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Reading Lists

The below reading lists from "Readmeabook.com" might help you get started in selecting books for your child.  Your public library will also have lists for children of different ages and abilities.  You can go to a Search Engine on the WEB and search for "Recommended Reading Lists for Children" and get hundreds of lists.  This may be helpful for you if you are looking for a particular kind of list, i.e., "College Bound", "Attention Deficit", "Newberry Award Winners", or "Coretta Scott King Award".  Check with the children's librarian at your public library, or the children's section of your local bookstore for suggestions on books for gift giving.

Recommended Reading List: 3-4 Year Olds

The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss

Curious George, by H. A. Rey

Freight Train, by Donald Crews

Gilberto and the Wind, by Marie Hall Ets

The Little Red Hen, Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey

May I Bring A Friend, by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

Poems to Read to the Very Young, selected by Josette Frank

The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats

The Tales of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter


Recommended Reading Lists: 5-7 year olds

Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst

Amos and Boris, by William Steig

Bedtime for Frances, by Russell Hoban

The Best Word Book Ever, by Richard Scarry

Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina

The Fairy Tale Treasury, by Virginia Haviland

Frog and Toad Are Friends, by Arnold Lobel

Go, Dog, Go, by P. D. Eastman

The House at Pooh Corner, by A. A. Milne

The Little Engine that Could, by Walter Piper

Mike Mulligan, by Virginia Lee Burton

Millions of Cats, by Wanda Gag

Nutshell Library, by Maurice Sendak

Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary

The Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown

The Snowman, by Raymond Briggs

Stevie, by John Steptoe

Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown

The Story about Ping, by Marjorie Flack

Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak


Recommended Reading List: 8-9 year olds

Bunnicula, by James Howe

Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White

The Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden

Dominic, by William Steig

Freckle Juice, by Judy Blume

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, by Chris Van Allsburg

Little House Series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

No One is Going to Nashville, by Mavis Jukes

Ramona Quimby, Age 8, by Beverly Cleary

Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan


Recommended Reading List: 10-12 year olds

Are You There, God? It’s Me- Margaret, by Judy Blume

The Book of Three (The Prydain Chronicles), by Lloyd Alexander

Bridge to Terabithia, by Katharine Paterson

Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert O’Brien

My Side of the Mountain, by Jean George

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor

Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt

A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L’Engle


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