Childhood favorite books or newer children’s books to turn to when you need a break from the adult world or a healthy dose of nostalgia
created by BookishWolfe
last updated February, 2026
Corduroy
Don Freeman
The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt
Riel Nason
Shiloh (Shiloh, #1)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
The Last Bear
Hannah Gold
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (Lyle the Crocodile)
Bernard Waber
Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Wayside School, #1)
Louis Sachar
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
C.S. Lewis
Little Bear (Little Bear, #1)
Else Holmelund Minarik
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Harold, #1)
Crockett Johnson
Holes (Holes, #1)
The Family Under the Bridge
Natalie Savage Carlson
Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate
Elmer and the Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #2)
Ruth Stiles Gannett
The Dragons of Blueland (My Father's Dragon, #3)
My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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