30(ish) Favorite Children's Books for Autumn

Picture Books

1. Autumn Story by Jill Barklem

2. Miss Suzy by Miriam Young, illus. Arnold Lobel

3. The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone

4. A Bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban, illus. Lillian Hoban

5. Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

6. The Fierce Bad Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (a family favorite! It should be read in an Elmer Fudd voice for full effect.)

7. Billy and Blaze by C.W. Anderson (plus several sequels)

8. Dr. DeSoto by William Steig

9. What Does the Rain Play? by Nancy White Carlstrom, illus. Henri Sorenen

10. The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco

11. Emily by Michael Bedard, illus. Barbara Cooney

12. The Library by Sarah Stewart, illus. David Small

13. Mr. Putter Picks the Pears by Cynthia Rylant, illus. Arthur Howard (our favorite of the Mr. Putter and Tabby books)

14. Tumble Me Tumbily by Karen Baiker, illus. Sam Williams

15. All the Way to Llasa: A Tale from Tibet by Barbara Helen Berger

16. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, illus. Kadir Nelson

17. Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

18. A Fairy Went A-Marketing by Rose Fyleman, illus. Jamichael Henterly

19. Painted Words/Spoken Memories by Aliki

20. Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird, illus. Helen Craig

21. Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser, illus. Paul O. Zelinsky

22. Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale, illus. Nathan Hale

23. Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman, illus. Stephen Gammell

Novels

24. Philomena by Kate Seredy

25. Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, illus. Ernest Shepard

26. Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

27. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

28. The Moffats by Eleanor Estes

29. Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

30. All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor (plus four equally delightful sequels!)

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