The Best Children's Books

(according to 400+ really successful people)

These are the best books about Children's.

Sources include interviews, biographies, podcast transcripts, public online lists, and more.

Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling
7 recommenders
"Never a bad time to start them all over...... again." - Ariana Grande
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Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown
3 recommenders
"We need an adult version of [this book]!" - Arianna Huffington
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Winnie-the-Pooh
A. A. Milne
2 recommenders
"One of the seminal books of my childhood. [...] What struck me about Pooh, of course, [was that] there was this bear of little brains who was so much wiser than everybody else." - Dr. Gabor Maté
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The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats
2 recommenders
"Love love love this book!!" - Don Cheadle
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
2 recommenders
"As a child, they exploded my imagination." - Chris Anderson
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Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss
2 recommenders
"As a child of humble means, this book allowed me to believe that I could go anywhere and do anything." - Lisa Ling
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Love You Forever
Robert Munsch
2 recommenders
"A beautiful book that I give to anybody who has a kid." - Evan Goldberg
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Charlotte's Web
E. B White
2 recommenders
"[My earliest memory of reading is] sitting in the back of the beat up old station wagon reading a paperback of [this book] while my mom was driving us to the mall." - Peter Attia
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Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
2 recommenders
Naval Ravikant's answer to "first book which started your lifelong journey of reading?"
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The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown
1 recommender
"I started reading to Chelsea with [this book] and all the favorites which led her to make her own reading choices." - Hillary Clinton
The Monster at the End of This Book
Jon Stone
1 recommender
"I loved as a kid - [one of the books] that stuck in my head." - Jimmy Fallon
The Midnight Fox
Betsy Byars
1 recommender
"It’s funny. It’s thoughtful. It’s got great characters. It’s a great book." - Gretchen Rubin
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein
1 recommender
On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson
1 recommender
"Watterson is like Wodehouse. Because he works in an unpretentious medium, few realize how timelessly great he is." - Paul Graham
The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren
1 recommender
"What I loved most [about the main character] was that she was a girl, and she was a little different, and she was still the most powerful character." - Michelle Obama
Maisy Mouse Collection
Lucy Cousins
1 recommender
"My favorite books for bedtime reading to 2 year olds." - Paul Graham
Good Night, Little Bear
Patsy Scarry
1 recommender
Paul Graham mentioned this book on Twitter.
Dog Man
Dav Pilkey
1 recommender
"Don't be so quick to add it to your reading list. Dog Man is aimed at 5-10 year olds." - Paul Graham
Curious George
H. A. Rey
1 recommender
"I started reading to Chelsea with [this book] and all the favorites which led her to make her own reading choices." - Hillary Clinton
Blankie
Leslie Patricelli
1 recommender
"Will be deeply pleasing to [its respective audience]." - Paul Graham
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Judith Viorst
1 recommender
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
1 recommender
Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

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