Barrie, J.M.
Peter Pan

Baum, L. Frank
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Bemelmans, Ludwig
Madeline series*

Bond, Michael
A Bear Called Paddington

Boston, L.M.
The Children of Green Knowe

Brink, Carol Ryrie
Caddie Woodlawn

Brown, Margaret Wise Goodnight, Moon*

Brunhoff, Jean de
The Story of Babar*

Burnett, Frances Hodgson
The Secret Garden

Burton, Virginia Lee
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel*

Butterworth, Oliver
The Enormous Egg

Clark, Ann Nolan
Secret of the Andes

Cleary, Beverly
Henry Huggins series

Coatsworth, Elizabeth
The Cat Who Went to Heaven

Dalgliesh, Alice
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain*,
The Courage of Sarah Noble*

De Angeli, Marguerite
The Door in the Wall

De Jong, Meindert
The House of Sixty Fathers The Wheel on the School

Dodge, Mary Mapes
Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

Du Bois, William Pene
The Twenty-One Balloons

Edmonds, Walter D.
The Matchlock Gun

Estes, Eleanor
Ginger Pye, Moffats series

Farley, Walter
The Black Stallion

Field, Rachel
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years

Fritz, Jean
The Cabin Faced West

Gilbreth, Frank B. and Ernestine G. Carey
Cheaper By the Dozen

Gipson, Fred
Old Yeller

Godden, Rumer
The Mousewife*

Grahame, Kenneth
The Reluctant Dragon*, The Wind in the Willows

Gray, Elizabeth Janet
Adam of the Road

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Fairy Tales

Hawes, Charles
The Dark Frigate

Haywood, Carolyn
Betsy series*

Henry, Marguerite
King of the Wind, Misty of Chincoteague

Keith, Harold
Rifles for Watie

Kelly, Eric
The Trumpeter of Krakow

Kipling, Rudyard
Captains Courageous, Just So Stories for Little Children* The Jungle Books

Kjelgaard, Jim
Big Red

Knight, Eric
Lassie Come Home

Krumgold, Joseph
...and Now Miguel Onion John

LaFarge, Oliver
Laughing Boy

Lamb, Charles and Mary
Tales from Shakespear

Latham, Jean Lee
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch

Lawson, Robert
Ben & Me, Rabbit Hill

Leaf, Munro
The Story of Ferdinand*

Lear, Edward
Book of Nonsense*

Lenski, Lois
Strawberry Girl

Lewis, C.S.
Chronicles of Narnia series

Lindgren, Astrid
Pippi Longstocking series

Lofting, Hugh
Doctor Doolittle series

London, Jack
The Call of the Wild, White Fang

MacDonald, Betty
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle*

MacGregor, Ellen
Miss Pickerell series

McCloskey, Robert
Blueberries for Sal*, Homer Price, Make Way for Ducklings*

McSwigan, Marie
Snow Treasure

Meigs, Cornelia
Invincible Louisa

Milne, A.A.
The House at Pooh Corner*, Now We Are Six*, When We Were Very Young*, Winnie-the-Pooh*

Minarik, Else Holmelund Little Bear

Montgomery, L.M.
Anne of Green Gables

Mukerji, Dhan Ghopal Gay-Neck, the Story of a Pigeon

Norton, Mary
The Borrowers series

O'Hara, Mary
My Friend Flicka

Pearce, Philippa
Tom's Midnight Garden

Perrault, Charles
Cinderella*

Potter, Beatrix
The Tale of Peter Rabbit*

Pyle, Howard
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Rey, H.A.
Curious George series*

Richter, Conrad
The Light in the Forest

Selden, George
The Cricket in Times Square*

Seuss, Dr.
The Cat in the Hat*

Sewell, Anna
Black Beauty

Sorenson, Virginia
Miracles on Maple Hill

Speare, Elizabeth George
The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Sperry, Armstrong
Call It Courage

Spyri, Johanna
Heidi

Steinbeck, John
The Red Pony

Stevenson, Robert Louis
A Child's Garden of Verses*, Kidnapped, Treasure Island

Travers, Pamela L.
Mary Poppins series

Van Loon, Hendrik

The Story of Mankind

White, E.B.
Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little

Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Little House series

Williams, Margery
The Velveteen Rabbit*

Wyss, Johann
Swiss Family Robinson

Zion, Gene
Harry the Dirty Dog*

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15 Things You Can Do to Save America's Stories

Any time families gather together is a natural time for sharing family stories.  Secure family stories for future generations   Interview your relatives, write down their stories yourself, record them on audio or videotape. 

1. Keeping a journal
2. Why family recollections matter
3. Playing detective with photographs
4. Discovering clues in family papers
5. Uncovering history in the attic
6. Exploring your home's history
7. Climbing the family tree
8. Finding your family's place in American
history
9. Writing your own story
10. Fun for the family
11. Sharing your story
12. Connecting with your community
13. Finding help
14. Teaching American history through family history
15. Joining your hometown experts