1. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen:

2. The Little Critter series by Mercer Mayer:
3. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith:

4. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon:

5. The Baby-Sitters Club books by Ann M. Martin:

6. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor:

7. My Teacher Is an Alien by Bruce Coville:

8. Amelia's Notebook by Marissa Moss:

9. The Full House books by various authors:
10. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka:

11. The Adventures of Tintin books by Hergé:
12. Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary:

13. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell:

14. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech:

15. The Eyewitness Books by DK:

16. Earth to Matthew by Paula Danziger:

17. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary:

18. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst:

19. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister:

20. The Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish and Herman Parish:
21. The Teacher From the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler:

22. Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell:

23. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney:

24. The Berenstain Bears books by Stan and Jan Berenstain:

25. The Garfield books by Jim Davis:

26. Bart Simpson's Guide to Life by Matt Groening:

27. Busy, Busy books by Richard Scarry:

28. Miss Nelson Is Missing! by Harry Allard:

29. Corduroy by Don Freeman:

30. The Hank the Cowdog books by John R. Erickson:
31. The Little Golden Books by various authors:
32. Johnny's in the Basement by Louis Sachar:

33. Matilda, The BFG, and really, any other books by Roald Dahl:
34. This Scholastic Children's Dictionary:

35. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor:

36. The Boxcar Children books by Gertrude Chandler Warner:

37. Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne:

38. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff:

39. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz:

40. I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles by Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo:

41. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault:

42. The Goosebumps books by R.L. Stine:
43. Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar:

44. The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone:

45. Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush? by Jerry Spinelli:

46. The Choose Your Own Adventure books by various authors:

47. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon:

48. And finally, the Junie B. Jones books by Barbara Park:
