Classics by Age Books


The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye
Best Price: $6.97
I first read this book in the 9th grade. Hated the character so much I only got half way through...
Where the Wild Things AreWhere the Wild Things Are
Best Price: $8.00
If you want something really wild read the Adventures With Boys series! It's as good as this book!
Goodnight MoonGoodnight Moon
Best Price: $4.82
I started reading Goodnight Moon to my son at 4 months of age and it became his favorite bedtime...
Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books)Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books)
Best Price: $2.91
I bought this for my three-year-old and she enjoyed the way it opens up the mind to an adventure...
The House on Mango StreetThe House on Mango Street
Best Price: $3.00
I remember reading this book in seventh grade with my entire class. Perhaps I should have...


Guess How Much I Love YouGuess How Much I Love You
Best Price: $1.60
Adorable story and illustrations. A must have for any nursery. But very young children will lose...
The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed SetThe Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set
Best Price: $23.77
Once I started reading the first of the seven books, I COULD NOT stop reading! As I finished...
Adventures of Huckleberry FinnAdventures of Huckleberry Finn
Best Price: $4.06
"You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far." Uncle Remus Huck...
Pat the Bunny (Touch and Feel Book)Pat the Bunny (Touch and Feel Book)
Best Price: $4.74
This book is not as great/classic as it is proclaimed to be. I look at Alborough and Boynton...
Island of the Blue DolphinsIsland of the Blue Dolphins
Best Price: $2.25
i was forced to read this in school and i could not stand it... i got about halfway in before i...


Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss)Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss)
Best Price: $4.99
I've always appreciated the way Dr. Suess can speak to adults. This is a classic graduation...
The OutsidersThe Outsiders
Best Price: $3.99
I have no idea why this book resonated so deeply with me. I was not raised in Oklahoma, I was...
Maniac MageeManiac Magee
Best Price: $3.05
After reading Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli, I have learned a lot about what it takes to be a...
The HobbitThe Hobbit
Best Price: $2.75
Our 10 year old and 7 year old sons and their mum are really enjoying this recording every time...
Cars and Trucks and Things That Go (Giant Little Golden Book)Cars and Trucks and Things That Go (Giant Little Golden Book)
Best Price: $8.38
Both our sons loved this book . I bought this for our grandson, who, I am sure, will have as...

Number the StarsNumber the Stars
Best Price: $2.58
10-year-old Annemarie Johannesen narrates this story (based on real events) set in Denmark...
The ChosenThe Chosen
Best Price: $3.26
I really liked the historical aspect of the book. Though a work of fiction, it helped me to...
The Giving TreeThe Giving Tree
Best Price: $4.40
This is a wonderful story that I believe every child should hear. The emotion from the story is...
The Phantom TollboothThe Phantom Tollbooth
Best Price: $3.14
At first, I simply enjoyed it as a kid. Later on, as a teen, I looked for it when I...
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey BusinessCaps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
Best Price: $2.95
This makes the top ten list out of all the great picture books we read to our kids when they...

CorduroyCorduroy
Best Price: $6.75
I bought this book after reading reviews, and was pretty disappointed. Sure, the message is...
Where the Red Fern GrowsWhere the Red Fern Grows
Best Price: $3.31
Where the Red Fern grows is an exciting story of a boy named Billy who lives in the Ozark...
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Best Price: $3.22
I picked this book up at a local book store because I was going on vacation. I read a lot of...
The Little PrinceThe Little Prince
Best Price: $2.58
It's a good story book for adults. I have had it at my home, and now I live alone and I would...
The Cat in the HatThe Cat in the Hat
Best Price: $0.89
This is, of course, the classic beginning reader by Dr. Seuss. What can I say about it that...

Horton Hears A Who!Horton Hears A Who!
Best Price: $5.20
20the Century Fox has just released a big-screen version of the Dr. Seuss classic Horton Hears a...
Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)
Best Price: $1.90
We all know this book, no need for me to re-iterate the plot. What makes it work, though, is...
Tuck EverlastingTuck Everlasting
Best Price: $3.04
One hot summer day in August, 10-year-old Winnie Foster sits on the front porch and thinks about...
The OutsidersThe Outsiders
Best Price: $3.94
The novel, The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton was a very intriguing book. This novel shows...
Mr. Popper's PenguinsMr. Popper's Penguins
Best Price: $2.00
I have read this book five times now with 3rd graders. For some reason, I always dread...

The Lorax (Classic Seuss)The Lorax (Classic Seuss)
Best Price: $7.95
There are not many books for this age group that the parent gets more out if it than the child....
The Important BookThe Important Book
Best Price: $3.32
A simple book about what is important about things such as grass, rain, a spoon etc. It is a...
Make Way for Ducklings (Viking Kestrel Picture Books)Make Way for Ducklings (Viking Kestrel Picture Books)
Best Price: $6.34
This book is simply sublime. I had it as a child, got it for my own children over 25 years ago,...
JamberryJamberry
Best Price: $4.04
I love this book. I love the rhythm of it, I love the note at the end, I love the dedication -...
Walk Two MoonsWalk Two Moons
Best Price: $3.00
This book is one of those pieces of fiction that really had an impact on my life and I'm not...

The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, ... Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside)The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, ... Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside)
Best Price: $27.00
I loved the books and the movie as a child and wanted to revisit and read them to my younger...
Johnny TremainJohnny Tremain
Best Price: $1.95
I suppose I had read other history books before I read this book at age 12. However, this is...
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) (Puffin Modern Classics)Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) (Puffin Modern Classics)
Best Price: $3.75
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry shows how in the South, African Americans were treated. One...
The Little Engine That Could: The Complete, Original Edition (A Platt & Munk Classic)The Little Engine That Could: The Complete, Original Edition (A Platt & Munk Classic)
Best Price: $3.20
This is a book I thoroughly enjoyed as a child. I began to borrow it from the library for my...
Flowers for AlgernonFlowers for Algernon
Best Price: $4.80
For the longest time I believed this was the worst book ever. After reading A Portrait of the...

The Bronze BowThe Bronze Bow
Best Price: $3.58
This is an interesting read for kids over the age of 10, and for adults as well. The main...
Bridge to TerabithiaBridge to Terabithia
Best Price: $3.00
Bridge to Teribithia is a great book! It is about friendship. Jesse, the main character lives...
Nothing But The Truth: A Documentary NovelNothing But The Truth: A Documentary Novel
Best Price: $2.48
It's a very interesting book. Some books are very borring but this is a very fun book.This book...
All the King's MenAll the King's Men
Best Price: $2.94
Accidentally picking this up at the library in the audio book section, I gave the first CD a...
Little Women (Signet Classics)Little Women (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $1.28
I first read this book when I was in third grade. I was about halfway through the book when I...

ShilohShiloh
Best Price: $3.00
Title: Shiloh Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Date:...
That Was Then, This Is NowThat Was Then, This Is Now
Best Price: $2.33
That Was Then This Is Now Bryon is a strong, 16 year old teenager in the book That Was Then...
Best Word Book Ever! (Giant Little Golden Book)Best Word Book Ever! (Giant Little Golden Book)
Best Price: $8.94
This is the only word book I remember reading with my mom back in the early 1980s. I still have...
Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition)Le Petit Prince (French Language Edition)
Best Price: $5.95
This is probably one of the best books I have ever read. We read it in my fourth year french...
Harriet the SpyHarriet the Spy
Best Price: $2.50
Harriet the Spy By Louise Fitzhugh I have read Harriet the Spy, watched the movie and...

The View from SaturdayThe View from Saturday
Best Price: $2.00
I think the book The View from Saturday was a waste of time for the writer. The theme was not so...
The Story about Ping (Reading Railroad Books)The Story about Ping (Reading Railroad Books)
Best Price: $1.16
People who find this book cruel are taking it too seriously. Most of all, this book has been...
Beatrix Potter The Complete TalesBeatrix Potter The Complete Tales
Best Price: $20.89
I bought this for my 14 year old niece. She has a slight reading problem, as some kids do and...
My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics)My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics)
Best Price: $2.97
This was a favorite of mine as a child, and even when I picked it up again for a reread I was...
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club)The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club)
Best Price: $2.50
Maybe I'm just not a fan of the Southern Gothic genre to which this novel belongs, but man oh...

The Mouse and the MotorcycleThe Mouse and the Motorcycle
Best Price: $1.20
My son is 7 and an advanced reader, but he doesn't pick up a book for fun--until we checked this...
The Runaway BunnyThe Runaway Bunny
Best Price: $2.65
I just noticed another review (one of the few on the lone star end) describing this book as...
The Story of FerdinandThe Story of Ferdinand
Best Price: $8.20
Ferdinand is a bull who listens to his own heart. He does not bow to 'peer pressure' and try to...
The Hundred DressesThe Hundred Dresses
Best Price: $3.06
This book has a lot of build up surrounding the dresses... are they real, imaginary, did she...
The Complete Adventures of Curious GeorgeThe Complete Adventures of Curious George
Best Price: $8.98
This book is wonderful. I personally loved Curious George as a kid and I wanted to pass those...
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