The 50 Books Every Child Should Read

To celebrate World Book Day, which falls on Thursday, Sainsbury's has published a list of books every child should read before they turn 16.

These are the top 50:

1. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
2. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
4. Winnie The Pooh - A.A.Milne
5. Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
6. James and The Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
7. The BFG - Roald Dahl
8. A Bear Called Paddington - Michael Bond
9. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
10. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
11. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – J.K. Rowling
12. Matilda - Roald Dahl
13. The Railway Children - E. Nesbit
14. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
15. Five on a Treasure Island - Enid Blyton
16. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
17. The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
18. The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
19. Charlotte's Web - EB White
20. The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
21. Watership Down - Richard Adams
22. The Hobbit - J.R.Tolkien
23. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
24. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
25. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 ¾ Sue Townsend
26. Great Expectations- Charles Dickens
27. The Cat in the Hat- Dr Seuss
28. The Secret Garden- Frances Hodgson-Burnett
29. The Diary of a Young Girl- Anne Frank
30. The Twits – Roald Dahl
31. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
32. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne
33. Anne of Green Gables - L.M.Montgomery
34. The Tiger Who Came to Tea - Judith Kerr
35. Green Eggs and Ham  - Dr Seuss
36. The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
37. Bambi - Felix Selten
38. Tom's Midnight Garden - Phillipa Pearce
39. Little House on the Prairie - Laura Ingalls Wilder
40. Funny Bones - Janet and Allan Ahlberg
41. Where The Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
42. Carrie's War - Nina Bawden
43. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
44. The Magician's Nephew- C.S. Lewis
45. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
46. The Story of Doctor Dolittle- Hugh Lofting
47. The Story of Tracy Beaker - Jacqueline Wilson
48. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
49. Curious George - H.A.Ray
50. Each Peach Pear Plum - Janet and Allan Ahlberg