Garden – Christina Bjork
The polar Express – Chris Van Allsburg
The Jolly Postman – Allan Ahlberg
Animalia – Graeme Base
Hey, Al – Arthur Yorinks
The hound of the mound and the frog of the bog – Ana Machado
Lend me your wings – John Agard
Henry and Mudge – Cynthia Ryland
My place – Nadia Wheatley
The Hodgeheg – Dick Smith
A Balloon for Grandad – Nigel Gray
Anancy Spiderman – James Berry
Drac and the gremlin – Allan Baillie
Matilda – Roald Dahl
The Keeping Quilt – Patricia Polacco
Joyful Noise – Paul Fleischman
Lon Po Po – Ed Young
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs – John Scieszka
Oh, the places you'll go – Dr. Seuss
Elsa-Marie and her seven little daddies – Pija Lindenbaum
My Friend Percy's magical gym shoes – Ulf Stark
Tar Beach – Faith Ringgold
Stinky Cheese Man – John Scieszka
The Little Bird – Paro Anand
Friends from the other side – Gloria Anzaldua
Stellaluna – Janell Cannon
Horrid Henry – Francesca Simon
Old Tom – Leigh Hobbs
Jennifer Jones Won't Leave me alone – Frieda Wishinsky
Math Curse – Jon Scieszka
Moka the Cow – Agostino Traini
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse – Kevin Henkes
The Sea at the end of the forest – Pinin Carpi
My Kingdom for a horse – Ana Machado
The Great Escape from City Zoo – Tohby Riddle
Henry and Amy – Stephen King
A Bad Case of Stripes – David Shannon
Rumpelstiltskin and other Grimm Tales – Carol Duffy
The Death book – Pernilla Stalfelt
I will not ever never eat a tomato – Lauren Child
Fox – Margaret Wild
The Three Pigs – David Wiesner
Dodo gets married – Petra Mathews
Ug: Boy Genius of the stone age – Raymond Briggs
The Love book – Pernilla Stalfelt
That Pesky Rat – Lauren Child
Beegu – Alexis Deacon
Bridget and the moose brothers – Pija Lindenbaum
The Day the babies crawled away – Peggy Rathman
The Biggest Kiss in the world – R. Chavez Castaneda
I hate school – Jeanne Willis
Skippyjohn Jones – Judy Schachner
Constable Sniffer – Asko Sirkia
The Girl and the jackdaw tree – Riitta Jalonen
You're all my favorites – Sam McBratney
Are we there yet? – Alison Lester
The Sea monster – Christopher Wormell
Zen shorts – John Muth
Leonard the terrible monster – Mo Willems
Llama, Llama red pajama – Anna Dewdney
Wolves – Emily Gravett
The Boy who grew flowers – Jen Wojtowicz
Snip Snap – Mara Bergman
The night pirates – Peter Harris
Flotsam – David Wiesner
In Mr. Thunder's House – Guido Quarzo
The Adventures of the Dish and the spoon – Mini Grey
Ages 8+
Aesop's Fables – Aesop
Arabian Nights – Unknown
Fairy Tales – Marie D'Aulony
Robinson the younger – Johann Campe
Tales from Shakespeare – Charles and Mary Lamb
The Swiss Family Robinson – Johann Wyss
The Nutcracker and other Tales – E.T.A. Hoffman
The Pied Piper of Hamlin – Robert Browning
~~A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens~~ - read 4 Jan 2013
Der Struwwelpeter – Heinrich Hoffman
Morality Tales – Rafael Pombo
The Water-Babies – Charles Kingsley
Sophie's Misfortunes – Sophie Rostopochine
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll
At the back of the north wind – George MacDonald
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain
Black Beauty – Anna Sewell
The Cuckoo Clock – Mrs. Molesworth
The Princess and the Goblin – George MacDonald
Nobody's boy – Hector Malot
Simple National Slovak Tales – Pavol Dobsinksy
Uncle Remus Stories – Joel Harris
The Prince and the Pauper – Mark Twain
Bevis – Richard Jefferies
Pinocchio – Carlo Collidi
Treasure Island – Robert L. Stevenson
Adventures of Huck Finn – Mark Twain
Little Lord Fauntleroy – Frances Burnett
The Canterville Ghost – Oscar Wilde
The happy prince – Oscar Wilde
Carrot Top – Jules Renard
Moonfleet – J. Meade Falkner
The Black Corsair – Emilio Salgari
The Story of the Treasure Seekers – E. Nesbit
~~The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Lyman Baum~~
Queen of the caribbean – Emilio Salgari
Sussi and Biribissi – Collodi Nipote
Five children and It – E. Nesbit
Rebecca of Sunnybrook farm – Kate Wiggin
The Bobbsey Twins – Laura Hope
~~A little princess – Francis Burnett~~ - 22/05/2011
Captain Storm – Emilio Salgari
Becassine – Jacqueline Riviere
Paul Street Boys – Ferenc Moinar
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens – J.M. Barrie
Cautionary Tales of Children – Hilarie Belloc
Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar – Maruice Leblanc
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils – Selma Lagerlof
The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery
The Extraordinary Adventures of Massogram – Josep Torres
The Secret Garden – F. Burnett
The Adventures of Gian Burrasca – Vamba
Nesthakchen – Else Ury
Pollyana – Eleanor Porter
Platero and I – Juan Jimenez
The Young visiters – Daisy Ashford
The story of Doctor Doolittle – Hugh Lofting
Just William – Richmal Crompton
The boxcar children – Getrude Warren
The school at the chalet – Elinor Brent-Dryer
The Hardy boys 1 – Franklin Dixon
Tintin in the land of the soviets – Herge
Emil and the detectives – Erich Kastner
What celia says – Elena Fortun
Swallows and amazons – Arthur Ransome
The secret of the old clock – Carolyn Keene
Kubula and Kuba Kubikula – Vladislav Vancura
The Red U – Wilhelm Matthiessen
Little House in the big woods – Laura Wilder
Farmer Boy – Laura Wilder
Professor Branestawm – Norman Hunter
Night at the Galactic Railroad – Kenji Miyazawa
Mary Poppins – P.L. Travers
Little House on the Prairie – Laura Wilder
The good master – Kate Seredy
The box of delights – John Masefield
A pony for Jean – Joanna Cannan
Ballet Shoes – Noel Streatfeild
Worzel Gummidge – Barbara Todd
Pigeon Post – Arthur Ransome
The adventures of the wishing chair – Enid Blyton
The far-distant oxus – K. Hull
The family from one end street – Eve Garnett
The hobbit – J.R. Tolkein
The Red Pony – James Steinbeck
My Friend Mr. Leaky – J.B.S. Haldane
The Circus is coming – Noel Streatfeild
The Sword in the Stone – T.H. White
Old Possum's book of practical cats – T.S. Eliot
The Ship that flew – Hilda Lewis
A Traveller in time – Alison Utley
Lassie come home – Eric Knight
Betsy Tacy – Maud Lovelace
The Black Stallion – Walter Farley
The Swish of the curtain – Pamela Brown
The Little Grey Man – B.B.
Five on a Treasure Island – Enid Blyton
The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint Exupery
The hundred dresses – Eleanor Estes
Brendon Chase – B.B.
Rabbit Hill – Robert Lawson
Wind on the moon – Eric Linklater
Stuart Little – E.B. White
The Bear's famous invasion of Sicily – Dino Buzzati
Lucky Luke-Arizona 1880 – Morris
The Little White Horse – Elizabeth Goudge
Mistress Masham's Repose – T.H. White
Comet in moominland – Tove Jansson
The school for cats – Esther Averill
Misty of Chincoteague – Marguerite Henry
Billy Bunter of greyfriar's school – Frank Richards
~~The Twenty-one balloons – William Du Bois~~ - 22/03/2011
Hurrah for St. Trinians – Ronald Searle
The Fantastic Antonita – Borita Casas
Autumn Term – Antonia Forest
Finn Family Moomintrail – Tove Jansson
Amazon Adventure – Willard Price
Children of the Oregon Trail – A. Rutgers der Loeff
The Thirteen Clocks – James Thurber
The Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe – C.S. Lewis
The princess who had magic fingers – Marla Gefaell
Adventurour tales of Machu Pichu – Ciro Alegria
Tales of Uncle Rabbit – Euclides Jaramillo
Kimba – Osamu Tezuka
Prince Caspian – C.S. Lewis
Little Onion – Gianni Rodari
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – C.S. Lewis
The Borrowers – Mary Norton
Astro Boy – Osamu Tezuka
Marcelino, Bread and Wine – Jose Silva
Jennings and Darbishire – Anthony Buckeridge
Down with skool – Geoffrey Willans
A kid for two farthings – Wolf Mankowitz
Half magic – Edward Eager
The children of Green Knowe – Lucy Boston
A Child's Christmas in Wales – Dylan Thomas
The Wheel on the school – Meindert Dejong
Habberdy Dick – Katharine Briggs
Little Bookroom – Eleanor Farjeon
Minnow on the say – Philippa Pearce
A Hundred million francs – Paul Berna
Old Yeller – Fred Gipson
The 101 Dalmations – Dodie Smith
The Warden's Niece – Gillian Avery
Thorn Castle – Istvan Fekete
Gaston – Andre Franquin
Tom's Midnight Garden – Philippa Pearce
Warrior Scarlet – Rosemary Sutcliff
Mort and Phil – Francisco Ibanez
Walkabout – James Marshall
The Boy, the swallow, and the cat – Miguel Bunuel
My Great-grandfather, and I – James Krus
~~The Cricket in Times Square – George Selden~~ - 07/01/2011
The bonny pit laddie – Frederick Grice
Knight's Fee – Rosemary Sutcliff
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver – Michael Ende
Asterix the Gaul – Rene Goscinny
The Incredible Journey – Sheila Burnford
James and the giant Peach – Road Dahl
Fantomette – Goerge Chaulet
Six Companions – Paul Bonzon
The phantom tollbooth – Norton Juster
Where the red fern grows – Wilson Rawls
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths – Ingri D'Aulaire
The winged watchman – Hilda Stockum
A Dog so small – Philippa Pearce
The garden – Jiri Trnka
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase – Joan Aiken
The Little Pot Boiler – Spike Milligan
How the whale became – Ted Hughes
The seasons in the city – Italo Calvino
Stig the dump – Clive King
Uncle – J.P. Martin
Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang – Ian Fleming
The White Stone – Gunnel Linde
Harriet the Spy – Louise Fitzhugh
The Adventures of Rupert the Toad – Roy Berocay
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
Shy Violet – Giana Anguissola
The Book of Three – Lloyd Alenxander
Nurse Matilda – Christianna Brand
Elidor – Alan Garner
The little fox – Istvan Fekete
The mouse and the motorcycle – Beverly Cleary
Telephone Tales – Gianni Rodari
The King of Copper Mountain – Paul Biegel
Ash Road – Ivan Southall
The Magic Finger – Roald Dahl
Graveyard Kitaro – Shigeru Mizuki
The hedgehog tree – Antonio Gramsci
The mouse and his child – Russell Hoban
From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – E.L. Konisburg
The goalkeeper's revenge – Bill Naughton
D'Aulaires' norse gods and giants – Ingri D'Aulaire
Tales of Rue Broca – Pierre Gripari
A wizard of Earthsea – Ursula Le Guin
The Iron Man – Ted Hughes
My Sweet Orange Tree – Jose Vasconcelos
Doraemon – Fujiko Fujio
A Pair of Jesus Boots – Sylvia Sherry
Charlotte sometimes – Penelope Farmer
The Little Captain – Paul Biegel
Are you there god? It's me, Margaret – Judy Blume
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit – Judith Kerr
Friday, or the Savage Life – Michel Tournier
The Shrinking of Treehorn – Florence Heide
The Carpet People – Terry Pratchett
Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH – Robert O'Brien
The cucumber king – Christine Nostlinger
Watership down – Richard Adams
Efrem the knights – Mino Milani
The ghast of Thomas Kempe – Penelope Lively
Stradbroke Dreamtime – Noonuccal Oodgeroo
The Eighteenth Emergency – Betsy Byars
Chlorophyll from the blue sky – Bianca Pitzorno
The brothers lionheart – Astrid Lindgren
Crusade in Jeans – Thea Beckman
Grinny – Nicholas Fisk
The Fib – George Layton
Conrad: the factory-made boy – Christine Nostlinger
Granny – Peter Hartling
The Stone book – Alan Garner
Ordinary Jack – Helen Creswell
Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson
The turbulent term of tyke tiler – Gene Kemp
Storm Boy – Colin Thiele
Charmed Life – Diana Jones
The little man dressed in gray – Fernando Alonso
The kaziranga trail – Arup Dutta
Under the mountain – Maurice Gee
Fray Perico and his donkey – Juan Munoz
Anastasia krupnik – Lois Lowry
Jacob, have I loved – Katherine Paterson
Night swimmers – Betsy Byars
Superfudge – Judy Blume
The indian in the cupboard – Lynne Banks
Nothing to be afraid of – Jan Mark
Jules's rat – Peter Hacks
Goodnight, Mr. Tom – Michelle Magorian
Ronia, the robber's daughter – Astrid Lindgren
The BFG – Roald Dahl
The Haunting – Margaret Mahy
The Rattle Bag – Ted Hughes
When the wind blows – Raymond Briggs
Me in the middle – AnaMarie Machado
Schoolboy Jia Li – Qin Wenjun
The Demon Headmaster – Gillian Cross
Max and Sally – Milos Macourek
War Horse – Michael Morpurgo
The Sheep-pig – Dick King Smith
Sunday's Child – Gudrun Mebs
Please Mrs. Butler – Allan Ahlberg
Mouth Open, story jump out – Grace Hallworth
The Eye of the wolf – Daniel Pennac
Tomb Raiders – Odile Weulersse
Pirate's heart – Benne Pludra
Storm – KEvin Crossley Holland
Sarah, Plain and Tall – Patricia Maclachlan
Journey to Jo'burg – Beverley Naidoo
The valley of the fireflies – Gloria Diaz
Why the whales came – Michael Morpurgo
Gargling with jelly – Brian Patten
The hounds of the morrigan – Pat O'Shea
Redwall – Brian Jacques
The Snow spider – Jenny Nimmo
Whipping Boy – Sid Fleischman
I am Susannah – Libby Gleeson
Quirky Tails – Paul Jennings
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters – John Steptoe
A thief in the village – James Berry
My Friend the painter – Lygia Bojunga
The Whale Rider – Witi Ihimaera
Pit pony – Joyce Barkhouse
Two weeks with the queen – Morris Gleitzman
Hayflower and quiltshoe – Sinikka and Nopola
Merryll of the stones – Brian Caswell
Bill's new frock – Anne Fine
Truckers – Terry Pratchett
Haroun and the sea of stories – Salman Rushdie
The painted house – Montserrat Del Amo
Maniac Magee – Jerry Spinelli
Shiloh – Phyllis Naylor
The Story of Tracy Beaker – Jacqueline Wilson
Only you can save mankind – Terry Pratchett
The last giants – Francois Place
Almost everyone could topple – Toon Tellegen
The Giver – Lois Lowry
Manolito Gafotas – Elvira Lindo
A Mole always turns up on its own – Hanna Johansen
The bed and the breakfast star – Jacqueline Wilson
Way home – Libby Hathorn
Stories to Fernando – Erna Wolf
Halinka – Mirjam Pressler
Watch out for the cat – Silvana Gandolfi
Poordog the starved – Graciela Montes
45 & 47 Stella Street and Everything that happened – Elizabeth Honey
Tashi – Anna Fleming
Clockwork – Philip Pullman
The view from Saturday – E.L. Konisburg
Johnny and the bomb – Terry Pratchett
The story of a seagull – Luis Sepulveda
~~Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone~~ – J.K. Rowling - read 12/02/2013
Fire, Bed and Bone – Henrietta Branford
Matthias and Grandpa – Roberto Plumini
Toby – Graciela Cabal
The composition – Antonio Skarmeta
Skellig – David Almond
Just annoying – Andy Griffiths
My Girragundji – Meme McDonald
The Sterkarm Handshake – Susan Price
The dog with the yellow heart – Jutta Richter
Clarice Bean: that's me – Lauren Child
Lemony Snicket: The Bad Beginning – Lemony Snicket
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling
Kensuke's kingdom – Michael Morpurgo
Hiter's daughter – Jackie French
Something's fishy, hazel green – Odo Hirsch
Harry Potter and the goblet of fire – J.K. Rowling
The Day I learned to tame spiders – Jutta Richter
Cirque du freak: a living nightmare – Darren Shan
Because of Winn-Dixie – Kate Dicamillo
Father grew wings in spring – Toni Kontio
Alex Rider: stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz
The papunya school book – Nadia Wheatley
Lemony Snicket: The vile village – Lemony Snicket
Rupert the rapper and aunt deep freeze – Sinikka Nopola
Mortal Engines – Philip Reeve
Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer
Journey to the river sea – Eva Ibbotson
Aldabra – Silvana Gandolfi
Barrumbi Kids – Leonie Norrington
Utterly me, Clarice Bean – Lauren Child
The wolves in the wall – Neil Gaiman
The field guide – Holly Black
The naming of tishkin silk – Glenda Millard
Inkheart – Cornelia Funke
Three fairy tales – Gustavo Garzo
The tale of despereaux – Kate Dicamillo
Millions – Frank Boyce
Wolf brother – Michelle Paver
Ark angel – Anthony Horowitz
Rabbit and coyote – Beatriz Donnet
The Cat, or how I lost eternity – Jutta Richter
The boy in the striped pyjamas – John Boyne
The arrival – Shaun Tan
The invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick
~~The graveyard book – Neil Gaiman~~ - 15/11/2012
Ages 12+
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno – Giulio Croce
Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels – Jonathan Swift
The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen – Gottfried Burger
The Three Musketeers – Alexander Dumas
The Children of the new forest – Frederick Marryat
The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Rose and the ring – William Thackeray
Tom Brown's Schooldays – Thomas Hughes
The Coral Island – Robert Ballantyne
Eric, or little by little – Frderic Farrar
Captain Fracasse – Theophile Gautier
Journey to the center of the Earth – Jules Verne
The Good little devil – Contesse de Segur
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
20,000 Leagues under the Sea – Jules Verne
What Katy did – Susan Coolidge
Around the world in 80 days – Jules Verne
Heidi's Wandering Learning Years – Johanna Spyri
The fifth form at St. Dominics – Talbot Reed
With Clive in India – George Henty
Kidnapped – Robert L. Stevenson
Heart – Edmondo Amicis
Seven Little Australians – Ethel Turner
The Prisoner of Zenda – Anthony Hope
The Treasure in Silver Lake – Karl May
Eclipse of the Crescent Moon – Geza Gardonyi
The Tigers of Mompracem – Emilio Salgari
The Hound of the Baskervilles – Arthur Doyle
The Call of the Wild – Jack London
Jolanda, Daughter of the Black Corsair – Emilio Salgari
White Fang – Jack London
The Railway Children – E. Nesbit
The Fortunes of Philippa – Angela Brazil
Jock of the Bushveld – Percy Fitzpatrick
The Mystery of the Yellow Room – Gaston Leroux
A Girl of The Limberlost – Gene Porter
The War of the buttons – Louis Pergaud
Tales of the Jungle – Horacio Quiroga
The Cave Children – Alois Sonnleitner
The Dark Frigate – Charles Hawes
In Medeleni – Ionel Teodoreanu
Emily Climbs – L. M. Montgomery
Tarka the otter – Henry Williamson
Ede and unku – Alex Wedding
Biggles: the camels are coming – W.E. Johns
The children from Number 67 – Liza Tetzner
Missing from Saint-Agil – Pierre Very
~~Caddie Woodlawn – Carol Brink~~ - 07/08/2013
The Happy return – C.S. Forester
The Yearling – Marjorie Rawlings
Cue for Treason – Geoffrey Trease
Red Zora – Kurt Held
We Couldn't leave Dinah – Mary Treadgold
My Friend Flicka – Mary O'Hara
~~Johnny Tremain – Esther Forbes~~ - 14/03/2012
Woods of Windri – Violet Needham
The Otterbury Incident – Cecil Day-Lewis
I capture the castle – Dodie Smith
Metropolis – Osamu Tezuka
The Path – Miguel Delibes
Big Tiger and Christian – Fritz Muhlenweg
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
The Wool-pack: a tale of adventure – Cynthia Harnett
The Sons of the Great Bear – Liselotte Henrich
Adventures of the ingenious alfanhui – Rafael Ferlosio
The Cloven Viscount – Italo Calvino
King Arthur and His knights of the round table – Roger Green
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
Eagle of the ninth – Rosemary Sutcliff
The Fellowship of the ring – J.R.R. Tolkein
Lord of the Flies – William Godling
~~Carry on, Mr. Bowditch – Jean Latham~~ - 23/05/2012
Viking's dawn – Henry Treece
Captain Thunder – Victor Mora
Neitah: a girl in the far North – Edith Klatt
The silver sword – Ian Serrailler
The Cherry Kids – Constantin Chirita
Rifles for Watie – Harold Keith
The Baron in the trees – Italo Calvino
~~The Witch of Blackbird pond – Elizabeth Speare~~ - 01/02/2012
The Silver Brumby – Elyne Mitchell
Marianne Dreams – Catherine Storr
The Lion – Joseph Kessel
Friday's tunnel – John Verney
Zazie in the metro – Raymond Queneau
My Side of the mountain – Jean Craighead George
The nonexistent knight – Italo Calvino
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen – Alan Garner
Island of the blue dolphins – Scott O'Dell
Tangara – Nan Chauncey
Friederich – Hans Richter
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L'Engle
The Letter for the king – Tonke Dragt
The twelve and the genii – Pauline Clarke
Time of trial – Hester Burton
I am David – Anne Holm
Pastures of the blue crane – H.F. Brinshead
The Stowaway of the Ulysses – Ana Maria Matute
Gentle Ben – Walt Morey
The Min-Min – Mavis Clark
The Owl Services – Alan Garner
The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton
Flambards – K.M. Peyton
Smith – Leon Garfield
The Dolphin Crossing – Jill Walsh
Picnic at Hanging Rock – Joan Lindsay
The Pigman – Paul Zindel
A Kestrel for a knave – Barry Hines
Chocky – John Wyndham
The Cay – Theodore Taylor
Sounder – William Armstrong
Where the Lilies Bloom – Vera Cleaver
The Edge of the cloud – K.M. Peyton
Oscar at the South Pole – Carmen Kurtz
The Summer of the swans – Betsy Byars
The Lark and the Laurel – Barbara Willard
Grover – Vera Cleaver
I'm the king of the castle – Susan Hill
A Long Way from Verona – Jane Gardam
Winter in Wartime – Jan Terlouw
No way of telling – Emma Smith
Across the barricades – Joan Lindgard
The Summer book – Tove Jansson
Julie of the wolves – J. Craighead George
Stories from the year one thousand – Tonino Guerra
The Spirit wind – Max Fatchem
Fly away home – Christine Nostlinger
The Nargun and the stars – Patricia Wrightson
The Slave Dancer – Paula Fox
The Friends – Rosa Guy
The Dark is rising – Susan Cooper
Carrie's war – Nina Bawden
M.C. Higgins – Virginia Hamilton
Nobody's family is going to change – Louise Fitzhugh
The trouble with Donovan Croft – Bernard Ashley
Who does this kid take after – Eva Janikowsky
The Chocolate War – Robert Cormier
Twopence a Tub – Susan Price
Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbitt
The machine gunners – Robert Westall
The Peppermint pig – Nina Bawden
Crisis on conshelf ten – Monica Hughes
The October Child – Eleanor Spence
Dragonsong – Anne McCaffrey
Bilgewater – Jane Gardam
Roll of Thunder, Hear my cry – Mildred Taylor
Thunder and Lightnings – Jan Mark
First of Midnight – Marjorie Darke
Underground to Canada – Barbara Smucker
The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin
Hey, Dollface – Deborah Hautzig
After the first death – Robert Cormier
Tulku – Peter Dickinson
Neverending story – Michael Ende
My One-legged friend and me – Anna Haakana
Playing beatie bow – Ruth Park
The Sentinels – Peter Carter
Homecoming – Cynthia Voight
The Scarecrows – Robert Westall
Agnes Cecilia – Maria Gripe
The Island on bird street – Uri Orlev
The secret diary of adrian mole – Sue Townsend
The village by the sea – Anita Desai
Nausicaa – Hayao Miyazaki
Handles – Jan Mark
A parcel of patterns – Jill Walsh
Talking whispers – James Watson
Hating Alison Ashley – Robin Klein
Brother in the land – Robert Swindells
Badger on the barge – Janni Howker
The Changeover – Margaret Mahy
The Ruby in the smoke – Philip Pullman
Johnny, my friend – Peter Pohl
Hatchet – Gary Paulson
Taronga – Victor Kelleher
The ghost drum – Susan Price
Madame Doubtfire – Anne Fine
Strollers – Lesley Beake
The cloud – Gudrun Pausewang
Alex – Tessa Duder
The Devil's arithmetic – Jane Yolen
A pack of lies – Geraldine McCaughrean
Caperucita in Manhattan – Carmen Gaite
Number the stars – Lois Lowry
Thunderwith – Libby Hathorn
Strange objects – Gary Crew
Redwork – Michael Bedard
Rocco – Sherryl Jordan
The visits – Silvia Schujer
Dear nobody – Berlie Doherty
Listen to my heart – Bianca Pitzorno
Memoirs of a basque cow – Bernardo Atxaga
Looking for alibrandi – Melina Marchetta
There will be wolves – Karleen Bradford
Pagan's crusade – Catherine Jinks
Flour babies – Anne Fine
Titeuf – Zep
See ya, Simon – David Hill
Heart's delight – Per Nilsson
Tomorrow, when the war began – John Marsden
Some of the kinder planets – Tim Jones
Rowan of Rin – Emily Rodda
The Gathering – Isobelle Carmody
Gold Dust – Geraldine McCaughrean
Dougy – James Moloney
Stone Cold – Robert Swindells
Foxspell – Gillian Rubinstein
Walk Two Moons – Sharon Creech
Switchers – Kate Thompson
Whispers in the Grave – Theresa Breslin
See How they run – David McRobbie
A Jump into the world – Bruno Tognolini
When the world was still young – Jurg Schubiger
Northern Lights – Philip Pullman
When the snow fell – Henning Mankell
Peeling the Onion – Wendy Orr
The Gifting – Sophie Masson
Out of the dust – Karen Hesse
Deadly, Unna – Philip Gwynne
River boy – Tim Bowler
Pig-heart boy – Malorie Blackman
Holes – Louis Sachar
The Crowstarver – Dick King Smith
I am not Esther – Fleur Beale
Bud, not buddy – Christopher Paul Curtis
Stony Heart Country – David Metzenthen
The Illustrated mum – Jacqueline Wilson
Not Chicago. Not here – Kirsten Bole
Postcards from no man's land – Aiden Chambers
Thursday's child – Sonya Hartnett
The Wind singer – William Nicholson
Troy – Adele Geras
Witch Child – Celia Rees
Oh, Boy! – Marie Aude Murail
Arthur – Kevin Crossley-Holland
Coram Boy – Jamila Gavin
Refugee Boy – Benjamin Zephaniah
Noughts and Crosses – Malorie Blackman
I am Polleke – Guus Kuijer
Walking Naked – Alyssa Brugman
The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley – Martine Murray
Across the nightingale floor – Lian Hearn
Parvana's Journey – Deborah Ellis
The messenger – Markus Zusak
Dragonkeeper – Carole Wilkinson
Crispin – Avi
Four Sisters – Malika Ferdjoukh
Slaves of Quentaris – Paul Collins
The Keys to the kingdom: Mister Monday – Garth Nix
The Curious Incident of the dog in the night time – Mark Haddon
The Fire-eaters – David Almond
Private Peaceful – Michael Morpurgo
Keeper – Mal Peet
The Amulet of Samarkand – Jonathan Stroud
The running man – Michael Bauer
By the river – Steven Herrick
A Boat in the forest – Paolo Mastrocola
How I live now – Meg Rosoff
Memories of Idhun: The resistance – Laura Gallego
~~Twilight – Stephenie Meyer~~ - 29/03/2011
Grimpow – Rafael Abalos
New Policeman – Kate Thompson
My Big Birkett – Lisa Shanahan
The Red shoe – Ursula Dubosarsky
Toby Alone – Timothee De Fombelle
Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling – David Cornish
Winter Song – Jean-Claude Mourlevat
The Silver jaguar – Hermann Schulz
Finding Violet Parker – Jenny Valentine

I have already read a lot of the books on the list to my children, especially the picture books and early chapter books. I may go back at a later date and re-read them for the purpose of writing a review. For now, I'm just going to link up the reviews that I have written since I started blogging: