1. Where the Wild Things Are
   by Maurice Sendak
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
   by Eric Carle
3. The Polar Express
   by Chris Van Allsburg
4. Goodnight Moon
   by Margaret Wise Brown
5. Love You Forever
   by Robert Munsch
6. The Giving Tree
   by Shel Silverstein
7. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
   by William Steig
8. Madeline
   by Ludwig Bemelmans
9. The Little House
   by Virginia Lee Burton
10. Blueberries for Sal
    by Robert McCloskey
11. The Snowy Day
    by Ezra Jack Keats
12. Stellaluna
    by Janell Cannon
13. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
    by Laura Numeroff
14. The Other Side
    by Jacqueline Woodson
15. The Owl Moon
    by Jane Yolen
16. The Snowman
    by Raymond Briggs
17. The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
    by Chris Van Allsburg
18. Make Way for Ducklings
    by Robert McCloskey
19. SkippyJon Jones
    by Judy Schachner
20. No, David!
    by David Shannon
21. The Keeping Quilt
    by Patricia Polacco
22. The Little Engine That Could
    by Watty Piper
23. The Mitten
    by Jan Brett
24. Green Eggs and Ham
    by Dr. Seuss
25. Curious George
    by H.A. and Margret Rey

1. Charlotte's Web
   by E.B. White
2. Bridge to Terabithia
   by Katherine Paterson
3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
   by J.K. Rowling
4. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
   by C.S. Lewis
5. Holes
   by Louis Sachar
6. The Giver
   by Lois Lowry
7. Because of Winn-Dixie
   by Kate DiCamillo
8. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
   by Judy Blume
9. A Wrinkle in Time
   by Madeleine L'Engle
10. Frindle
    by Andrew Clements
11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    by Roald Dahl
12. Junie B., First Grader at Last!
    by Barbara Park
13. Where the Red Fern Grows
    by Wilson Rawls
14. Tuck Everlasting
    by Natalie Babbitt
15. Harriet the Spy
    by Louise Fitzhugh
16. Ramona Quimby, Age 8
    by Beverly Cleary
17. Little House on the Prarie
    by Laura Ingalls Wilder
18. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
    by E.L. Konigsburg
19. Maniac Magee
    by Jerry Spinelli
20. The Secret Garden
    by Frances Burnett
21. Ruby Holler
    by Sharon Creech
22. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
    by Mildred D. Taylor
23. Anne of Green Gables
    by L.M. Montgomery
24. Freak the Mighty
    by Rodman Philbrick
25. A Series of Unfortunate Events
    by Lemony Snicket

(Teachers' Picks, Instructor Magazine, 2007)