You’ve Seen the Movies, Now Read These 80+ Children’s Classics

Like Rebecca, I had no idea that Mary Poppins was a book for a very long time. In fact, it was only while I was putting together one of these lists a couple of months ago that was made aware that it was, in fact, a whole series of books!  That’s four more titles to add to the ever-growing To Be Read list!. In this giveaway sponsored by Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers, we wanted to know: what classic children’s stories have you watched but never read?  If the length of this list is any indication, Rebecca and I are not the only ones who have a little-catch up reading to do!

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, Matilda, and James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit Robin Hood (English Folklore) Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car by Ian Fleming Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Nurse Matilda  (Nanny McPhee) by Christianna Brand Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Various Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling The Tale of Despereaux and Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter Heidi by Johanna Spyri The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Magic Bed Knob; or How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons  and Bonfires and Broomsticks by Mary Norton Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little by E.B. White 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Neverending Story by Michael Ende The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones The Fox and the Hound by Daniel P. Mannix Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster The Princess Bride by William Goldman Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby by Charles Kingsley Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key Old Yeller by Fred Gipson The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black Eloise series by Kay Thompson Inkheart by Cornelia Funke The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting The Rescuers by Margery Sharp Various Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket Shrek! by William Steig ________________________ Sign up for our newsletter to have the best of Book Riot delivered straight to your inbox every week. No spam. We promise. To keep up with Book Riot on a daily basis, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and subscribe to the Book Riot podcast in iTunes or via RSS. So much bookish goodness–all day, every day.