Classic Children's Stories

Here are a few classic story authors and short summaries of their most famous works for children: Classic Children’s Stories

Hans Christian Andersen: Danish storyteller and author. His most famous stories include “The Princess and the Pea”, “The Little Mermaid”, and “The Snow Queen”.
Charles Dickens: English novelist and storyteller. His most famous stories include “A Tale of Two Cities”, “A Christmas Carol”, and “Oliver Twist”.
The Brothers Grimm: German-born brothers and storytellers. Their most famous stories include “Rapunzel”, “Sleeping Beauty”, and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”.
Lewis Carroll: English author and storyteller. His most famous stories include “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass”.
J. M. Barrie: Scottish author and storyteller. His most famous story is “Peter Pan”.
Astrid Lindgren: Swedish author and storyteller. Her most famous stories include “Pippi Longstocking”, “Karlsson-on-the-Roof”, and “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter”.
Roald Dahl: English author and storyteller. His most famous stories include “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , “Matilda”, and “The BFG”
L. Frank Baum: American author and storyteller. His most famous story is “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”.
Beatrix Potter: English author and illustrator. Her most famous story is “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”.
Dr. Seuss: American author and illustrator. His most famous stories include “The Cat in the Hat”, “Green Eggs and Ham”, and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: French author and pilot. His most famous story is “The Little Prince”.
J. R. R. Tolkien: English author and scholar. His most famous stories include “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” series.
C. S. Lewis: English author and scholar. His most famous stories include “The Chronicles of Narnia” series.
Margaret Wise Brown: American author and illustrator. Her most famous story is “Goodnight Moon”.
Maurice Sendak: American author and illustrator. His most famous story is “Where the Wild Things Are”.
Shel Silverstein: American author and illustrator. His most famous stories include “The Giving Tree” and “Where the Sidewalk Ends”.
Ezra Jack Keats: American author and illustrator. His most famous story is “The Snowy Day”.
H. G. Wells: English author. His most famous stories include “The Time Machine”, “The War of the Worlds”, and “The Invisible Man”.
Louisa May Alcott: American novelist and poet. Her most famous story is “Little Women”.
Oscar Wilde: Irish author and playwright. His most famous story is “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.
Jane Austen: English novelist. Her most famous stories include “Pride and Prejudice”, “Sense and Sensibility”, and “Emma”.
Washington Irving: American author. His most famous story is “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”.
Edgar Rice Burroughs: American author. His most famous story is “Tarzan of the Apes”.
Mark Twain: American author and humorist. His most famous stories include “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: American author. Her most famous stories are the “Little House on the Prairie” series.
Robert Louis Stevenson: Scottish novelist and poet. His most famous story is “Treasure Island”.
Rudyard Kipling: English author and poet. His most famous stories include “The Jungle Book” and “Kim”.
Kenneth Grahame: Scottish author. His most famous story is “The Wind in the Willows”.
Jules Verne: French author. His most famous stories include “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” and “Around the World in Eighty Days”.
Edgar Allan Poe: American author and poet. His most famous stories include “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”.
Nathaniel Hawthorne: American author. His most famous story is “The Scarlet Letter”.
Emily Brontë: English novelist and poet. Her most famous story is “Wuthering Heights”.
Charlotte Brontë: English novelist and poet. Her most famous story is “Jane Eyre”.
Mary Shelley: English novelist and short story writer. Her most famous story is “Frankenstein”.