100 Books Every Kid Should Read By Age 14

100 Books Every Kid Should Read By Age 14

MICHAEL KELLEY OCT. 7, 2013, 11:08 AM 5,774 7

The British reading and writing charity Booktrust has released an “ultimate list” of the 100 children’s books every kid should read by the time he’s 14. It’s a pretty good breakdown of key reading material for anyone who is growing up. It also differs considerably from The New York Public Library’s new list of 100 greatest children’s books, which was released late last month and faced considerable controversy over “missing” titles. Here are the top 100 kids’ books, according to Booktrust:“Would You Rather?”

Ages 0 to 5

Each Peach Pear Plum

The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters

The Snowman

Gorilla

Would You Rather?

Dear Zoo

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

I Want My Hat Back

Not now, Bernard

Meg and Mog

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

I Want My Potty!

Where the Wild Things Are

The Cat in the Hat

The Elephant and the Bad Baby

“The Enchanted Wood”

Ages 6 to 8

The Enchanted Wood

Five on a Treasure Island

A Bear Called Paddington

The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook

Flat Stanley

Clarice Bean, That’s Me

That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown

The BFG

The Story of Babar

My Naughty Little Sister

Asterix the Gaul

Amazing Grace

Finn Family Moomintroll

The Queen’s Nose

The Sheep-Pig

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Pippi Longstocking

Winnie-the-Pooh

The Worst Witch

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Horrid Henry

The Arrival

Charlotte’s Web

Little House in the Big Woods

Mister Magnolia

“The Hobbit”

Ages 9 to 11

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Skellig

Carrie’s War

Artemis Fowl

Millions

The Witches

Matilda

Flour Babies

Once

The Adventures of Tintin

Journey to the River Sea

Stig of the Dump

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Goodnight Mister Tom

Private Peaceful

A Monster Calls

The Borrowers

Truckers

Swallows and Amazons

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Holes

The Little Prince

Ballet Shoes

The Hobbit

The Story of Tracy Beaker

“The Hunger Games”

Ages 12-14

Watership Down

Noughts and Crosses

Forever

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Junk

Looking for JJ

The Hunger Games

The Graveyard Book

Maggot Moon

The Owl Service

Coram Boy

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Stormbreaker

The Kite Rider

The Knife of Never Letting Go

Life: An Exploded Diagram

Northern Lights

The Ruby in the Smoke

Witch Child

Mortal Engines

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

How I Live Now

Revolver

I Capture the Castle

The Fellowship of The Ring

The New York Public Library’s list includes a few notable books not chose by Booktrust, including “Bridge to Terabithia“; “Curious George“; “Goodnight Moon“; “Jumanji“; and “A Wrinkle in Time.”

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