| Parents strongly
cautioned: reading has
been shown to be addictive, and can result in changed
study habits and behavior. Proceed with caution! Summertime Reading Fun
Recommended
Reading List: Baby
Recommended
Reading List: Toddler
Recommended
Reading List: 3-4 Year olds
Recommended
Reading List: 5-7 Year olds
Recommended
Reading List: 8-9 Year olds
Recommended
Reading List: 10-12 Year olds
Recommended Reading Lists: Special
Subjects
The following recommended
reading lists are for adult consideration. The subject
matter for many of these categories is sensitive, and
should be approached under adult supervision . As with
any sensitive matter, parents should determine which
books are appropriate for their children. We provide
these reading lists so you can research which books are
compatible with your family beliefs and values.
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Recommended
Reading List: Baby
Baby’s First Words,
by Lars Wik
Baby’s Mother Goose,
published by Platt & Munk
Eye Winker, Tom Tinker,
Chin Chopper: 50 Musical Fingerplays,
by Tom Glazer
The Me Book,
by John E. Johnson
Mother Goose Singing
Bee! A Collection of Favorite Children’s Songs,
compiled by James Hart
What Is It,
by Tanya Hoban
Recommended
Reading List: Toddler
Early Words,
by Richard Scarry
Goodnight Moon,
by Margaret Wise Brown
Marmalade’s Nap,
by Cindy Wheeler
Pat The Bunny,
by Dorothy Kunhardt
Sam Who Never Forgets,
by Eve Rice
Shopping Trip,
by Helen Oxenbury
Taste the Raindrops,
by Anna Hines
The Very Hungry
Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
Where’s My Baby,
by H. A. Rey
Where’s Spot?,
by Eric Hill
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
Expect the
best from your kids … and you’ll get it!
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