Depending on the reading level of your child - many of these book will be better suited for listening rather than reading alone. Depending on the maturity of your child, some books will be better suited to older children rather than younger ones. Most of these books should be fairly familiar to most parents. All of these are classics - feel free to suggest any that I overlooked.
An earlier page of Free Classic Books
http://eaglenestmom.blogspot.com/2012/04/kindle-topic-childrens-classic-novels.html
Listed Alphabetically - by Author
*** Each book will have a "pretty cover" version - followed by any Free versions available. ***
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Little Women (Sterling Classics)
Louisa May Alcott
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37106
http://librivox.org/little-women-by-louisa-may-alcott/
http://librivox.org/little-women-dramatic-reading-by-louisa-may-alcott/
B
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum (Author)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55
http://librivox.org/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/
http://librivox.org/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-by-l-frank-baum/
http://librivox.org/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-solo-version-2-by-l-frank-baum/
More Books By Frank L. Baum
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë (Author)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Frances Hodgson Burnett (Author)
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett (Author)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17396
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21585
http://librivox.org/the-secret-garden-by-frances-hodgson-burnett/
http://librivox.org/the-secret-garden-by-frances-hodgson-burnett-version-2/
http://librivox.org/the-secret-garden-by-frances-hodgson-burnett-2/
C
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Alice+in+Wonderland
http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll/
http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-dramatic-reading-by-lewis-carroll/
http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll-2/
http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll-3/
http://librivox.org/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll-4/
Through the Looking-Glass [Kindle Edition]
Lewis Carroll (Author)
Adventures of Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi (Author)
D
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens (Author)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8608
http://librivox.org/great-expectations-by-charles-dickens/
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F
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The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahamehttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/289
(There are 4 copies available in Librivox - each by a different reader)
http://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame/
http://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-2/
http://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-solo/
http://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-4/
Grimm's Fairy Stories
Jacob Grimm (Author), Wilhelm Grimm (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/972
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http://librivox.org/fairy-tales-by-the-brothers-grimm/
http://librivox.org/grimms-fairy-tales-version-2-by-jacob-wilhelm-grimm/
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I
J
K
The Jungle Book 1 and 2
Rudyard Kipling (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/236
http://librivox.org/the-jungle-book-by-rudyard-kipling/
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1937
http://librivox.org/the-second-jungle-book-by-rudyard-kipling/
The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
Sir James Knowles (Author)
L
The Graymouse Family [Kindle Edition]
Nellie Mabel Leonard (Author)
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting (Author)
The Call of the Wild
Jack London (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/215
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19678
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9115
http://librivox.org/call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london/
http://librivox.org/the-call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london-2/
http://librivox.org/the-call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london/
White Fang
M
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
Hamilton Wright Mabiehttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14916
http://librivox.org/fairy-tales-every-child-should-know-by-hamilton-wright-mabie/
N
O
Toby Tyler Or, Ten Weeks with a Circus
James Otis (Author)
P
Pollyanna
Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter (Author)
A Girl of the Limberlost
Gene Stratton-Porter (Author)
A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories [Kindle Edition]
Beatrix Potter (Author)
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/964
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26467
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10148
http://librivox.org/the-merry-adventures-of-robin-hood-by-howard-pyle/
Q
R
Captain January
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (Author)
Of course, the movie might not follow the book much - I've seen the movie, and not read the book. But other Shirley Temple movies took very wide deviations.S
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/271
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19637
http://librivox.org/black-beauty-by-anna-sewell/
http://librivox.org/black-beauty-by-anna-sewell-version-2/
Heidi
Johanna Spyri (Author)
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Treasure+Island+Stevenson
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/120
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27780
http://librivox.org/treasure-island-by-robert-louis-stevenson-2/
http://librivox.org/treasure-island-by-robert-louis-stevenson/
T
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain (Author)http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Tom+Sawyer
http://librivox.org/tom-sawyer-by-mark-twain/
U
V
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne (Author)
W
The Princess Pocahontas [Paperback]
Virginia Watson (Author)
The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David Wyss (Author)
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Please leave a comment if you have ideas for more books for this list.
Books should be classics that can be found for Free.
Books should be good read aloud books for the 12 and under ages.
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