Children's Literature Party Reading Ideas!

This post is written for the Classic Children's Literature Party for 2023!

Ok, so if you're anything like me, then there's a good chance when you try to think of classic children's authors, you draw a bit of a blank. Actually, anything that's more than 50 years old is pretty much considered to be a classic, and that widens your reading options considerably! If you also have a list of suggestions, I encourage you to share it on your blog and then add your link to the party!

I've read quite a few books from the Newbery Medal list and am always pleasantly surprised by the results. Here's some I gleaned from the list, names that I know, some of my sister's favorites, and a few of my own!

• Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel (1973)
• Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (1973) 
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (1972) 
• Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell (1971) 
• Sounder by William H. Armstrong (1970) 
• The High King by Lloyd Alexander (1969)
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (1968)
• The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander (1966)
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (1963) 
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (1961) 
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (1959) 
• The Family Under The Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson (1959) 
• Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (1957) 
• Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (1953) 
• The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli (1950) 
• Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (1946) 
• Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (1944) 
• Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (1936) 

And of course, there are always old series standbys like, some of the following series of children's books.

• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Borrowers by Mary Norton
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
• Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald

We mustn't forget those incredible classics that we've probably read so many times that we forget about them being children's books.

• A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Princess and the Goblin by George Macdonald
• The Princess and Curdie by George Macdonald
• The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
• Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
• Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery

These are only a few humble suggestions, for my own benefit as well as anyone else who needs a handy list. Enjoy browsing through your bookshelves or raiding your public library or used bookstore for some new reads! Happy Reading!

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