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Children's Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Children's books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Children's series? Start with "Rootabaga Stories" (1922) and follow publication order through all 27 books.
The complete Children's reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Rootabaga Stories
1922
Rootabaga Pigeons
1923
Abe Lincoln Grows Up
1928
Early Moon
1930
Prairie-Town Boy
1955
Wind Song
1960
The Sandburg Treasury
1970
Rainbows Are Made
1982
More Rootabaga Stories
1993
Incidentals
1904
In Reckless Ecstasy
1904
Chicago Poems
1916
Cornhuskers
1918
Smoke and Steel
1920
Slabs of the Sunburnt
1922
Poems of the Midwest
1946
The Complete Poems
1950
Harvest Poems
1960
Honey and Salt
1963
Breathing Tokens
1978
Ever the Winds of Chance
1983
Fables, Foibles, and Foobles
1988
Arithmetic
1993
Billy Sunday And Other Poems
1993
Carl Sandburg: Selected Poems
1996
Poems for Children Nowhere Near Old Enough to Vote
1999
Poetry for Kids
2017
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