Book Recommendations
Ages 0-4
Board Books
· Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
· Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
· Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
· The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
· The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
· Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do you See? by Eric Carle
· Have you Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle
· Will You Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
· Where’s Spot by Eric Hill
· Peek-a-Who by Nina Laden
· Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
· My First Truck Board Book by Constance Robinson
· The Wheels on the Bus by Jerry Smith
· Big Trucks, Little Trucks by Peter Spier
· First 100 series by Priddy Books
Picture Books
· Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
· Market Day by Lois Ehlert
· Color Farm by Lois Ehlert
· Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
· Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
· Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
· Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
· Chick Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
· Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
· A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke
· Have You Seen My Duckling? By Nancy Tarfuri
· Mouse Magic by Ellen Stoll
· Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
· The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
· Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
· Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
· Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
· Don’t Let the Pidgeon Drive the Bus! By Mo Willems
· The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss (any books by Dr. Seuss)
· Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
· Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Burton
· The Little House by Virginia Burton
· Corduroy by Don Freeman
· Henny Penny by Paul Galdone
· The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
· The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
· The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone
· Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
· Just Me and My Little Brother by Mercer Mayer (any of the Little Critter books by this author)
· Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
· The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
· Curious George by Hans A. Rey
· Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry (any books by Richard Scarry)
· Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
· Corgiville Fair by Tasha Tudor
· Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
· Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
· Olivia by Ian Falconer
· Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
· Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
· The Mitten by Jan Brett
· Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Ages 5-8/Beginning Readers
· Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo
· Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
· Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
· Little Critter’s East to Read-It-Yourself Story Book by Mercer Mayer
· Little Bear by Else H. Minarik
· The Magic Treehouse Series by Mary Pope Osborne
· Thank you, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
· Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows
· Young Cam Jansen by David Adler
· Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Ages 9-12/Intermediate Readers
· Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
· The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
· Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
· Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
· Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
· Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
· The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
· Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
· Holes by Louis Sachar
· Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
· Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
· Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
· The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
· Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
· Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
· A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
· Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
· Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
· Silver Chief: Dog of the North by John O’Brien
· Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
· Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
· Stuart Little by E.B. White
· Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
· The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
· Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
· Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
· Swiss Family Robinson by Johann D. Wyss
· Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
· Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
· Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
· Henry Huggins Series by Beverly Cleary
· Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
· Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
· Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
· Black Stallion by Walter Farley
· The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
· Sounder by William H. Armstrong
· Big Red by James A. Kjelgaard
· Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
· Call of the Wild by Jack London
· Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
· Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
· The White Mountains by John Christopher
· Redwall by Brian Jacques
· The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Ages 9-12/Intermediate Readers Historical Novels
· Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong
· Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille by Russell Freedman
· Give me Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman
· The Wright Brothers: How They Built the Airplane by Russell Freedman
· Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman
· The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman
· The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by James Cross Giblin
· George Washington
· Thomas Jefferson
· Charles Lindbergh
· Fireworks, Picnics, and Flags
· North to Freedom by Anne Holm
· When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
· Freedom Train by Dorothy Sterling
· Sword Song by Rosemary Sutcliff
· Boy on the Rooftop by Tomas Szabo
· A Traitor Among Us by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
· Angel on the Square by Gloria Whelan
Ages 12-14 (Young Adult)
· The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
· The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
· The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
· Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
· Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
· Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
· The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
· The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
· The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Poetry
· The Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children’s Poems Donald Hall, editor
· The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes
· A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
· The Complete Nonsense Book by Edward Lear
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