Recommended Reading
The following list is a selection of texts that Books for Learning aims to include in The Children's Classical Library over time.
The works are listed by author, except where the author is not known, in which case the work is listed by title.
- Aesop
- - Fables
- Alcott, L. M.
- - Little Men
- - Little Women
- Andersen, H. C.
- - Tales
- Apollonius of Rhodes
- - Argonautica, The
- Arabian Nights
- Asbjornsen, P.
- - Tales
- Austen, Jane
- - Emma
- - Pride and Prejudice
- Ballantyne, R.
- - Coral Island, The
- Bailey, A. S.
- - Tale of Browny Beaver, The
- - Tale of Cuffy Bear, The
- - Tale of Fatty Coon, The
- - Tale of Freddy Firefly, The
- - Tale of Old Mr Crow, The
- - Tale of Sansy Chipmunk, The
- - Tale of Solomon Owl, The
- - Tale of Tommy Fox, The
- Barrie, J.
- - Peter Pan
- Baum, L. F.
- - Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The
- Bible Stories
- Bronte, C.
- - Jane Eyre
- Bronte, E.
- - Wuthering Heights
- Brooke, L. L.
- - Jonnie Crow's Garden
- Bunyan, J.
- - Pilgrim's Progress, The
- Burgess, Thornton
- - Old Mother West Wind
- - Reddy Fox
- - Johnny Chuck
- - Peter Cottontail
- - Uncle Billy Possum
- - Mr Mocker
- - Jerry Muskrat
- - Danny Meadow Mouse
- - Grandfather Frog
- - Chatterer the Red Squirrel
- - Sammy Jay
- - Buster Bear
- - Old Mr Toad
- - Prickly Porky
- - Old Man Coyote
- - Paddy the Beaver
- - Poor Mrs Quack
- - Bobby Raccoon
- - Jimmy Skunk
- - Bob White
- - Old Mr Buzzard
- - Happy Jack
- - Mrs Peter Rabbit
- - Bowser the Hound
- - Old Granny Fox
- - Lightfoot the Deer
- - Blacky the Crow
- - Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
- - Buster Bear's Twins
- Burnett, F. H.
- - Little Princess, A
- - Little Lord Fauntleroy
- - Secret Garden, The
- Burroughs, E. R.
- - Tarzan
- Carroll, L.
- - Alice in Wonderland
- Cervantes, M.
- - Don Quixote
- Chaucer, G.
- - Canterbury Tales, The
- Collins, W.
- - Moonstone
- - Woman in White
- Collodi, C.
- - Pinocchio
- Coolidge, S.
- - What Katy Did
- Craik, D.
- - Little Lame Prince, The
- Crane, S.
- - Red Badge of Courage, The
- Defoe, D.
- - Robinson Crusoe
- Dickens, C.
- - Chrsitmas Carol, A
- - David Copperfield
- - Great Expectations
- - Little Dorrit
- - Nicholas Nickelby
- - Oliver Twist
- - Tale of Two Cities, A
- Dodge, Mary
- - Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
- Doyle, A.C.
- - Sherlock Holmes Series
- Dumas, A.
- - Man in the Iron Mask, The
- - Three Musketeers, The
- Falkner, J. Meade
- - Moonfleet
- Grahame, K.
- - Wind in the Willows, The
- Greek Myths
- Grimm Brothers
- - Tales
- Hawthorne, N.
- - Tanglewood Tales / A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
- Homer
- - Iliad
- - Odyssey
- Hugo, V.
- - Les Miserables
- Irving, W.
- - Rip Van Winkle
- - Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The
- Jacobs, J.
- - Tales
- King Arthur
- Kingsley, C.
- - Water Babies, The
- Kipling, R.
- - Jungle Book, The
- - Just So Stories
- La Fontaine, Jean de la
- - Fables
- Lamb, Charles and Mary
- - Tales from Shakespeare
- Lang, A.
- - Tales
- Lawson, H.
- - Selected stories
- Lear, E.
- - Book of Nonsense, The
- - Laughable Lyrics
- - Nonsense Books
- - Nonsense Songs
- - Nonsense Stories
- London, J.
- - Call of the Wild, The
- - White Fang
- MacDonald, G.
- - The Princess and the Goblin
- - The Princess and Curdie
- - At the Back of the North Wind
- Melville, H.
- - Moby Dick
- Montgomery, F. T.
- - Billy Whiskers, Autobiography of a Goat
- Montgomery, L. M.
- - Anne of Green Gables
- Nesbit, E.
- - Complete Book of Dragons, The
- - Enchanted Castle, The
- - Five Children and It, The
- - Magic City, The
- - Railway Children, The
- - Shakespeare Stories
- Orczy, Baroness Emma
- - The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Perault, C.
- - Tales
- Poe, E. A.
- - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
- Porter, E. H.
- - Pollyanna
- Potter, B.
- - Tale of Peter Rabbit, The
- - Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The
- - Tailor of Gloucester, The
- - Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The
- - Tale of Two Bad Mice, The
- - Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, The
- - Tale of The Pie and the Patty-Pan, The
- - Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher, The
- - Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit, The
- - Story of Miss Moppet, The
- - Tale of Tom Kitten, The
- - Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The
- - Tale of Samuel Whiskers (or The Roly-Poly Pudding) , The
- - Tale of Flopsy Bunnies, The
- - Tale of Ginger and Pickles, The
- - Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, The
- - Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, The
- - Tale of Mr Tod, The
- - Tale of Pigling Bland, The
- - Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, The
- Richardson, Henry H.
- - Getting of Wisdom, The
- Robin Hood
- Shakespeare, W.
- - All's Well That Ends Well
- - As You Like It
- - Commedy of Errors, The
- - Hamlet
- - Henry the Fifth
- - Julius Caesar
- - King Lear
- - Macbeth
- - Merchant of Venice, The
- - Midsummer Night's Dream, A
- - Much Ado About Nothing
- - Othello
- - Richard the Third
- - Romeo and Juliet
- - Taming of the Shrew, The
- - Tempest, The
- - Twelfth Night
- - Winter's Tale, The
- Shelly, M.
- - Frankenstein
- Sophocles
- - Antigone
- - Oedipus the King
- - Oedipus at Colonus
- Spyri, J.
- - Heidi
- Stevenson, R. L.
- - Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde
- - Treaure Island
- Stoker, B.
- - Dracula
- Swift, J.
- - Gulliver's Travels
- Twain, M.
- - Huckleberry Fin
- - Tom Sawyer
- Valmiki
- - Ramayana
- Vergil
- - Aeneid
- Verne, J.
- - Around the Wold in Eighty Days
- - Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
- Vyasa
- - Mahabharata
- Wells, H. G.
- - Time Machine, The
- Wiggin, K.
- - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
- Wilde, O.
- - Canterville Ghost
- - Devoted Friend, The
- - Fisherman and his Soul, The
- - Happy Prince, The
- - Nightingale and the Rose, The
- - Picture of Dorian Gray, The
- - Remarkable Rocket, The
- - Selfish Giant, The
- Wyss, J. D.
- - Swiss Family Robinson