Books that Shaped the 20th Century

(from the School Library Journal, January 2000)

Most of these book are found in the Coury Library Media Center.  Use OPAC (the online card catalog) to find them.  Enjoy reading!

Titles in red are for PreK-2nd grade.  Titles in black are for 3rd grade and up.

Title

Author

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Verna Aardema
The High King Lloyd Alexander
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt
Madeline Ludwig Bemelmans
The Five Chinese Brothers Claire Huchet Bishop
A Bear Called Paddington Michael Bond
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown
Smoky Night Eve Bunting
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Incredible Journey:  A Tale of Three Animals Sheila Burnford
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Virginia Lee Burton
Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle
Ramona the Pest Beverly Cleary
The Goats Brock Cole
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks Joanna Cole
The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper
The Chocolate War Robert Cormier
Ordinary Jack Helen Cresswell
Freight Train Donald Crews
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
Strega Nona Tomie dePaola
Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Paul Fleischman
The One-Eyed Cat Paula Fox
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
Lincoln: A Photobiography Russell Freedman
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Jean Fritz
Millions of Cats Wanda Gag
Julie of the Wolves Jean Craighead George
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
M.C. Higgins, the Great Virginia Hamilton
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales Virginia Hamilton
Chester's Way Kevin Henkes
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse
The Outsiders S.E. Hinton
Shapes and Things Tana Hoban
Paddle-to-the-Sea Holling C. Holling
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats
Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mt. St. Helens Patricia Lauber
Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson
A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula LeGuin
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren
Frog and Toad Are Friends Arnold Lobel
Anastasia Krupnik Lois Lowry
The Giver Lois Lowry
Cathedral David Macaulay
The Way Things Work David Macaulay
Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan
George and Martha James Marshall
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archimbault
Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey
Far and Few David McCord
The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley
Mirandy and Brother Wind Patricia McKissack
The Pushcart War Jean Merrill
Winnie-the-Pooh A.A. Milne
Little Bear Else Minarik
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery
Fallen Angels Walter Dean Myers
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell
Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson
Hatchet Gary Paulsen
Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce
The Little Engine That Could Watty Piper
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter
Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka
The Westing Game Ellen Raskin
Curious George H.A. Rey
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales John Scieszka
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings Shel Silverstein
Zlateh the Goat Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Alfred Summer Jan Slepian
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business Esphyr Slobodkina
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig
Stevie John Steptoe
The Lantern Bearers Rosemary Sutcliff
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred Taylor
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
Mary Poppins P.L. Travers
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg
Homecoming Cynthia Voigt
Max's First Word Rosemary Wells
Charlotte's Web E.B. White
Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder
Seven Blind Mice Ed Young
Rumpelstiltskin Paul O. Zelinsky
The Pigman Paul Zindel
William's Doll Charlotte Zolotow