Recommended Subversive Children's Books
(listed by age level)
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline. 1939. New York: Penguin Books, 1967. Print. Age level: 3 and up.
Choi, Yangsook. The Name Jar. New York: Dell Dragonfly Books, 2003. Print. Age level: 3 and up.
Munsch, Robert N. The Paper Bag Princess. Illustrated by Michael Martchenko. Buffalo: Annick Press (U.S.) Ltd., 1980. Print. Age level: 4 and up.
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Print. Age level: 4 and up.
Geisel, Theodor Seuss. Horton Hears a Who! 1954. New York: Random House, 1982. Print. Age level: 5 and up.
Geisel, Theodor Seuss. The Sneetches and Other Stories. 1961. New York: Random House, 1989. Print. Age level: 5 and up.
Geisel, Theodor Seuss. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. 1950. New York: Random House, 1986. Print. Age level: 5 and up.
Geisel, Theodor Seuss. The Lorax. New York: Random House, 1971. Print. Age level: 6 and up.
George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain. 1959. New York: Puffin Books, 1991. Print. Age level: 8 and up.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Print. Age level: 9 and up.
Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy. New York: Clarion Books, 1994. Print. Age level: 9 and up.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud. Anne of Green Gables. 1908. Avenel, New Jersey: Gramercy Books, 1985. Print. Age level: 9 and up.
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002. Print. Age level: 12 and up.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline. 1939. New York: Penguin Books, 1967. Print. Age level: 3 and up.
Choi, Yangsook. The Name Jar. New York: Dell Dragonfly Books, 2003. Print. Age level: 3 and up.
Munsch, Robert N. The Paper Bag Princess. Illustrated by Michael Martchenko. Buffalo: Annick Press (U.S.) Ltd., 1980. Print. Age level: 4 and up.
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Print. Age level: 4 and up.
Geisel, Theodor Seuss. Horton Hears a Who! 1954. New York: Random House, 1982. Print. Age level: 5 and up.
Geisel, Theodor Seuss. The Sneetches and Other Stories. 1961. New York: Random House, 1989. Print. Age level: 5 and up.
Geisel, Theodor Seuss. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. 1950. New York: Random House, 1986. Print. Age level: 5 and up.
Geisel, Theodor Seuss. The Lorax. New York: Random House, 1971. Print. Age level: 6 and up.
George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain. 1959. New York: Puffin Books, 1991. Print. Age level: 8 and up.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Print. Age level: 9 and up.
Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy. New York: Clarion Books, 1994. Print. Age level: 9 and up.
Montgomery, Lucy Maud. Anne of Green Gables. 1908. Avenel, New Jersey: Gramercy Books, 1985. Print. Age level: 9 and up.
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002. Print. Age level: 12 and up.