
And, naturally, we didn't want the list to feel like homework. Of course, the age at which people read these may vary wildly, but we tried to pick books that would feel significant in the years leading up to becoming a teenager, and be warmly remembered all their lives. We chose the books based on the idea of selecting the 100 that cover the years from birth (those first well-worn titles) up to age 12. But which ones are the can't-miss favorites, those that will last a lifetime? The Amazon Book editors set out to compile a list of 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime that included classics from years gone by, classics in the making, the serious, the silly, the surreal-children's literature has it all.


So many children's books remain close to our hearts long after we first read them.
