20 CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS THAT ADULTS CAN READ AS WELL.

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Are you looking for Classic Children's books to get your children into reading, or to expand their reading into classic literature? If so, this video will be right up your street.
In this video we will take a look at 20 Classic Children's Books that can be just as easily enjoyed by adults and are perfect if you want to read with your children and develop wonderful memories.
Each classic children's book in this video will be given a brief synopsis. I hope that you enjoy the video.
BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
0:00 - Intro
2:44 - Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
4:50 - Watership Down by Richard Adams
6:40 - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
8:17 - Coral Island by R M Ballantyne
10:08 - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
12:07 - Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat
13:46 - Charlotte's Web by E B White
16:13 - Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
18:12 - Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis
19:43 - Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
21:39 - The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett
24:20 - The Railway Children by E Nesbitt
26:48 - Jennings Goes to School by Anthony Buckeridge
28:47 - The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
31:23 - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
33:34 - Five Go To Treasure Island by Enid Blyton
35:54 - George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
37:49 - Peter Pan by J M Barrie
40:03 - The Hobbit by J R R Tolkein
42:53 - Treasure Island by R L Stevenson
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@toddbelanger1923 8 ай бұрын

YAHOOOO Get that POPCORN A POPPING and warm that butter baby because we are all in for a treat..I've been so looking forward to this type of video from you..CHEERS FOREVER DUDELY DUDE

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

🤣 i love your enthusiasm, Todd. You put a spring in my step.

@Yesica1993 8 ай бұрын

Ha ha! I felt the same way when I read the title! Saving this one for when I can give it the attention it deserves. Thank you, Tristan!

@dianemacisaac4633 5 ай бұрын

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls: a grown man reflects back on his 20-yr-old self growing up in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Oklahoma and his love as a boy of his two dogs. You learn about poverty, yearning, sacrifice, loyalty, heartbreak,, and unconditional love. My 4th grade teacher read a little bit of this book each day to our class after lunch if we had done all of our morning lessons,and I fell in love with reading because of this one book. I saved up my pennies that year to be allowed to buy a hard bound copy, which still sits on my bookshelf. Have the box of tissues ready for the very satisfying yet sad ending.

@dawng.8836 3 ай бұрын

One of my childhood favorites

@middlebury65 4 ай бұрын

The little princess, captivated me as a child. Black Beauty was just too much too much, made me cry. Loved this video.

@yvonnehayton6753 4 ай бұрын

Can't believe Pooh wasn't on the list. "We'll have to take provisions," said Pooh. "Take what?" said Piglet. " Food, " said Pooh. "Oh," said Piglet. " I thought you said provisions. "

@gaze505 4 ай бұрын

I like being called a bookish friend! Hello to you, my bookish friend!

@tristanandtheclassics6538 4 ай бұрын

Pleased to meet you, bookish friend 😀❤️👍

@laribex110 7 ай бұрын

My father read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to me when I was 7; what a enormous theological foundation it gave me, as well as developing a love for imaginative play. For my 7th birthday, I received Charlotte’s Web, my first chapter book of my own. It also sparked creativity, imaginative play, and an understanding of life and death. I still own both copies of both books and my own four children have read them. They are all adults now and are all readers. I credit these and other books you mentioned as keys to their curiosity, love for learning and reading for pleasure.

@annchovey2089 Ай бұрын

Can’t go wrong with Narnia.

@joannemoore3976 7 ай бұрын

First read Lord of the Rings when I was 15, just after reading the Hobbit. And it changed my life. I think 15 is a good age to first read LOTR but it's a book that needs to be re read over the years - it's a book that truly grows with you.

@jamielynn1724 7 ай бұрын

I always want to read every book you talk about because your enthusiasm is contagious

@michelleheikkinen5254 8 ай бұрын

Anne of Green Gables

@nbenefiel 5 ай бұрын

Whenever I get really down, I go to Avonlea.

@nicolabenson1155 4 ай бұрын

@@nbenefieli hit a bit of a low during Covid, and re-reading Anne of Green Gables definitely helped

@nbenefiel 4 ай бұрын

@@nicolabenson1155 Whenever my life gets chaotic, or I’m just sad, I reread all of the Anne books, all of them from Anne of Greene Gables through Rilla of Ingleside. I know that, especially after WWI, LM Montgomery dealt with serious depression but she sure has affected my life. I first read Anne when I was 11. I’m 72 now and I still love those books.

@Yesica1993 3 ай бұрын

Okay, I read this as an older adult, just a few years ago. I was NOT expecting that bad thing that happens to a certain character. Two characters, really! (I don't want to spoil.) It shocked me and left me so sad. It didn't help that I was reading it at the nursing home where my mother was recovering from surgery after a fall. I picked a children's book because I was so stressed out and wanted a "pick me up." This wasn't it. Now that my mother is dead, it has even sadder memories associated with it. Obviously, I can't blame the book/author. I can see why it's a beloved favorite. But for me, it was the wrong book at the wrong time.

@adrienne4028 8 ай бұрын

I was thrilled that you included The Indian in the Cupboard. I would always read it to my third grade class and they loved it! They also loved James and the Giant Peach and Charlotte’s Web. I still read children’s literature even though I’m now retired after teaching for 40 yrs. Thanks for this video! 😊

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

No-one should ever stop reading children's literature. It is what forster lit the fires for us. And they are simply great stories.😀❤️

@user-sf3fe4bh2q 8 ай бұрын

" The wind in the willows"!👍👍👍🥰

@kurtfox4944 8 ай бұрын

A suggestion. If you are going to continue this series, I recommend doing it based upon age group : under 6, 6-8, 8-10, 10-12... or (picture books - such as Where The Wild Things Are, early chapter books, middle grade chapter books, etc).

@carlabrown6849 8 ай бұрын

Great list! The Laura Ingalls Wilder series really sparked my love of reading. I highly recommend it.

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I've never read anything by Laura Ingrid Wilder before. She's the author of the Little House on the Prairie books isn't she? I will look some of her books out though. Which one would you recommend?

@carlabrown6849 8 ай бұрын

@@tristanandtheclassics6538 I would start suggest starting with her Little House series. They go quickly. Her name was Laura Ingalls and she married Almanzo Wilder. She starts with her life as a child in Wisconsin, and then the family starts moving west as the books progress. The first book is Little House in the Big Woods, then Little House on the Prairie, Farmer Boy, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, and These Happy Golden Years. My teacher read them to us in 2nd grade (my dear second grade teacher was my major inspiration to read!) and then I read them on my own many times. I’m also from South Dakota, so I felt that bond with Laura, because her family settled in South Dakota. Laura Ingalls Wilder will give you a great taste of classic American pioneer writing. Good reading!

@Yesica1993 7 ай бұрын

Such comfort reads!@@carlabrown6849

@LeahHung125 7 ай бұрын

@@tristanandtheclassics6538you may want to read Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser. It gives the context that LIW wrote the Little House books. As a Brit I was only aware of the TV series and then since living in the US I found out it’s a book series. I think like Enid Bylton books the context is needed.

@melissaolson6108 5 ай бұрын

@@tristanandtheclassics6538 Some (most?) of the books are somewhat racist, but I still read The Long Winter every couple of years. She and her family - the whole town, really - nearly starved that year. It's set in the winter of 1880-81.

@goboogeeee 6 ай бұрын

This is my favorite channel I’ve come across in ages. Thank you so much for your heartfelt enthusiasm.

@Clothmom1 8 ай бұрын

Don’t forget Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and The Princess and the Goblin! I read The Princess and the Goblin to my kids last summer, it was fabulous!

@_Diana_S 7 ай бұрын

Yes, Tom Sawyer is a precursor to Huckleberry Finn. And it makes sense to start with this book as it fits for younger audience, while HF is for older ones, and can be read the next year after Tom Sawyer.

@christinekeay8456 4 ай бұрын

The Princess and the Goblin and The Princess and Curdie were my absolute favourites

@amandalucas79 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic list…would love another! As others have said, this list has to include beloved Canadian classic Anne of Green Gables :)

@lyramidsummer5508 5 ай бұрын

I loved The Finn Family Moomin Troll and Pippi Longstocking as a child. Some great choices on here.

@starlasell5698 2 ай бұрын

The Borrowers by Mary Norton was one of my favorite childhood reads. Watership Down was an amazing read!

@yvonnehayton6753 4 ай бұрын

Tristan, what a warm and friendly face you have and such enthusiasm! Love these videos. They cheer me up!

@yvonnehayton6753 4 ай бұрын

AND you laugh like Tucker Carlson😂

@cindyt1870 5 ай бұрын

Finding your KZfaq channel is a marvelous gift! Thank you!

@margueritespringer3687 3 ай бұрын

Thrilled by this video! Thsnk you so much Tristan..

@patriciatolliver4057 8 ай бұрын

Patty-As a cousin across the pond, I had to add my own favorites. The All of a Kind Family, Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, Mary Poppins, Wizard of Oz, LIttle Women, The Little Princess, and Frances the Badger. Of course, some of these titles have other stories by these authors that just as exciting. Children's books convey messages for adults as well. Great list as usual.

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

Some excellent works there, Patty. Never heard of 5 little peppers. Little Women is outstanding. There's also Pippy Longstocking. What about Emily of the New Moon by L M Montgomery. I think another list will come in the future.😀❤️

@patriciatolliver4057 8 ай бұрын

Pippy Longstockings was excellent. I think I've read Emily of the New Moon. Quite a while ago. I've read a lot of her books. Excellent writing.! I truly enjoy your videos.

@ninanlovespeanut 3 ай бұрын

Anything of the Laura ingles wilderbooks about the Ingals family. - If you want something outside of English literature - tove jansson: comet in moominland (good place to start even though it's the second book in the series) - Astrid Lindgren : Ronja the robbers daughter, brothers lion heart, or Rasmus and the vagabond. Just to mention a few. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: The little prince

@michaelldennis 8 ай бұрын

I read The Coral Island as a young child and was enthralled. Breadfruit trees, the clear pool, hiding out in the secret cave, etc. It wonderfully captured my imagination at that age. And you're correct, no one ever talks about it these days. I enjoyed the first half more than the second.

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

Enthralling is the right word. As for the second half, I think that many authors get fatigued as they see the end they want to get to, but it takes more writing than they expect to get there.

@lucyssweetjournaling 8 ай бұрын

This is terrific. I was wondering when you would make a video on Children's Classics. This is brilliant!!!

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Lucy.😀❤️

@Scottlp2 7 ай бұрын

The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander. Like 5 book series very well done with life lessons.

@Fernie4243 4 ай бұрын

Carry On, Mr Bowdich is a good one. I read it first and gave it to my husband who loved it and my 12 yr old daughter has read it at least 3 times. Inspiring! Fantastic!

@ainwena7595 8 ай бұрын

My favorites from your list are The Secret Garden, Indian in the Cupboard, (all of Roahl Dahl), and The Hobbit. Ultimately though, my all time favorite is Pippi Longstocking. I still remember hysterically laughing reading in the back of the car on the way to school in the morning and afternoon. Wonderful stuff. I have the Wind in the Willows on my TBR shelf in the bedroom. I am thinking now I should read that one next.

@TSLamb 5 ай бұрын

Island of the Blue Dolphins

@kandamy1 7 ай бұрын

Two that I would like to add from my childhood are The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin and the Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner. Both stories that combine the real world with a magical world.

@_Diana_S 7 ай бұрын

Yes, the entire tetralogy of Earthsea was captivating, but the first book was something special.

@loriestey272 7 ай бұрын

Oh the Wind in the Willows! So lovely. My son read this so many times when he was young ♥️

@user-sf3fe4bh2q 8 ай бұрын

I was six when my father read " The treasure island" to me. I liked it very much. I was simply stunned!

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

It is a book I love. I think the chold in us never goes away. We just put it to sleep and books like this wake it up.

@delormepress 3 ай бұрын

Read Treasure Island to my child and it was also the first time I had ever read it- there were descriptions of scenes that stuck with me, like when they’re moving through the docks to board the Hispaniola and sailors on other ships were swinging from one rigging to another, I felt like I was there & wanted nothing more than to board a ship for a sea adventure

@kwilliams2729 6 ай бұрын

What a fabulous list. I recommend The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, which is absolutely brilliantly humorous. Please do more of these reviews. I would also love a list of adult classics that would transition young teens into adult literature without age inappropriate content. Thank you so much!

@nicolabenson1155 4 ай бұрын

I love this list, I read most of them as a child, and have reread many of them with great pleasure. It just reminded me of the first book I can remember: at a small preschool in the sixties we were read Bunyon’s ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’. Not exactly children’s reading, but I can still remember be taken on a strange and magical adventure. I can even picture the book, it was a huge tome, with copper plate illustrations. I was probably about three or four.

@user-sf3fe4bh2q 8 ай бұрын

I adore "Huckelberry Finn". A brilliant book!

@mtnshelby7059 8 ай бұрын

This was a charming journey down memory lane, thank you. Several I haven’t thought about in forever. It was nice to remember discovering reading. 😊

@margaretinsydney3856 7 ай бұрын

What a wonderful list! Many of my favourites here. I too particularly love The Horse and his Boy. Do you know The Borrowers? I loved that as a child and reread it recently, and it stands up well.

@yvonnehayton6753 4 ай бұрын

Bree and Shasta

@agrace4688 5 ай бұрын

I was WAITING for Treasure Island! I'm so glad it made the top of the list. It was my absolute favorite in elementary school!

@purplesprigs 8 ай бұрын

I read Mark Twain to my kids when they were little. They loved it so much that they had me read every word the man ever wrote, even his half-finished last book. We took a pilgrimage to Hannibal, which was wonderful. I may never make it to London to visit the Sherlock Holmes and Charles Dickens museums, but at least I saw Hannibal.

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

That's wonderful. The memories we make through books are priceless. I'm reading Treasure Island with my boy at the moment.

@martipalmer2805 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful video. I read so many of these books to my children and now look forward to reading them to my grandchildren. I hope you decide to do a part two. Thank you.

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

It's such a rewarding activity. Do you have any favourites?

@staygoldponyboy8881 8 ай бұрын

Every year I set aside a fews days in the spring to sit under a tree in a field and read Watership Down❤

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

That I'd beautiful. I might follow your example this spring.

@Yesica1993 3 ай бұрын

I have GOT to finally read this book. In fact, I need to check my parents' attic to see if the copy I remember from childhood is still around. (Although I am in 50s, so it's likely disintegrated into dust by now.) I know I started it as a child but didn't get that far into it. I have vague memory flashes of being outside with it, but nearly nothing about the story, itself.

@MatildaTheBookDragon 8 ай бұрын

Awesome list! Mostly British Classics though...dont forget one of the most beloved childrens writers ever, Astrid Lindgren ❤❤ Pippi Longstocking is loved all over the world. Personally I prefer Ronja the Robbers Daughter best of her books, but its written 1981, does that make it too young? I just reread the Hobbit and its soo good! I was so scared of Gollum when i was s kid, had him under my bed for several years after my Dad read it for me...and its Trolls that wants to eat the dwarfes, not goblins. Tolkien really put the Nordic trolls on the map ❤❤ Anne of Greengables is a must classic for me, and Goodnight Mr Tom ❤ maybe also to young? One of my best childhood memories is when my class went to the library and the librarian read from Arabian Nights. We all sat on cushions and it was just magical. Susan Coopers The Dark is Rising series is also among the very best that I've probably reread most in my life.There is a Facebook group dedicated to her books! The very best of being brought up in a British Swedish family is that I got double the great literature ❤❤

@curiouscassie 8 ай бұрын

What a great video! Fantastic list. Children of the New Forest is one of my all-time favourites. I'm a school library assistant and am always so chuffed when a child falls in love with a classic.

@rachelhayes1955 8 ай бұрын

Great list. Yes, please make another of great children's books. I love 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. Another book I love to reread is The Jungle Book. I love Treasure Island. I need to reread that. Thank you.

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

Jungle Book was almost on the list. Pretty sure it will make the next one.

@hippiekansasgirl1632 7 ай бұрын

you are the reason i love the youtube algorithm! so glad i stumbled upon you! i'm happy to see i've read half of these classics, and dismayed to see that i've only read half of these classics! the remainders are now on my TBR shelf!!! and i'm with you; these are not just for children. in fact, i bet i've read half of my half as an adult.......... and i 100 agree with you - treasure island is one of the best books i've ever read (yes, i read it as an adult 🙃🙃)!!!! cheers, and can't wait to see what you've got in store for us in 2024!

@RaynorReadsStuff 7 ай бұрын

I’ve just caught up with this. What a brilliant video 😊. I love children’s literature. I read the Chronicles of Narnia and Charlotte’s Web in 2023. This year I am adding all your other recommendations to my tbr. In fact I’m going to start right now.

@patriciadeane7250 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video it was fantastic and classic children’s books stay in your memory forever when read as a child and rereading them as an adult is even more rewarding! Greetings from Canada.

@suewaverley528 7 ай бұрын

I've just found your channel today, and love this list.Several on your list were books I read as a child and have read to my own children. Looking forward to trying some of the others. I would love to hear more suggestions from you.

@CandlewickLibrary 8 ай бұрын

Great list! My kids and I have enjoyed many of these. They especially loved Narnia and Around the World in 80 days

@Mariak82 8 ай бұрын

The very top book for me is The Hobbit. We read it together in primary school as a kid that started my lifelong love of books and reading. ❤📚 Also loved The Wind in the Willows and Narnia. I love classics, its the biggest collection of books i have on all my bookshelves. ❤📚

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

It's hard to argue with the Hobbit being number 1. I think a certain emotional impact will always contribute to books from childhood. Had I read the Hobbit before Treasure Island my ranking might have been different. 😀❤️

@linuxretrogamer 8 ай бұрын

I’ve read the Hobbit a fare few times. I actually think it’s far far better book than the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

@pattypage6723 7 ай бұрын

So many lovely memories reading some of these. Just reread Black Beauty same copy that we had as children. Narnia was my sons favorite and he read them over and over. I read them all one summer when I found a volume with the whole series and Illustrations. Watership down I read as adult a year or two ago. The Hobbit! Didnt know about this until adult and have read it many times now. Thank you for a wonderful overview of these books. Some I look forward to reading in my golden year upon me now.

@fashionearrings 7 ай бұрын

Thus should have been a list of at least 30 as so many gems were left out! Anne of Green Gables, Mary Poppins, Emil and the detectives, Swiss Family Robinson, Wizard of Oz, Black Stallion, Prisoner of Zenda, actually it should have been a list of 50!!! 😂

@tristanandtheclassics6538 7 ай бұрын

Totally!!!😂 I will make another one.😀👍❤️

@Dinadoesyoga 8 ай бұрын

Great list!! Some are new to me. I've enjoyed reading many classics to my girls. The first I read to them was The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (illustrated brilliantly by Ingpen). They also have loved Heidi, The Phantom Tollbooth, Anne of Green Gables, Betsy-Tacy, the Nutcracker, The Boxcar Children to name a few not on your list. I admit Peter Pan was a little violent for my taste, but maybe when they are older they can read it on their own. Good stuff!

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

Great books, Dina. Anne of Green Gables is extraordinary. My wife says Emily of the New Moon is brilliant too. I've not read Boxcar Children or Phantom Tollbooth, though I know of them.

@Dinadoesyoga 8 ай бұрын

@tristanandtheclassics6538 my girls and I were rolling with laughter with The Phantom Tollbooth. I will be sure to put Emily of the New Moon in their minds!

@vesch5083 8 ай бұрын

Yes, The Phantom Tollbooth is hilarious for adults and children alike but on different levels

@_Diana_S 7 ай бұрын

Children are more resilient than we think. In addition, they understand when something is "make-believe" and do not get scared too easily ).

@Dinadoesyoga 7 ай бұрын

@dianas_Diana_S my kid was screaming at me to stop reading it when Tinkerbell was trying to kill Wendy. So I stopped.

@hpfanify 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for all your videos Tristan. Love your videos - I enjoy them and they are of great help to me! Love from India!!

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your support, Sanjai . 😀❤️👍

@LoveGoodReads-jh9vn 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Tristan! I enjoyed this video very much. It will be great trying to match your suggestions to the personalities of the little ones in my family. I'm already into it! :)) And yes, since you ask this at the end of your video, by all means yesssss!! on doing another video on this topic, maybe a bit more Senior High School oriented? But you decide. Anyway, today's video was just perfect in meeting so many of my needs. I imagine it was probably the same for so many others, that follow you regularly on your channel as I do, since we discovered it. Looking forward to your next episode already. :)

@lsr2937 3 ай бұрын

My favorites as a kid were ‘Half Magic’ and ‘Harriet the Spy’. Read them with my kids.

@natalives 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this list!

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

You are welcome, Natalie. 😀❤️👍

@stabthedragonproductions6649 4 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you for this list! I feel illiterate....have only read 6 of the 20. My wife and I just finished reading The Hobbit together and have now started The Swiss Family Robinson by JD Wyss. The goal is to prepare for using these with our grandchildren. This list helps a lot!

@greggi47 5 ай бұрын

Your channel appeared unexpectedly on my screen today. What a wonderful thing! Your enthusiasm and humane approach are a relief from too many similar sites that are snarky or didactic or smarmy. I was reminded by this list of some books I read beginning around age ten--by Howard Pease. I have no idea how I came upon his books about a merchant marine named Tod Moran, who was a crew member on a tramp steamer called the Araby, The characters and situations were riveting to me. I decided to reread most of them a few years ago, soon after my 70th birthday. They were as engaging as I recalled. Pease wrote what used to be called "boys' adventure" stories. He had expectations that his young readers would pay attention to the technical terms about ships. Once introduced and explained, the words were on their own. with the readers. I wish those books were still in print because I would like to share them with readers of all ages.

@maryfilippou6667 8 ай бұрын

So glad you promoted Coral Island! I've had it for years and not read! I must lend it to my beloved granddaughter with your encouragement

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

It was beloved of Victorian children. Most classic authors would have read it themselves.

8 ай бұрын

What lovely a video 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍I read The secret garden on april ( the best choice ever) and it made me feel so positive and happy.

@loriestey272 7 ай бұрын

Love this as Children’s books are among my favorites. I would add Anne of Green Gables. I also add Dr. Doolittle. I read this with my son when he was in 5th grade. I was shocked at how good the book was compared to the movie!

@meggy8868 5 ай бұрын

Loved Dr Doolittle as a child

@emmareads734 Ай бұрын

An excellent list! Please do another video.

@applejade 3 ай бұрын

Some great recommendations here, some I loved as a child, some I discovered and loved as an adult 😊 I have to say that I’m surprised that the Tales of Redwall series (at least Redwall, the first one) didn’t make the list, but I suppose youtube won’t let you upload videos that are 83 years long 😂

@LeahHung125 7 ай бұрын

The Silver Sword (Escape from Warsaw I think in America) was a childhood book that stayed with me. Not sure how well it holds up. I avoided Watership Down as a kid but I think I will give it a go and see if it would work for my 12 year olds. I’m so glad that there is less gatekeeping around The Hobbit and LotR. Back in the 80s/90s in London it felt very much like a boys club and you had to commit to reading the entire series multiple times before you could have access to the books. Probably not the case but that’s how it felt!

@rhondabryant6873 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the push! I loved reading with my kids when I was homeschooling, but I find it so hard to read by myself. I ordered Huckleberry Finn, a Scribner Classics version of Robin Hood (have not read either), and a first edition of Bambi which I read out loud to them in elementary school and remember fondly. I will start here, and hopefully get to some of the more “grown up books” after.

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

That's amazing. In truth, as much as these are sometimes called children's classics, they are enjoyed even more as adults. They are so remarkably written that it is impossible to say that they are children's books. I love reading to my boy, it takes me back to when my mum read to me.

@evamatlach1986 8 ай бұрын

Wow, this is a great list for me and my children! Thank you for this great video! 🫶🏻 greetings from Austria 🇦🇹

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

You are so kind 😀❤️

@patsmith9192 8 ай бұрын

So many of these are where my love of books began 😊

@j.carlson4639 8 ай бұрын

Yes, Please make another one! I've read Bambi which I loved but I wouldn't read to children lol and am reading Peter Pan and Pinocchio which are fantastic. There are so many great childrens classics.

@Jolene166 8 ай бұрын

I can completely relate to the putting legos (or in my case, polly pockets) in small places after the Indian and the Cupboard 😂 Great list, thanks so much for sharing these! There were quite a few that I havent even heard of!

@peterwilliams6188 8 ай бұрын

This list is fantastic Tristan. I wish I’d thought about them years ago. My son was born in 1997 and I read him all of the Harry Potter books as they were published. He was spellbound (sorry) but I wish now that I had read him all the ones on your list. Although he is in his 20s now, I’m going to buy him Treasure Island for Christmas. Keep up the good work. Peter

@matthewtaylor7026 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for a great list.I've read most of them with a few new ones to go on TBR. My favorite children's book is The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

I've not read that one, so thanks for the recommendation 😀

@brendakirk7250 7 ай бұрын

Charlotte’s Web was the first book I read that I actually enjoyed and got me wanting to read more. Also Black Beauty and The Secret garden were favorites. I didn’t read The Hobbit or Narnia until I was an adult and loved them both. I might check out some of the others I have never read from your list.

@msguinevere3702 7 ай бұрын

The Little Prince by Antoine du Saint-Exupery (1943). I've loved that book since grade one - I still have the copy my teacher gave me!!

@BabyPuma124 4 ай бұрын

Oh yes, my very most favorite little book too.

@CeliaAWhite 8 ай бұрын

Your channel is fantastic!

@jonaen24 8 ай бұрын

A good range of suggestions.

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

Thank you 😀

@wplants9793 6 ай бұрын

I’m reading The Secret Garden to my kids right now, 3 chapters a night. It’s my favorite book ever!!

@kimberlyhornikel771 6 ай бұрын

Great recommendations. I have read most but not all so I can't speak of what might be a better choice. However, I think one that should be on the list is A Wrinkle In Time.

@Clothmom1 8 ай бұрын

I have most of these books and several are on the docket for next year as readers or read-alouds in our homeschool.

@captainnolan5062 8 ай бұрын

I have read most of the books on this list, however, you have inspired me to reread Wind in the Willows. In addition, I just placed an order for Coral Island.

@LoveGoodReads-jh9vn 8 ай бұрын

THANK YOUUUUUUU TRISTAN! I haven't even watched the episode yet, but I did ask you for this topic when I wrote my first comment when I subscribed about a month ago! As soon as I saw the topic today, I jumped right into the comments section, to thank you for the subject, whether my request was involved in your choice of dealing with it now, or not. A very heartfelt thank you for having listened and for having taken the time to put this episode together. I was really looking forward to it! And now, off to your episode! I'm impatient to discover it!!!! I'll post another comment after I've watched it! I'm so happy!

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

This is lovely. Thank you very much for your kindness and positivity. I hope that you like it. 😀❤️

@LoveGoodReads-jh9vn 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I already posted another comment on a new thread. Just to keep your comments flow going. :)

@BabyPuma124 4 ай бұрын

Beatrix Potter's The Complete Tales. Ohh, I love "Two Bad Mice!" The Velveteen Rabbit is unforgettable too, but maybe considered a 'picture book' for the younger readers to be.

@dfaz333 3 ай бұрын

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@masterprocrastinator7078 8 ай бұрын

Love your selections;I did love Enid Blyton - I think I read everything I could get my hands on. Although I grew up in the US, my cousins in India introduced me to her. Kids books are the best- my own are 18/19 so I guess I can't pin them down and make they listen while I read these ;-) . Those Scribner's illustrated classics are truly works of art. Thanks Tristan!.

@nicolabenson1155 4 ай бұрын

Enid Blyton’s ‘The Boy Next Door’ was the book that opened my mind to the wonderful experience of being fully lost in a book, aged about 7. It is not a great book, but I will always be grateful to it for starting me on my life long passion for reading.

@maryodonnell4405 5 ай бұрын

Love this list. As I see others are adding to it, I would suggest "Over Sea, Under Stone" by Susan Cooper (and the others in the "Dark Is Rising" series).

@mlouw8218 3 ай бұрын

You’ve reminded me of so many old favorites! (I was lucky to have parents who both lived to read aloud ☺️). The Little Princess us also really good, Anne of Green Gables, and any books by the Swedish writer Astrid Lingren. My own favorite is probably Ronia the Robbers daughter (which I still reread). Also, Swallows and Amazons is whole series of maybe fifteen books. It was due to them that my eleven year old self learned semaphore and Morse code 😆

@TheDiligentSoul 4 ай бұрын

Hey, this is exactly what I was looking for!! I just joined booktube and found younimmediately. Then went scrolling for this vid cause I'm homeschooling next year!!

@Yesica1993 3 ай бұрын

I wish I had kids JUST so I could homeschool them. ;)

@user-dm3eo5yh8h 2 ай бұрын

Just finished Peter Pan,Treasure Island, and The Indian in the Cupboard. The Lion,the Witch and the Wardrrobe is on my table ,by my teading glasse.s . I bought very inexpensive used copies and annotated and summarized in a notebook ,too. It was easy I wanted to think more about these stories. 🌟 Since I started reading these "kids" books a few weeks ago I have better conversations, better dreams,and more empathy. Hope you try it ! Start with ANY one here. And consider waiting a day or two to digest one before diving into the next..

@bartolo498 8 ай бұрын

I haven't read all of them, having been an adult for decades but some great choices. I agree with your top choice, Treasure Island was the first classic I read at 8 or 9 years old and I have re-read it many times, it's still fresh and brilliant as ever. 2 of your list I only read as an adult over 30 but really loved, namely Watership Down and Swallows and Amazons and the whole of that series (the latter unfortunately barely known in Germany).

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

I'm reading Treasure Island to my boy at the moment, and I think I'm enjoying it more than he is. So many of god "children's book" ate just great stories which are equally good for adults.

@gcpoulides 5 ай бұрын

So glad Treasure Island was number one, was hoping it was at least a top 3, great list, I recently bought my son my favorite Dahl book which is Danny Champion of the World, instantly subscribed great videos

@wyominghome4857 2 ай бұрын

I can't believe any of the Little House books weren't on the list, especially Little House in the Big Woods. Family love and resilience in the face of a lot of hardship. I read them to my children and I still read them as an adult.

@efluvial 8 ай бұрын

Wow, 8 of these books I haven’t even heard of. Didn’t really have an awareness of much children’s literature when I was a child in the 70s. But as a young adult I discovered Anne of Green Gables and Little Women. Also love your enthusiasm❤️.

@kaymak-bo1ud 8 ай бұрын

The Secret Garden is my favorite! Love your channel!

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

It is very good. Thank you.

@yvonnehayton6753 4 ай бұрын

Dickens

@captainnolan5062 8 ай бұрын

The Walker family are Commander Ted Walker of the Royal Navy, his Australian-born wife Mary Walker and their children, often called the Swallows: John, Susan, Titty, Roger and Bridget.

@zenocrate4040 6 ай бұрын

Another wonderful video! Thank you so much. I wholeheartedly concur with your enthusiasm for The Horse and His Boy. Fabulous title, deceptively deep story. Black Beauty is too often glibly dismissed (by people who've never read it) as a book about a horse for children. Once we breach the 20th century, I also adore A Wizard of Earthsea and Lord of the Flies.

@yvonnehayton6753 4 ай бұрын

I would n t class Lord of the Flies as a children book. Brutal!

@zenocrate4040 4 ай бұрын

@@yvonnehayton6753 Which is why 12/13/14 year olds should read it.

@yvonnehayton6753 4 ай бұрын

@zenocrate4040. Agreed. I meant younger children. It's certainly a great book.

@zenocrate4040 4 ай бұрын

@@yvonnehayton6753 Yes, it's not bednight reading for 6 year olds! I wouldn't want to explain Simon's encounter or Roger's affinity for cruelty to young children. :D

@theresas709 8 ай бұрын

I have only read your top two. I hope to read more soon.

@Artoveli 7 ай бұрын

What a great list! Man, I have a vivid memory of my Mom and me both crying our eyes out as she read the end of Charlotte’s Web.😅 And I loved Peter Pan when I eventually read it in my late teens. Agreed, there’s a LOT more to that book than the Disney movie might make you think. Some of my other favorites are: The Neverending Story, by Michael Ende. Everyone’s seen the movie, but the book is on another level. Talk about deep! But accessible and bursting with imagination! One of his other translated works, Momo, is just as good. That one is about the concept of time. In Canada there’s a series of boarding school books that everyone grows up reading, called the MacDonald Hall series, or the Bruno and Boots series. The first book was written by Gordon Korman when he was still a kid in highschool, but the quality is surprisingly solid! The whole series is hilarious, and my sister and I still reread it every few years. I have memories of my Mom crying with laughter over parts of these books, much like you.😜 And I also have to mention the Jacob Two-Two books, by Mordecai Richler. For slightly younger readers, those books are weird, humorous, and slightly dark around the edges. Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang was my favourite as a kid.😋👍

@Yesica1993 7 ай бұрын

I've not read Charlotte's Web since I was a kid. That book broke my heart! I always wanted to watch The Neverending Story but somehow never got around to it. I did not even know it was a book until I heard it mentioned on Booktube. I will have to get to it sometime! The older I get, the more I am gravitating back toward children's books. I don't know quite what that says about me. But there you have it.

@patriciasalem3606 4 ай бұрын

Great list! In addition to what others have suggested, I would add Harriet the Spy, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, The Yearling, and Johnny Tremain.

@stanbrown32 7 ай бұрын

I would introduce a child to Tom Sawyer before Huckleberry Finn--Tom Sawyer is shorter and really is a children's book, while Huck Finn is longer and more adult. I would add as well Beautiful Joe by (Margaret) Marshall Saunders--it is like Black Beauty but a dog story. And another addition: Rumer Godden's The Dolls House. It gets at powerful themes--strong and weak characters, goodness and evil--within the imagined lives of dolls in a doll's house.

@meggy8868 5 ай бұрын

Yes I agree Huck Finn us basically adult

@yvonnehayton6753 4 ай бұрын

Rumer Godden's The Greengage Summer. Loved it!

@SabineThinkerbellum 8 ай бұрын

Oh wow, I’ve read 17 of those 😮 The remaining 3 go on my tbr list !!!

@tristanandtheclassics6538 8 ай бұрын

Which three? 😀❤️

@SabineThinkerbellum 8 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@tristanandtheclassics6538Children of the New Forest, Jennings Goes to School and George’s Marvellous Medicine. I know some of Roald Dahl’s work but not this one. I might add the German classic Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner, published in 1929. He’s my favourite children’s author.